"I'm stuffed! When you're stuffed that means you're full.

When you're stuffed with fluff, it means you're stuffed with fluff!"

-Isabelle at dinner tonight

Happy Birthday to Matt!

On January 29th Matt turned thirty-something. Birthdays at our house are all about the kids celebrating and having fun. Matt's birthday was no exception. The girls and I made him breakfast. Later in the morning we took a bunch of balloons to him at work (you can't have a birthday without balloons, right?!?) Then I took the kids over to the cupcake shop and everyone got to pick a cupcake.

They were all so yummy!

The girls were really sad when Matt and I said we were going to go out on a dinner date that night. They wanted to be part of the party. Matt was nice enough to suggest that we have another party at "Old McDonald's" with the kids. They loved it, and then Matt and I enjoyed a nice dinner out with Mike and Miglena.

Matt focusing really hard on his cupcake...

We love Matt, and were so glad to celebrate another year!

Popular

"Mom, I'm kind of a little popular, because I'm so fancy!"

-Isabelle

Talking

Andrew's vocabulary is multiplying like crazy. On Saturday he said his first audible sentence,

"I want Mama!"

Ah, that makes me feel good!

One of my favorite things is how he loves to shake his head (or finger - thanks Steph) and say over and over, "No, no, no" Except he says it "Doh, doh, doh." So very Homer Simpson-esque. It is darling, even though he is typically being naughty when he does it!

Fight Club

All you moms know this scenario. You're kids are playing, and then suddenly it's so quiet that you know they are doing something they shouldn't be. Sometimes you investigate, and sometimes you let it be because the peace and quiet is needed. I choose to ignore it more often than I probably should.

Such was the case the other night. Then Adie came into my room looking like this

She told me that this was how you do your make-up for fight, and that Isabelle was finishing her make-up. I just decided to let it play out. Well a few minutes later Isabelle came in with a similar face, and they started fighting each other.
Adie had more moves than Isabelle. After a lot of kicking she finally threw her to the ground and starting pulling her in circles.
I had to put a stop to it all when Isabelle started crying. So Adie was declared the winner. She said, "Now you can take some pictures of me doing my fight poses." Alright...

She then told me I could ask for her autograph.

And as happens when you ignore the mischief there was a mess of make-up to clean in the bathroom, and Isabelle's white shirt was ruined.

More Tessa

You may all be getting sick of Tessa pictures (I don't know how you could, she is so cute!) But for my out of town family who still hasn't meet her, here are a few pics from Monday when we went down to visit.

I love this one because her binky is as big as her face.

The girls love her to death and ask every day if we can go see her again.
You can see Will holding her hand. He is such a good, proud big brother!

Upgrading

This week Andrew decided to try out two binkies (or as he calls them "mimies") at a time

Then today he decided he would upgrade from filling the toilets with toilet paper to filling them with toys.