Organizing shoes

Aida's new thing is organizing shoes. Sometimes she puts them in pairs, sometimes she makes great patterns like this one. The other night when Aida was supposed to be in bed she must have gotten the closet organizing bug (I know I often lay there and think of things I could be organizing). When I went to put her back in bed this is how I found her....all dressed up in jewelry and with Hailey's shoes in this lovely half circle pattern. I quite often find her with a bed full of shoes, I guess a girl is never too young to love shoes!

Can't we just make this?

Isn't it great that kids have such confidence in their parents? Hailey knows that Matt can fix anything and she is pretty sure that she and I can make anything she wants.

Hailey just came in, after looking for markers in my sewing room, with a pattern for a little summer dress....

Hailey: Hey Mom, what's this for?
Me: It's a pattern for a dress.
Hailey: Oh, do you want to make it today?
Me: I don't think we have any fabric.
Hailey: Yes we do, there's some in the pattern. Oh, I guess it's just a pattern. Oh, what's this....what's that.
Me: I don't think we can make it today.
Hailey: Well, what color should we make it? I saw that you have some fabric in there.
Me: We are not making it today.
Hailey: All you have to do is sew it. I'll just go get the fabric. (then she came in with a bag full of ribbon, I don't think that's going to work)
Me: That's ribbon Hailey
Hailey: Yeah, it's just for the arms mom. I'll go get the fabric.

We may just have to make a dress today. Last time this happened I was in the middle of a project when Hailey decided she really wanted a new apron. She picked out all the fabric and ribbon. She was so excited, so we made an apron. I really don't think I have the right fabric though.

Anyway, I thought someone else might enjoy our little conversation.

Jump on the Potty Train

Aida has wanted to be on the "Potty Train" for a long time. She had two little problems:
1-She didn't communicate very well
2-One time when we tried it she had 5 accidents before 12:00

But she is starting to talk quite a bit more and she wakes up dry so we decided to give it another try.

She went in the toilet first thing. What a good start...it didn't last. Shortly after she had 2 accidents and then one more. But that's only 3 by 12:00 so we are going to keep trying!~





She really likes to do it all by herself.



I wish they made the trainer underwear a little smaller. Notice they are a little saggy, but Aida doesn't mind. They must feel about a thousand times better than a diaper!




Hailey, of course, wants to be part of the whole thing and has tried really hard to help Aida.

Oh, the sweet rewards...M&M's.

Things are going relatively well, hopefully we'll get it all figured out soon. Until then I'll be doing a lot of laundry!

Sledding on Presidents Day

Matt had the day off yesterday and thought it would be fun to go sledding up at Mountain Dell. It could not have been a more perfect day for sledding. the sun was shining and it was almost warm. We got there at 10 before all the big wild kids were awake (they all came right as we were leaving) . It was perfect, we had so much fun! After we had lunch with Matt's parents, the girls enjoyed some time with Grandpa.

Matt got going pretty fast on our knee board (you read that right. We don't have any snow gear so we brought our boat geat. It worked just as well).

Hailey loved it! Aida was not a fan of snow in her face so she only went down a few times and enjoyed hanging out in the snow the rest of the time.

These girls love their Daddy!