When coming up with more winter indoor activities for MOMS group, we ended up deciding to do a movie day complete with pizza delivered for lunch! The kids also brought a blanket and pillow for comfy viewing. Only us three regulars made it to Melissa's for the movie, but two more moms joined us for the pizza lunch after they were done with preschool. Chase was the only one who ended up really trying to watch the movie...why watch when they can play with their friends toys? :) Great time getting together.
Bubble princess or bubble monster...Lorelei will answer to either. :) Don't worry, Brad just used the shampoo to make her lots of bubbles. Had to make them because we knew she would just love it...and of course she did.
Elmo's World was all about frogs last night, which was a huge hit. I believe she calls them "rah" and this is her version of the frog hop. :) Hope you find it as amusing as we did.
We were very very thankful for a bit of a break from the cold weather for the weekend. Very thankful but oh how sad I am now that that is cold again when I was reminded how much we love to get outside!
Saturday I had a wonderful early morning trip to Walmart - kid free! We are hoping to make this part of our routine every couple of weeks or so...before the crowds get there with no whining, plus great father/daughter time...its great for everyone! That day Brad took Lorelei for a walk in the morning, and then we all took a walk around the pond and to our little section of Mt. Trashmore where Lorelei is always thrilled to see the dogs and people walking around or riding bikes.
We even got a chance to see a blimp while playing on the balcony!
Sunday worked out much the same with Brad taking her for a walk while I got ready for church and then the family again to Mt. Trash after nap.
She loves to hug the trees! One new project Lorelei LOVED was having a little bucket to take along for her walks to pick up rocks, pine cones, feathers, you name it. :) The little explorer always takes VERY long walks because she has to stop and inspect anything she comes across. The only way she walks with her head up and quickly is if she has a dog in her sights she is trying to get to. :)
She also loves any little hills we can find on the property...and we are happy to oblige - this girl needs to burn all the energy she can. :) Here we have her going down this hill for the second time, after scaring all the geese away the first time up. :) Good thing it isn't quite time for them to protect their eggs!
Monday we attempted to enjoy our last warmish day and get to the park, but the rain in the forecast came early so we only got to play about 5 minutes before it started sprinkling on us. :( Poor Lorelei was so excited...but we did end up going over to the Petsmart near the park with Melissa and Kira so at least she got to see the dogs getting some very fancy haircuts! She also enjoyed seeing the rats/mice (ick) running in their wheels! Hopefully very soon it will be nice enough to get out every day! Can't wait. :)
Decided to get brave and try finger painting on Friday afternoon. It was another yucky cold day and Brad had to work until 5 instead of the usual 4, so I decided it was worth the efforts to find something to do. I had gotten the info on how to make home-made finger paint just using flour, water and food coloring so knew it would be easy and safe for Lorelei to eat...which is the first thing she did of course! :) She also picked her color...which was blue. Completely innocent I'm sure, but it reminds me of her friend Kira who wants nothing but pink...because her mother hates pink...so naturally since I love pink, my daughter will probably want everything blue. ;) It actually turned out a bit teal looking and quite cute. We even added a hand print at the end. Not sure we are ready to try the real thing yet, but at least we have given it a shot for now. :)
That's right, Baby Stahl #2 will be joining us sometime mid September. Sept 14th is our due date, and I'm happy to wait until then or later so that these kids will have some time in between birthdays! :) Right now I'm ready to get past this first trimester and start feeling myself again, but know its all part of the process to add another wonderful joy to our lives. :) We can't wait to meet you little one!
Here are the "gummy bear" pictures finally scanned in. :)
Well for those of you who remember the commercial for "My Buddy" and "Kid Sister" hopefully the wonderful jingle is now running through your brain. :)
Lorelei is enjoying her babies more and more each day. As you can see in these pictures, she has concocted her own diaper arrangement, from the diapers finally brought up from the car including an old small regular diaper and swim diaper, BOTH of which are covering the baby's bottom in these pictures. :) One of her favorite things to do is say "poo" which of course means the baby is poopy. Then she drags the changing pad off her table in order to change baby's diaper. She also loves to give her baby kisses and feed it a bottle. She also thinks the baby needs to sit in her high chair, but I explain that with bottles you sit in a rocking chair to feed the baby. :) One of the neatest things is when she is putting her baby doll to sleep...she lays her down, then points or grabs me telling me to turn the fan on (naturally her sleeping ritual but who knew it was so important), then kisses the baby goodnight. So sweet!
