She had a fun birthday. We had a little party for her down at Grandma Jane's last weekend. Matt made corned beef, and we had Reubens and cupcakes. Michael put a candle on each cupcake, and when he brought them over to her to blow out, she was scared of them. Her sisters happily obliged! The girls got to play outside. They played keep-away, blew bubbles and played at the playground. It was a fun day.
On her actual birthday, we took her to Target to pick out a present. We thought for sure she would pick out something Frozen, but their selection was limited. And she was not really interested. She ended up getting a highchair for her babydolls. She loves to play babies, so it was perfect. Then we went to IHOP for dinner. We had not made it to the new IHOP near us since it has opened last year. I was not really impressed, although my food was quite good. The kids had pancakes of course, and gobbled them like a pack of wolves. I think the atmosphere just disappointed me. It might just be west-siied! It was a nice birthday for Emma though.
Her most favorite thing on the planet right now is Frozen. We downloaded it on itunes a few weeks ago, and Emma watches it non-stop. She LOVES it. She sings the songs, "Go, Go. It Go." ("Let it Go") Or " Ba noman?"("Do You Wanna Build A Snow Man?") She has to have a little tulle dress on at all times and she dances constantly. Her dancing is usually either running fast back in forth and tossing her head dramatically or swinging her arm back dramatically and twirling. It's so cute.
Her language is exploding too. She tries any word and speaks in sentences, as long as you can understand toddler. She just came up to me as I'm typing this and said, "ma titi, wat here." Translation is: my tootsie (foot) is right here. She wanted to show me a scratch on her foot. Now she's sitting beside me picking her nose. Lovely.
Laura and Hannah have had a good month too. Hannah is finally excelling in her class at school. She is getting stickers and prizes every week for her progress. She is exceptionally good at puzzles. That's interesting to me. I really can't express why, but it makes me wonder what she will be when she grows up. Laura participated in the Invention Convention. To our knowledge she was the only Kindergartner that did it, and she told us that she placed first. Either way, she really enjoyed it, and I think it was a good experience for her. She of course invented something art-related; it was called "The Drawing Thinker". It was an idea generator for thinking of a picture to draw.
Well, who's ready for spring? The weather needs to stay warm! This family is totally ready. The kids want to play outside, and Matt and I are ready to do outdoor things too. We have walked around the yard, planning landscaping projects and plantings for the year. The kids want to get bikes out of the shed, but I am waiting until the snow is gone. Once the bikes come out, the van can no longer be parked in the garage for the summer. And we can move the trampoline back to the garage too. We have been taking walks when the weather has been mild. Emma loves to ride in the stroller, and the girls like to walk or ride their scooter.
Toy management - anybody want to share how they deal with the overflowing, ongoing stream of toys that flood their house? As you may remember, I instituted the toy closet last fall, and it has mostly been a success. I left a bin or two empty at that time so that we would have room for Christmas toys. So at this point, our living room really is not overwhelmed with toys at this point. We do have a kitchen set and a princess castle in there, but the art desk as been moved to the basement. Well, this week, I took one more step and cleaned all of the toys out of the kids' room and brought them downstairs. So there are a few more things down here now, but most of it I fit into the toy closet. But WOW has that changed their room. (I also cleaned out their closet, which is awesome!) The clutter is gone! I should have done this a long time ago. Despite the weight lifted feeling it gives me, I still have too many toys. For example we have a boat load of stuffed animals. What do you do with all of the stuffed animals? I'll just continue to clean out/donate and hope to keep up with the clutter.
Have a good week and let's hope the cold weather stays away!
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