Home Tour: Girls' Room

So months ago I had planned to show you around our house.  Long story short I kept waiting until the whole house was clean, and realistically that almost never happens around here.  So I'll start with the girls room and hopefully make it around the rest of the house in upcoming weeks.

Here's Noelle playing on her bed.  I made her bedspread.  I was going for an over-sized gingham/buffalo plaid look.  Something not obviously girly, but still cute-sy.  I know later on I won't have a choice and she'll have princess everything.

Here's a wider shot that show's ivy's crib.  They are doing pretty well most nights sharing a room.  Noelle has figured out that she gets into trouble for turning on the light at night so she'll turn it on, play a bit, then turn it off again before calling for us.

Hey, where did Ivy go?  Oh there she is!  She is moving ALL OVER now.  She often rolls under her bed and loves kicking the mattress with her feet  (she also loves kicking the door, couch, or wall with her feet too).  If you leave her on one side of the house and go to a different room she can roll to the other side of the house pretty quickly if she wants.

P.S.  Happy 7 months Ivy!

Queen for a Day

A book I randomly picked up from the library is about a girl who dresses up as a queen.  Noelle thought it was fun and wanted to be a queen too.  So we picked out a cute outfit and I let her have a little lip gloss (queens are fancy like that).  Despite our niceties something was missing...a crown!  

So we decided to make one.  She helped paint the glitter on it and I did the sequins.  She had fun putting it on and talking about it all day.

Here's a long-ish video of just Noelle and I chatting (Ivy was asleep).  I think these will be kind of fun to look back on.  When we're filming her normally she can be a bit hyper, so these are a fun look at what she's like most of the time.  

Right now Noelle is definitely a little parrot.  It's super cute but sometimes hard for general communication.  "Noelle, do you want milk or juice?" "Milk... or juice!" "Noelle, do you want to play or read?" "play...or read!" See what I mean?  Noelle also has a funny way of talking.  When we ask her a question she likes to repeat the question and then answer.  So I might ask her "Noelle, what does a doctor do?"  She'll say, "what a doctor do? Doctor check Ivy".  Right now she loves answering questions about what things do and how they work.  Maybe she'll grow up to be a scientist.

Tidbits

I'm trying to pull out the camera more when we're just hanging out at home (which is most of the time!).  Here are the girls enjoying a book with dad.

Ivy got her first tooth last week.  We think another is on it's way.

Here's a clip of Corey getting Ivy to giggle.  I can't resist a good baby giggle.

Ivy has taken to eating tags, just like her sister.  Who cares about the giant fluffy pink elephant?  I want the tag!  We've been contemplating trimming the sides of her hair--it can be pretty crazy some days.

Noelle looked so grown up today.  I decided I should take a picture before her hair fell out (which usually happens after lunch, if not sooner).  She was having so much fun holding Ivy.

Ivy wasn't having as much fun, but sure loves her big sister.

A Holly Day

We enjoyed our holiday break yesterday. We did a little shopping (Sabrina your present is almost on it's way!) and spent some time outside at the park.

It was kind of chilly.  We almost don't know how to dress for cold anymore.  What?  I have to pull out socks?!

Ivy has only swung a few times but seems to like it so far!

 Noelle doesn't really care what the temperature is, if she's in a swing she's happy.

The awkward moment when you say "everyone make a silly face!", and only you do.

Ivy was bundled in her sling most of the outing due to the chill air.  Burr mom!

Look, family picture!

Happy Halloween

Although my posting has been very sparse lately I didn't want to miss Halloween.  I hope everyone has a fun day.  I got my teeth cleaned by Wonder Woman.  Halloween makes even the most unpleasant things mildley amusing.

What you are really here to see are the girls.  We had a trunk-or-treat over the weekend so we don't really have any plans to go out tonight.  Noelle was so excited to be Elastigirl.  She could hardly hold still.  Ivy is sporting an incredible shirt too--she's Jack-Jack.  My time is limited so I'll just cut the chit chat and share some pictures:

We told Noelle to stretch like Elastigirl.

Best Shirt

One of the best shirts I've made Noelle is her green shirt.  I made it out of a cheap stretched out shirt I had. Little did I know she'd still be wearing it two years later.  Originally it was more of a dress but she's grown into it.  It's funny to see how small she was when I first made it.  

Why don't they make all kid clothes that versatile?

I need to remember to make more shirts for the girls out of stretchy stuff so I they can sport them for a while!   

This and That

I always have a hard time thinking about what to report when I finally sit down to blog.  It couldn't be the two awake girls who should be sleeping distracting me (Noelle is currently knocking on her door)  :)

Ivy loves to stand.  Noelle is getting better at smiling cute in pictures.  If you ask her to give you a "beautiful smile" she flashes a pearly white smile.  Sometimes she asks Corey or I to smile and says "good job" or "oh, beautiful".

Noelle is often sporting a fruit punch mustache.  Why must they put so much food coloring in the punch?  It seems a bit overdone.  Ivy isn't so sure about sitting.  She likes standing much more.

Here's a video of nothing really, but Noelle was acting cute.