A Day in the Life

Finally!!

We got a new camera this weekend, so hopefully that will make both taking and sharing pictures easier! (Plus, it's pink. How cute am I?!?)

All ready for Stroller Strides. It was chilly on Monday morning!

Bundled up and ready to go.

Silly face at playgroup after class.

Josie, very focused on her snack.

Nora pushing a doll stroller, teaching her own Stroller Strides class.

More silly Josie faces...

Today was sunny and warm, and we played outside all afternoon.

Both girls were really focused on the bubbles in their laps.

Josie, discovering that perhaps bubble wands aren't the most tasty thing ever.

Nora, having just reached the same conclusion.

A silly pose. (Also, I think I like the new camera - it makes our yard look like a botanical garden or something!)

Josie heading over to get some more dirt out of the flowerpot.

Sunny day girl! We had just finished planting the vegetable garden, and there was some hose play afterwards, which is why they both have wet hair in these pics!

Josie Speaks!

Josie turned 18 months yesterday, and to celebrate she asked me to write a list of all her words. So without further ado, here's her current vocabulary. Combining signs and spoken language, she has nearly 50 words!

Signs:
more
milk
all done
water
dog
Daddy
baby
phone
hi/bye
up
no
bird
ball
please
cheese
food/eat
shoes
sorry
thank you
cat

Spoken words (organized by initial sound, for my own amusement):
M words:
Mama
more
my/mine

D words:
Dada/Daddy
Ida (her baby doll)
doll
dog
done
diaper
down
beer
bra
boot
shoes
cheers

B words:
ball
balloon

W words:
wow
water
whee
flower

Vowel words (she basically just drops the first consonant in these):
Nora
Hi
Bye
uh oh
uh huh
yes

G words (these are all new in the last couple of days):
go
good
buckle
yogurt

N word:
banana

She makes the sounds of a cat (mowm), dog (woo woo), monkey (ahh ahh ahh), cow (oooooh), and car/truck/dinosaur/monster/bear (growl). She knows the motions for Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and If You're Happy and You Know It.

Ok, so pictures. I know we sorely lacking in those around here lately! I am trying to figure out a way for my lazy self to get them up more easily. I am starting to use Flickr, so here's what would be perfect: if I could upload pics directly from my camera to Flickr, and then it would automatically post an update (here? on Facebook?) that I had done so. Anyone know if that's possible? Right now there are just too many steps for me to get the pics off the camera, onto the photo software on my computer, and uploaded to here or flickr or facebook. I just don't get that kind of computer time to myself, ever!

Silly girl

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Josie's crazy face.....

Apple Spyglass

apple spyglass, originally uploaded by sarahglor.

Nora enjoying a multi-purpose snack.

Mehwee Kissips!

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate!

We're anxiously awaiting news of the girls' new baby cousin Sprout soon, and thinking of Aunt Abby, who's working on getting him out into the world, and Aunt Sara, who's helping Aunt Abby with that little project! We hope he's a Christmas baby (or even a Christmas Eve baby, and I'll forgive you for not calling us in the middle of the night). We also can't wait to find out his real name! :)

And about Mehwee Kissips, yeah, I know it's obnoxious to keep typing out Nora-speak. But some of her pronounciations are so cute, and I want you all to experience them! And I'm definitely going to have to buy some batteries somewhere other than the dollar store if I ever want my camera to take a video again.

Kissips Tee!

We got a tree from a farmstand this year for the first time, as both girls and Aaron have been pretty sick, and we didn't want them wandering around in the woods all afternoon to harvest one ourselves behind Meme's house, as we usually do. It's a lovely tree all the same, even if it's a lot more traditional than I'm used too. Apparently they don't sell wispy Charlie Brown white pines at tree farms! Who knew?!

The girls were very excited to bring it in the house - Josie did a dance, and Nora put a dish towel in it to be a bird's nest.

We got the tree a week ago, and set it up the same day. It's still undecorated, but the Kissips Elffs came one night after the girls were asleep and left Kissips lights on it, which are a big hit. Hopefully those elves will get to the decorating one of these nights soon, otherwise it's going to be a lit but undecorated tree on Christmas!

Snow!

We got nearly a foot of snow over the last 24 hrs! Aaron's been out plowing for about 20 of those hours, but the girls and I have been hunkered down at home, baking Christmas cookies and reading stories. We ventured out to play for a while this morning. It took about 20 minutes to get all three of us geared up, we were outside for about half an hour, and it took 10 minutes to strip it all off afterwards. The whole adventure felt like a lot more than an hour, though!

The girls were pretty much immobilized by their winterwear, even in the living room. From the inside out, Nora's wearing: undies, socks, babylegs, tshirt, long sleeve shirt, sweatpants, bib snowpants, parka, snowboots, gloves, mittens, and a hat. Josie's in: diaper, tshirt, babylegs, socks, long sleeve onesie, fleece overalls, shearling lined soft sole boots, snowsuit, bootie things that attach to the snowsuit, mittens, and a hat.

Neither of them really got the concept of playing with the snow, and it is really powdery and not good snowman snow, but they were happy once I brushed off the slide and swings and they could use those. It was lots of fun - maybe once all the outwear has dried off, we'll venture out again this afternoon!