Video Games

Colin and Emma both love to play video games with Rich. Today was no different!


Emma is still in love with her baby dolls and shopping cart as well! She is very proud of them and wants to show them off at every chance she gets!

Daddy vs. Rich

Rich is laying on the floor using his computer and Emma is laying on his back and this is the conversation that followed.

Emma: "I'm tired of calling you daddy."

Rich: "But that is my name."

Emma: "I love you Rich. I am thirsty Rich. I want more donuts Rich."

Rich: "My name is daddy, Emma."

Emma: "I know that daddy."

She had the biggest smile on her face through this as well!

Today started out cute and well, but after the above episode everything started to go down hill fast. We were not able to do anything fun for today because both Colin and Emma spent most of the day in time-out after taking all of the clothes out of Emma closet. I was more than a little upset about this.

Tomorrow will be a better day and maybe we can try the pretzels tomorrow.

Play-Doh

So Emma has never really been a fan of Play-Doh, but today something was different. Colin got Play-Doh for Christmas (from Emma) along with a whole toolbox full of tools and decorations to building anything a toddler could imagine out of Play-Doh. Well, they played with it for over 2 hours today before I told them it was time to stop and have lunch and take naps! They both had a really great time rolling it out and cutting it with the different tools (all plastic, nothing that is actually sharp) and try to make lots of different things out of it. There are even feet, arms, eyes, ears, noses, mouths and hats so that you can make your Play-Doh into a Mr. Potato Head type object, this was Colin's favorite.

Tomorrow I think we will have more Play-Doh time as well as we are going to try and make our own homemade soft pretzels!

More snow, again!

Big surprise we got more snow! I am anticipating both kids wanting to go out and play in the snow tomorrow, but I doubt it is going to happen! It is supposed to be pretty darn cold tomorrow so I have a feeling that the closest they are going to get to going outside is when the Schwan man comes and we open the door for him!

I feel so lucky that we don't have to get out in this weather. Since I am at home with the kids they are not having to go to daycare or preschool in this nasty weather and that is a good thing. With as cold as it has been I can leave the kids home with Rich when I go run errands so that they don't have to get out in the coldness.

Kids and car seats are so much more difficult in the cold weather. I mean they are bundled up like little Michelin men and can't move, but you still have to try and bend them so that they can get into the car seat and be buckled in. Sometimes it is more of a challenge than it is really worth! Sigh. Okay, so this really my only frustration with all of the cold and snow!

I think tomorrow we may play with the play dough that Colin got for Christmas so we will see how that goes! Hope that everyone is safe and warm for the night!

Yay! Back to soccer!!!

Today was Colin's first day back at soccer since the holidays. He was excited to go, Emma was excited to go and I was excited to take them so they could use up some energy! As always they had a great time while they were there!


Emma also had to have her earrings on today! She loves to have them on and shake her head so that they move around!

Decorating Cakes

Winter seems to be harder on the kids now that they are more mobile and since Rich has been home more because of the bad weather and this and that. Today they were getting a little restless so we played outside a little after they had their afternoon naps because Colin wanted to go throw snowballs!


Then after we came back in and got warmed up Colin and Emma both got to decorate cakes. I had made 2 spice cakes and frosted them so that each kid could have one to decorate on their own. They each have their own style to decorating. Colin likes to place each and every sprinkle individually while Emma wants to dump it all on at one time in one spot! (Colin's cake is on the white plate and Emma's is on the black plate.)

More Snow!

Yes, I know it is January and it is winter, but it has snowed almost every day since Christmas! I am just a little tired of it! I wish it would warm up enough to melt all that we have and then we could get more. We just need to get rid of what we already have before we get more, but after listening to the weather it sounds like we are going to get maybe a couple more inches later this week!

I had to go pick Colin and Emma up from Nana's house today (in the snow). I didn't really have any problems driving, but there seemed to be other people that did. Every time I would start to think, hey the road looks pretty clear and dry I would see another wreck. I'm not sure what was up with all of those people, just hope that no one was really hurt.

Rich spent most of the weekend working in Colin's room to touch up the paint that we hadn't finished from earlier when we repainted his room and putting on new baseboards. The new baseboards are a little taller than what Rich had wanted originally (I picked them out) but he has said that after they were up that they look pretty good! So I did a good job picking and he did a good job putting them up!


Colin and Emma got to help Rich open his last 2 Christmas presents today, they were pretty excited about that and Rich really seemed to like his new wrench and fuzzy dice for his Nova!