Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are a couple pics of our sweet babies on Valentine's Day, eating red velvet cupcakes after dinner. As you can see, they were enjoyed. Sis like the cupcakes more than she did her birthday cake. McQueen likes anything that is sweet. While I was making dinner, the cupcakes were sitting on the kitchen table. Every few minutes I would see him try to sneak a lick of the frosting. When I caught him, he quickly jumped down off the chair, and would run away saying, "Not me mom!"
Today we went and surprised Daddy at work and took him to lunch. Sis wanted her own bowl and spoon. While we ate, we watched her take the spoon in one hand, and with the other hand put food onto the spoon, then put it in her mouth. We were so excited! Then tonight at dinner, we gave her a fork, cut up her food, and she stabbed the food and put it right in her mouth. I guess she wants to be just like her big brother. She always likes to do whatever he is doing.
We hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! We love you!

Fun in the snow, but wishing for Spring

McQueen and his cousin sledding with their Daddy's at one of the first snowfalls in Dec.
McQueen LOVES playing in the snow
McQueen and Daddy building a snowman
Building a snow tunnel (Mommy and Sis must have been inside where it is WARM)
McQueen and Sis love bathtime, especially after playing in the snow!
I just realized I need to take more pictures of Sis, she is growing so fast! She wears only one size smaller in t-shirts than McQueen. She is our little dare devil but also loves purses, combs, dresses and strollers. I just wish she would let me do her hair! She has been walking now for a few weeks, and is all over the place but we enjoy it and she is much happier.
These days McQueen is into Little Einsteins and Thomas. The cars seem to be on the backburner for now. He also likes to help Mommy do ANYTHING, but especially cook and do the dishes(I better keep him doing both of those!). We are "trying" to potty train, but it is not going so well. I try all sorts of bribes ~ things he especially wants. The conversation goes something like this:
Mommy: "McQueen, do you want to go potty on the toilet like a big boy?"
McQueen: "No, I am a little boy."
Mommy: "If you go potty on the toilet, we will get right in the car and go to Toys R Us and buy Harold."
McQueen: "OK!" (He proceeds to run into the bathroom, take off all his clothes, reluctantly sit on the toilet for about 2 seconds, and then scream for a "new diaper".)
Mommy: "Ok, well we are not going to Toys R Us anymore, you didn't go potty on the toilet like a big boy."
McQueen: "Yeah(a new favorite word) mommy, I am a little boy and I don't want Harold right now. Mommy, can I have a star on my chart?" (He gets stars for various good choices)
Mommy: "No, you didn't go potty."
MQueen: "Ok, McQueen will just stay a little boy"

This is everyday, and as you can see I am not getting anywhere. If any of you have ideas, I would love to hear them. We are pretty sure Sis will be potty trained before him.

As for the snow, we are really, really sick of it. It snows almost everyday. Every winter we say we are moving back to Cal. but the Spring comes and we love it again. But it doesn't mean we don't love Cal. more!

Well I have a fish tank and a house to clean!