Happy New years!

Well, it's 2013... WAIT! It's 2014! The last time I blogged was July. Seriously? Guess I fell out of the habit of blogging and into the habit of all sorts of other things.  So I will try my best to do a real quick recap.

Aria crawled and is now almost exclusively walking! Yay!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCG6s0oDU9o (for the video.) This means the knees on her pants will last a little longer and the BOTTOM of her socks will look dirty instead of the tops and toes of her socks. Yay!

This fall Kaelyn started 3-k preschool through our church twice a week! Twice a week I have to have all 3 of us girls fed, dressed (presentably), hair done, out the door, and TO SCHOOL, down the stairs, and have Kaelyn ready to learn by 9am. Which can be a struggle. I am NOT the moms (and there are several) who show up at 5 to 9 and have their coffee and chit chat outside of their SPOTLESS minivans while their children eat organic granola or something equally rediculous. (Yes, my kid eats healthy but some mornings, cap'n crunch is my hero.) But Kaelyn loves her teachers, she loves most of her classmates, and she hates leaving at 11:30. Which means she has to hug her teachers twice. Not consecutively. but each one gets a hug and then she goes back and gives them all a second hug. Makes me feel great that she loves it there but its lunch time, she's getting cranky and now that Aria isn't in a baby seat....it's hard to keep them both in ONE SPOT long enough to bundle her in now that its winter. OY! Her speech is improving. Her vocabulary is never the issue, its her shortened sentences. But they are getting longer. She is catching up, but still behind all the same. Her new favorite phrase: "Aria come here now!" and "oh good boy my Odie" (after giving him a treat). Every once in a while there is a doozie. I woke up to hear "OH NO! POOPS COMING OUT NOW! PUSH!" and thought i'd wake up to a mess. Turns out her doll was using a potty (some toy that she thought looked like a potty chair) and she was verbalizing for her dolly. It was hilarious after I got over nearly tripping over Odin in order to save myself from a mess. The joys of motherhood.

We had a great christmas where my kids got far too much. Too many toys, too much candy, too much spoiling. The girls also got my little tikes doll house from when i was little. ITS AMAZING! We had to leave it at my inlaws, sadly due to the fact that if we brought it home, we might have had to strap Odin to the roof and I DOUBT that would have gone over well with anybody.

Kaelyn went sledding for the first time since there is a great sledding hill back home. it only lasted 45 minutes before our legs were sore from trudging back up the hill, carrying a sled and a toddler, but it was fun and kaelyn got to spend even more time with her cousin.

Kaelyn also had her first Christmas party at preschool. Parents were invited (required) to stay and they sang us some songs, made a snack, did some art and playing and was a nice way to cap off 2013 before they had their winter break. 

We also joined the 1k before kindergarten book club at the local library. SO MUCH FUN!

Kaelyn has also since upgraded to a BIG GIRL BED! She had a toddler bed but now has a twin bed and LOVES IT! Naptime and bedtime are so much easier with the twin bed and with the trundle drawers for clothing storage, we now have more space and dont have to store as much in totes in our closet! YAY!

All in all, 2013 ended well and we see only great things in store for us in 2014. Thank you for reading and letting us share with you! It's been a great ride and it's only getting better!!