Wafflewiches and Snakes!

It was No-TV Wednesday in our home again today.  This is the second week in a row.  After our walk this morning, Alegria threw a little fit when she asked to watch a movie and I explained to her that we wouldn't be turning the TV on today and that we had lots of toys to play with.  Eventually the fit ended and sure enough, she and Odette played well together while I got ready for the day.

Odette went down for her morning nap, and when I went to get her after an hour, she looked so cute cuddled up with her baby doll, I just had to get a picture...and I realized that I used to get a lot of pictures of Alegria sleeping and I have hardly any of Odette sleeping...so here's one to make up for it!

Then it was time for lunch and I was excited to try a new recipe from my new cookbook.  Today I chose to make Waffle Sandwiches...or "Wafflewiches."

The ingredients:

The ingredients in the Magic Bullet and ready to be blended (except for the bread, of course!):

I love my Magic Bullet!  It blends so well!  What a creamy mixture of cottage cheese, brown sugar, sweet potato, egg, and a tiny bit of salt!

Ready to be waffled (I don't think that's a word...):

YUM!!!

Even Alegria cleaned up her plate!  This recipe was a success!  :)

After lunch, we played in Alegria's room for a little while.

Odette, our Darling Little Daredevil:

When Odette went down for her afternoon nap, Alegria and I worked on some crafts. 

First, we made a snake.  She made a lot of little short tubes by gluing strips of green paper together using a glue stick.  Then she helped me string the tubes together using a needle and thread.  I had to finish most of that last part...she had trouble putting the needle through the paper, so I did that and then let her pull on the needle to pull the string through:

Then we made a zebra and she had a lot of fun playing with the two!

Shortly after Odette woke up, Daddy came home and had brought home some dry erase markers for Alegria to write on her white board with.  Up to now, she only had a black one, so getting an array of colors was so very exciting...as you can see by the sheer joy in Odette's face!

Alegria consumed with coloring:

Odette clearly wanted to color, too, but dry erase markers are not something we want her playing with, so we gave her Color Wonder markers to color with...and that was just fine with her!

Thank you, Crayola, for inventing Color Wonder markers!  This is EXACTLY why we are glad we didn't let her play with the dry erase ones!!!

Odette: "Come closer so I can draw on you, too!"

When it came time to get dinner ready, we all headed over to the living room and played out there.  Alegria and Daddy invented some kind of game where Daddy wore one of Alegria's Pillow Pets on his head as a hat:

After dinner it was bath time.  Alegria has been helping me wash her hair recently (of course, only after I've already made sure it's been washed thoroughly first!):

Then we played some more in Alegria's room...since the bigger and better toys are in there.  :)  Odette even wore Mrs. Potatohead's glasses to read:

And that was our fun-filled Wednesday!

G'night!  :)

Lunch With Daddy!

I got up, worked out to Supreme 90, got the girls ready, we went on our walk, we came home, I showered and got ready, and then we went to story time...phew! 

It may not sound like much, but for someone like me who likes to take things slow and easy, I surprise myself at how fast I do things nowadays.  You should ask Cameron...back in the days before we had children, I would take my time and spend about 2 hours getting ready.  Now I have to not only get myself ready (shower, clothes, hair, makeup...), but I also have to make sure the girls are dressed with their hair done, toys for the car picked out, and diaper bag packed with snacks and diapers and everything else that we may or may not need while away from the house!  So for me to make it to things on time and put-together...well...I think it's quite the feat!  :)

Anyway.

Story time was fun, as always!  We talked about bedtime today, so the craft was sleepy moons!

I had already helped Odette make her craft, so while we waited for story time to begin, Odette played:

After story time, we left Copperas Cove and went to Fort Hood to bring Daddy a truck part that he needed.  When we arrived, Daddy asked if we wanted to go have lunch while we were there, so we went to a Subway in Killeen for a bite:

After taking Daddy back to his office, the girls and I went home.  Odette took a nap and Alegria and I played.  Once Odette woke up, we played some more...and made a mess of the living room!  Haha!  :)  It was fun, though, as always!  Our little girls are so cute and I love the way they play with each other!  They're going to be the best of friends, I can tell!!!  :) 

I think Odette's head is still a little large for her body, as well as her eyes.  She still has that disproportionate-very-babyish look to her, but it makes for such a cute little face that I just want to smoosh in and kiss, kiss, kiss!!!

Ahhh...sweet Alegria!

Wearing Big Bear in his carrier just like Mommy used to carry Odette:

Do you see how she has positioned her animals on top of each other?  She is so imaginative!  Cameron and I think she should work at a zoo when she grows up!!!  :)

Cousin Cadee called today!  I talked to her for a little bit and then she and Alegria had a nice conversation over the phone!  It was so cute!  :)

Odette trying to take a picture of herself:

First of all, Odette, you need to turn the camera ON.  Second of all, you need to face it towards you.  Hahaha!

Odette:  "Is that what the problem is?"

Odette: "Well then, will you please take a picture of me?"

I got this in the mail a couple of days ago...a picture that Alegria colored in her preschool class.  :)  She must have left it there and Betony mailed it to me...or it was meant to be mailed because they learned the letter "M" last week and "mail" and "mommy" start with the letter "M!"  In any case, it was so fun to get something personal in the mail!!!  :)

I can't tell what he's thinking...

...probably, "Put the camera down, Woman!"  Hahaha!  :)

What a wonderful day!  :)

Have a great night everyone!!!

4-Days End Way Too Fast

When Alegria was about 6 months old, I started folding her arms and holding them folded as we prayed so she would get the hang of it and know what we do when we pray.  I tried doing the same with Odette, but she would scream at the top of her lungs...so after only a few attempts, I gave up trying and hoped that she would learn by example...and she did!  She's been doing this for about a month now, but because of video-upload issues, I wasn't able to get a video of it until now:

After prayer, I let Odette feed herself her yogurt and got a video of that, too:

While the girls ate, I took a picture of a beautiful flower we picked on our walk this morning:

After Odette's morning nap, we had a few errands to run, so we got in the car and went on our way. 

Our first stop was Payless.  Alegria quickly grew out of her sneakers and needed new ones to run around in, so we had her foot sized (she's a size 8 now!), and went to look for what was available.  There were a total of THREE pairs of little girl sneakers in Alegria's size.  Luckily, one of the pairs of shoes was white with rainbow colors.  The other two were Dora the Explorer ones and she doesn't watch that show all that much, so she wasn't too excited when she saw them, which was good, because they were more expensive anyway.

So we went with the rainbow-colored pair, but before Alegria would be happy with them, she had to make sure the soles looked good, too:

Who knew that the bottom of the shoe (which is hardly ever visible) would be the deciding factor?  Well...now we do.  :)

It was still early when we got home after running a few other errands, so we just played outside.  There was this really cool cloud cover that could be seen from our front yard and I just had to get a picture:

Odette wants to ride Alegria's tricycle so much recently!  Her feet still don't reach the pedals, though:

Back inside as we got dinner ready, Alegria colored on her Doodle Bear that she got for her birthday:

Odette really wanted to color on it, too, so we had to distract her with her own coloring book and crayons in order for her to leave Alegria alone:

Then it was time to jump on the trampoline with Daddy!

After dinner and baths, the girls kept right on playing.  Odette really loves Alegria's Woody doll (Uh-oh!):

While the girls played, Cameron and I kicked back and watched The O'Reilly Factor.  I noticed that we both had our ankles crossed the same way and got a picture:

 

Daddy and Odette playing "Got Your Nose!"

And that was how we spent the last day of Cameron's four-day weekend.  Boy, those four days sure flew by!

Good night!

Cloud Gazing

We got to church early today...nice.  :)

Today at church, the children presented the annual Primary Program.  They did an excellent job!  There was soft background music played throughout the whole thing, the children sang the songs loudly and clearly, and everyone with a speaking part spoke very well.  It was all very beautiful.

During the second and third hours, they asked for a volunteer for the nursery and I went and helped in there.  It was a long two hours.  For the most part, the nursery children were well-behaved, but there were a few tantrums, a bit of climbing on tables and chairs, and a bit of fighting over toys...nothing that Sister Deluca and I couldn't handle, though.  :)  While I was in the nursery, Cameron kept Odette with him and luckily, she was well-behaved and not fussy.

On our way home from church, Alegria all of a sudden said, "It's Doralee, Mommy!  It's a fish!"  So I asked what was and she pointed out that the clouds looked like a fish!  She also said that the other cloud was "a dolphin...like in Little Mermaid!"  Can you see it?

Back home, Odette went down easily for a nap after lunch and Alegria played with her toys while I napped and Cameron watched some football.  Upon ending my nap, Alegria came up to me to tell me hi and give me a hug and I noticed a bulge at the foot of her pantyhose:



She had her baby elephant and her baby rhino in there!!!  Silly girl!!!  What this child won't think of next!!!  (By the way, yes, I know those pantyhose are navy blue and not black...she had no black ones in her size and it was a chilly morning...so she had to make due...oh well!)

Aunt Abilehi came over for dinner, but before eating, she and the girls had a little time to just play...

Pat-a-Cake:

Tickle Monster:

And Airplane:

It was a great day! 

Have a great night!!!  :)