Well...at least we tried...

Since Ellie was sick during the last time we had enough snow for sledding, I promised her that the next time we had enough snow that we would go sledding no matter what. Well, I wasn't really counting on that next time to be over 12 inches of snow! But when our friend called and asked if we wanted to go sledding, I knew I had to keep my promise.
It did NOT work out! After wrestling both girls into two layers of clothes and snowsuits, hats, gloves and boots, we trudged slowly over in the truck to pick up our friends. (Hurray for 4-wheel drive!) We couldn't figure where the entrance to the parking lot was to the playground in our neighborhood (with perfect sized sledding hills) so we ended up parking on a side street farther than we anticipated. We then had to get all the girls (ages 4, 4, 2, 1, and 10 months) along with all the sleds to the hill. Josie fell in the snow and completely lost it so I ended up having to run her back home to Eric and by the time we got back, our friend had already made the first attempt to send one of the girls down and realized that it was just too deep! The sled would simply not budge. This resulted in every one of the girls crying hysterically while we tried to get us all walked back to the truck and, once again, loaded in. Whew! What an experience!

I at least was able to get one picture of Ellie sitting on a sled to be able to prove to her later in life that we at least tried...because after that experience, it may be quite some time before we try anything like that again! :)

Okay, seriously, they have completely melted my heart today! They shared this little moment just before bed. I now have a fully documented day of nothing but sweetness between them. Please, oh please let it continue... :)

Even MORE Cuteness From Today

I don't know where all this sisterly sweetness has all of the sudden come from, but it actually continued once Ellie got from home school and throughout the rest of day! I have never seen them hug and play and dance together so much as today. I love it!

Patience

It seems as if we are always so rushed in the mornings which often results in me not being as patient of a Mommy as I want to be. So this morning, I decided not to stress and practice a little more patience with the girls. It made for such a happier morning and the girls actually had time to be loving and act silly together! I even took time to take pictures. So what if we were 15 minutes late to preschool...we thoroughly enjoyed our extra 15 minutes at home! :)

Cooking Fun

One of the few things that Ellie and Josie play really well together is pretend cooking. I love watching them actually share and make things for each other to "eat". It's been their favorite activity for the last few weeks and I hope it continues!


playing at their new table in the playroom (that stores all the food!)


at the Children's Museum (with their friend Maia.)

Our "Real" Rock Band

I mentioned last week how much fun Ellie and I's first experience playing Rock Band on PS3 was so now I want to share video of the girls playing the real drums! Eric just recently moved the entire music studio from the unfinished side of the basement to the finished side- resulting in a much safer place for the girls to be down there and try all the instruments out. Ellie has always loved the studio but Josie just now has been able to experience it. We now find her often just standing at the basement door waiting for one of us to take her down! Here are our little drummers...

Ellie, standing so she can play the bass drum too.


Josie's turn...notice how she is trying to figure out how to play the bass, also, at the end if the video.


Here they both are apparently playing the "Cymbal Only" song!


Ellie also just got her very own microphone and was so excited when it arrived! Here she is practicing with it...



Stay tuned...I'm sure there will be a lot more videos of our "Rock Band" to come!

Another Rendition of Twinkle, Twinkle by Ellie

This time on the xylophone!