At the end of the day...

For the past few months, part of Brady's night routine is to tell us her favorite part of the day and then she will always ask us (Mommy and Daddy) ours. Then she promptly asks about Reese's, Dewy's and Pace's favorite part of the day. Needless to say discussing the days events have always been a special part for us.

Recently, when my sister was discussing a good weekend with me on the phone to come visit,  Brady says "Auntie Andi coming to my house?!?!?" So here I was with the issue of explaining that it would be quite a while until she got to see her. So thanks to Andi's idea, Brady and I made a picture calendar today.

We can put our regular playdates or music classes on there. But Brady really enjoyed flipping through the calendar to find everyone's birthday and put a cake or gift sticker on each special day. I am excited about this new teaching tool that adds to our night time routine of discussing our days.

Getting all the stickers on February


 
Brady showing Daddy when we are going to Mr. Jeff's house for a Super Bowl party
The final product on her door



 There is also a cute video of Brady showing her Daddy the calendar and explaining what is happening in the month of Feb. Here is the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/orthner/January2010#5432713397567127074

So now you all need to schedule a time to come visit Brady and your picture will be on Brady's calendar and she can count down the days!

FA LA LA-LA LA Brady's World...

Again,  I know there have been request for pictures of the new house. And yet again, I will provide you with pictures like I did with my earlier post on the TOUR OF CLOSETS  but most likely not in the manner you would traditionally expect. This time you have a new photographer so the prospective may be a little different! Also, please note the photographer verbally gave all captions but since she can't type yet,  I quoted her below the photo.

"Brady's bed"

"This is not a picture"

"Bitty Baby's Crib"

"stickers"

"this one is daddy"

'It is not pace also, it is not daddy also, it is not brady also"
"Pace"

"This is the light one"

"That's that Daddy's toe" (it is really her toes if you couldn't tell)"
"It's two hamsters"

"This is Brady, mommy, this is me."

"It's outside"

"That's a tent, mommy"

Wordless Wednesday: CURLY Q SUES

My little bookworms

My family had the opportunity last friday to get together with four other neighborhood families for pizza. It was great for all of us to meet more people that lived on the street with us. Since I was going to a house I had never been to before,  I thought I should grab some 'toys' for Reese since she still doesn't really play with others (she is at the age of parallel play). My instinct was to grab four books.

One of the other moms commented on Reese's ability to sit and enjoy books. The mom said her 18 month would never be that enthralled with a book. So I said I was lucky that both of my girls LOVE to 'read' books and they both spend a cumulative 3 hours a day with their nose in a book. So I was later wondering if I exaggerated...so yesterday I paid attention to how often they read books and I tried to see how many pictures I could take of them reading books in one day. (Also, in this day, we went on a walk and ran errands, and I stopped taking pictures at 2)...



Around 2 o'clock this is what the playroom usually looks like!

Also, on this particular day, a package came from 'Beppa' with a book in for both of the girls which was very fitting! Thanks Beppa!

I also took a video, but I just realized you have to pay money to upload videos on this blog (at least that is what I am gathering). So to see Reese saying book or "OOK" go to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/orthner/January2010#5431246559626411138

Now I see what you are saying...

So when I am out and about with my two girls, people will constantly tell me how much they look alike. And now that Reese is a curly-que-sue like Brady I get it even more. I however, have never really seen that much resemblance. While going through my digital pictures today, I changed my mind...

Last January I had a toddler that looked like this...



Well this January I have a toddler that looks like this...



So maybe they do favor a tiny bit....

And just for kicks here is a picture of me at 14 months old. The ages of the girls in the above pictures: Brady-19 months and Reese-13 months.

The new house…

So I have had a few people request pictures of the new house. So I am sure you want to see pictures like this:



...that show the way the girls' rooms look or what the playroom looks like, etc. Sorry not today!

 Well, as most of you know, in my VB house I was seriously lacking on storage/closet space. So here is the picture tour you are getting today...THE TOUR OF CLOSETS!

The Shoe Closet

The Linen Closet


The Food Closet (I know I know a pantry)

The Sock Closet (Karl currently doesn't have a dresser)

The Master Closet (Karl's side)

The Master Closet (Christy's side and yes that is all one closet)

The Uniform Closet

The Scrapbook Closet (and yes the doors close with the chair there)
I
 hope you enjoyed your virtual of all my stoarge space!

So here I go...

I finally have decided to do it...I am starting a blog. I actually started a blog about 6 months ago that had 3 entires but I never shared the web address with anyone and then just deleted it. However now that I am in FL,  I have stories all the time that I want to share with everyone so I decided a blog was the way to go...writing a blog has always been a lofty goal of mine anyways, speaking of goals...

Someone a couple weeks ago asked me "Do you ever get sad that you don't have goals for yourself?" In reference to the fact that I am a stay at home mom/housewife. I was thinking about this statement, to me the purpose of life is to love, and my life goals involve loving my friends, family and myself. So I decided to share with you my current long term and short term goals:

Long term:

1. To raise happy, healthy children: while I do for someone else, it is the most filfulling thing goal I have ever set for myself.

2. To be the best possible wife I can be: again, it involves someone else but love is about the bond between two people.

3. To stay in communication with my friends that I no longer live near, while I continue to make new friends in my new city.

Shortterm goals:

1. Lose 10 pounds: I really need this....c-section did me in! Not in LOVE with my tummy and I need to be!!!!

2. Get myself back into a hobby: I hope to meet new friends this way also

3. Get more house work done through out the day so I can have more bonding time with my hubby at night.

No, I don't have a paying  job that drives any goals, but I have love all around me!

I promise that future posts won't be as serious!