Special Delivery

There is nothing better in the world then receiving an unexpected package in the mail especially when it's full of treats. Kylie and Jase received a special Valentine's package from Grandma and Grandpa Hansen today and they were so excited!! Kylie kept saying, "Are these all for us? I am so excited!! How did they know I would love this?" Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for making their day! That was very thoughtful of you.

Rain, Rain Go Away

come back again when my yard is finished!!

Usually I love rain. I love to be cuddled up inside while the rain is just pouring like crazy outside. I would especially take the rain over snow any day, but lately all it's doing is adding the huge muddy mess we have outside. And now that our side yard is partly finished we have a nice swimming pool and squishy thick mud everywhere. Kylie either wishes it would freeze over so she could skate on it or every time she sees it, it reminds her that she would love to get her pool out and swim. Too bad it's just too warm to skate and too cold to swim.

Ulterior Motives

Kylie and I spent the morning making Valentine sugar cookies. I knew she would love helping me. I am not a huge sugar cookie maker. I think they take lots of work and a really long time to make, but we had such a good time. Of course flour was everywhere, frosting and sprinkles were spread across the counter, but it didn't matter. We had a good visit just the two of us while Jase slept. We talked about anything and everything. She's one funny little girl if you didn't already know that.  While we were decorating them she kept saying things like, "These look AWESOME!" "I love this one!" "That one looks so pretty Mom, good job!" with an outrageous amount of enthusiasm. 

I have to admit, my original plan was to make these cookies so I could frost them in my most favorite frosting in the whole world, strawberry flavored frosting! Like I said I am not a cookie maker. This usually isn't something I love to do, but today was fun and I am glad I did it no matter what my motivations were.

Property Value

This is the view I now have from the big window in my bedroom. It's of the brand new park our builders have been working on for a few months now.  They built a Parade of Homes home in our neighborhood and have worked really hard to make the neighborhood more appealing to buyers.  I love what they have done and I think the park looks amazing!  It even comes fulled equipped with a splash pad for the kids. Rumor has it they have live bands booked to play down there during the Parade. I love where we live. I love my house and love my neighbors. We are truly blessed!!

Oh No You Didn't!

I went in to get Jase from his nap this morning and found this on the floor...

and a bare bumb in the crib! It's a dang good thing it was only a wet diaper! But this better not be the start of a terrible stage I have only heard nightmares about from other moms. I am hoping it is only because I put him down without his pants on!

What's Yours Is Mine

The kids had a good time with their cousins tonight. Jeremy's brother Jon and his wife Amy brought their kids over while they went to dinner.  As I have mentioned before Jase has a cousin that is a week younger then him but about a whole head bigger. (Well, maybe not quite, but close.) They haven't had a chance to play much together lately so I was curious to see how they would interact with each other. They did really well except when it came to the coveted binky. Who knows how much spit and drool and whatever else was shared. Germs are all the same when your family, right?

Growing Up Is Hard To Do

Kylie had a rough day at pre-school today. It was pass off day today and when it was her turn to pass things off with her teacher she froze. Her teacher said it was all stuff she knows, but she just wouldn't say them for her. Kylie certainly isn't a shy girl, but her teacher says she has a hard time expressing herself. I am not really sure why. Maybe it's a lack of confidence. I know when I work with her at home sometimes she won't even attempt to try. She just tells me she can't do it and that's it. I asked her teacher what we can do to help her and she says just continue to work with her and really over-exaggerate when we praise her so she feels really good when she gets it right. Kylie and I had a good long chat when we got home today and she felt really bad she didn't try harder. She felt even worse she didn't get the treat that went along with passing her stuff off. Maybe that will motivation enough next time to try harder. It's tough growing up and being a big girl sometimes!

What Goes Up...

doesn't always come down!

Jase has mastered the stairs. Well, going up anyway. He hasn't figured out how to come down nor has he even attempted, which I am grateful for. He just hang out at the top squawking and  squealing until someone comes to get him.

P.S. I forgot to mention that Sunday was the one year anniversary of when we finally brought Jase home from the hospital. In a lot of ways that feels like forever ago, but at the same time I can't believe it's really been that long. I sure do love my healthy little boy that may not walk until he's two!

Kylie and the Counter Top

are BFF!

Or at least that's what Kylie thinks! There is some kind of magnetic force or something that makes it so that girl can not stay off the counter. I swear I tell her 10 times every meal time to "Please get off the counter." Today I turned around from the microwave at lunch only to find her making "snow angels" on it!! I'm afraid it's a lost cause.

Project 28

Alright, folks I am kinda bored of the same old, same old blog posts about only the "big things" that go on in our lives so I have decided to take on a challenge. It's called Project 28. It's an idea I got from Studio 5. It's a concept about capturing the true, day-to-day moments of our life by taking a single picture every day for a month.  This concept could also be taken farther and become Project 365 for everyday of the year or Project 52 for once every week. I got wise and chose to do it for a month and got even wiser when I chose the shortest month of the year! I am hoping to capture real everyday "little things" that make up our life. Not that our lives are extremely interesting or too entertaining, (and this could turn into a huge bore-fest on my blog for the next month) but I have decided I would rather risk having a few lame picture in hopes that maybe I could capture some pretty great ones also. Now if only I had photography skills...

Here is a picture to start us off. My sister Amanda came to stay with us for the weekend and Kylie finally talked her into playing the Lady Bug Game with her today. We love the Lady Bug Game at our house and it was fun to play it with her.