Mittens and a Playdate

At Aunt Sharon's wedding, Chloe found that she loved those dessert mints. We got all of the leftover ones, and I have them on a shelf in the pantry. Every day Chloe asks for some "mittens". The first time she asked, I was so confused and gave her her mittens that she wears outside. She was pretty mad that I didn't understand her and finally went over the pantry and pointed up at the mints. While I've tried to get her to say "mints", she still refers to them as "mittens".

Aubrey had a playdate yesterday with one of her friends from school. She was so excited and had been talking about playing with Hannah for days. They had a great time and played together for a few hours. It was cute to see her interacting with one of her friends. She can't wait to do it again!

Slipping and Sliding

The end of last week finally got warm enough for us to go outside and play without the girls complaining of being too cold. We went outside Thursday and Friday for a couple hours and played in the snow. It had begun to melt, so it packed great! Aubrey wanted to make two snowmen - one for her and a little one for Chloe. She helped me make hers (we had to bring out a carrot for the nose and use rocks for the eyes and buttons), but lost interest in making Chloe's, so I had to do that one myself. After our snowmen were finished, we made some slides in the big snowpile we have. The girls absolutely loved that! Aubrey would go down the slide first and then catch Chloe for me. Most of the time, Chloe went so fast she toppled Aubrey at the bottom. They both had a blast though! Too bad it wasn't like this when the boys were here. Maximus would have loved sliding down the hill. Oh well! The second day we went out, I convinced them to ride on the sled. Aubrey insisted on pulling me - I didn't move at all - until I convinced her it would be much more fun to ride while I pulled. They loved it when I ran while pulling, but that was hard work. I guess it was a good workout though. :) Both of them are ready for some more snow.

Fun Times with the Timms

We had such a great time with my brother and his family. They stayed with us for about a week, and it was great to see the kids reconnect (we hadn't seen them since the end of July) and play together. Aubrey and Maximus played so much better together and never really seemed to get tired of each other. Colton and Chloe were hilarious and spent much of their time screaming at each other because they didn't want to share what they had. Trust me, they both have a pretty good pair of lungs. I thought Chloe was a good screamer, but Colton is too. :) We played lots of Wii, as my brother brought his with them. It was a lot of fun both to play and watch. Aubrey even tried it out and was awesome at the soccer game on Wii sports. We attempted to get Aubrey and Maximus to sleep together one night, but it didn't work out. I guess they are still a little young for sleepovers together.

We also got to see some of my aunts and uncles at my Aunt Sharon's wedding. Though the weather was cold, the wedding was beautiful and everyone had a great time. It was something we had been looking forward to for a while and were so happy to welcome Bob into the family.

Maximus, Colton, and Chloe reading books with Grandpa.

We ran out of room at the big table, so the kids ate at their little table. They loved it!
Colton didn't want to be left out, so he joined them too.

Posing for pictures after Aunt Sharon's wedding. It was a job trying to get all of them to stand still for a picture together!

Aren't they so cute! This is probably my favorite picture to date of these two together! (Ingrid I will send this to you!) Maximus looks like such a stud! They were in the wedding spirit as well and informed Ingrid that they were going to marry each other.

Maximus had to teach Aubrey how to play army men. Ingrid said Aubrey got all the men set up, and then asked her what she was supposed to do with them. So Ingrid had to tell her what to do and Maximus showed her. You can tell we play mostly with dolls. :)

Playing army men inside the dryer box we got from Grandma Wagner.

Chloe trying to mooch food from Colton.

After everyone left, the girls actually didn't go through too much withdrawal, surprisingly enough. They played really well together. Here they were doing each other's hair.

Wearing the matching jammies Aunt Jenna found.