The Time of Our Lives: February 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010

First Annual Paradee Family Olympics

To celebrate the Olympics, we decided to have our very own Paradee Family Olympics this weekend. I don't know how we didn't get any pictures of Acadia ice skating but it was pretty funny!! I just taped two plastic baggies around her ankles and she "skated" around the house. We got some video of it, but not with our digital camera unfortunately. It was hilar!

The score board and metal

Jumping up and down - she was so excited!

The long jump

Jumping jacks - she did 20!

The judge writing down the scores

The crowning ceremony! Acadia June Paradee receiving her first gold metal!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Scrambled eggs with a side of snow

Lately Acadia's breakfast request has been.....snow! So after her real breakfast, I'll head outside to find the white snow, "Not yellow snow, mommy! That's yucky yucky!" and bring it back inside for the girls to snack on. I think it feels good on Emma's two new teeth :)

Friday, February 26, 2010

"Nap" time

The other day I heard some banging around in Acadia's room during nap time. She had been in her room for about 15 minutes at this point, normally long enough for her to fall asleep. I went into her room and found this:

What the?

Acadia eats breakfast and lunch at her "small table" and dinner at the regular table. The other day I went to tell her something and didn't see her or any of her utensils. She knows she's not allowed to bring her food into the living room or anywhere else in the house for that matter, so I was a bit confused. I looked for her for a bit then went back to her little table and saw that our dining room table was blocking my way earlier and she was underneath her table!

I asked her why she was eating her breakfast under her table and she said, "Because, mommy. I really really wanted to eat under my table so I had to hide from you so you wouldn't say no."

Umm...I can't argue with that one!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

First steps

Emma took three steps tonight! She's been standing for a minute at a time for a few weeks now and will take two steps every now and then, but tonight was the first time she took 3 steps!! Matt is off tomorrow, so I'm going to try to video tape it and I'll post it :)

Welcome to Vermont!

Some girls on my mommy board were talking the other day about some snow they were getting in TX. Snow is so rare in TX and it got me to thinking how cool it is that we live in a country where some people have never seen snow in their lives, where others have snow for half the year. Some people experience earth quakes and hurricanes, where others only read about them in the newspaper. Some people live in the desert, where others live within the comforts of the green mountains.

So I thought I would show you what a typical Vermont winter looks like. I would love to see where you live - if you want to join me in this little project, leave a comment so I can check out your state!

Vermont is...snowpants, sweaters, mittens, wool socks and boots...