Painting Fun

 Leah has gotten really into Sofia the First. Last weekend we printed out lots of pictures and had her and J. Boo paint pictures. Juliet is normally super neat and spends most painting sessions using wipes to make sure she doesn't have any paint on her. This time, she decided to be adventurous and paint herself.   

 It was all fun and games until it was time to clean her off. Girlfriend was not happy about her makeshaft bath in the kitchen sink. 

 Leah was neat and tidy and painted beautiful pictures of Sofia. She takes painting and all art related activities quite seriously. All the colors have to be the "right" color. She works hard to stay in the lines. She works so quietly and artfully. She loves to paint and would love even more if we let her do it every day. 

Round Here

 I saved most of Leah's baby clothes, but I honestly wish I hadn't. I really don't put Juliet into many of them, and I just end up selling them at Mom 2 Mom sales. I would probably do better to sell them right away instead of letting them sit in a rubbermaid for 3 years. Oh well. One of the exceptions is the above dress. I remember seeing it on the Gap website and thinking it was so cute. Leah rarely wore it. It's hard to remember, but she didn't wear as many dresses before she turned 3 and deemed that princesses wore dresses, thus she must always wear dresses. Anyway, Juliet has worn the dress probably once a week this winter. It's so warm and cozy and cute, too! 

 2 girls love when their Daddy comes home. Sometimes they run and hide, sometimes they run and hug. Either way, it's pretty exciting when Daddy comes back. 

 In other news, we set up Juliet's toddler bed in our bedroom. She is so stinking proud of her bed. She gets very territorial if Leah tries to get into it. She has slept through the night one time in it (as evidenced below--she was waking up here--the camera was apparently in a weird setting because her head isn't see through). It's been up for about 2 weeks now, and she usually makes it to 2-4 am in the bed before climbing in bed with us.  

 Juliet got her first Matilda Jane Platinum tiered dress. And this was her face after she put it on. She was so proud of her "big girl" dress--she knows that Leah has a few of them. Leah got a little upset with Juliet's new dress and insisted on wearing it to school today? She wasn't happy when I said size 18 months probably wouldn't fit her too well. Instead she went to school in one of her own dresses. That ties like a halter top. I think the high today was 30. I made her promise to keep on a sweater. Daddy was the Celebrity Reader today, and I asked him to tell her teachers to keep the sweater on, too.

 For all the Frozen build up, Leah has only watched it twice since buying it. The second time was at our nanny's request. Leah did ask me to build an ice palace yesterday. Then she used her Elsa doll to recreate the "Let It Go" scene. 

 Juliet is allowed to play with Anna and Olaf. She has strict instructions to stay away from Elsa. :) 

 Just for fun--Leah singing some of Let it Go. She has the entire song memorized. A few nights ago she was up until 11:00 singing the song in her bedroom. She wanted to sing the entire song, exactly right. 

We Tried to Play Outside

 So sad that I haven't played with my camera since returning from vacation much. Juliet woke up from nap one day last week so excited to go outside and play. She's been really interested in Leah's tricycle, so I got her a baby version. Our kids don't seem to be very good at bike riding, as they have pretty short legs and are just very petite in general. Leah just really figured out peddling and steering last summer. I thought the baby tricycle would be pretty good for Juliet. She really likes it. 

 It was so cold that both girls were shivering within 10 minutes, though neither wanted to go inside. Juliet kept whining about "riding" and Leah was lamenting that our nanny never takes her outside (could have something to do with the Polar Vortex that came in January and never left!). We played outside yesterday, again, for around 20 minutes. We are so ready for summer and so very unhappy about the 8 inches of snow we are supposed to get tonight (unless it means a snow day--then I'm okay as long as it melts fast!). 

A Few More Memories

 Chris and I joke that big things happen to Jelly Boo in Mexico. Last year, she stood unassisted for the first time in the exact same location as she is above. This trip, for the first time, she started insisting on walking up and down the stairs without holding on and stopped nursing! I wanted her to make it until she was 2, but I thought that it was silly to encourage her to keep nursing, only to make her give it up in a few months. She inconsistently nursed on vacation (previously she had always nursed before naps and bedtime). She gave it up for real within the past week.

 Leah is such a traveler. She just gets it. Although a few times she said, "I wish we could always do what I wanted when I wanted". You and me both, sister! She's been missing vacation lately, telling me we need to go back!

Juliet is a very neat child. She hates having a dirty face or dirty hands. She notices stains on her clothes. It was funny to see her get so messy eating a desert on vacation. She is such a cutie! Leah always wanted ice cream, but Juliet doesn't seem to care for ice cream as much as Leah. She thinks it's too cold sometimes!