Habits

I have a serious obsession with Q-tips. I clean out my ears ATLEAST twice a day. I know, I know it is not good for your ears. But I do it anyway. I can't stop. This morning I was putting my make-up on and and I glance over to see that Pepper had a Q-tip in each ear and a few more in her hands. I hope she didn't damage her ear drum. But can I blame her for using Q-tips?

HIPPOS

Shout out to my Aunt Marti. She was at the "Goodwill" and saw one of these hippos which reminded her of me. So she bought it. I already had one, but was happy to take another so both of my kids could push at the same time... instead of their regular screaming and shoving over the single hippo. Yes, both of my children are very good walkers on their own, but for some reason they LOVE to push walkers.

60 degrees

It was a lovely day for a stroll in the park :)

2 Years Old!

I posted about St Patrick's Day. Shut my computer and left. I am back... I forgot to post that Pepper had a birthday yesterday. She is now officially two.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I love Washington. Not only can you wear green on St. Patty's day... but you can be surrounded by it. I love the great outdoors!

The Great Outdoors!

Pepper L-O-V-E-S hunting for bugs. She removed 19 worms out of a puddle and put them back in the dirt. She is very careful with them and they are usually rescued unharmed. On the other hand Tabor found a worm and it did not survive. Bugs better look out when Tabor is around! Pepper has also found a plethera of spiders. Just think once summer hits Pepper will be in bug heaven. I decided to take this "exploring" one step farther by having a preschool lesson about something in nature and then go outside and experience it. Her birthday is on wednesday and her first lesson will be on thursday. I opened up a new blog just for preschool. If you see a link called "toddlers in nature" you found it. We are going to talk about weather, where food comes from, bugs, bodies of water, 5 senses, trees, rocks, birds and so on. When we did all the colors (when she was 18 months) she did great! And still has them all memorized. So hopefully she soaks this up aswell. And Tabor is going to join us on our adventures.

I haveTwo... One Year Olds

Today was Tabor's first birthday. He had 2 parents, 1 sister, 4 sets of grandparents, 2 uncles and one cousin at the party. We did a dump truck theme. The kids started out by playing with dump trucks in the sandbox. Then it was present time... and with 5 grandma's around there was a plethera of gifts (my grandma paxman didnt come because she is sick, but she gave him the dump truck the cake is in). The whacky ball thing (pictured above) I didn't think he would be able to do on his own, but he took the hammer and started whacking away. He mastered it. Tabor LOVES balls. He loves to kick them, throw them, roll them or eat them. We got him a bigger rubber ball and he walks behind it dribbling it with his feet. Back to the party... he ate mangled up cake (dirt) out of the back of the dump truck. No frosting. Little mess. After cake grandpa darrell & grandpa bruce put together his car ramp while he played whacky ball. I think Tabor enjoyed the evening. Happy Birthday Tabor!

P.S. Both Pepper and Tabor are one for 12 days. Pepper turns two on March 16th!

big bowls are for popcorn

Pepper threw up on tuesday night... so naturally we placed a big bowl next to her bed incase the vommiting re-occured. We told her the bowl was to throw up in. She disagreed, she said it was for popcorn. She then began asking for popcorn. I was able to talk her into a saltine cracker instead and then put her back to bed. The next morning she came out of her room with the bowl (empty thank goodness) and asked for popcorn. So I got her some. Next time she is sick I am bringing up a box instead of a bowl.

Uh-Oh Snow!

Whenever Pepper glances out the window and sees snow she says "Uh Oh Snow". I feel much the same way. I usually try to avoid the combination of snow with my kids, but this morning we ventured out into it. Pepper is finally old enough to do something with the snow besides eat it. We made snowballs and went sledding.

I'm A Barbie Girl!

Pepper is a barbie girl, in a barbie world. And she can stay in that world for an hour or two at a time. She sets the table, gives the baby a bath, drives around the jeep, has little conversations and puts them to bed. I wish I had that sort of an imagination. Both of my sisters did. I was not so easily entertained. Although, on occasion they would let me know their barbies were going to have a party, so I would decorate. I even remember cutting a piece of paper into confetti for Skippers birthday. Anyway... Pepper takes after her aunts. And now Tabor and I have some one on one time (which I would have to do whether I wanted to or not in order to distract him from destroying Peppers little world, but I do enjoy reading/playing with him).

Happy Valentines Day!

Pepper telling Tabor to smell a flower.

Pepper teaching Tabor how to high five.

Pepper hugging Tabor.

I was going to make a cute Valentine card for all of the Grandma's. But as you can see, I am not a photographer. My poor kids, I can't do thier "adorableness" justice. And Peppers hair quickly went from curls to "bed head". But I thought I would post a few of them anyway.
I thought this song would be appropriet for Valentines Day.