Longest week ever....

And it's not over yet! This is what it has looked like since Tuesday early in the midnight hours of the morning. Pure ice with a dusting of snow on top, and the ice is so thick a lot of places that I can't even crack/break it! It's some pretty thick layers of ice. School has been closed now for three days, and Michael has been flexing from home because his office has been closed for the first two days with a delayed opening today. The temps have been in the low to mid teens with windchill being in the negatives at times. Yesterday we had a day filled with rolling blackouts- the high was 18*! Crazy to think that last Saturday the temp was in the low 70's! I think the only one in the house that doesn't mind this insanely cold weather is Ender! Hopefully it warms up enough to start melting all this ice! And yes, I know it way worse in other parts of the country.....so I'll quit my complaining now!

Luke's room before

Did I ever mention that Luke's room was super dark. Yup! All four walls, waaaay dark. Too dark for my taste. Maybe one wall would have been ok- but all of them made it feel cave like to me!

Luke's room is DONE!

We moved Luke out of his toddler bed and into a twin bed about a month ago. He's been earning his "big boy bedding" and the paint for his walls with his sticker charts. I should have posted before pictures- maybe I'll remember to do that after this post another day. I'm really happy with how everything turned out! And it's been fun to hear him in his room saying "I love my new room!". Luke even helped Michael put up some of the sticker decals, but I couldn't help myself and need up moving some of them so the walks looked a bit more even! I know I should have left then- but I looked too crooked and off balance! Michael even replaced the fan in his room because while the light part worked- the fan part didn't, so now he'll have a breeze in the summertime!

Reading the mail

I look out from the kitchen on Sunday and this is what I saw! I guess Luke decided he wanted to read the mail too! It was very cute! He would randomly list all the letters he was seeing, but since it was so random, it didn't make any sense, I guess it will be a while longer until he's reading to us!

Cassie's new bed

Cassie climbed out if her crib At nap time today- we put her back in and watched her climb out again. So we moved the crib out and the toddler bed in! We also cleared out her room so she won't climb anything else! In hoping that she adjusts as easy as Luke did, but we shall see! And even though Luke has need in a twin bed for a few weeks now- he still remembers this toddler bed as his bed, so hopefully that won't be a problem!

Krispy Kreme!

Halloween 2010

This year for Halloween Luke was a train conductor and Cassie was a fairy. I didn't get pictures of Cassie on the actual day- but I had a blue shirt that matched pretty well and black tights that she wore. Luke got the hat, bandana and a train whistle for his birthday the week before so that's what he wore. We just happened to have a shirt that matched the hat! We went to the ward trunk or treat on Friday, but he really didn't understand sone of the games- he just wanted the cookies he saw at the cookie walk- it took us a while before we won! He did get the hang of saying trick or treat and thank you by the end if the night. On the actual day we went over to Michael's parents house and went trick or treating in their neighborhood, the weather was great and no coat was needed! Cassie stayed with me, she'll probably go next year- but Luke has fun! And it was fun for us to watch him get all excited!

Where are you?!

Luke was playing hide and seek/peek a boo today under his blanket. When I was asking "where's Luke? I don't see him?", he answers from under the blanket "I'm right here mommy!".

Keeping busy

This is how I kept the kids busy on our flight home from Seattle. I let them put post-it notes and dots everywhere- including on me! I got some strange looks from passengers as they all came to use the bathroom (I changed our seats from row 17 to row 32 right in front of the potty) but hey....my kids weren't the ones screaming!

Cassie and her hair

I can't remember if I've posted pictures of Cassie and her curls; I think so... But now it's just barely long enough to put in some piggy tails! I did some in the back first; Michael was concerned that it would make her hair go flat and take away the curls- he really likes them!:). Then next I put some pig tails on the top of her head! Her hair seems like it's growing so slowly. It will be fun when I can put more hair up and put bows on her head!

Fort Worth Zoo

We went to the Zoo on Saturday, it was a lot of fun! We always leave so we get there right when it opens to avoid the crowds. This trip we packed lunches and ate outside at the picnic tables- Luke has been wanting to eat outside all week (ever since we ate outside at Sonic on our family day a few weeks ago!). We didn't stay after lunch, we figured that 2 hours today was good. But we all had fun! And both kids fell asleep on the way home, so it was s nice drive home too!

Love it when they cuddle!

Which isn't often enough! They each have their "lovies"- Luke has puppy tucked right beside him, and Cassie has bunny, well, in her mouth.... She sucks on the arms of her bunnies instead of a binki- we started giving her bunny at about 4 months old but instead of finding her binki when she needed it she found bunny; since then she never went back to the binki. Luke has had his puppy since he was about 6 months old- his binki habit had already been established. I gate to think about what we are going to do when we have to wean Cassie off from sucking on bunny- we still want her to have a favorite something to provide comfort.... Maybe I'll just have to cut off bunny's arms???

Teething???

I think so!! And just like Luke, she does this to the crib- it looks like a beaver lives in her crib, I had to pick little pieces off the crib so she didn't get splinters! Notice that Cassie had to stand on one of her toys to get to the top of the bars! Hopefully these teeth come in quickly because she's a worse teether than Luke ever was!

Car jammies

I'm sorting through clothes that are to small and clothes for the fall when Luke saw these Car pajamas and insisted on wearing them.... The fact that it's 105* out didn't matter! Good thing it's nice and cool in the house because I couldn't get these jammies off him that night!

This sound makes me happy!

I love that my washer and dryer "sing" to me when the cycle is done! It makes doing the laundry a little bit nicer!

We've got a climber!

Only problem is that she doesn't know how to get down yet!

Fake camping

Here are some pictures from last weekend. Michael decided that it would be fun to go camping with Luke. We had an authentic camping experience- with all the comforts of home! The night started with foil dinners. S'mores for dessert, Luke made a double decker s'more.... I'm calling it "The McS'more"! Then stories in the tent we set up in the spare room. Luke was just so excited! He wouldn't settle down to sleep, so at 10:30 we called it quits and put him down in his own bed- didn't take long for him to fall asleep then! It was a really fun night, and I'm sure we'll be doing it again!

I found the missing toys....

I was helping Luke in the downstairs bathroom this morning when I noticed these toys on the floor behind the toilet.

Me: "Luke? What is Noah doing here in the bathroom?"

Luke: "Noah go pee pee!".

So there you have it. I have no idea when Luke put Noah there, maybe last night when we were cleaning up.

Friends for breakfast

Luke decided that Buzz needed to eat too!

A little backward

If this seems a little backward; you're right! We had workers at the house all day on Tuesday and I had to keep the kids out of certain areas throughout the day. After naps I had to contain the kids in the living room, but promised Luke he could have ice cream after he woke up (to stay cool since out a/c is out too!). I didn't want Cassie getting Luke and his ice cream, and I didn't want Luke to spill- we don't eat in the living room, so I thought this was perfect!