All Mixed Up!

Today marked the beginning of Harper's 3rd Annual Dr. Seuss Dress-Up Week. Today was "Mixed Up Monday." She has been talking about this day all weekend. Before she went to bed last night, she concocted her outfit. It consisted of lime green leggings, backwards jean skirt, backwards guitar shirt, one silver Bob and one black Bob, two pigtails and two different bows. Pretty crazy for my straight-laced girl!!!

Just a funny story to share...the other day, Richard was tickling Harper and she was on the ground rolling around yelling for him to stop. I said, "Say Uncle Harper...then he will stop!" She was so ready for the tickling to stop, she started yelling, "I'm a Nut Ball!" I guess it got lost in translation! :)

Climbing Mt. Everest

So after seven days out of school and TONS of snow...I think about 22" in all, we were ready for the weather of last week! We played outside every single day, riding bikes, playing with sidewalk chalk and of course...climbing the snow hills left behind. They didn't last long, but the kids had a great time playing on, with, and in them until they went away.

The snow was finally even sticky enought to build the snowman Harper had been wanting to build since the first inch fell. We had a great time snuggling inside, but are glad to be back outside where we belong!!!

Daddy-Daughter Dance

A few weekends ago, Harper and Richard headed out to the annual Daddy-Daughter Dance. This was Harper's second time to go...so she was an ol' pro. She had been talking about it for weeks and decided to wear her black dress from Homecoming. She remembered every detail from last year and was super pumped to get a balloon animal, eat cookies, have punch, and most of all...DANCE!!! Richard said at one time she was doing the twist so hard that she said, "Daddy, my heart is hurting." I guess she really did DANCE HER HEART OUT!!!

Snow Day(s)!

Well...the Oklahoma weather has hit us again. This time with almost 12" of snow and below zero temps. That translates to NO SCHOOL! This time for four days straight. Harper has been looking so forward to using our snowman kit we bought last year on the clearance rack at Target. However, this snow just isn't the best for snowmen and it is absolutely freezing outside. It was so cold on Tuesday, that we didn't even go outside. Wednesday morning, I braved the elements (two steps out on the front porch) to get a tub of snow for the kids to play with. I forgot that Owen really probably didn't remember the snow from last year. He loved playing in the bucket of snow. He just kept saying..."Snow Cold...Mommy! Cold!" Harper had a great time sculpting the snow into tons of different shapes. The both figured out that you could take a hard packed piece of snow and squeeze it until it burst...and snow went flying everywhere. Thank goodness for tile!

Wednesday afternoon, we headed over to my parents to play in the snow. We originally went over there to go sledding, but the road to the hill was impassable. Both kids LOVED playing outside. Harper made a ton of snow angels and Daddy pulled them both around on the sled (aka ski tube). It was so cold outside that we only lasted about 15 minutes. Maybe tomorrow we can get out to try and make that Snowman!

Too smart for his own good...

This sweet, innocent looking toddler is turning into quite the mischievous little boy. He does not hesitate to climb on anything or jump off of it either. He can often be found lying on top of his sister pounding her with his object of choice...anything he can get his hands on.

The other day, he was screaming "No Mommy! No Mommy!" for no reason. I said, "Owen, do not scream at Mommy!" And in his ingenious boy mind he turned to me and *whispering* said, "No, No, No!" Well, I guess he wasn't screaming!