the bumblebee strikes again!

Maggie's rain boots

Maggie has been obsessed with her new rain boots for the past several days. They are still a little big and I've been keeping them in a cabinet, so she hasn't worn them outside in the rain yet. But the other day I pulled them out, and as soon as she saw them she wanted to wear them. And she has been breaking them in since, clomping around the house in them. She's gotten good at putting them on and taking them off all by herself, and when she puts them on she runs to get her "rain hat" (which isn't really a rain hat, just a hand-me-down sun hat from a friend). Here she is sporting her rain gear the other morning. (Yesterday morning, the look was snowman jammies with the rain boots.)




And here she is helping me get Lilly out of the crib in the morning, still wearing her boots and hat.

rainy day

Yesterday was a cold, rainy day so we spent most of the day hanging out in our jammies, just being lazy.

brushing 101

Maggie is becoming very independent these days, and she's in that phase where she insists on trying everything by herself. She's working on learning to brush her teeth all by herself, and she's getting pretty good at it. She can even rinse and spit, which is pretty funny to watch. Here she is giving Pooh Bear a lesson in teeth brushing, as well as nose-blowing.

pigtails!

wiggle worm

Lilly is now 10 weeks old, and she has been all smiles lately. But she is such a wiggle worm that it is hard to get any non-blurry photos of her. She is constantly moving, kicking her legs and arms and trying to roll over anytime I set her down. She got this fun bumblebee that rattles for Christmas from Grandmamma, and she LOVES it. It makes her smile every time she sees it.
Lilly also loves watching her big sister...notice her big smile while watching Maggie and Daddy goofing around.

Little Miss Chatterbox

These videos are from Christmas morning, when Maggie first saw her present from Santa Claus (a shopping cart and some play food). As you can hear, she is quite the chatterbox. She pretty much talks all day long, from the moment she wakes up and comes into our room in the morning, to the minute we turn the lights out in her bedroom at night (and sometimes even after that). I'm thinking I'm going to have to invest in some earplugs when Lilly is old enough to talk!