A WEEK IN THE LIFE - MONDAY!

Well, it's that time again! We're doing another WITL, and you get the chance to follow along :)

Rise and shine! Monday was off to an early start (as is the norm for weekdays around here). After we crawled out of bed, we all got dressed. Madilyn is finally taking an interest in picking out her own clothes. Here's what our fashionista picked today:

While the girls ate breakfast, I packed lunches for the girls. Grace has MDO on Mondays, so she needed a snack as well.

Ack! Look at that mess. Guess it's a good thing I looked in the mirror before we left. That mop just won't do.

Thankfully, I was recently introduced to some wonderful miracle hair therapy by my sister's hairdresser.  Seriously, you gotta try this stuff!

Look what it does! Why, that's much better...

After this, we took Madi off to school, then Grace to MDO. I forgot about my camera at school, so I'll do that tomorrow.

Here is G's MDO room:

And the playground ;)

With my kid free time this morning, I went and did some Christmas shopping with some of my neighbors. We all dropped off our kids and made the most of our time! We even stopped off for a (HOT) lunch at Panera. Sadly, I was so excited about all of these things, I didn't think to photograph them. 

Grace was still hungry when we got home, so we had some yogurt before nap.

During nap time, I did a bit more shopping.....

And delivered some Christmas cards.

Look who woke up! She wakes like her Mama- not quite ready to greet the world.

After a bowl of (her request) oatmeal and a glass of milk, things were looking up.

We picked up Madilyn from school and stopped off at Trader Joe's for a few staples. You see, my family kind of likes eggs, bread, and milk. So we had to stop. (And since we were there, I had to get some Candy Cane Joe Joe's. If you've not had these, you are missing out. Your life will never be the same once you've tried them. Really.)

Then time to cook dinner. Tonight it was shanghai beef and edemame. 

Poor Madilyn was having a rough time listening, and was sent to bed early. 

Our last photo for today captures us catching the last few minutes of Brave. Cute movie!

Well, that's all for today folks. I'll try to do better tomorrow!

(Almost) A Week Away

Well, almost two weeks ago the girls and I took a last minute and very unplanned trip back to Phoenix. I went to spend some time with my mom and Sandy and Done took care of the girls. They had an awesome time with Grandma and Grandpa. In fact, when I finally saw Madilyn again Monday evening (for the first time since Thursday morning), I asked her, "did you miss me?" and she responded, "not really." Not really?!?! Not even a little? Goodness! I was a little sad, but at the same time it is great to hear they had so much fun and keep asking when they'll be able to do it again.

Here are the girls getting ready for our flight (we departed LA at 9pm, 2 full hours after bedtime...)

The rest of the time entailed some (nearly) skinny dipping, park time, play time....

And a bit of mischief, too!

Disneyland!

Dance Dance Gracilyn

Something Matt put together in about 10 minutes.  Enjoy!

Finding the Groove

Well, it had to happen sooner or later, I suppose. We have been so blessed to have Matt working from home since early May. Today marked the first day of a short TDY and I found it a bit tough to get back in the groove. Silly, huh? Oh well. We made it just fine. I decided to keep the girls busy today to help pass the time. Of course, they both asked for Daddy several times during the day. Love having little ones who admire their Daddy so :)

We started it all by bringing Matt to the airport. For the first time, Madi cried the whole way home; already missing her daddy. After getting home, we rode bikes for a while and played at the park.



Grace wants to ride a big girl bike in the worst way. She admires her big sister!

After the park we went home for some lunch and naps. Madi finished a huge plate of food and was so proud of herself :)



Okay, and a little dance practice, too.

After naps, we had some snacks and snuggled for a bit. Once the bellies were filled, it was back to playtime! We went outside and turned on the sprinklers, filled up the water play table, and pulled out the chalk and bubbles.



My budding gardener took care of the flowers.




It was so fun! We even drew a few of the neighbors out of their houses and got to have an impromptu playdate. After all the messy fun, the girls sure needed a bubble bath!



Dinner time came after bath, and both kiddos were starving. They ate very well tonight. Aren't they just the cutest???







We followed dinner with some block building fun...






And then an episode of Little Einsteins before heading up to bed. They sure look worn out.


Sweet dreams, beautiful girls. We love you!!







And Matt, we hope you have a great week and learn lots of new stuff! We sure miss and love you!!
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