Maya's 6 month pictures

Sledding, V-day and Karate!

As much as we are looking forward to no coats, boots, hats, etc, we have been enjoying the snow this week! The last 3 days, Nick has taken Ellie and Jack sledding. It started on Sunday with sledding down our little hill in our yard. They LOVED it. I went down a few times and I have to admit it was a little scary. The snow mound is from snowplowing our driveway. It's nice to have, especially when the kids just want to go out in the morning 'really quick' before school. Nick picked up the kids from school early yesterday and took them to our sledding hill we have in our subdivision. They had a lot of fun, but Nick was exhausted from walking and carrying the kids.

I love this picture of them. This is at the sledding hill.

Sledding in our yard.

Baby Maya is too little to play in the snow, but she sure likes to smile in her chair!

Ellie had a birthday party for her friend at school. They had it at a Karate Dojo place. She had so much fun, running around and breaking the wood!

Ellie begged to go to the Chocolate Factory over the weekend. Love this place and can't wait for summer on the beach!

For Valentine's day, Ellie and Jack helped me make chocolate covered strawberries. It was so easy and fun. 

Jewelry cabinet

I've been wanting to get a little more organized and did a search online for different options. I knew I wanted to hang it in our closet because I had some empty wall space. 

This is the sad drawer before. I hated going in there. 

Here is the outside of the jewelry cabinet. I love that it has a mirror and a lock if needed. I don't have any expensive jewelry so I won't need the lock. 

Here is the inside! The bottom row is Ellie's space. She likes to hang her hair things too. The cabinet is super heavy because of the mirror, so I needed my dad to hang it. I love it! 

Christmas time

This was such a great Christmas because Ellie and Jack are so into Santa, Little Elf (elf on the shelf) and of course presents. It was Maya's first Christmas which was so special too. A bunch of pictures:

Yes, that is a bloody scratch under Jack's eye - thanks to Ellie.

Christmas Eve with the Coraggio's.

Putting Cookies out for Santa.

Santa ate them!

Christmas Day at Grandpa and Grandma Roberts' house.

Hi

I'm almost embarrassed to write a post because it's been so long. I'm such a slacker... at least when it comes to this blog. The kids, work, and everyday life has just kept me so busy!

9:45 PM is usually when I finally sit down and get into bed. This is after a long night with the kids. It's actually only about 5 hours, but it seems long because there is so much going on... dinner, playing, Dora, baths/showers, feeding Maya, picking up the house, making lunches for the next day, some laundry, some work email, catching up with Nick, brushing teeth, reading 101+ books (this may be exaggerated by 10 or so), and the oh so convincing Ellie and Jack to go 'night-night'. Sometimes Ellie is still playing in her room, but usually she's 'wrapping' it up at this time. I usually read Jack 7 books while he and Elmo and Maya are sitting on my lap. Ellie is usually coming in and out of Jack's room being annoying, but cute. Once I get Jack in bed, he may or may not come out once or twice while I'm in Ellie's room reading her 101+ books. Again, this number could be off by a few, but it's pretty accurate. It's gotten to the point where when she is not looking I will grab some books that I don't think she would notice and throw them under her bed. I know that sounds really mean, but if you saw the pile of books you would be sick to your stomach too. After this, Ellie usually plays in her room for about 45 minutes to an hour. She usually sets up her 'babies' and has an ice cream party or reading time. It's super cute and it works out well, cause then I usually give Maya a bath and get other things done. It sure beats fighting with her to lay in her bed. She loves this time playing and being the boss of all these babies.

Ellie and her ice cream party with her babies.

Jack in his big boy bed!

 

Since Jack decided to climb out of his bed a couple of times now, I thought it would be a good idea to take his front railing off of his crib. Walla! It's now a big boy toddler bed! He was so excited and loved posing with his good friend Elmo.

Now when he gets out by himself, he can get back in by himself :)