Duets

It's still February and I'm actually getting some pictures up!
I was playing the piano the other day and Molly decided to accompany me on her little piano.  It was cracking me up how even though she's pretty much just randomly slamming on the keys, she stayed true to the rhythm of the song.  She really likes this song in particular. She always likes to come over to me when I'm playing it and ask me "Mama, is that 'Weeping Willow'?" even though she already knows the answer.
 
We've come up with a (temporary?) solution to at least one of our sleep problem children.  I bought a little roll up mattress that I keep at the side of our bed.  So far she's been good about using it and hasn't tried to sneak back into our bed.  Most of the time when she comes in at night she doesn't even wake us up anymore which is great.

Just have to fix up that other little one and then maybe we can sleep like normal again.

Maggie and Molly trying out Molly's new "bed".

Molly wanted me to take a picture of her with her friends Dolly and Kitty (kind of unoriginal names).  Of course Maggie had to join in too.  Never mind the dust bunnies in the corner, our Roomba, Pocus, is obviously slacking.  When my Mom got us the Roomba for Christmas, we asked Molly to name it. Her first attempt was "Robot Vacuum Cleaner".  I told her that that wasn't going to cut it and that she needed to try again.  She completely delivered and came up with "Pocus" right there on the spot.

Little Valentine Magnolia.  I didn't get a picture of Molly on Valentine's.  She also had a Hello Kitty outfit.  I'm sure she'll be wearing it until Christmas, she loves it that much.

The Dorman's and the Morris's came over for a visit yesterday.  They all had a great time playing together.  

Boys in the box.

This is truly as good of a picture as we could have asked for.  Take note, there are 7 kids and only 1 is over the age of 4.  The two in the front row were the wild cards and for whatever reason, they cooperated.  The 3 in the middle are being bribed.  They received cookies immediately following the picture.  I wouldn't recommend bribery for everyday things, but for the occasional picture, it's a pretty handy and extremely effective tactic.

First month of the year

I guess I've lost steam in writing this thing.  I feel bad mostly because I like to have our little books to read through.  I also feel guilty because I was much better for Molly's first years than I have been for Maggie's.  I suppose a one year old plus an almost 4 year old is just too much for me to handle in addition to documenting.

So, it rained a few times in January.  Molly found my umbrella and she was in love.  It took awhile, but I did finally get it put back away.  I did have to endure it laying around my house in various inconvenient places for a week or so.

We had the whole gang over for lunch the other day.  Maggie and Colbie have been enjoying mommy and me gymnastics for about a month now.  Ramsey and I haven't managed to bring our cameras yet, so we have no pictures.  There are 3 more classes, so hopefully one of us can manage to bring one before it's over.

Not sure if she made the shot, but she looks like she was about to.

Maggie has this new annoying habit of stripping from the waist down.  I'm sure some people would say this is my opportunity to potty train, but I seriously don't want to put the effort that it would take to potty train an 18 month old.  I did move the potty out, but that's about as far as I've gotten.  I honestly wish she would just keep her clothes on.

I took these picture after she had stripped down and then was walking on the table in the playroom, basically mooning the backyard.  once I was outside though, she was more interested in mashing her face against the window.

Last Friday was western day at Molly's school.  You can't see it here, but the little tiara on the hat lights up.  It was pretty awesome.

Yesterday Meredith, my mom and I went to yoga at Aunt Cassie's new Yoga studio.  When we got back Molly wanted to drag my mat out so she could show off her moves.  Then of course Maggie wanted to show off her moves too.  She was also without pants, as she is known to be lately.

Hopefully I'll be able to pull it together and write before another month has passed, but I kind of doubt it, little kids keep you busy.