What a week, so far

PIt's been a while since we've posted, but there hasn't been much going on that has been too exciting. We're keeping ourselves busy. This past weekend, we took a quick trip to Huron to get some floors down and clean the kitchen at the steel house. Now to put everything back together and we'll be ready for summer. Sunday, we had a 5k race and Reagan ran her first kids race and was quite excited to get a medal for her efforts. 

Today, the girls were off school because of voting at their school, so we hit up Target and Chipotle, went to an awesome dance party birthday party, and the girls had swim class. Now we're awaiting grandmom's arrival this weekend. 

2013 Year Book

I finally finished and ordered our book for 2013. I guess March isn't so bad, though now it's time to work on birthday books for the girls.

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She's funny, too

Reagan likes to tell us, after some perceived major injustice, how she is going to treat her children differently.

Tonight... "I'm going to let my children wear only a nightgown to bed in the winter."

Last week... "I'm going to let my children have pasta for dinner every night, if they want it."

The best part is how she really emphasizes my children.

I don't know exactly how many children she is referring to, but I hope she waits a while ;)

She’s the sweetest

Very often, when I pick the girls up from school, NPR is on the radio, and sadly, it is sometimes not appropriate for them. We usually end up switching to the Frozen soundtrack, but yesterday it was on for a few minutes. They were saying that an actor (the one who played the professor in Gilligan’s Island) had passed away.

Reagan: Who died?

Me: An actor. He was pretty old.

R: Oh, I bet somebody loved him.

Sparkle Heart

Our elf has been very busy the first few days she's been with us. Reagan and Quinley love finding her each morning and are quite serious about the no touching rule.

She started in the living room and was happy to watch us put our tree up the day she got here. Then she found the ceiling fan. The third day she ventured into the kitchen and then the mud room. Today, she decided to have a bit more fun and made a swing. 

I wonder what she'll find tomorrow. Reagan is hoping she gets to see the playroom soon. 

Fun at Horseshoe Lake Park

I've tried a few times to pick the girls up a little early to do something fun before dinner. It's getting harder as it's getting dark so early. We took a quick trip to the park last week to feed the ducks and play on the playground a bit. 

Rainy Halloween

We had a lovely first Halloween here in Shaker, but didn't do much actual trick or treating. The girls had fun dressing up as a fairy and Abby Cadabby. We only made it about 5 houses and then the girls were cold, so we called it quits. Quinley spent the rest of the time handing out candy, and she thought that was pretty great. 

Now the wings and tutus have been added to our dress collection, so they'll get a lot of use for play.