Parties

Matty and Lexi are counting down the days until their birthday. Lexi walks around sayin...My birthday is August 3rd, and Matty knows his too. They are excited to go to Disneyland and have a tiny bounce party. This weekend we went to a :Pump it Up party for Jake and Jaegar. It was a blast!

Lexi being brave....WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Wait is Matty eating? nope drinking...pizza please eat... but he loves his balloon!

One of the birthday boys (Jake) poses with Lexi. The blondies could totally be siblings!

Reminiscing

It is great to watch Matty and Lexi get super excited when they look at their scrapbooks. It makes all of the long hours of work worth it. Now it also makes me think I had better get working again, unfortunately I have not scrapped since October.
Matty and Lexi go through their albums and talk about the pictures like they still remember the moments. I guess they are ready to become little scrappers too.

Fun day in the sun!

We had a fun filled day on Sunday. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Maren's house, and then off to Tricia and Rick's.

Before we left the house Lexi helped to put Matty's sandals on...she is such a little mommy!

"Mommy, We are ready to go...."

Playing in the pool...

Matty and Lexi love playing in the pool...guess we are ready for swim lessons.

Rainy Day in Vegas

Well it does not happen to often, but we were stuck in the house due to thunderstorms and rain. Matty and Lexi begged to go outside and play in the rain like "Caillou", it took forever to explain that they couldn't with lightning. Evenutally they were able to go out for a little, but they decided getting wet from the rain wasn't as much fun as they hoped it would be. They decided to watch it from inside. =)

Strike a pose!

Every once in a while Matty and Lexi will now ask me to take their pictures. Maybe because I have been a slacker in the picture department. Anyway here are some cute strike a pose pics!

LOVE

Matty and Lexi really do love one another. Lexi is so nurturing to Matty or "Matty Baby" as she calls him (usually). Even when I get them from school, the teacher tells me how Lexi is always checking on Matty to make sure he is okay. They love to read to one another, play puzzles, draw, play, and mostly giggle. I am so glad they have such a close bond, don't get me wrong they get into their own mischief and can bother one another...but they are both almost 3 it is expected. I hope they always have their special bond!

New Beds

We decided that since the kids are about to be 3, it was time to get ready to move them to beds. I listed their cribs and dresser on craigslist and within minutes I had someone who wanted to come by to see them. They bought Lexi's crib and dresser. They took their naps on mattresses on the floor and I had to go over to Toys R' Us to purchase new beds. On Sunday afternoon, we put together new toddler beds for Matty and Lexi. Lexi got a "Pink" Dora bed and Matty got a red Cars bed. They were both very excited to sleep in their new beds and decided that they would both sleep in Lexi's room for a slumber party. I told them they needed to stay in their beds. They talked for a while, but did go to sleep. The funniest part, was that in the morning...Matty still cried for us to come and neither of them got out of their beds.

Monday night as we got ready for bed, Matty decided he wanted to sleep in the higher bed...I thought he meant the full size mattress in his room. Nope, he meant the crib. I haven't taken his apart yet, since I am planning on selling it. Well I figured it was not a battle worth fighting now, so he got to sleep in his crib. Lexi loves her new bed and kisses Dora good-night before going to sleep.

Dressing up!

Matty and Lexi love dressing up! Anything and everything they find ends up on them. Lexi decided that she wanted to wear her princess dress, so after some minor alterations to allow her head to fit through, she was thrilled to put it on. Matty found Jeff's old Halloween mask and put it on and ran around the house.

They are getting so excited about their birthdays and everyday they ask if it is time for the birthday party or Disneyland. They love marking off the calendar. Lexi even decided to try and cross off more days when I wasn't looking---thinking it would be sooner for us to go. I had to laugh and tell her it did not work that way!