loving Addy and Emmy

2011 in review

Nat and I both agree that 2011 was our best year yet! I'm actually a little sad to see it go. We hit some big milestones this year! We celebrated 5 years of marriage and we both turned 30.  Addy turned 3 and Emmy, my baby turned 1. We celebrated that we've been in our new house for a year. We had the perfect summer which included a great vacation, a short camping trip, some fun day trips, and four weddings - including two of Nat's siblings and my Mom. Addy started pre-school and is LOVING it. We went on our first hotel vacation with the girls to Lake Louise and it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. We spent Christmas at my Dad's, which consisted of two day long car trips and a family bedroom, both of which the girls were terrific for and we had a great time. And what year would be complete without a quick trip to the hospital (I seem to remember doing the same thing for Emmy at this time last year) for Addy with a case of croup. (She's fine, the steroids did the trick, although it was a little nerve racking the first night and I am so thankful we still have a room monitor for her room otherwise we wouldn't have heard her struggling to breathe.)

 

Addy's Christmas Story

Addy doesn't like the Christmas story. She says that in HER Christmas story there is no barn and there is a room for them in the hotel at the top where they sleep in comfy beds and baby Jesus sleeps in the middle of Mary and Joseph. Why no stable? She doesn't want baby Jesus to fall out of the manger.

Scraped Knee

Somehow Addy managed to scrape her knee today.

So this is how she had to walk, when she would in fact walk instead of ordering someone to bring her what she wanted, and only when she remembered that she was wearing a bandaid.

The drama of a three year old!

Stuffed

This is Emmy's belly after supper.

Addy's Preschool Christmas Concert

I am in awe as to how much Addy has blossomed with Preschool.

It's been neat watching her develop new friends, and still maintain her close relationship with Caleb.

Probably the one time that Addy and Ava will be on a stage together singing!

Learning to Skate

Christmas Pictures

I was trying to be all artsy, taking pictures in front of the tree...

... and looked over to see someone else taking pictures.

I told Addy I wanted a picture of the lights all blurry, some Christmas bokeh...

... and found her doing the same thing after!

She's too cute!

Meanwhile, this little monkey just liked to get in the way!

waiting at the car wash

bedtime

One of my favourite times of day is bedtime.

I love the giggles, the sound of their feet on the hardwood, and their shrieks as they catch each other.

Christmas Cookie Bandit

Apparently Emmy is WAY taller than what I thought... I had my container of freshly made christmas cookies sitting on the table and all of a sudden I looked up and she's running around the house carrying the container, trying to stuff as many cookies as she can in her mouth.

Ho Ho Ho

Haha! One kid is screaming and the other is distracted by the lights!

Better, although Addy still wasn't happy.

She managed to just barely stop crying long enough to ask for some new dresses for her princesses. So Santa is going to be replacing a broken toy that she already has for Christmas. At least he knows it will be well played with.

that's so cliché

Today I told Addy I registered her for another dance class, this time with a friend. She turned to me with a straight face, and said in the calmest voice possible, "Mom, that just kills me." She's meaning that she's really happy about it, but the way she says it makes me laugh!

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When Addy starts pestering me about something, I often tell her to "hold her horses."

The conversation usually continues as follows, "Mom! I don't have any horses to hold!" 

"Well, just go find a horse to hold"

"The door is locked mom, there are no horses in here!"

"Well go unlock the door then and let one in!"

"Mom, horses can't come in here, they are too big and they would be scary."

 

Anyway, this afternoon, after I told her to "hold her horses" I guess she remebered a horse she could hold, because this is what I turned around to!