Discovery of the Pig Tails

I was so excited Sunday when I tried out pig tails on Molly and her hair was actually long enough to do it! Her hair on the top doesn't grow at nearly the same pace as the bottom hair so I thought the top couldn't be pulled back that low but I was wrong. She's had to have two haircuts already because of the way her hair grows; it turns into a pretty wicked mullet very quickly.

Not My Fault!

For any of my fellow UofA alumnus out there, this background is not my fault! I looked at the blog the other day and Chris had changed it from my darling spring flowers background to this! As soon as I have a minute to look through the hundreds of templates and pick out a new one (since I'll never be able to find my spring template again) I'll get this atrocity changed but until then Sparky it is...

The Joy of Being a Grandparent

Not many people in my book could get away with feeding Molly as much ice cream as she wants directly out of the container...


Molly could sit and play "buggies" (Virus Buster on the Nintendo DS) for hours if you let her...and I happen to know a couple of people that do!

Missing His True Calling in Life?

Chris thinks maybe if the fire department thing doesn't work out he can get a job with the Reno Police Department...

Trip to Ikea

I know it seems silly to be blogging about a trip to a furniture store, but the kids are always pretty funny when we go so this time I decided to document. Ikea has a big kid's section with furniture, beds, toys, etc., and this is there one big chance to get out of the stroller or cart, whichever they may be riding in, and run around. And they definitely take advantage of the freedom! Their favorite thing to do is play on all the beds, but they also like to sit on the furniture and climb around in the "hair" (pictured below-the plastic streamer-things that hang down).

Big Girl Bed

We've finally done it, Molly has moved out of the crib and in to her bed! I was a little worried about it because I've heard so many horror stories and because she's in such a huge bed, but she's done great! She's never had trouble at night time (she doesn't get out of her bed at all) and she tested the waters the first two days at nap time, but hasn't gotten out again (so far) after some serious talks about staying in the bed. The first day she got out of bed I could hear her playing with her toy kitchen (or "chicken" as she calls it) Kathy gave her for Christmas, so I went back and opened the door. As soon as she saw me she said "Whoops!" because she knew she wasn't supposed to be out. I had to turn around and laugh for a few seconds before I could compose myself and get serious with her. I attached some pictures of her new room because she has the most spectacular furniture. I got the whole set (bed, dresser, night stand, and chair) for $200 on Ebay! You can't tell too well from the pictures, but there are flowers carved into the head board and the drawer pulls on the dresser and nightstand are carved leaves. The drapes and bedspread didn't turn out nearly as well as I had hoped, but I guess when I sew few things do...

Zips

Molly has a few pairs of blanket sleeper pyjamas (or "zips" according to Molly) and she loves to wear them. I'm pretty sure it's because she thinks the zipper is a wearable toy. I'm not sure if the unzipping takes place at night before she falls asleep or in the morning after she wakes up, but either way they are always unzipped when I get her in the morning. One morning they were completely off except for the feet!