February

We started February off with a Preschool field trip to the pet store.  Sienna, my animal lover, was in heaven.  They got to feed the fish, pet a guinea and a bearded dragon, and tour the store.  Shelby loved getting to hang out with the big kids and Sienna's favorite part was feeding the fish.  The only bittersweet part was that they usually have cats that are up for adoption that the kids can pet as well, but they had all been adopted. 

We also celebrated Valentine's Day!  Grandma Hudson sent the girls some candy and stickers, Grandma and Grandpa sent over lots of different Valentine's goodies and Daddy got Sienna a new intricate coloring book and Shelby the movie Snow White.  Daddy got Mommy chocolate covered cinnamon bears and I wish that I could say that giant bag lasted longer than like a week and that I didn't eat more than half of them but I'd be lying.  We also made pink heart shaped pancakes for breakfast that morning.  The pink was hard to see until you cute into them but the girls loved them, so mission accomplished.

 

A few days after Valentine's Day Sienna's friend Carli had her fifth birthday party at Jabbers.  Sienna and Carli love each other and we had never been to Jabbers so it was definitely a couldn't miss event.  The girls had a blast and we will definitely have to go to Jabbers again. It was nice to discover a place where both girls had plenty to do and I was able to keep an eye on both at the same time.

Other random February happenings:

 Shelby learned that she loves dipping things

Sienna wore her dress from Mexico to church for the first time

Shelby started Nursery early because mommy got called to Primary.  This is a very accurate picture of how she felt about the whole thing.

Miss Candi (my friend, neighbor and Sienna's preschool teacher) brought the girls over some heart shaped pizza because Sienna got sick on the day of her Valentine's party at school and Miss Candi didn't want her to miss out on anything.

 Walking to school with mommy's old backpack on

The loss of the second tooth

Trying on Grandpa's missionary tag!

 

 I remember when life was pretty uneventful, but with two little ones our lives feel very full.  I love that Sienna is growing up and now we have field trips and gymnastics.  It's so fun to see her learn new things and develop new skills.  It also nice that Shelbs has enough personality and spunk to keep up with her big sister.

Tooth Fairy!

Of course two days after my January post Sienna goes and decides to finally let us pull out her first loose tooth!  It was mildly eventful, but not nearly as traumatic as I anticipated from my sassy, drama queen.  Nick had tied a piece of string around the tooth and while he was wiggling it the floss got stuck on the tooth.  She came over to me with floss hanging out of her mouth with a very sad look to let me know that she hated the predicament she was in.  Being the sweet, kind mother that I am I pretended to feel sad for her so she would let me look at it and then I ripped that tooth right out of her mouth.

She cried for a little bit and then remembered that the tooth fairy was coming and all was right in the world again.  She was so excited to decorate her envelope and take a picture of the new hole in her smile.  She lost another tooth like a week later, but she's apparently a pro at losing teeth now so that one was no big deal.

Welcome to the awkward stage Sienna, we love you.

January

I gave myself a break from blogging and in the process kind of shot myself in the foot.  I do family yearbooks for us each year and not having blog posts to look back on is now making my 2015 yearbook project an overwhelming thought.  So, I decided at least once a month I need to take the time to journal here and reflect back on the fun things we've done, because I don't want to forget that they happened.

January is usually pretty uneventful.  Partly because of the Christmas hangover and partly because it's so cold you don't want to do anything.  Luckily for us the sun has been shining occasionally and Sienna is getting older and that means more activities all around.  In the beginning of January the girls and I went to a fun family improv day show with our friends.  We love hanging out with the Romer family any chance we get and this was a perfect way to do that!

 

Sienna also started gymnastic this month!  She absolutely loves it so far and it's so fun seeing her try something new and getting so excited for each class.  Sienna's favorite things about gymnastics so far are the bars and the trampoline. Shelby is so jealous that she only gets to watch from the balcony.  

Shelby may not have started something awesome like gymnastics, but she finally has enough hair for a tiny little whale spout pony tail and I love it so much!

We have had some nice days that we have been able to get outside and play.  It mostly ends with us being covered in either chalk or mud (we can't wait to have grass in the backyard!) but it's a small price to pay for a good time.

When it's too cold or we are just craving something sweet the girls also like to help mommy with some baking!

These silly girls sure filled our house with joy during the usual dreary month of January!

Until next month!