Something New...

About a month ago Thad's mom, Lynn, introduced me to something new: Pillowcase dresses. She has bought a few for the girls off of E-bay, but I thought I'd give my hand a try at it... For the first time, they turned out pretty good. :) I made matching ones for the girls for Thanksgiving. I didn't want them to have something they could only wear once so I made them more versatile. It's so easy you don't even need a pattern! I think now that I have the hang of it I will probably make a few more. :) The girls actually stood still for me to take a couple of pictures of them which is rare!

She's growing too fast!

If you had asked me a month ago if Ellie was going to preschool this year I would have said "No". I really had the dream of keeping her at home and doing activities with her here but it's a little more difficult with a 22 month old wanting to do all of the same things. We really don't have too many friends that have kids Ellie's age so she doesn't have much 3 year old time. :) So, we took the plunge and enrolled her in the preschool program at our church. It's 4 days a week from 9-12.

We're starting off with 2 days and then next week we'll see about the full 4. It really works out well for us for several reasons... She gets to ride to work with Thad (which she loves) and then come home with him for lunch. She will make some new friends and she's able to do lots of fun crafts and field trips! Today they went to the Musuem of Aviation and she had a blast! Who knew there was life past babydolls, purses, and Lightening McQueen! So far she's really enjoyed it! Hopefully tomorrow will go as well as today. :)

Life lately...

Well, the past month has been a whirlwind! We bought our first home, moved, had Ellie's 3rd birthday party and kept up with our regular routine. We love our new house! It's perfect for us. It has 3 beds and 2 baths an extra room that we use for the play/computer room and a HUGE back yard! If you're ever in town and need a place to stay we would love to have you! :)
Here is a slideshow of the past week.
Oh! Ellie's cake... It was my first cake, from scratch, and it was too moist for the icing to stay on! We all had a good laugh about it and I'm sure that plenty of people got pictures of it. Haha! Maybe the next one will go a little better. :)

Meet our Beauty Queens!

All of this can happen in a span of 1.5 minutes! This morning I was on the phone getting some last minute things done for our house and this is what happened. I was on the phone no more than 2 minutes and as soon as I got done this is what I found! I wish you all could have seen their faces when I found them! Ellie was so proud that she had put on some "pretty eyes" and that she got Ava too. She did a pretty good job getting one of her eyes but she didn't even come close with Ava. Both of them still have a little bit of mascara in their hair which we'll get out at bath time. It just cracks me up the things they get in to and how quickly they get into it!

No Title can Explain...

What do you do when you find yourself standing outside of your home with the door locked and your 2 year old standing on the other side of the door laughing at you? I had the "wonderful" opportunity of pondering this question while I was standing outside this morning!
I had walked out to put a trash bag outside and as soon as I walked out Ellie shut the door and locked it! I looked inside and she was standing there laughing hysterically. She thought it was the funniest thing that her mama couldn't come inside and get her. She then ran to another room where I couldn't see her but could still hear her laughing! After about 5 minutes of knocking, Ava finally came over and started knocking back. She tried to open the door for me but she's not tall enough. :( Ellie finally came back over, still laughing, laid on the floor and covered her eyes... Like I couldn't see her or something. She got up and opened the door then ran to her room. The whole time I'm trying to be tough and not laugh but it was nearly impossible. While I was standing there thinking "I need to get back in", I'm also thinking, "I can't believe my child just locked me out and is laughing about it!"
The best part is... I was on the phone with my dad at the time all of this was happening and all he could do was laugh! I called Thad to tell him about it and I got the same response from him! So I figured if they found it so funny you all would as well. Sorry there are no pictures but I'm sure you can imagine little bouncy Ellie doing this.

Still Going...

I can hardly stand how cute these pups are! They opened their eyes about a week ago and couldn't be cuter! We moved them to our front porch so that we can watch them better and because it's a little cooler next to the house. The girls love being able to watch them from the front door and go out and play with them every now and then. Ellie has to pick each one up tell it "hey", give it a kiss on the head then put it back with the others. Ava just giggles, pats them on the head and then procedes to have a conversation with it! We are really enjoying having them around.