Packing isn't fun.

Buying a house seemed like such an awesome idea until we started packing. We are currently taking everything out of the condo except our basic needs so that the relator can start showing it on Monday. That means lots of messes, boxes, and craziness! My friend Melanie came over to lend me a hand and brought her handsome little boy along. Seriously, isn't he just a doll? The girls love playing with him! I felt bad he bumped his lip, but hopefully the popsicle helped!

By bedtime I may have been over-tired, but I thought Ky's imagination was quite good when it came to keeping herself entertained. I know this house will be worth it in the end, but man packing isn't fun!

Back on the nebulizer again.

Since last year we have been able to avoid it, but this cold finally hit Savvy's lungs. For those not familiar with Savvy's tough start, she was born at 34.5 weeks without any serfactin in her lungs. Without that lubrication her lungs could not expand, and she was put on a ventilator and artifical lubrication was injected. The doctors took Ty and I aside before they lifefilghted her to take a family picture in case she didn't make it. I still have that film, but I haven't had the heart to have it developed. I was glad to have it though, because over the course of the next 2 days she crashed twice. After 3 days she was able to come off the vent and 15 days later she was able to come home. She has some permenant lung damage and asthma as a result of her prematurity. Luckily, she has an incredible pediatrician who set us up with a nebulizer at home for times like these. Last winter it seemed like we used it every other week, but we had been nebulizer free for almost nine months! Then, she woke up this morning with raspy breathing and by afternoon she was struggling to catch her breath. It was time for a treatment... she was not amused. Thankfully it helped a ton and the steriods opened up her little lungs. Crisis avoided for now. Stupid cold.

We're under contract!

This is our new house. Yup, you read that right. We're buying a house! Could we be any more excited?!? We are scheduled to close the end of October and we put our condo on the market early next week. It has 4 bedrooms (master, the girls, an office/sewing room, and a playroom), 2 bathrooms, and 2 family rooms (one is unfinished that we will use for storage.) Plus the basics - kitchen, dining room, and utility room. BUT WAIT! The best part is it comes with a yard. Yes, a yard! Complete with slide, sandbox, garden, and storage shed. We couldn't be happier - well that is until we think about moving. :)

A day of cousins and fun.

Today we got to hang out with Izzy and Dylan and man did we have fun. The girls loved having other kids to play with. Ty made us all pancakes for breakfast and then we did the chocolate fountain for dessert. Gotta love chocolate, marshmellows, and sprinkles at 9 am.

Then we did bubble art. In case you aren't familiar with bubble art - you just put a touch of food coloring into pre-made bubble mix and blow bubbles so they pop on paper. It makes fancy designs and was a fun art project. Izzy's was really neat - she did four colors on one sheet and it was "fancy."

We had pizza and garlic bread for lunch. We also had special sodas and fruit snacks. *gasp* Just don't tell April. After a rousing game of "house" and a water tea party we had a dance party. See the video below. I thought April might disown me for letting them dance to Vanilla Ice... then Izzy started to sing along.

We finished by making chocolate chocolate-chip muffins and playing with all sorts of play-doh and play-doh accessories. Dylan liked making turtles and cutting their heads off. Izzy and Ky made confetti and Savvy just wanted to watch Cars.




We had so much fun! Hopefully April will let them come over again really soon... that is if she doesn't ask Dylan exactly how many fruit snacks he actually consummed.

What a day!

Today we were looking forward to a wonderfully uneventful day. We were going to hit preschool this morning and spend the rest of the day playing at home. Ky was especially looking forward to show and tell and I was excited to see her enjoy another day at school. She is growing so fast there and the teachers are already impressed with her progress. However, life had other plans for us. Ty and I got a 4 am wake up call from two irritable kids with high fevers. Not only that, but Ky has the stomach flu to boot. You can just tell she was miserable.

Then, as if the day couldn't get any better, our dishwasher broke. A non-repairable kind of broken at that. So, Ty ran and got us a new one. We didn't have anything better to do with our money and time anyway. *grumble grumble* Luckily the box it came in made a perfect "sick hut" for Ky since we are stuck inside to riding out the bug.

Savvy was anti-camera today so I am adding one of my favorite pictures of her. We call this "scary hair Savvy." I have no idea how we got such cute kids!

Mini-Frugalite

Anyone who knows us knows that we try to live a frugal life and enjoy saving money. Finding good deals has become a game for us and we often spend family time scouring yard and clearance sales for treasures. We have found that our kids like clothes, books, and toys from those places the same if not more than from a department store.

Today we went to some yard sales and we found an Ariel nightgown that possibly dates from the actual theatrical release. We found it in a box of other 80's (read that as "vintage") attire marked at .25 a piece and said "what the heck?" Well, Ky has now fallen in love with it and I can't seem to convince her to take it off. Don't mind her fuzzy hair... she was anti-hairspray this morning.

Princesses

Tinkerbell and Cinderora (a cross between Cinderella and Aurora) visited our house today. Cute aren't they?

I was able to catch a special "sister moment." I never seem to have my camera ready, but I got lucky this time. They really do love each other. They are truely such sweet sisters.

Ky's first day of school!

Today I got one of the best Birthday presents ever. Our sweet little Ky started school. I think it will be great for her speech and peer interaction. When we got there she did something I had never seen before - she was actually shy! Here is a picture of her in front of her "big girl" school with her "art hanger" project from the first day.

The initial shyness was short lived and soon she was off and playing! She didn't pick dress-up or the kitchen though, she settled right into playing cars with the boys. That's our girl!

Ky even sat on the mat with the class for story-time! I was so proud. I'm sure that when she goes by herself on Wednesday it will be much harder on me than her. Our baby is just getting so big!

Happy Grandparents Day!

A BIG "Happy Grandparents Day!" to the grandpas and grandmas in our wonderful girls' lives. I figured that nothing would be better than a phone call and a cute pre-church picture. Thanks for all you do and hopefully we can all get together soon!

So pretty!

Ky has started being very stubborn about dressing herself. Today she even had to pick out her own clothes. Luckily we didn't have anywhere to go. She picked a pink, red, and white striped turtleneck and purple pajama pants that are a size too small. She looked fabulous.

Gotta love color wonder...

Today for art time we did color wonder finger paints. We had never tried them before and they were a HIT. Ky sat and painted through two packs of paint and an entire book of color wonder paper. She had soooo much fun.

Savvy liked it too. She was more "dainty" in her strokes and only used three sheets of paper and one thing of paints. She was more worried about looking at the camera.

Between the two of them we will never run out of incredible works of art. Now if I can just figure out how to get the nice layer of clear greasy film off our entire kitchen and two little girls.

Well, we tried.

Ky started her dance class today. We still seem to be struggling with the "structure" concept. Her teacher said she mostly wandered in, out, and around the room - but she did have fun. She starts Preschool Monday, so hopefully that will help with her attention span. Heck, maybe next week she'll earn a sticker.