School takes some really great photos of the girls. Look at my little Coco Rose, Coco Bean, Coconut! The little boy in the background is Nathan. Apparently he is her best bud and they wrestle all the time. This is what I am told by the teachers.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
blog break
While this little blog seemed to go on a break, I was busy doing this.
Everything seemed to get busy all at once. But now it's better. Much better.
GloZell would agree.
big girl bed
We finally switched Bea's bed out for a big girl bed. Wow is it huge. I feel like it is princess and the pea and now suddenly the entire house has shrunk. Then whole time we were taking apart Bea's toddler bed and assembling the big bed, Cordelia was shaking with excitement. Bea was nowhere to be found. but Cordelia was all up in our business (it was not a safe set up with the teetering parts) shouting "wow Bea WOW!" She was over-the-moon happy for Bea. But then when bedtime came, Cordelia was crushed. No big girl bed for her. My stomach hurts even thinking about how let down she was. But all is good now. She gets "The Big Cuddler" instead. One of those long sack deals filled with rice and lavender that you pop in the microwave. Somehow that seems even in Coco's eyes.
happy valentine's day
Last year I made valentines for the girls classmates. But this year Bea insisted on Princesses for the girls and Superman (or maybe it was that new Spiderman) for the boys. Never again. Those cheap squares with their cheap slots for the flimsy tattoos and rulers. We hole punched them and tied treats to them with ribbon. I got a class list from school and went through every student and asked Bea what she liked about them. Then I wrote that on the valentine. There was one kid that Bea said cried all the time. When I asked what he did that she LIKED, she said when he doesn cry. Ha! I had to really pull some teeth to get an appropriate response. Then there was a friend that she likes it when they eat. When they EAT. Mom, I like it when she eats.
Cordelia's friends got the same deal, except none of that personalization.
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| The girls ready for school and their party. |
my little voyeur
This is how I have been finding Cordelia.
She pulls the chair over and find the binocs.
Then when she sees me watching her she gets such a kick out of herself.
woah ho snow
How convenient it is that the back yard turns into a steep sledding hill after some snow blowing. A neighbor and I worked hard sculpting and shaping this mound so that it would gently steer away from the base of the building and support pilings. Bea still didn't trust us and chose the infant sled over two other far superior sleds.
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| Cordelia always appreciates a wipe out. |
new years eve 2013
Bea got some face paints from her fairy godmother for Christmas and New Years Eve is a perfect time for some face painting. As you know, Bea could live in face paint. She was actually eating the entire time i was painting. Now Cordelia loves it too. But she will only sit still for one dot of paint, 3 dots if you're fast.
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| 3 dots coco = sort of a blue heart |
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| After our NYE face painting and dinner, the girls had a glow bath. You just fill up the tub, crack a few glow sticks and turn off the lights. It's pure magic. Even Scott and I were impressed. Then then those glow sticks moved out to a tot dance party. |
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| Sweet Cordelia's face. |
wonder works
During the holidays we took the girls to Wonder Works in Oak Park. The outside was very unpromising, but once inside, it was a different story.
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| A sock-free facility. Lots of different areas to explore and adventures to be had. There was even a craft room with organized crafts. Coco made a penguin and then threw a fit when it was time to put the glue stick down. I should start keeping one in every pocket. |
christmas day 2013
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| Another Christmas morning. Santa treats us well. |
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| We headed to Indiana after opening presents and be picked up one of Scott's childhood traditions. Santa's helper, wearing a Santa hat and passing out all the presents. |
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| It appears that Santa's helper has no sense of space or regard for people's feelings. |
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| The neatest most realistic mechanical Mother Goose. She would sway and swivel while sharing classic children's nursery rhymes. Little did she know that her neck would soon be broken at the hands of a Pearson girl. |
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| My oh my. When Ed and Nancy had the girls for a weekend, they had a secret photoshoot, and surprised us with these pictures for Christmas! |
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| Special Guest Cordelia |
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| You know who doesn't give a damn? Cordelia, that's who. She celebrate the birth of baby Jesus however she pleases. |
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