Hide and Seek, Cushion Jumping, Aquarium, etc....

Ok, I can't believe March is here! We have been so busy it seems the time has just flown by! Lily is still doing great staying home, she is reading so much now! We are having lots of fun exploring and learning new things...I am hoping to become a little more organized so it's not quite as challenging to get things done :) Sam is the busiest kid around. His new favorite trick is jumping off of the couch (or on the couch when I'm not looking). The kids love to pile up the couch cushions on one side of the couch and Lily plays Princess and the Pea (or whatever random toy she picks up). She was not happy with me the first day she played this and was not aloud to actually use a pea....Anyway, Sam decided he would jump from the top of the cushion pile down to the couch the cushions are on. Seemed like a great idea, until he landed, bounced and flipped over the arm of the couch to land on head first on the ground. So now the cushion game is ruined for all.....We also went to Newport this past week and visited the aquarium. Way fun! The kids loved it. I think Sam more, but Lily had a great time too! Just to get to spend some extra time with Daddy is great! We kept telling Sam we were going to go see the fish and he would run to the kitchen (where we keep our fish bowl) and come back nodding. It was pretty cute. We have also decided we are sick of living in someone elses house and have begun the search for our own home! We are pretty excited and have narrowed it down to a couple. We have seen some pretty interesting stuff along the way :) We are super excited to see Aunt Amanda in a couple of days! Lily keeps telling me how she will talk to Bailey....Her voice get super high as she says, "Bailey, you are sooo cute!" She talks about Bailey almost daily and loves to look at her pictures or watch videos of her! I think she might be Bailey's number one fan :) We are gonna miss Daddy, but I love seeing my sisters!!! Here are some pictures of the kiddos :) This first one is tonight we were playing hide a go seek, and typically Sam always counts with the counter (I figure it's a good way for him to practice his numbers). This time he said he wanted to hide and this was his spot :) He also hid with his sister when I was counting, I was looking in the kitchen when I heard the bath water come on and Lily start screaming....You'll never guess where I found them ;)

I just really loved this shot of the kids! They are so awesome! I am so proud to be their mommy!

It has been awhile, and I have been harassed, so I guess that means it is time to update my blog...We have been having lots and lots of fun! We had a great time with Valentines Day! Lily, for some reason, was REALLY excited about it! She loves her sleep and I usually have to wake her up around 9:30 when she still isnt up, but not on Valentines Day! She was in my room at 7:20 with a big hug and kiss for me! We had a very busy day. Before 9:30am we had made heart biscuts with pink butter, had a heart scavenger hunt, had a bubble dance party, started our heart tree painting, and played hungry hungry hippos like 20 times! It was really fun! We are loving the weather that we have had the past couple of weeks and have played outside everyday.







Here are our biscuts...














Lily's tree












Sam's tree

















Sam eating candy




















What a face :)

Lily completing one of her scavenger hunt tasks. When she would find a heart around the house, it would have something written on it for her to complete before she found another heart. She really had fun with it!

SNOPOCALYPSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE ALIVE!!!! We survived snopocalypse 2011! After seeing Emily's blog of their ice covered everthing, I decided to share our experience with the storm...and some of the things we did during the week to keep us sane :)

If you look closely right here, you will see the massive sheet of ice covering the car!

Here is the area right beside our patio....you can ALMOST not see the ground :P














Here are the kids in their bath covered in bubbles.

The kids painting and coloring hearts to hang up for Valentines Day.
















Sam thought painting was great! This is the first time I let him paint with Lily...He deffinantly thought he was big stuff!

One night after the kids took their bath, we read our books and the kids (Lily) decided they should make their own books to read....So thats what they did!

Sam colored a really great picture with lots of blue and green.

Cute right!?

Lily made a great book about an angel who painted a rainbow when it rained....Very similar to one of the books we read that night ;)

Lily LOVES her sleep, so it is part of our routine to wake he up....one of our favorite parts of the day! She wakes up soooo happy and Sam gets really excited to see his big sister! (and yes...she is still in mommy and daddy's bed!!!)

They love each other sooooo much!!!!

They are such awesome kids! We have a lot of fun together as a family!