Ten on Tuesday

1.) I overslept this morning! I am NOT a morning person and the last 5 nights I have been up anywhere from 5-14 times a night with JUST Madelynn. She is working on some molars-I think-but is just not wanting to sleep without being rocked in the rocking chair...and I don't do well sleeping in that thing for long periods of time...so I deal with getting up often (she is refusing to sleep with me). But this morning I slept in...luckily Dan was still home to wake me up before my first daycare kid arrived and I wasn't at least dressed :/

2.) MN is COLD right now, I mean COLD! We got about 6" of snow yesterday and today I woke up to -7degree temps with -20degree wind-chills. Tonight it is suppose to be REALLY COLD with wind-chills between -20 and -50degrees. I will be staying inside and cranking my heat!!

3.) Earlier today Joshua, almost 3, came up to me fake crying and said "mommy I need an M&M, it make me feel better" After he put one in his mouth he gave me a HUGE hug and said "thanks mom, you best!" and ran off to play...love that kid!!

4.)Do you have an artist in your family? Madelynn has discovered that she REALLY likes to color...but 99% of the time we end up with eaten crayons, colored teeth and a very unhappy little girl because mommy took them away :( but when she IS coloring nicely, it is so sweet!

Here is Madelynn signing 'colors'

5.) Are you familiar with Signing Time?? If you are not aware I am a Baby Signing Time Instructor and I teach classes here in MN to parents and children ages 3years and younger how to sign. I use the Baby Signing Time series and I love it!! My kids have been amazing with their signing skills-Joshua knows nearly 300signs at almost 3! If you'd like a code to save you 5% off product let me know and I'll send it your way! You can check out my store by clicking here.

6.) Joshua is now officially a 'big boy'!! He sleeps in a twin bed, is potty trained day and night (since October 2010) and it has been 1week 2 days since he last took a pacifier!! My baby boy is getting too big for his britches...it makes me want another :)

7.) Valentine's day is in 2 weeks...do you have plans? Do you have any traditions? Normally Dan and I catch a meal out a day or 2 before or after pending a babysitter but I haven't even thought about it this year...I wonder if he has??

8.)Do you know that I cut the boys' hair? Joshua LOVES to get his haircut...Dan on the other hand could do without it ;) Here is Joshua's latest haircut

Before:

After:

Nothing major...just a little trim up :)

9.) Hmm...finding 10 things to talk about is kind of hard :)

10.) Ok, finally...I made it :) Random fact: I eat an avocado nearly everyday...with salt!

Nan-Pops House

So we are back from a great weekend with Nana and Papa and the kids are already begging to go back. It is so hard to take them away from their grandparents, but I am grateful they are only 2 hours away rather than a week away when they were in Mexico!!

Here is some of the 'madness' from the weekend:

Madelynn and Papa spending some time together

Madelynn now knows how to say 'cheese' at the camera :)

This weekend was only the second time Madelynn has ever been in the snow and she LOVED eating it

The kids went sledding :)

Joshua and Papa spending some time together

Joshua and Jason throwing snow

I totally love this action shot...Joshua threw snow in his own face

And finally on our way home, this cute guy was the best!! Moo was great too as she slept the entire way :)

Things that make me smile...Madelynn edition

Having an almost 15month old girl is a joy! Madelynn is so kind, considerate and the best little mama ever! She can also be a bully and can totally hold her own-she is her mother's child!! Here is a glimpse at the top 5 things that make me smile when it comes to Madelynn in January 2011:

1. Madelynn's hair is now long enough, barely, to get into a single ponytail!! I NEVER thought that was going to happen!!

2. I love that Madelynn sleeps with her body tucked up underneath her with her bum in the air, even at 14months!

3. Madelynn's smile totally melts my heart!!

4. This picture makes me chuckle as she got stuck trying to climb into the excersaucer!

5. Madelynn cracks me up with her sweet self and I have to chuckle that she is so much like me and has an issue being 'lady like' :)

Things that make me smile...Joshua edition

So having an almost 3 year old boy is a hoot! Having Joshua is even more so. He is your classic clown, always wanting people happy. Here is a look back in the month of January 2011 at things that just make me crack up from this boy! Here are my top 5:

1.) "Mommy I have a foot phone!!"

2.)"Hmmm, I like frog legs!!"

3. "Mommy I don't like green apples"..."Joshua that is a lime you are eating"..."Mommy I like limes!"

4. "Daddy do again, do again!!!"

5. "I am rock star!!"

Macro Friday: Lashes

So I got a new camera for Christmas (Nikon D3100) and I am still learning how to work it and I love to play around with it. My new discovery is seeing things close up and though I don't have a high zoom lens (on my Christmas list) I can get a pretty decent shot...so here is my first attempt as something close up...Madelynn's eyelashes:

Spit!

Do you have a spitter? Madelynn has developed a new found love of spitting and though it is cute and innocent at the moment, I fear that it is going to be habit forming. Is it wrong for me to think that by laughing and encouraging it now? Or is it ok to remember that she is little and let her spit away??

I mean, isn't she just too cute?

Don't you just want to eat her up?? Oh I love this age!

Madelynn is nearly 15months old and is such a character anymore! I love all the new things she is discovering though I could do without the spitting (sometimes) and the taradactle screaming sound she has also newly discovered :)
But at the end of the day I am the happiest mama around! She melts my heart, my little girl, my Moo!

A Pirate...A Pirate...A Pirate...

A pirate says...ARGH!!!

Joshua has a new found love of pirates! Now before you go off thinking that my lovely, innocent, almost 3 year old is watching pirate movies or better yet, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, let me bring you BACK to the world of an almost 3 year old...the Backyardigans!!!

And if you STILL have no clue what I am talking about....check out this video-we play it over and over and over again..."Argh, argh, argh....a pirate says ARGH!!"