Snow Day!

How ironic that the last post I did was called "Sunny Day"...yes, we had several sunny, low 70 degree days and then a few days in the low 30s...oh I just want to thank the weather for the sickness it has brought on my family. How kind of you...:( Anyway, here as some pictures of the girls playing in the snow, which only stuck around for 1 day due to the weather not being able to make up it's mind on whether it wants to be warm or freezing. 

Running out to the field next to our house....Snow, glorious snow.

Kendall spent her morning looking like this...poor thing couldn't walk or run without falling...yes, I might have over bundled her, but I didn't have any snow outfits!

my two snow bunnies

making snow angels

oops...man down...

oh no! two men down...help;)

yikes, we are struggling to stay up-right!

umm, mommy...hep pweeeeeeese....(help please)

helping shovel/sweep the side walk

yes, please give us some direction Kendall...oh girl of great knowledge;)

Okay, we had our snow...now it can get warm and we can put all this craziness behind us. "pweeeeeese"

A sunny day

Last week we had an unseasonably warm day for the month of January. So, what does a mother of 3 energetic and slightly wild children do? Go outside of course!! We were lucky enough that Daddy had the afternoon off (a rare event during season) and was able to play outside as well. Those girls do love playing with daddy! He's so fun;) 

While we were outside enjoying the evening before the cool of the night set in, daddy got some great pictures of the girls.

Kendall and her stick...we could be walking to the car (which is a few feet from the house) and she has to pick up a stick, or let us know we have lots of sticks in our yard...thanks Kendall;)

Alley playing happily with daddy and Kendall...what a precious smile:)

Another thing Kendall has to have when we are outside...a ball

sitting on daddy

Kendall wanted a turn at jumping on daddy too:)

playing ring-around-the-rosy...at a pretty fast pace. I'm surprised no one ended up being flung across the yard!

taking a walk to the field...just too sweet

checking back to make sure daddy was still there...yup, he is:)

pretending to nap...ha, these two nap...I should be so lucky!

I thought this was kinda an interesting picture with the lighting...funny too

sunbathing;)

she was running, but this is also a classic picture of Kendall...tongue is out;)

I couldn't pass up this moment. This morning while the girls were watching cartoons, Kendall went up and sat next to Alley and started rubbing her back. It was the cutest moment ever!

then she started playing with her hair...I'm surprised Alley let her...it was a special moment for mommy;)

Portraits

The girls and I went to Richmond this Saturday to visit Mimi and to do a little shopping. While we were there, we took the girls to get their pictures taken. I have been remiss in getting ANY pictures of the three girls to document this fall/winter...so, Mimi was able to fit us in on the schedule at a local photography studio. I will say, despite the antics of a particular, strong-willed two year old (who will remain nameless....), the pictures turned out pretty decent. I did throw in some out-takes just to show you what the poor photographer was up against....oh me oh my...everyone say an extra prayer for me tonight 

there must have been a spot on that clean, white backdrop...there must have been...

oh yes, the return of the "cheeeeeeese"

little miss bright-eyes sitting up for the camera (with a little help from the pillow:)

heeeeeey pwecious:) - as Kendall says every day when we get MC up from nap

my smiley little beanstalk

yes, yes she did

there we go....thats 1 for the photographer....100 for Kendall

peek-a-boo

sweet big sister. She was so good at posing the way she was told:)

 yes, we had lots of appearances from the tongue...she must have thought it was her best side...

MC is trying to escape the craziness but is trapped on all sides:)

no, we'd never make it through a photo shoot without Kendall sucking her thumb and trying to rub MC's head...MC was just too quick for Kendall this time;)

 Okay, the younger two were done...Kendall was done the moment the photographer came in...

Talk to the hand girl, don't touch the head;)

smiley

happy happy girl

 you would never know she was just crying her eyes out a second before this picture...she amazes me!

Okay, not so successful on group shots, but I think we did pretty well on individuals. Good thing we are scheduling out door shots for the spring! Hopefully Kendall will have calmed down enough to at least be kind to the photographer!! Whew...Mimi and mommy are exhausted!

Kendall is 2!!

Kendall celebrated her 2nd birthday this past Friday....where has the time gone??!! I can't believe she is already 2 (even though she's been in her "trying 2's attitude" for awhile now!). We have loved watching Kendall grow and learn. She and Alley are complete opposites in almost everyday...including looks!

 Here the girls are before the party. They made a boat/bus/house with their chairs, blankets and stuffed animals...it was so cute to hear them play. They were actually playing nicely...no fights, yelling, or anything for close to 30 minutes. It was amazing...I was even able to have a very pleasant shower without having to deal with their shenanigans:) 

K being cheesy and just plain cute:)

this was the best shot I could get with Kendall in her birthday shirt and smiling...I know, she's a tough cookie;) She's in her "boat" and way to occupied for a photo break

As you could see by Kendall's shirt, we had a Minnie Mouse themed party. She looooves Mickey and Minnie...oh heck, she loves the whole Mickey Mouse gang. Just ask her to sing the intro song to the Disney show, Mickey Mouse clubhouse. It's just so darn cute..."Mickey Mowse, clubhouse....". Anyway, here are the cupcakes we had for the party...quite delicious:)

a close up with Kendall drooling in the background. She was super pumped about the cupcakes, having pizza and she could not keep her hands out of the veggie tray and the popcorn bowl...she's a mess!

Excitedly waiting on the pizza and "friends"

hanging out on her new see-saw...let me tell you, little see-saw has been in time-out a TON over the past three days...we might need to give it a break and put it in the shed until spring arrives...hopefully by then the girls will be sharing slightly better...oh who are we kidding!! we'll just put it up until they can fight outdoors;)

let's take a birthday pause and check out these two cuties! Our good friends are in the process of adopting this handsome little boy and we are just totally in love with him:) As is MC...they are almost 3 months apart and seem to be very interested in each other's hands and faces. Check out MC's soaking wet arm and red marks next to her mouth...she is really in to sucking on her arms and it's causing a rash next to her mouth....oh well...

MC wanting to get a better view of Kam, of course Kam is like, "woman, get off me..." ;)

Kam wondering if MC's arm is as good as she claims it to be...or, Mc saying, "dude, talk to the hand..." ;)

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled program...PAAARTY!

We all started singing Happy Birthday...including Kendall

Her face when she heard everyone else singing with her

Her face when she heard everyone sing her name...she thought it was the best! I don't think she realized everyone was really singing to her:)

Digging into her cupcake

she would not let go of her candle...even while eating

What a great evening with friends and family. We love our little spit-fire!!