Hair Help

Mama Pam and Papa Dale came for a visit today to help with kiddos while Josh and I finalized some Santa work. Pamela was well aware of the hair issues we were having with Suri. This is what we came back home to:



















Not so sure this is A good look but it definitely kept her hair out of her face.

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Location:Home

Go Colts!

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Ring pop

Here is what happens when you give a toddler a ring pop.








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Bad Hair Day

Poor Surs. Born with a double crown, wispy white hair, and what appears to be the beginnings of ONE MEAN MULLET! I am at a loss as to what to do with this child's hair. She refuses to leave a pony in.












Sophia, on the othe hand, was bald for two years and now has gorgeous hair. Matter of fact, I want her hair.




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Christmas Program

Sophs had her Christmas program at school yesterday and it was so cute. The story line was that there were three Christmas trees and two got chosen by families but the third didn't . Birds, bunnies, and a star became friends with this tree so it wouldn't be lonely and sad. Sophs played a bird. She had been practicing her songs at home for a couple of weeks so I knew she was ready.













Later that night.....

Sophs puked all night long...we have been invaded by the flu bug. Yuck!

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How I Know

You know how I know that these children are mine (besides, of course, the months and months of preterm labor and the whole birthing from your loin deal, yowza!!)? Because they love eating beans and cornbread....







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The Many Faces of Suri

Hi, I'm Suri and I'm fabulous.



I like to run around, jump, dance, and try to keep up with my big sis...




I like pulling everything out of the kitchen drawers. See, I just grabbed this stir thingy....




Okay okay..no more pictures... PLEASE!!!!




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Spelling with Sophs

As mentioned in previous posts, Sophs has really gotten into her letters, writing, and spelling. She regularly strings together 4-5 letters and asks "mommy, what did I spell?". Two nights in a row she has spelled BOOB. Here was how last nights conversation went down.....

Sophia: "B O O B.... What does that spell mommy? Does it spell bee?"

Me: "urrrr....uhhhhhmmmmmm........ No baby, you spell bee B E E".

Sophia: "B O O B.... So, what does that spell?"

Me: "urrrrrrrrr.......uhhhhhhhmmmmmmm........well, I'm not sure. What do you want to spell?"

Sophia: "merry Christmas"

I have to be very careful with what I "teach" Sophs. This child will remember anything and then go to school and talk about it.... Yikes... It's hard telling what those poor ladies have heard from her.

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Munchkin Land

This is our centerpiece. Fake apples and pears.





I guess this sort of looks real.




Suri thought it was........







I probably should have just thrown this one away. Instead, I just turned it over and put it back in the bowl.

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Suri Jean

Suri jean has been growing and growing. She is one of the funniest babies ever. She loves to dance and let me tell you, this girl can get DOWN! She loves taking baths, eating, going bye bye, wrestling, and dogs (although she will never have one-mark my word NEVER). She is saying many words. "mommy", of course, is my favorite. She is saying bye bye, night night, more, hi, bottle, daddy, puppy, and doggy. She loves blowing kisses. She still has her white hair although it is beginning to grow into a mullet.

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Snow!

We woke up today with snow. Not a lot, but it was pretty and it fell all day. The girls and I got bundled up and played outside. For the record, I worked Sophia over in a snowball fight today!













Sophia also had gymnastics today, which she absolutely LOVES. She has almost mastered the monkey bars. She can cross 4 rungs completely by herself. Josh's idea to get her to cross all of them without help was replacing the ball pit (underneath) with 3 or 4 crocodiles. Brilliant!





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Thanksgiving 2010

We celebrated Thanksgiving in Madison this year with my family. What a busy 4 days! We ate one meal at grandma Holts then turned right around that same day and had a second meal at my mom and Dale's house. We also managed to squeeze in one of our extended family Christmas parties.

We had a great time. Sophia was in heaven playing with all of her cousins and Suri had a ton of fun exploring and climbing (that's right, I've got a climber. Yikes!)

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Thanksgiving Faux Pas

Your invited to a Thanksgiving Celebration Feast at a family members home. Their house is fairly new and you haven't been there. You spent some time at home making a dish to bring. You get in your car (with another family member) and drive to the feast. You let yourself into the host's house and head toward the kitchen to put your dish on the buffet line zig zagging through the crowd of people. Once you set your dish on the counter you turn around to realize that you don't recognize a soul there. What do you do?

A. Quietly pick up your dish and head out of the house.

B. Announce "well, I don't know any of you all"

C. Act like you belong there and offer up the prayer

Well, this didn't happen to me but it did happen to a guest at our Thanksgiving. she chose B. They did finally find the right location, and lived happily ever after..... Definitely a great story for dinner.

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Christmas spoiler

You see this..........




Well, we received our first online Christmas purchase yesterday and Josh quickly stashed it out of reach and out of sight of a certain 4 year old.

As you can see, only a tiny bit of the letter "D" was showing.

Sophs spotted that box within 2 minutes of walking in the house. She said "hey, what's in that Disney box? I think it's for me".

I lied because.......well, what else are you supposed to do when it comes to Santa. I said "oh Sophs, that box is old. It has been there forever".

Sophia: "no mommy, it has tape on it still. It's new and it's for me".

Me: "hey Sophs, want some candy?"

That was all I had.... Sophs, boy does she keep me on my toes. I can't get anything by her.










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New friend

Meet Suri's new friend, Mr. zebra.

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More phonics with Sophs

This year Sophia has been really buckling down on her letters, both writing and sounding them out. I like to practice her "sounds" in the car when we are heading over to DiDi's to pick Suri up. Tuesday phonics were special. Here is the condensed version:

Me: "M says mmm mmm ................."

Sophia: "Mommy"

Me: "N say nnnn nnn........."

Sophia: "No"

Me: "O says ooo ooo......"

Sophia: "orange"

Me: "P says ppp ppp....."

Sophia: "pa pa poker face"

Lady Gaga will NOT be playing in my car for awhile.......errrrrr, not playing when the kiddos are with me. Gotta have a little Gaga.

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This n that

We went to Madison this weekend to celebrate my nephews birthday. Happy birthday Linc!

Sophia went to kids church this morning and had a blast. I asked her what she learned and she said "I learned about Jesus and the presents he put inside our bodies". Not so sure she understood the message.

Suri didn't fully understand the time change and woke up at 6:30. What did I do, you ask? I made enough noise to wake my mom up so that she would keep me company. Hehe.

The birthday party was held at a gymnastics center and I learned something. I learned that after two babies you shouldn't be jumping on trampolines. You women know what I'm talking about. Yikes!

Josh and I saw Secretariat on Friday and it was excellent. Sassy, business minded, take no crap women always make good movies ie. Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side and Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama. Love them....

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Old........(Sophia-ism)

Sophia: "mommy, I don't want you to get old."

Me: "why not Sophs?".

Me thinking silently: "she is gonna say something sweet like...because you may die...or, because I love you, or even, because you may get sick......"

Instead, here is what I got:

Sophia: "because I need you to ride on the roller coasters at Disney with me and old people can't do that"

Not quite as sweet as I was hoping and my apologies to the "old people" for the stereotype. That's my Sophs.. Gotta love her.

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