Cousins...

We have had the priviledge of having 2 of our cousins come to play two different weekends! First up was "baby Peri" Molly especially loves when Peri comes to Grandma Kara's house- Every time we go there she asks if Peri is going to be there. Getting 3 kids 3 and under to look at the camera and smile at the same time is not fun to do- These are of my mom and her 3 grand-babies...

 Maggie is 11 Months and Peri just turned 6 Months. I think Peri will out-weigh Maggie in no time...

 Then over the past week we have had the pleasure of having Mya down for the whole week staying at Grandma Janets house. Molly also asks every time we go there if Mya is there...EVERY single time.... Janet had to work and such 2 of the days so we offered to take little Mya for day both times:) Molly was in heaven and you can just see how much these 2 LOVE each other. Maggie likes to play along, but would rather just watch for a few minutes and be on her way with me. It has also been beautiful weather so we couldn't help but spend a lot of time outside playing. Molly is going to miss her little partner in crime when she goes home!

 More Couch Jumping... yes this happens regularly!

 I didn't even tell them to do this they just sorta snuggled up!

 A little Molly Smashing- they were laughing SO hard....

 More loves....

 Maggie is getting so good at walking, she is falling less and less every single day- she loves to be outside!

 

This past Sat. we took a park trip and met up with Grandpa Craig,Grandma Janet, and Mya- Grandma made the girls a little picnic lunch and they had so much fun and cried when it was time to leave...

 Molly wanted to swing in the baby swings like Mya and Maggie, but there was only two- so I put them in together-Janet thought I was crazy, but it worked like a charm and neither girl seemed to mind!

 PB&J sandwiches for a fun little picnic

 yes, more loves....

 A little relaxation with Grandpa Craig- Isn't this picture awesome- Molly has the raddest belly ever. O I love that girl!

Spaghetti

 Spaghetti is always a hit with babies learning to feed themselves right? Well, Maggie was no exception to that assumption! She is such a good little eater and growls when she doesn't get what she wants to eat especially if its a treat. You would think she would weigh more with how much this kid likes to eat. I love letting her get all messy and enjoy her food it is fun for me to watch and fun for her to do and helps her practice eating by herself....

She is really into sharing with us lately too, she always wants me to have a bite of whatever she is eating..Thanks Mag your so thoughtful!

 

Molly needed me to take her picture, she too loves "noo-noos"(any sort of noodles) and laughed at Maggie all through dinner!

 

Some things that I love....

These big beautiful, innocent eyes...

 Poodle Hair...

I put the baby sponge curlers in Molly's hair and clearly it is too long for the teeny ones she looked like a poodle and told me "Mommy, please fix my hair its goofy" I couldn't have agreed more it made for a great laugh.

 Sleeping babies that love to snuggle each other...

 2 awesome eaters that eat pretty much whatever and make meal times entertaining...

 The way Molly makes Maggie so happy without even doing anything...

 A fun day with Mr. Potato head parts....

 This one might be my very favorite of that day...

 2 sweet little girls that have different sweet little personalities and love to play with each other...

 Such awesome fashion sense...

 The most creative way to watch your favorite movie....

Couch Destroyer.....

My little miss Molly has this obsession with taking the couch cushions off about 10 times a day it is an obsession I am trying to break her of, but man is it exhausting! Some times I just have to give in and have a cushion party. I will come out from putting Mag down for a nap and say, 

"Molly, why are the cushions off, you need to put it back" 

to which she responds,

"Mom, I need it off its my rest its just one mommy...(pause) that okay it a great idea mommy" 

Maggie gets so excited when the cushions are off because then she can climb onto the couch all by herself and she is quick. Now that it is getting warmer I am hoping the fetish will fade with the much anticipated and needed trips outside to play.

 I was feeling the urge to do something crafty and Valentinesy and came up with these beauties.... I got all the stuff and had a total different idea in my head making hearts out of thumbprints and as I got the supplies out my idea changed to these! 

 Items needed: 

5x7 plain white canvas-I got mine at Roberts

Paint colors of your choice-since its for Valentines I did Red, Pink and White

Glitter color of your choice-I picked white since thats what I wanted glittered

Cute little tootsies to paint and place in heart shape on canvas

How to:

Paint the canvas one solid color and let dry completely

Paint the bottoms of your littles feet (I did one at a time) place on canvas on a diagonal once removed sprinkler glitter on really fast so that it sticks

Repeat with the other foot going in the opposite direction making it look like well a heart

Sprinkle with glitter again

I added little polk-a-dots around the "heart" for a little more pizazz I guess I also wrote the girls names on the bottom with the year. 

 

I love how they turned out and know they will appear every year with the Valentines decor- I love preserving their "littleness" by doing things with their feet and hand prints. I wish I had done more things like this when Molly was little little...