Christmas 2010

Tis the season for cookies, naps and decorating the tree. Cassie is crazy for decorating the tree, I went out and bought some chocolate decorations which Cassie put on the tree and a couple in her mouth. Mr. Marcus is back to his teething tricks - now we have another one coming on the bottom. 2 in, and 3 coming. All he wants for christmas must be his teeth.

Today we went to Nolan's house for a little party, and the kids had a blast. The mommies also enjoyed a little time visiting and chatting about - what else, our kids!!!

I am very excitied to see Cassie open gifts in the morning, she talks about Santa all the time, and today when I was taking Marcus out of the car, and walked into her, said I was not good and Santa would know!! I'll try and be better ....

Mommy it is a beautiful day - the sun is in my eyes

Movember Mike, who knew?

Marcus sitting and chewing, some of our favorite things

Mmmmmmm, toes

Eighties side pony, what a cutie

Cassie has some wild hair - you would think we never brushed it!

Marcus in the Jolly jumper - Cassie has to be told a lot to stop helping him jump........

The things kids say are great. I was on my way to Shannon's house for a playdate and like usual I was running behind, cursing the fact the windshield washer fluid is still not working, and the slow guy in front of us, and Cassie says out of no where "it's a beautiful day" sure enough I looked around and realized it was ward, sunny and snowy on the ground. One of my favorite views. I could see the mountains and was headed to a playdate I enjoy as much as the kids, since Shannon and I get to chat and spend time now they are back from the states.

Smell the roses I thought, this onlys lasts a short time!!

Well we played and ate and played again, and then headed home to visit with Grant, a good friend.

Marcus was so cute last night, I was getting giggles without having to tickle him. He was laughing cause I was laughing, so very contagious it is. I thought I would add some other photos from the last couple of weeks.

Winter 2010

Cassie and Marcus holding hands

Danika on the slide

Playdate with Danika and Dawson today

Today Cassie and Marcus played with Dawson and Danika - we painted, colored, did stickers, played outside and ate and ate. Gotta love warm winter days with the little ones.

Marcus is getting very good at sitting and now has 2 teeth on the bottom. Fingers crossed the next ones come in with a little less fuss.

It is amazing to see how big Cassie is getting, the amount she knows and learns is crazy. She now knows here full name, she talks in adult talk, full sentences and a fabulous vocabulary. She is jumping on one foot, which was quite a hard learning curve. Cass can peddle her bike and jump right off the couch. I cannot even list all the things, but I am going to try so I can look back and remember all the miles stones that are happening.

The one thing we are doing really well is potty training, she goes in the potty pretty often and remembers. We are going "no diapers" at home and so far so good.

More to come, but I am trying to stay on top of blogging.

Christmas is coming - and so are Marcus's teeth!

Well - like usual I am falling behind in blogging. Apparently one of the things to get misplaced when you have 2 small monkeys is spare time, or even uninterupted minutes where I can sit here and fill in our days news.

Things that have been going on are: Marcus got his first tooth this week on Monday and the other bottom one is so close. The top 2 are also close, I can see them right under the skin. Needless to say we have been up lots and using Baby abasol like it is going out of style.

Cassie had a chrsitmas cookie decorating party this week, and had all her friends over to visit and decorate sugar cookies. What fun they had, Cassie enjoyed eating icing right off the knife and putting sprinkles on. She did a wonderful job of her chrsitmas trees and ginger men and the candy canes. I think we will make some more cookies in the next couple weeks and decorate for the chrsitmas dinners we have coming up.

Marcus is now starting to sit up and doing a wonderful job at balence - speaking of that Cassie now can do a little dance on the Bumbo chair, by standing on the sides and wiggling. Very impressive for an almost 3 year old.

More later, I now have 2 mini humans yelling at me!

Photo Fun

Update - Sept, Oct 2010

What is new with us, well we have heard from many people that we do not update the blog enough, and I really know that is true when I can never remeber the password to sign in!!

This summer and fall are flying by - I am sure as a factor of 2 kids and tons of activities on a weekly basis.

Cassie has turned this year into a great joy. She is talking like a real little human, and realizing she is funny. Every day is just a bundle of laughs, tears and hugs. There is much drawing and coloring, many trips to the park - both the little girl and the big girl park, learning how to peddle the pink trike from her aunties on her birthday. We had to wait a while until our legs were long enough to reach the peddles.

Imaginary play is a huge part of our time and creating order out of chaos is key. Cassie makes parades of everything - puzzle pieces, game cards, stuffies, crayons etc. Everything has to be lined up in their places all the time.

Marcus is growing like crazy, at 3 months he was already almost 15 lbs and 25.5" long! A huge change from Cassie who did not break double digets until after her 5 months birthday.

He is trying to sit, and has turned over already both ways A joy that Mike got to see the first time. He talks all the time and seems like he has said both mama and dada more then once. He is so in love with Cassie and is always content if she is playing near by. Most of his time is spent trying to get his feet into his mouth or chewing on various toys.

Halloween this year was great. Cassie was little red riding hood, and marcus went to a couple of parties as a cow, and then out trick or treating as a little bear.

The more the days pass the more I realize how fast these moments go, and how much I already forget. It makes me a little sad to see them growing and changing. I like all the learning moments and funny actions as they learn the ways of the world. I can't explain how fun it is to watch the little ones get bigger. Even Cassie knows I want her to stay little....wishful thinking!

Marcus

All dressed in my outfit from Grandpa and Grandma Pam It is a serious job, holding the baby

Not happy at all

I am so cute laying on the floor, what great muscles I have

I am too big for my Bassette! Already at 1.5 months