Bubbles....everybody likes bubbles.

Last weekend it was really pretty outside so we broke out the chalk and the bubbles. And since the girls were being so cute I broke out the camera too. Below is what I was able to capture on film...it was much more fun in person.

For about fifteen minutes, Morgan blew bubbles at her sister. Elizabeth loved it. She just squealed with delight whenever Morgan would blow them at her. By then end of it Elizabeth was covered in spit and bubbles.

See she is loving it.

After awhile Elizabeth tried to blow bubbles, but she wasn't nearly as good at it as Morgan was.

This picture was taken during the chalk portion of the afternoon. I was actually able to get Morgan to pose for a photo.

Then she was nice enough to pose again.

Miss Elizabeth.

Miss Elizabeth looking very serious. And yes she has a huge bump on her head. That was a whole different story.

Morgan blowing bubbles. She loves bubbles.

Elizabeth's Time Out Experience

We recently decided that Elizabeth isn't too young for short time-outs. Especially when she is hitting people. So last Saturday I was faced with putting her in a time-out for hitting her sister. The whole scenario went a little like this.....

For awhile they were playing chalk very nicely. However at one point Morgan took a piece of chalk that Elizabeth viewed as hers. For a minute Elizabeth sat there and said "No...No...No..." then she got up, walked over to where Morgan was and hit her on the head a couple of times. So fro that Elizabeth had to sit in time-out.

Since we were outside Greg put her on the step in the garage. Far away from all the toys...


She sat there for a good 20 seconds...

She then realized that no one was really watching her closely, so she thought she would get up. Immediately Greg made her walk back to her spot on the step.

What you can't see in this picture is the sad little face she was making. Tears and all. It was like she was doing the walk of shame back to her step. Luckily for Elizabeth her time- out only lasted a totally of 30 seconds. But she didn't hit Morgan for the rest of the afternoon.

The Elizabeth dictionary

For those that haven't seen Elizabeth in awhile you will be surprised to know that she is starting to speak pretty well. She knows quite a few words, but some need a little interpretation. So to give you a jump start on communicating with Elizabeth I thought I would provide a list:

Shue: Her shoes, she absolutely loves her shoes. If you ask her where her shoes are she will drop whatever she is doing to find them.

Uh-oh: Well that is pretty self explanatory.

Bebe: At first we thought she was saying Baby, and actually meant a baby- but we soon figured out she actually meant her blanket.

La Gooooo: This means let's go. Once she figured out you are going somewhere, she gets her jacket and says "La Goooo" really loud.

Buuuhhh Bye: This she also says really loudly and with a southern drawl.

Mine: This is a new word and she really loves to use it with Morgan. And once she declares something as "Mine!" you better not touch it.

Bawlll: No this doesn't mean ball- it actually means Belle, her dog. This and shoe were her first real words.

No!: Again pretty self explanatory.

Oww: I think she learned this from her sister. Now when I comb her hair I hear Owww.

Thank you!: She says this pretty much all the time. Even when she bring you something.

Spring is here...well it was for a week.

One Sunday morning, while I was trying to keep the girls occupied I discovered Morgan's old sunglasses in a drawer. I took them out and immediately gave them to Elizabeth. I thought she might play with them for a minute and then get bored but I was wrong. She loves these sunglasses. She even knew exactly what to do with them. She put them on and started running around. To further enhance the look I figured her hair was long enough to attempt pigtails. Well she must have been so excited by her look that she decided to pose...

She spent the better part of the morning, sitting by the fireplace with her book and her sunglasses. She was perfectly happy. The pigtails even lasted a few hours!

After awhile, she found Morgan's cell phone and it made her look even better! It wasn't long before Morgan figured out that Elizabeth now had a hold of her sunglasses and her phone- let's just say both ended up back in the drawer for awhile to avoid any fights.

For the past couple of weeks we have had really great weather. Spring is almost here! One Saturday while Greg was busy working in the garage we decided to visit the park to burn off some energy. We went to West Park in Carmel, mainly because we hadn't been there in a long time and I knew there was a great playground area and a lot of room for the girls to run. So we packed up the car and went. When we got there I decided to let Morgan go to the top of the sledding hill. This is the view of Elizabeth running beside me to the hill...

This is Morgan...notice, she is much farther away. She didn't really want to wait around for us. Once she got to the bottom of the hill she climbed up all the rocks by herself! Eventually Elizabeth and I caught up to here- mainly because I carried Elizabeth because she kept falling down.

After the sledding hill we headed over to the playground. Once we got close Morgan took off to check out the giant slide shaped like a farm silo. While she played Elizabeth hung back and just checked it all out. I kept finding her standing really still and just staring at the kids while they played. It was mesmerizing for her.

We checked out the swings while we were there. Morgan even learned how to swing herself by moving her legs. She still liked it better when I pushed her...

Elizabeth loved the swing too.

I think we will have to visit this park again soon!

Mommy- The peecas are lost

This past weekend we made the trek to Evansville. We left shortly after lunch on Friday and within 20 minutes of being in the car Morgan asked if we were there yet. She asked us if we were there numerous times, and after while she declared "Mimi and Papaw live too far away!" After about 2 hours in the car, both girls desperately needed a nap and were irritable. So Mommy climbed in the back seat and did what Mommy's do best- find ways to entertain the kids with whatever she can find! The camera held their interest for awhile and I was able to snap these shots of the girls in the car.

Morgan didn't really want to have her picture taken...

After finally getting there we rested up and on Saturday we decided to enjoy the 70 degree weather and visited the Evansville Zoo. It really was the perfect sized zoo for Morgan, it was small enough that we got to see it all without her getting tired in the middle and it had all the cool exhibits.

When we got there I asked Morgan what animal she really wanted to see. She replied "I want to see the Baby Jaguar." Now for those of you that have kids you will realize that there is a baby Jaguar on the Go Diego Go show. She loves Dora and Diego so of course she wanted to see a Jaguar. I told her I didn't think they had one, but we would see. Low and behold- they had one!

We also checked out the giraffes. Here is Morgan trying to feed the giraffe a stick.... She was pretty excited by this.

While we were walking, we passed a cage with some peacocks. Obviously you can't keep a bird in a caged area because they can fly. So while we were standing there the peacocks flew out of the cage and started walking on the path. Morgan was very interested in this and decided to follow the peacock. She walked behind them for awhile and we ended up in this little seating area, where there were a couple of peacock. Morgan got a little worried and kept telling me the "Peecas were lost..." she really wanted to help them. Not sure where she wanted to put them, or what exactly she was going to do, but I convinced her that the peecas were not lost.

We checked out the rainforest area where the birds are in open areas that you can walk up to. The screeched really loud and Morgan was not a fan.


We checked out the children's area and Morgan dressed up like a bat.

By the end of the visit, Morgan was telling me she was really tired and that her legs really hurt. So we had a good nap that afternoon. And for those wondering how Miss Elizabeth liked the zoo....well she got to see the sites in the comfort of her stroller.....

This is how accidents happen....

It's been cold in Indianapolis so we try to find any and all ways to play inside. Most of the time the girls figure out ways to entertain themselves. On one fateful Sunday while I was changing the sheets on their beds, they decided to play with the sheets and blankets before I could put them in the laundry. Now this seemed like a fairly tame activity...

It started innocently enough with Morgan throwing a blanket on her sister....

It then progressed to rolling around in the pile of sheets and blankets on the ceramic tile floor...



The blanket throwing continued...That lump under the blanket Morgan is holding is her sister...



They then proceeded to jump onto the pile of blankets, while throwing them on each other....


Elizabeth really got into the action and threw herself onto the floor numerous times...

Little did she know that the more you throw yourself onto the pile, the more the pile moves and flattens out. This was one of the last times she flopped down....

This was the scene shortly after flopping....it seems that most of her body made it onto the blankets. Her face however hit the floor...

In desperate search of Mommy...The escapade got Elizabeth a nice black eye. But it hasn't stopped her from flopping down on soft fluffy objects. These kids are resilient!

Dancing With the Stars....

Well okay maybe she isn't a star yet, and she doesn't have a celebrity dance partner but Morgan loves to dance. I was lucky enough to catch this little number on film and thought I would share it. Enjoy!