Cheeseball 1 and 2

As you can see from the pictures above we are alive and well. Today is a beautiful day and we have the windows open and enjoying the fresh air. I can't believe it was not that long ago that we had no power and there was ice and snow everywhere. Since the snow has left us we've also moved on to other things as well.

Sam is in the process of potty training. It's possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life (and that includes giving birth lol). We have only really been at it for a few days, but already I am realizing this takes more patience than I have. Wish us luck as we continue on this process. Other than that Sam has also decided he no longer wants to eat any veggies at all. It makes meal time very frustrating. He's also gotten to be the expert on pushing my buttons and seeing how much he can get away with. Everyday is an adventure when you have a toddler thats for sure.

Sophia is doing great. She is starting to sit up more and more. Still have to prop her up a lot to get her to sit up to begin with, but she's working hard at staying up. She's also working extra hard on learning to crawl. She is constantly up on her knees and rocking back and forth. She's so smart and has already figured out that if she crawls she can keep up better with Sam. lol. Sophia has also gotten to expand her food options. She's now tried all the cereals (she's not a fan of Barley) and has gotten to eat carrots, peas, and squash. She's doing well with those and we are taking it slow with each though I'm sure she is ready for something more when it comes to her cereal in the morning. I'm sure she'll love fruit when we get to it.

No Power

Well the winter storm came and took our lights out. Yep, we have no power at my house right now. We have been staying with Todd's parents since Wed. morning since they do have electricity. I'm not going to complain since we are safe and warm and relatively in good spirits. Not sure when the power will be on and we will get to go home, but I'm hoping that it will be soon. Anyways here are a couple of pictures of the kids having fun at Grandma and Grandpa Montgomery's house.

Baby it's cold outside

What did I do today? Well since it's freezing outside and everything is icy all we could do was hang out inside really. Here's what I did today:




The above picture is of my neighbor Amy and I after we scrapped ice off our cars, our door steps, and broke up ice in our gravel driveway so we could actually drive our cars out of the driveway without slipping and sliding.

This is what I was doing before I went outside. I picked up my book The Host and was actually reading while the family napped.

After nap time Todd and the kids watched Monsters Inc. As you can see Sophia is very comfortable and had the best seat in the house.

Though it's freezing outside Sam decided he was hot inside the house and decided to push up his pant legs and sleeves to cool him off. Silly kid.

I was trying to get a picture of Sophia's new teeth but didn't succeed. Oh well. It's still a cute picture of my little girl.

Todd, Sam, and Sophia watching Monsters Inc. after nap time.

Iced covered tree.

Don't you just love the ice on the cars?

Ice covered tree

Frozen turtle

close up of the ice on the trees

another shot of the ice on the trees

My cold car.

As you can see it was a very cold day. We got lucky though and Todd was able to stay home and enjoy some time with the kids and get a much needed nap. I'd show you a picture of the cookies I made today too, but those are all gone now. :)

What did you do today?

Nikkis crafts

One of the crafts that I have been working on is turning baby formula canisters into something we can use again. Since we have a lot of canisters I thought it would be fun to make a few decorative containers and see what I could come up with.

The above pictures are the three that I have completed so far. I'm looking to do more and have several ideas of things I can do for them. I don't know what I'll do with them after I make more of them. Maybe list them on Etsy.com for sale or something. I don't really know.

If anyone is interested in one let me know what you would like on them and I'll see what I can do.

Kids Room

I had been contemplating changing the kids decor around for awhile. After much thought I decided that I actually really liked the animal theme that the kids had going on. The problem for me was all the extra colorful stuff that was on the wall. It didn't really mesh. So I took it down.

I replaced the educational posters (that Sam had ripped more than once and had been taped like a 100 times) and the pirate map and flag (we can use that later on when he has his own room someday maybe) and made some new things for the wall.

As you can see from the pictures above. I made several wall art things for his room. I took some zoo pictures and a couple of good pictures from different random animal magazines that we had and made a large poster and then several smaller frames. I think it turned out really cool and was really happy with how it looks. I also took 4 animal prints that are cartoons and framed them up under Sam's name above his head board.

All in all I am very happy with how it all turned out and think the room feels more cohesive. Grand total for the project was less than $25 and that was just for the frames.

My next project for the kids room is to get the wood letters for Sophia's name (like I did for Sam) and paint them and hang them on her side of the room.