Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Cookies- round 1

The first day of cookie making went well. Brie enoyed making hotdogs out of the balls I made instead of rolling them in the sprinkles.

She then enjoyed eating the hershey's kisses rather than putting them on the cookies.


Overall the the cookies turned out well . . .


with quite a few being taste tested prior to being put away.



Monday, December 21, 2009

Mommy's little kitchen helper


What happens when you let a 2 year old use your mixer?

A mess of course!!!






"Projects"

Brie has been very into making "projects"

She loves to paint, cut paper, and glue.



As you can see she is very proud of her frosty.



Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Sunday morning we went to Breakfast with Santa.


Brie and the boys had a great time making "projects"


The ornaments were beautiful and we had 3 very glittery children.

Then it came time for Santa. Brie would not sit on his lap. She just wanted to stand by him. She did of course except a present from him, but promptly carried it back to a safe place to open it.


Sophie was placed in his lap and as you can see shares her sister's dislike for the jolly fellow. Daddy of course was not quick to save her and snapped a few pictures of her screaming and trying to get away.

Maybe next year we will get a smiling picture with santa.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Long awaited update

I know the blog has been slow lately and has mostly been pictures. Things have been incredibly busy in our house. In preparation for Marcus's office opening we have been spending almost every spare moment shopping, decorating and organizing stuff for the building. With only a few weeks to go we are almost done. There are still curtains and some furniture to buy, but for the most part we are almost there. The office is painted nice bright colors; yellows, greens, and oranges with two slightly less radiant tan rooms. The floors are done in a combination of wood and carpet. It is really starting to come together and look nice.



The girls are doing well. They are growing and changing every day. Sophie is almost walking and will take 5-6 steps independently before resorting again to crawling. She has been learning how to throw a good temper tantrum from her big sister. She will arch her back, throw up her arms and scream. It is hard to not laugh at her when she does it. She has become more vocal and says ma-ma, da-da, cat, pop and Brie says she can say Brie, but we have not heard it yet. She also has learned to sign all done and uses it most of the time appropriately at the table when she is done eating. She continues to eat well and was almost 22 lbs the last time we weighed her.



Brie has been very into making "projects." This consists of coloring, painting and gluing. Her attention span has gotten much longer and she will sit for about 20 minutes painting or coloring. She also enjoys helping mommy in the kitchen. She loves to help cook meals, bake cakes, and roll out cookies. Later this week we will make some Christmas cookies which she will enjoy I'm sure. She loves helping her little sister learn to walk and teaching her new things.

snow bunnies


The first snow storm of the season came last Saturday. Of course we got to drive home from Philly in it, but with our Mirano it was not too bad.


Sunday morning bright and early the girls got there snow suits on and played in it. Brie was making snow angels.


And helping daddy with the the shoveling and the rock salt at home and at his office.


Sophie did not know what to think. She crawled around in it, but when her glove came off and she got to feel the cold snow she was not impressed!


Sunday, December 6, 2009

Myers Family Christmas Tree

This year we decided to cut down our own Christmas Tree.


This was the tree Brie wanted. She said it was just her size!




This is the one we decided on. It is a little bigger then the one Brie picked and fits much
better in our living room.

Brie tried to help daddy drag it down the hill, but it was too heavy.

So she settled for helping her little sister walk down the hill instead.