Wizards

As per Ramsey's request, here is another post:

I'll start with some funny stories that have happened in the past few months.  The one that is first on my list is about Molly and wizards.   Molly was trying to do something in her gymnastics class the other day and she was getting down on herself because things just weren't going her way.  Her teacher said to her "Molly, you just need to believe in yourself!" And Molly replied "the only thing I believe in is wizards." I'm super grateful that her old gymnastics teacher shared that story with me, because that's just too funny.  I asked her where she came up with that and she said something about Peg+Cat, a t.v. show.

Another random Molly story. She came home from hanging out at my mom and dad's house and announced that while at their house, she had an old stale doughnut and that she loved it! She also wanted to make sure that I knew that if I ever had anything old and stale, I should make sure to give it to her because she loves old stale things.

These pictures are from before Christmas, possibly even before thanksgiving, I have no idea.

We went out to the Crystal Hill by Quartzite. The girls had a blast running around, climbing and collecting crystals

Our new bedtime routine starts in Molly's room with stories. With any luck they will fall asleep before I'm done reading.  The trick is to pick fewer, longer books instead of lots of shorter books.  My favorites are Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book and If I Ran the Circus.

There are no physical or emotional ills that cannot be fixed with lots of novelty band-aids.

Domino stacking champion.

Toilet paper stacking champion. Also worth noting, those panties are not a prop. She is officially potty trained. For some silly reason, I thought I was going to be screwed trying to potty train her.  She hadn't shown any interest in it.  One day, for some reason, she just decided she was interested and that was pretty much it.  I was pleasantly surprised.

Maggie's funny story isn't so much a story as a way of life. She's become a little obsessed with dress up. Currently, It's nearly always leotards, tights, skirts, and ballet shoes, or as she calls it her "ballets". A few months ago, she was up for anything and would drag any old costume out for fun. 

 

 Or maybe just a wig to brighten things up a bit.

 

Here's a Maggie original style.  Something like this is pretty much what she wears 98% of the time.

She isn't however, interested in any sort of hairstyling.  I try pretty much everyday to do something with her crazy hair.  Not anything drastic, just a clip or something to keep her bangs out of her face.  Everyday she rips it out almost immediately.  While she was sick last week, she did let me french braid her hair (the fever must have made her crazy).  She actually wore it overnight which was great because it meant I didn't have to attempt to clean snot out of her hair in the morning.  I'm happy to report that she's feeling better, has regained her wits, and is no longer accepting hairstyles.

 

Molly was in The Nutcracker back in December. She did a really great job as a little lambie.  This was the makeup she wore for the performances.

This was the watercolor makeup she did for Maggie and herself.

 

check her out in her big girl bed.  So far, so good.

 They're so sweet when they're asleep and not screaming demands at me.

 Maggie taking us out on lead harmonica.

Picture Day!

Molly's picture came in today.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

Halloween!

This year both kids know what candy is so halloween was super fun for them and kind of crazy for me.  We went to the festival at Molly's school and the amount of candy was kind of insane.  It made me wonder why they kept asking for us to bring in more candy.

Jonny is a pumpkin carving stud.  Ruby gloom pumpkin.

We had mommy and me on Halloween, Maggie did some more hanging about.

Ruby gloom in all her glory.  I think she turned out pretty good!

Maggie wasn't into pictures so this is the only one of ruby with doom kitty. The collar that I was so proud of, was lost within minutes of arriving at the festival.  Oh-well.

On Saturday Molly performed her nutcracker lambie dance at the children's festival.  She did such a great job.  I was super proud of the backbend she did on the asphalt. I'm also super proud of Jonny's make-up skills.  He paints a mean lamb face :-)

Maggie loves goat cheese from Yuma's own Toggenberg goats!  Shoveling it into her mouth at record speeds.

Today we took a day trip to sea world. It was fun and exhausting all at once.

Little penguin hatchling.

Gymnastics can be practiced anywhere.

Some random pictures:  because sleeping children are cuter than awake children.

Sea World makes me sleepy too.

Face painting fun at sea world!  Maggie was jealous when she woke up.  

We took Maggie to get painted up. She was game until the paintbrush was an inch from her face...then she was out.

Now we're on our way home and we're hoping for quiet children for the next couple hours.  Could be wishful thinking.

Mommy and me

Going to do a double post hopefully.  Here's some pictures I meant to post earlier, but didn't.  

Maggie and I have been going to mommy and me gymnastics.  She's shy, but she loves it.  

Hanging on things is probably her 2nd favorite.  Jumping on things is 1st.

Playing in the yard now that the weather is nice.

Goofy kids

Peachy Keen

Twice now I have bought a little box of peaches at Sam's club and twice now Maggie has stolen them and taken bites out of each one.  The first time was completely my fault.  I left the box out where she could reach it. The 2nd time though, I thought I had it out of reach on the kitchen counter.  Guess she's taller than I thought.  

My little helpers helping me make some bread.

I'm going to choose to remember this moment like these pictures: smiling and happy.

I feel like every time we play outside (especially with Jonny) it ends like this.

I guess Jonny's just always watering something and he can't help but spray them down too.

I probably shouldn't waste time and money on clothes for Maggie.  I know she's not alone which makes me wonder why they even have a 2T size at all? 

Look out, she has on underwear! Trying not to get excited, but she has actually used the potty a few times now.  

Halloween has become a huge topic in our house.  Molly is going to be Ruby Gloom.  I'm sure no one knows what that is. It used to be on netflix, and that's where she latched on to it.  She's just a cute little bright red head girl that's slightly skeletal/zombieish looking.  I was surprised she went for something more "Halloweeny" since it's usually all pink and princess with her.

Maggie with the Ruby wig.

The outfit

The make-up.

Ruby's sidekick is doom kitty, so Maggie, not being able to articulate exactly what she'd like to be, is being roped in to being doom kitty.  I think she'll like it though since she'll get to wear her black leotard and tights. That's pretty much her favorite thing to wear.

Going to the grocery store when daddy is there is so much better than with just Mommy.  I'm always teasing Jonny that he's ruining them when he takes them to stores since I have different standards for how a trip to the store should go. I hate all carts that are not regular. He's happy to push whatever novelty cart they might have available. I don't like to let them (particularly Maggie)out of the cart. He's happy to let them wander within reason. I'm a hard ass (not really) and don't buy them stuff EVERY time...just most of the time.

I can't complain too much though since he's helping with errands.

Grocery store fashion shows are perfectly acceptable.  Even I can agree with that.