Catch Up

These pictures are from the past month.  Apparently, I neglected to download the pictures off my camera for a while.  First, we start with a Taylor reward...dinner at Chuck-E-Cheese.  We went through a weird stage where she would not stay in her bed all night long, for one reason or another.  So we created a reward chart (I printed out a blank calendar) and every night she slept in her bed, she got a sticker.  When she got 5 stickers in a row, she could pick a piece of candy out from the candy drawer (which....I should totally toss the whole drawer, but man - bribery can be a powerful parenting tool!).  If she had so many stickers at the end of the month, we would go to Chuck-E-Cheese.  Thus....we are all back to sleeping in our own beds (most of the time)...and we took a trip to Chuck's.  

I would have normally been  mad that she wasn't keeping her food in her mouth while eating, but we were at Chuck-E-Cheese....so we fit in.  It was hard to tell her not to do something when every other kid there was worse.

Fast action hands!!

You can tell she played hard, her hair got more disheveled as the night went on.

The following weekend, we decided on a whim to go to a Royals game. It was Fireworks Friday and Buck Night - I think Connor & Taylor both ate two $1 hot dogs a piece.  We took Uncle Marc also - which made the girls' day

Ok - I'm sleepy now.  More later.  Plus,we are apparently in a storm warning and I need to get Andy to move his truck to the barn...no more hail damage, please!

Divas

Thanks to Aunt Steph, the girls were all decked out at the MKO parade.  The tiaras had flashing lights - and a secret - the flashing lights never turn off!  Guess what I had to hide under our bed that night??

A couple little things about the girls lately (most of you already know this stuff, but I don't want to forget it - and since the internet lasts forever, this is a saving place!).....

As we drove by construction workers on our way out of town, Taylor looked out the window and sighed: "Oh wow. Those guys have sure been hard workin'."

Taylor's class was lining up at pre-school, and as they did so they were asked to share their favorite food. Most of the kids chose ice cream or pizza...but not my daughter. The teachers note said: "Taylor proudly proclaimed that her favorite food is....MEAT!"

As I dropped off Connor one morning her teacher came over and said, "You know, Connor is becoming quite the class clown. She gets all the other kids to laugh a lot!".   I don't know if that's more funny about Connor, or about the teacher.

Ew...

You wanna know what makes more rings around your bathtub than dirt?  Poop.  And there's nothing I love more than scrubbing the bathtub at 8:30 at night to get the poop out of it, instead of reading books with the girls.

Pics from the weekend soon...maybe when I'm less snarky and not so 'pooped'.  (ha, get it?! Ha..aw, come on)

Somewhere in the Middle of America...

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Omaha for my cousin Geoff's wedding.  I have no recollection of ever being in Omaha before, but I liked it!  Their 'Old Market' area is really cool - and of course the zoo was great.  Geoff & his new bride Julia are a great couple with fun friends, and their wedding really reflected that.  We got to spend time with my cousins who I never really get to see anymore...and even spend ADULT time with them.  Thanks again to the Grandparents for taking the girls back to the hotel early!

In true Megan fashion - I forgot my dang camera.  So, all of my current pictures are from my phone.  I'm hoping to steal some from my mom's camera soon.

In the 'Worlds largest Indoor Aquarium'. This giant turtle was swimming over our heads, I wasn't fast enough to take a picture of the shark!

My cousin Steph with Connor.  Connor was showing her the very important pieces of her dress.  Good news - Connor didn't bite anyone (other than Taylor & me) during the reception. And she was excellent during the wedding ceremony - because she slept through the entire thing!

The one picture I have of Taylor on my phone from the reception.  Well, Taylor & Andy's hand.

Shopping is Hard Work

After a long-overdue trip to the grocery store this weekend, we were beat.  We need to work on our shopping stamina.  Who am I kidding, I could 'shop' for hours - but the funds wouldn't be there to support me!  Apparently, we wore Connor out.  She wanted to hold the receipt as we left, and this is how she looked before we were even out of the parking lot.

Happy Easter!

Happy belated Easter! Here's a pictorial of our egg dying experience....


Taylor woke up from her nap, ready to go...Connor did not want to wake up. So, we let her take her time.

T and I got everything prepped, and even some coloring done.

Everyone awake - happy with getting colored up.

"This egg...it's magical!"

And this egg is about to get thrown on the floor.

The end...what remained.

Lots of love from these Crazy Bunnies!

A big goosebump and Smore's....

Two weeks, I received an email at work: "Megan, just wanted to let you know that Taylor fell down on the tile floor and hit her head.  She has a pretty big bump, and we are monitoring her very closely.  She is currently acting fine and playing, we also have been icing it and not letting her nap."  Well, of course I left early to go get her.  By the time I arrive - they are all outside playing and Taylor is running around like normal. As soon as she sees me, I hear her yell..."MOMMY! I HAVE A \GOOSEBUMP!"  Apparently, she was dancing in the classroom and while attempting a pirouette (yes, she knows what that is due to a book from Aunt Steph), she bit it and she caught herself with her head.  It wasn't too terrible looking that night, but over the next few days, the bump was just a little bruised.  

The night of the incident...

Fast forward to a week later, and I get another call.  "Megan, Taylor walked into the swingset on the playground today and hit her big bump."  Sheesh.  NOW, her third eye is pretty dramatic.  This weekend it was starting to fade finally, but it still looks like she spent the day at church on Ash Wednesdsay.

After incident #2

The above picture was taken while we took our first camping trip in my parent's RV over the weekend.  Only Saturday & Sunday, but whew...were we tired when we got home.  'Uncle' Marc came out to have dinner as well, and spent time with us walking through the woods looking for 'mountain lions' and reading some stories before the girls had to go inside and watch Princess & the Frog and fall asleep.  We also ate smore's. I love burnt marshmallows.  The girls learned how superb they were too.