We are starting off the new year stuck in the house. It has been SO cold. Highs for the day have been in the teens. We got pounded with a couple of feet of snow last week, but haven't even gone out to play because the cold starts stinging any bare skin within like 5 minutes. The girls have been good about staying inside, and have been using their imaginations a lot to keep busy. Sydnee and Kaydee's favorite games right now are playing doctor and playing school. Sometimes they will play for an hour or more at a time and it's so peaceful. Maycee follows them around and wants to do whatever they do. She seems so advanced for her age, but I guess it's just because she tries to keep up with them.
I've also been very busy. A month or so ago I decided to re-stain my bathroom vanity and mirror. It ended up being easy and looks so much better, so (CRAZY me) decided to do my kitchen. No, it's really not that bad. Just time consuming. I can't wait until it is done.
Jeff is also very busy with work and side jobs, and the kids are really missing him after having him home so much in december. We look forward to the weekends.
Since we've been indoors a lot, the girls have been practicing their reading. They have gotten so good. I am always surprised by Kaydee. She is so good at sounding out words and I always find myself wondering how she can only be 4!
Sydnee and Kaydee decided they didn't want to do cheer anymore. I'm not one to push them into things so I let them decide. They finally picked gymnastics and they had their first class this week. Kaydee's is in a little preschool gymnastic class and the parents watch through the window. But Kaydee was being shy and just sat there. She said she just wanted to watch and will do it next time. I hope so. I think she would love it. She knows how to do all the tumbling stuff they were doing in there. But Sydnee was totally in her element. I kept looking around and finding her and I could always spot her because of course she's the smallest one. I watched her on the beam for a while, and she totally looks like a gymnast! She wasn't scared and did a lot of things better than the older girls. She loves it and can't wait to go back.
After gymnastics, we went to dinner and Jeff was telling me about Sydnee doing stuff on the beam. He said she was one of the only ones who could sit on her butt on the beam and then with her hands behind her lift her legs straight up in the air. So as he's telling me she stops eating and says "Why are you talking about my butt? Don't talk about my butt. That's my private." We just laughed and told her she's right.
It's red ribbon week at Sydnee's school and she came home yesterday and told me "Do you know some people eat smoke?" I told her yes they smoke and Kaydee had questions so I told her they light something on fire and suck on it. And Sydnee says "They eat the smoke and then they start on fire and die." Ha ha. Something like that!
Maycee has been so funny lately. She's learning all sorts of new words. My favorite is when she 'ribbits' like a frog. She also bounces up and down when you talk about a bunny. And her favorite thing to eat is fry sauce. At red robin the waitress brought fries and sauce and the second she saw her coming with it she was pointing and yelling "DIP! DIP! DIP!" So she would take a bite of macaroni, a bite of mandarin oranges and then a handful of fry sauce. Jeff gets so grossed out. Ha ha. She also likes to point when we ask her body parts and then if you say where are your kisses she goes "mwah!" And gives you a kiss. So adorable.
That's about it for now. Hopefully it warms up and we can get out more!
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