Hannah waves bye-bye

Hannah waved goodbye to Madeline tonight. She then did it again for Leah. So it wasn't an accident. She really can do it! She was so proud of herself afterwards - smiling from ear to ear. I don't know who was more excited me or Madeline?

Hannah gets her first tooth!

Hannah chomped down on my finger tonight and has a rough little tooth edge here!

This week we have been home because big sister is sick. We did pretty good this year. This is our first time having to stay home sick. Our fever was 104 last night. When she decides to be sick she does a good job of it!

We have lots of updates we need to get on here, but Hannah doesn't want me to type much tonight.

SNOW DAY!!

Maci already loves snow days. She was so excited this morning when she found out we were staying home. She requested panpakes (pancakes) for breakfast with Grandma Mary (aka Aunt Mary) strawberry jam. After eating her Mickey Mouse panpakes (two of them), she went off to do her makeup. She is getting better at "staying in the lines" with her makeup. I wish I would have taken pictures the first day she was doing it. The makeup was like a mardi gras mask on her face. All over the general eye area. Today she did much better - I did get a picture for you to see.



We have big plans today. I have to do the laundry and clean up the house (which is almost not worth it - as it will just get messy again). Then we think Madeline is going to bust out of her house in the blizzard and play wii with us today. Tonight we plan to have family movie night with hot chocolate, popcorn, and oranges. So on with the serious plans!

Oh and I have real work I need to get done. I best get it out of the way before all the fun activities. I bet mom wants me to get her new computer set up today. And Mr. Perkins thinks I need to scan and email a super important form. Derek thinks I need to find some paperwork for him. And I want to get local tv. Wow that is too much stuff. The local tv rant I will save for another day. I hate the stupid local tv issues.

Chef Borardee vs. Real Thing

Christmas break is coming to an end. I don't really want it to end, but who ever does. I have half way put up the decorations, so after we take down the tree this afternoon it is time to get ready to get back to the real world.

Today we have spent the day cooking and playing with our new toys. Maci got makeup and hair stying toys. Grandma Betty also got her a locking journal. She has played with those for almost 2 days straight. We have awesome blue sparkly eyes and pretend curled hair. I got up this morning and made her cinnamon coffee cake. Then Derek decided to call some of the hunters and get an authentic Italian tomato sauce. It has been cooking all day. The house smells great and the sauce taste great too! Then we decided to make ravioli. We (okay I) made artichoke/cheese ravioli from scratch. I like my Kitchenaid because I like to use it to make bread - I hate getting the sticky all over my hands. I should have know as I started the egg well with the semolina flour it was going to get messy, but I still wanted to do it. Well it was a sticky mess and I never done it before so I don't know if the consistency was correct. But then I used the lasagna noodle disc off my Kitchenaid pasta maker, and squished out some pasta. It made them a little thick, but we tested a few and they are great. After Maci tested a few, she told me I was the best mom ever. After thinking about all the things we did this break I then realized she had canned ravioli for the first time and homemade ravioli all in the same week. Now how can I go back to Chef Borardee now?

New Camera

Derek bought me a new camera. So we have been doing photo shoots about every hour on the hour! Maci likes to do pictures as much as I like to take them of her. My brother claims the mirrors in our house are going to make her self obsessed. For those who don't know we have two HUGE mirrors that came with our house. They are so big they make me uncomfortable. It took me several weeks to get use to all the different angles of reflections. I would jump at shadows thinking someone was standing in living room. I about peed my pants several times! Self obsessed or not she is really stinking cute...here is a couple preview photos.