rag-a-muffin

It's now 2:45. About twenty mintues ago Kyla asked me if we were going to stay in our jammas all day. It's one of those kind of days. We rarely ever do it but today yes, we are still in our pjs. Kyla and Heidi have bad colds and we stayed home from dancing school today. We're just doing laundry, so why not? Heidi actually does have clothes on. She asked for "clothes mom" at about 10:00. Kyla however, just realized it.

We're still in our jammas...she thinks this is so funny.

Maybe I should at least run a brush through her hair.

Too Old and So Cool

I've been having a lot of moments lately of realizing how big Kyla is getting. She's not my little tiny baby anymore and time has gone by way too fast. However, she is at a great age- always doing something funny. I love to hear what she will say next! She says the most hilarious things and sounds so grown up when saying them. Here are a few things she has said lately (in the past couple of days) that I think are so cute and so funny:

-Mom I just watched a movie and it was SO COOL!
-Dad, you are the best! (just randomly)
-Mom, you do not have two baby girls! You have one kid and one baby!
-This is so scrumptious! (she's been saying this one a lot lately, she knows we think its funny)

There are a million more but these are the most recent ones. She says "cool" a lot!

Curls

My friend Amy put her two little girls hair in sponge rollers the other night and I got to see the cute curly outcome the next day. I loved it and so I thought it would be fun for Kyla to try it. My mom was over tonight and put the curlers in. It took me back. I hated sleeping in these things! I remember several times as a little girl but mostly I remember sleeping in them in high school for Chatelaines (dance team). Not only would we have to sleep with the uncomfortable pink rollers, but before putting them in we would have to squirt sugar water on our hair. This ensured that the curls would hold for...pretty much ever! So gross. You'd have to wash your hair several times to get it out.

Kyla did not keep the curlers in. While brushing her teeth before bed she wanted them out. We won't get to see the curls this time. She did however LOVE having them in for about an hour. She admired them in the mirror. Heidi of course cried and wanted one in. My mom put one in her hair and she was SO excited to show Kyla and to join her at the mirror. Hopefully one day they will both turn out with tight curly cute hair the next morning....not tomorrow though.

Dancing School

Every Tuesday (since February) we've been going to the Little Gym, or as we like to call it "dancing school." It is a combination of tap, ballet, creative movement (free style- my favorite part of the class because the girls really get into it), and gymnastics. Kyla has really been loving it. Her favorite things about the class: 1.) watching herself dance in the mirror 2.) waving at me and Heidi through the glass window 3.) her outfit & dance bag 4.) the stamps that she receives on both hands and feet at the end of the class 5.)lining up behind the teacher as they move from station to station singing the Jazzy Bugs song. As you will notice, I didn't say the dancing. She does get into it but her attention span is that of a 3 year and she gets distracted easily- that's why she is waving at us several times during the class. It's fun to watch and of course as soon as Heidi hears its dancing school day she seeks out her own little tu tu and starts singing, "dancing school, dancing school, dancing school!" So cute. The "recital" is in June...come watch if you can...it's pretty funny.

me then & them now

I saw something similar to this on someone else's blog. I thought it would be kind of interesting to find photos of me at the same (or close to the same) age as my girls are now. The two pictures of Kyla and I are both at age 3 1/2. The first picture of Heidi and I we are both around 15 months (I think) and the 2nd one is about 19 months. My mom says Heidi looks how I did as a baby. I can kind of see it from these pictures.

So blonde!