Another Visit with Grandma

Ahhh grandma! She gives the BEST presents. Elia's newest sentence is "I go 'side pay sand peez?"

We finally got her to ourselves on Memorial Day. We spent the day hanging out at IKEA and reading books. See you in July!

Too Cold for Me!

Yesterday, there was another ice day. Schools had off, and lots of people had late starts. We had plans to go to our church's playgroup Valentines Party, but it was cancelled. So Gianna and I made some more button cookies (recipe here), but this time we did them Valentine's style with pink m&ms. We gave some to her teacher, and made some for her playgroup friends, which we will see on Friday!

Like her pigtails? She won't let me adjust them, so they are totally uneven. Elia is so creative when she has to entertain herself!

I was determined to get out with the girls after they took a nap, and by 4pm much of the ice had melted and major roads were clear and safe. So we went to the gym and back in one piece, phew! The cold was biting though, especially with it being so windy out. But running errands today was pretty easy, with just a few ice patches to worry about. I hope we are out of all of this wintery weather- this is not what we signed up for when we decided to stay and live in Dallas!

We went to ikea Monday night and the girls, like last time, had a blast!

I would so buy this chair- but its $80!

We want to put this color yellow in our room- the "pop" against all the grey,blue, and white. Literally, this is the only item(a lamp shade) ikea carries in this color. They like their reds and blues and blacks!

The Hole is gone! and fun at Ikea

Yay! THe hole in our ceiling is finally patched. A big shout out to Weinpel, who spent the better part of his Saturday helping out. Chris and W worked all afternoon while Gianna and Elia got to go to another princess party. Here are the pics! This is so freaking exciting!

Before, just days ago

This morning! Yay!

On Friday I took the girls to Ikea to get some good design ideas for the room. That place is sort of a kid fun-land. Its nice that it is so family friendly. I needed a leash for Elia! Every time I turned around she was either climbing something or running away from me. Gianna liked going in all the showrooms, or little houses as she called them. I had to literally DRAG them out of the kid section. I was exhausted when I got home!