Life in the Heald house

Friday, November 25, 2011

Look who's back!

The girls were so excited to wake up this morning and find their elf back! I wonder what he will be up to on the next few weeks....

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

still not ready....but they are sweet!

Do you see this sweetness? Look past the massive amount of stuff in my car and focus on those sweet hand holding girls. Can you say "Awwwww...."?

Last time I tried taking the girls out of town we made it less than 24 hours before I tossed them in the car and came back to Atlanta. I waited almost 6 months to try again and we headed south last weekend. For your information they still have not earned their "good traveler passports" and will stay home for at least another 6 months! AGH! The 2.5hr ride there was really good. The only time HK got really frustrated Matney was so sweet and said "it's ok, Hal. I will hold your hand" and they rode like this for 20 minutes. I love those girls so much I can't even stand it!

They were really well behaved but they just don't sleep well anywhere but their own beds. I had pillows, blankets and toys from their beds at home but we were pretty much up all night long. Matney and MoMo were talking/laughing so much that they woke me up at 3 something. Poor Matney really has had some trouble sleeping now that she doesn't have a paci. We headed south to go to a holiday market at the GA Fairgrounds that opened Sat at 9am. Since we had been up since 3am we were more than ready for the doors to open. Without sleep the girls were not so excited about holiday items and we didn't stay long. It should go without saying that we did not stay another night. After seeing a few friends they got tossed right back in the car and we came home to our own beds. Hope you had fun girls, no more overnights for you for at least 6 more months!

Now that we're back in ATL we are in full holiday mode. I was up until after midnight and got lots of things ordered last night. Christmas pictures are done and cards are on the way here! All the personalized printing gifts are ordered so no extra money on fast shipping this year. Point for me! Now I am up blogging before the girls are up while smelling the food cooking for Thanksgiving tomorrow. The girls are getting very excited about Christmas and are so much fun to watch. Our family has so much to be thankful for this year!

November Catch up!

Wow! I am way behind again. I think if I were to go back and read the blog "way behind" has been the theme of my life in 2011! My goals for the past few years haven't been too impressive - survive and keep my children semi-happy without growing too much mold in the house or being overrun by noisy plastic toys! Funny how things have changed since having two kids! Here are some pictures from the beginning of November.

The leaves have started falling and occasionally we have a cool day outside. The girls are fascinated by the leaves on the ground and love going to play outside. Since it hasn't gotten cold yet we have been spending lots of time outside.

See the pants half off? HK has gotten extremely good at getting her clothes and diaper off by herself. I often see a naked hiney streaking past me and hysterically laughing. I used to laugh too until she started hiding, pooping (one day she'll so appreciate me sharing this!) and then getting naked. Cute clean tush I can handle, poop flying around my house I cannot handle. She HATES it but I've started duct taping her diaper on most of the time, especially if I am the only adult home with her!

The girls did not want to carve their pumpkin but they enjoyed painting.

Jared enjoyed carving his pumpkin.

Sweet Max is still here. HK and he are still hit or miss but he and Matney are best buddies. She is in love with that dog...which makes the incredible amount of hair he drops all over my house a little more tolerable.

More leaves

We had a fun birthday party a few weeks ago. Our birthdays are one day apart so mom and I always celebrate together. I really like icing but don't care too much for cake (pretty sure the girls inherited that from me!) and always request rice krispie treats for my birthday. This year was a double batch shaped like a birthday cake. YUMMY! It was gone in less than 72 hours and 90% of it was eaten by me. Yes, I requested elastic waist pants for my birthday!

And you can tell in the picture above how long hk's hair has gotten. It hasn't ever been cut but could use a trim. However, any time I ask her about going to the "glitter hair place" like Matney she screams "NO!!!!" and some battles I am not fighting right now!

HK trying to get a piece of my cake. Well, HK with her piece of cake and Max hoping to get a piece.

We went Trick or Treating with some of the girls best friends. Everyone had a blast. Special events are SO MUCH FUN as a mom. I LOVE seeing my girls excited!

All the cuties!

HK didn't want to be in a family picture so I had to grab her.

And yet another family photo fail. I was super excited about something, wasn't I?!?!?

HK's costume - crocodile shoes, spider tights and a pumpkin surround and a robot. She is festive.

Matney was in a car with Jared and I had HK so I don't have a picture of Matney alone. She was a mermaid and very proud of all her jewelry. After the first 20 minutes I was carrying HK and Matney was whining about being too tired to walk so we didn't have to fight them to go home. About a week after Halloween we left Matney's Halloween bucket on the kitchen island (on accident) and left the house. Hours later we returned to find that Max REALLY likes sweets, except Smarties, those he left in the wrapper in a pile. The good news was that he didn't die...and Mantey was so funny. I was upstairs putting HK down for a nap and heard her screaming. When I got downstairs I found her nose to nose with Max yelling "I AM SO MAD AT YOU MAX. I AM SO MAD!!!" I had to leave the room I was laughing so hard. I didn't even know she could really put the emotion word with the feeling. ha!

Cheese before bedtime....aka - I ate too much candy and need something not sweet! While Trick or Treating HK saw a dad dressed as Batman and went crazy. I don't know how she knew who Batman was but she chased that poor man all around the neighborhood. He thought it was cute and played along. Every time he spoke to her she was so excited. Three weeks later if you ask her about Halloween all she talks about is meeting Batman.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Matney

Here are M's school pictures. Soooo cute! HK was sick and not in school for picture day.

That's our girl

Here is HK eating breakfast - Cars yogurt, rocketship jammies, Robot and a TowMater placemat. Want to know where she got the placemat? We went to a bday party for a two year old friend and it was one of his bday presents from his grandma. His grandma bonded with hk, saw how much she liked it and gave it to hk. Ha!