Personal Hair Cut

Well, it happened! Sydney took the scissors to her own hair. Seoul came to tell me in the bedroom... quite calmly. "Mom, come look. Sydney cut her very own hair with the real scissors." Then walking out to Sydney she calls, "Sydney... Mom is coming..." Good thing Sydney has crazy hair anyway that it's not noticeable and she supposedly cut it off the top. She was a bit sheepish but did say she wouldn't do it again. The twinkle in her eye leads me to believe otherwise, though!

Let the fun begin this year!

On the sunny days we head to the park even though it's still FREEZING. We do love the fresh air, although sometimes I admit I wonder why I suggest going outside a few minutes after we get out there. Christmas gift unicorns accompanied us on this particular adventure. I didn't get pictures but they love rolling down the hill lately. It's so fun to see how much they've grown and how easily they do some of the activities at the park {as compared to last year}. We have moments of disagreements, of course, but I'm so pleased with how well the girls play together. It makes my heart sing when they help each other and play well together. Just wait til Sierra can join in the fun and not just turn into an ice cube watching.

I discovered Seoul helping Sierra play "Stampede Run" [a game on the iPhone] one morning. It was pretty funny! I think Sierra knows how to navigate the phone already - haha!

Sierra is growing up. She scoots around backward. She discovers fun things like sippy cups. Or getting stuck under the bed and coach. Nothing is safe anymore!

Oops - a tired little babe. She apparently couldn't wait until she was put into bed.

Santa brought Seoul a craft kit for Christmas. (The blue container filled with drawers of crafty fun on the table). They spent hours one morning crafting and making creations. Seoul has the attention span of an adult sometimes. She gets to serious about what she's doing. Sydney tries and actually focuses for quite a while also. Thus, our house is covered in pictures and crafts because Seoul knows how to tape them up. At least they're not on the floor, right?

Sierra loves her toys. This is just a bin full of balls that go with other games and it keeps her entertained.

A rare picture that Sydney has her eyes open and is looking at me for a picture. She's not blurry and her hair isn't completely out of control. Win! She is so beautiful and has such a magnificent personality!

Oh my! How can our baby be getting so big already?! She was so proud of herself for balancing and standing. It lasted about 30-40 seconds before she started rocking the castle so of course it fell over. I did catch her, though.

Seoul and Sydney had her laughing hysterically one night after dinner. It was awesome! I love the huge open-mouth smiles.

As much as I love my kids, sometimes I love them even more when they are asleep. They're so calm and quiet and innocent. I wonder what they dream of. Seoul and Sydney barricaded themselves into the bed with pillows. They've taken over the bed.

{Yes! These are from 1/1-1/9 of Jan 2014!}

All things Frozen

 

As I mentioned before, the girls LOVE this movie. {I love this movie!} They know all the songs. It is fun to listen to them sing together. Seoul is Elsa and Sydney is Anna – they sing their different parts in certain songs.

Here are a couple videos of them singing.

Seoul is pretty (should I use the word obsessed?) with Elsa. She carries her doll around with her. She wants to listen to the music constantly. I love that she knows the songs and this isn’t the best depiction but she really gets into singing with facial expression and dramatics. She does love singing, which is so fun to listen to whether it’s movie songs or primary songs or her own made up songs. Enjoy! [Notice she is holding her Elsa doll.]

 

 

Don’t mind Sydney sounding a bit unclear and stuffy… darn colds! Anyway, her favorite part is about 1:10 into the video. After 1:35 it kind of goes down hill, although Sydney does get one more cute part in. Seoul is yelling in the background and Sierra is tired of me not giving her attention. Enjoy!

Happy 2014!

We started the year by seeing this pretty fantastic flick... for the second time. The girls are IN LOVE with this movie. They know the songs. They have lots and lots of Frozen toys and books and dress up clothes from Christmas. So what do we do? We spoil our little princesses by taking them to see it again.... it's all worth it to hear them giggle at their favorite parts and sing along quietly under their breath. If you haven't seen it, do.

We ate at The Olive Garden. It's been a long time - yum!

It was a great way to start the new year! With family and friends. Yummy food. Making our girls happy.

We ended the day with Sierra insisting on standing up to hang out before prayers. She is getting too big too fast! Love that cute little body. What an exciting year we have ahead of us!

a new start

New goals for a new year, right? I need to keep up with the blog. At this point it's so far behind I'm completely overwhelmed with it. Unless I abandon all my other responsibilities and just blog. Not realistic, right? So, my plan is to start at Jan 1. I will go back and post about the last few months eventually. I will link to them at various times if you're interested in seeing those. So here goes...