Karate Kid

Na na na na

Audrey loves to sing and we've been trying to capture it on video for months. Like most kids, she clams up the second she sees the camera. Today though she was singing in the car and I was able to film it from the front seat without her noticing. This is her favorite song to sing and we have heard it multiple times a day for the past 3 months! A complete lryic starts at second 11....

Maybe someday I'll capture her singing "Doddy No No No", also known as Frosty the Snowman.

Dress Up

For curious minds, Ellie is wearing a hippie Halloween costume with a pink tutu and Fancy Nancy sunglasses. Audrey is wearing her normal clothes with a Fancy Nancy tutu and sunglasses. The dress up box is another great idea for a cold day inside!

Gingerbread House

Mimi got all the needed supplies for gingerbread houses at Christmas, but we got so busy that they didn't get made. We're at Mimi and Boppa's house for the weekend so Ellie made one this afternoon. Another very fun winter indoor activity!

Audrey was not such a fan of the marshmallow chimney!

Ellie's finished house, complete with front door, chimney, and holly bushes.

Audrey decorated some gingerbread cookies with rice milk icing (surprisingly not so bad!). Eventually she figured out that she could just eat the icing with the spoon.

Winter fun at home

The past few weeks have been very cold by our regional standards and we've been spending more time than usual at home. It has been a challenge coming up with ways to entertain the girls for hours on end inside! Today I resorted to letting them play in the bath for an hour before lunch! Here are some of our other activities....

Audrey and Ellie laying on the couch watching The Sound of Music on Lori's laptop.

They love the two-side easel from Grandpa. Audrey uses the chalk side while Ellie uses the dry erase side. Audrey is of course strictly forbidden from using the dry erase markers!

Ellie playing games on the Sesame Street web site. She feels so grown up being sllowed to use the computer!

Hope you're staying warm wherever you are!