We are feeling a bit housebound with the weather we are having lately. Walks have been nearly impossible but now it is so cold, we don't even like to take the babies anywhere in the car. Our whole house just feels cold! BLAHHH!! I am already ready for spring and warmer weather! So here are a few photos from around the house
Both the kids love to be read to and enjoy books. But Elaina REALLY loves books! Like, if all she had were books to play with she would be happy. She crawls over to them and looks at the pictures, will go through the baskets until she finds one she likes, and will point at the things she sees while turning the pages. We are so excited that she likes it that much and are really encouraging it as much as we can. We let her hold books in the car, in the bath, and read to her (and Skylar) as much as possible. We also think books are one thing you can't have too much of and we buy them as often as we can so they have lots to choose from. As you can tell from these pictures she gets comfy when reading!
This one cracked us up. We have their old bathtub in the upstairs playroom and put their books in it so they are easy to get to and stay somewhat neat. Well, we noticed that Elaina had decided to just climb in and read. She was in there for awhile and when she couldn't find the one she wanted, she looked for it outside the tub and then settled back into it.
Skylar playing with his new Christmas toy from Grandpa and Mimi. He loves it but as you can see from all the pieces he has thrown on the ground, he gets a little rough with it. He is ALL BOY!
With weather like this, we tend to stay in our pajamas most of the morning. Doesn't she look cozy?!? I want an adult version of those pajamas!
Someone Jon knows through work, made this dual rocking chair for the kids as a gift. It is beautiful and was such a nice present!! Skylar didn't like it at first, but now he climbs onto it and plays with the bears faces and laughs. This is classic Skylar and Elaina though and it makes me laugh looking at the picture!
Want more proof he is all boy? Check out the hole in the bottom of his mouth! He had cracked a tooth a few weeks before and finally had to have it taken out. It looks much better now. Poor guy has not had it easy with teething. To make it worse, he got relief for one day (the day this was taken) and then the next day was super crabby because the tooth on the other side came in. He now has a gap on the top and the bottom!
Ok, so the lighting is not good but look at the cute toy they gave him and put in his overall pocket! It just made me smile and we saved it along with his tooth which they put in a box for him.
Finally onto the big tub...they hated being in it together. Well, actually it was more Elaina who wanted nothing to do with Skylar in the tub. He didn't mind too much! We got pictures and got them out. Now they love to play in there and Elaina especially loves to lay down and put her face in the water. No fear at all of the water, which is both reassuring and scary. We had planned to do swim lessons last summer but with moving it didn't happen. Soon, very soon, so our little fish are ready for the pool in the summer (and the beach when we go on vacation this spring!)
