The Big Purple Chair

The local Children's Museum has a giant purple chair that is the perfect photo op. So of course we take our picture every time we visit.

This is December 14, 2008. The day before Reese was born. It was our last hoorah for Brady before her life changed forever (for the better obviously). 

Elli made her debut shortly after we moved back to Virginia Beach. This is February 2013.

Then we visited about a year later. These pics are from March 16, 2014.

 Glad to have a flock to fill up the chair now. 

Life is Good!

Here are more fun pictures from our recent visit.

Cold windy Brady

 Elli wanting momma.

 Reese rocking the Pixie.

 Orthner shadow

 Reese in her domain...performing

 Brady learning how to run light and sound board.

 Things that go.

 Karl using his muscles on the pulley chair.

 Cha-ching

 Stray dog in the museum.

 Another lost mutt,

 Cutest fire fighter EVER!

 Three little Orthners in a bubble!

 Book worm

Another item on our bucket list completed!

Then and Now

I love that when I look at this four year old face...

I still see this (as Brady says) zero year old face!

When I look right into Brady's eyes, I flashback to early 2008. The interesting thing is I don't have that with Reese, I guess her face has changed more.

 What do you think?

Nostalgia

The girls got lots of crafty gifts for Christmas. We got make our own stuffed bears, paper airplane kit, color by number, sun art, cardboard castle to color, tie-dye, etc. I love these type of gifts for several reasons:

-the girls are very into crafting now
-they are consumable (teacher speak)
-it gets me involved with them (I have been lazy lately)



Remember Shrinky Dinks?!?!?! I was pretty pumped about sharing this experience with the girls because I have such fond memories of Shrinky Dinks from my childhood.

 Karl even had to get involved...these are so fun!

 Coloring was done and I told the girls it was time to put them in the oven. Reese was distraught that I was going to cook her 'fairy'. We told her she didn't have to and we would just do the others, then she was distraught that we wanted to put ours in the oven.

 Reese watches cautiously as the Shrinky Dinks warm up.

 The girls loved watching them dance and flip!

 After:

 Now Reese is all smiles and wants hers to have a chance to warm up and dance in the oven...

 The kit Andi gave us had wings to put on the fairies, gems, and glitter glue! The glitter glue was definitely the girls favorite part!

 The kit also came with a tree and stands to create a scene with our new figurines. 

 Reese's fairy on left (with mommy help) and Brady's (all by herself) on the right

 Just in case you forgot how much they shrink...here is the before and after shots. 

Thanks Auntie Andi for all the nostalgic fun! I think I will have to go buy more.