Big Girl Chair

My little climber tipped her chair over on her the other day. She was trying to climb into her booster seat for lunch and didn't make it in the seat.

I mildly freaked out because our chairs are very heavy.

I took the booster out of the chair and Sarah is sitting at the table like a big girl.

She has been climbing up onto the chairs for a while (and on the table when my back is turned), so she has it all figured out.....at least she thinks she does.

She has also been caught using Sissy's kennel to get on the kitchen counter......

I don't leave her alone in a room anymore, she is too curious and can get into things in seconds.

I can't believe she will be 2 in 17 days!

She is my wildest, most curious toddler and has no fear.

Almost done dining room

I have been working on painting baseboards around the house and finished up the halls and dining room this weekend.

We had wood "colored" in most rooms for the baseboards but some white ones too...so I wanted to make it all look the same. I used a high gloss white paint and really like how it freshens up the house.

I posted a few pictures of the dining room because I wasn't sure which one showed off my paint job the best.

I also decided to move a large area rug into the dining room and I think it "pulls it all together".

The only thing left to do in the dining room is paint the walls.

I will start painting walls when almost all the baseboards have been painted (almost all, because we will be replacing a few in my bedroom, so I don't need to paint them).

The current color is a light blue and I plan to paint it a sand color (or something like that).

early birds

Happy to say my "early birds" aren't as early as they use to be.

Jenna has to stay in bed until 7am on weekends and Sarah has been sleeping in a little too.

Last weekend Sarah slept in until after 8am and Jenna slept until 745am.

Today they were both up a little before 7am.

Jenna started coughing and Sarah was just ready to start her day.

***We had to tell Jenna to sleep in on the weekends because she was trying to get up around 5am and wanted everyone to get up with her. Then everyone had bad moods ALL day.....so sleeping in is making everyone nicer on the weekends.

First snow!

Not sure how much we are expected to get or if it is planning on hanging around (or "sticking around") but I wanted to get a picture of our first snowfall in Ohio.

little decorating going on

We pulled down the decorations and started getting the house decorated for Christmas.

The girls helped decorate the tree and Sarah was so excited to help unpack the decorations and hang them on the tree. So far she isn't touching too much and she hasn't tried to unwrap any gifts under the big tree either.

Jenna has touched and moved more ornaments than Sarah.....and had like 5 on one branch.

I asked her this morning to just look and not touch any more...but we will see how long that will last.

She will stand by the tree and look at all the ornaments over and over!!

We put our tall tree in our family room.

The first tree Rob and I ever purchased was a 4 foot tree....we bought it our first Christmas as a married couple.

We let the girls decorate that tree and it is in our front living room.

I always get excited about the Christmas season. Today at Church our pastor gave the kids a book for the season and I can't wait to read the stories with the girls!

Gobble gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated with just the 5....I mean 6 of us.

Turkey dinner with all the fixings!

Sarah took care of the after dinner nap for all of us.

Meghan and Jenna and their AG dolls played in the florida room.

Sarah got the first piece of pumpkin pie....with lots of whipped topping!

We made sure the girls didn't grow too much....they all still fit in the dog kennel.

Sissy didn't seem impressed with this!

Sissy got a before and after dinner nap in. She really enjoyed some turkey!

We had a nice family day of food, games, rest and fun!

Hope you all had a great day too!

23 months......WHAT!!

23 months ago this sweet little girl made us a family of 5!

I can't believe she is going to be 2 in a month. She acts like she is already 2....but I still have a hard time thinking about my baby being 2.

Potty training is on hold....because Sarah lost interest in it. No big deal, she will do it one day.

She loves drinking out of "big girl" cups, but you have to watch her because she likes to look at what is on her cups and will flip it upside down to look.....with her drink still in it.

She is a busy little girl and talks all the time. She loves to do her "homework" (coloring and scribbling) while the big girls do their homework.

She is wearing size 5 and 6 shoes, 2t clothes, size 4 diapers.

Sarah loves baby dolls and pretending to cook. She loves to look at books and will sit and listen to short stories.

Sarah has a following at the girls' school! A bunch of little girls stop and talk to Sarah when we are picking up the big girls at school. They are all so sweet to her and even introduce her to more little girls! Sarah loves the attention!