Today. 2 years ago.

These are still some of my most favorite pictures of these two girls.
When I looked back to see what was going on 2 years ago.
These photos were just staring at me.....making my heart happy.
Ellie told me this is the prettiest picture of Lucy she has ever seen.
Back then I was hoping they would always love each other as much as this day.
They do... plus a million times more.

In their own words.

Ellie: "Mom I am lucky I always have a friend that never goes home"

Lucy: Every day when Ellie leaves for school she says " I love you Ellie, I love you Ellie" following her to the door....every. single. day.

lost twice

Ellie lost her first tooth. It was just hanging on by one little thread for so long that when it came out she didn't realize it until she went to give it a wiggle and it was gone. She wanted the tooth fairy to understand the predicament she was in so she wrote this. And then drew about 2 dozen flowers to sweeten the deal.

Ellie still has high hopes of finding her little lost tooth. She thinks when Spring time comes and the snow melts it will turn up on the school playground somewhere. I don't want to be the one to crush those dreams of hers but I just don't see that happening.

p.s. the tooth fairy fully understood the situation and even threw in an extra quarter for the lovely bouquet.

These three monkeys spend a lot of winter nights pulling out the sleeping bags and going for bumpy rides down the stairs. I don't know how they talk Lucy into these things but they do. Sometimes the stunts they pull going down and the speeds that are reached make it hard for me to watch. Like the time they went down with Canyon Laying on his belly and Ellie and Lucy riding him like a horse. Each time the bags get pulled out I hold my breath hoping there are sounds of life after the thudding stops. Every time I think of telling them to stop, I remember how much fun I had doing this when I was little. I just don't remember going down such crazy ways. So far we are 100% accident free. I'll be crossing my fingers it stays that way.

the little inventor

It is no secret that Ellie has quite the imagination.
It is also well known that Ellie has a love for fashion.
Add that to her ideas that Teenagers are SO beautiful
(probably because the few she knows are)
And what do you get?
Ellie's new invention.
It's called the underwear bra.
Made out of two pair of underwear.
She must of wanted a bra really..really bad to strum up this idea.
She wore it for a weekend straight.
When Monday rolled around I told her she could NOT wear it to school.
She reluctantly agreed.
I still can't wrap my mind around how that witty little brain of hers thought of this.
If it wasn't borderline one the the weirdest things in the world.
I would have to call it a stroke of genius.
Nobody tell Victoria about it. We are totally patenting this :)

{For the record, some major bribery took place to get this picture}
{I figured this brilliant invention needed to be recorded in the books at any cost}
{Someday she will thank me...maybe?}

milk shampoo

While I was putting away the dishes I heard Lucy's little voice say...
"Look Mom I washa my hair" (with no R sound on the end).
I looked over to see her putting her whole hand into in her cup of milk
followed by rubbing it in hair real good.
And that's when her hair looked like this.
I asked her why.
She told me the same thing she always does when I ask her a question... "CUZ"
Awesome.
And because she just had a bath 15 minutes before even more so.

calendar

I need a new calendar in a hurry.

Any one of these would do.
Maybe I should just make one.
Or better yet, enlist my husband to do it for me.
It would turn out much better than mine. :)
I think the first one is my favorite.
Wondering if I have a wall to suit it.
The wall space above my computer perhaps....hmmmmm.

bird legs

This morning for breakfast she had.

2 bowls of cereal.
2 bowls of apple sauce.
1 egg.

She can eat with the best of them.



Yet somehow she manages to maintain these little bony bird legs of hers.

At 2 and a half years she is weighing in at 23 lbs and some ounces.
Just a little gal....with a BIG appetite.
She can finish off a cheeseburger in about 1 minute.....I swear it.

sort of missing

the excitement...the energy...the magic...that feeling that only comes once a year.
But my house is clean again, and it is kind of nice to spend a few full days at home.
I am still wishing there was something really fun (but simple) written on the calendar under January to look forward to.
I need to work on that.

2010

Happy New Year!!! Am I to late to say it?
We started off the new year in a place remote and removed from any form of communication to the outside world.
I have had a hard time getting back into the swing of things since January has hit....ok maybe since Dec 25th hit.
But up until the 4th of January it felt o.k. It doesn't any more...BOOOOO!
Here's to 2010!! May it be better than 2009 because lets face it no one wants it to be worse...always better!
Here's to hoping I survive January. It can be a downer after a beautiful December.
I'm wishing for some big snowflakes, time on my snowboard, and some spontaneous fun...but I would settle for planned fun to.
I'm already thinking I should have left a strand of lights of just to brighten things up a little.