Snow

Olivia has been patiently waiting for snow. She has been talking about sledding and making snow angels since last winter. It's been a very dry winter, but we finally got snow this weekend and she had a blast!

 

 

 

Olivia went out pretty early and it was still freezing cold. The weather was a little too fierce for Lyla, so she stayed home. We took Lyla for a sled ride in the apartment and she had a great time.  

  The afternoon warmed up a little so we decided to go back out for a second round of sledding and take Lyla. Honestly Lyla enjoyed sledding indoors better than outside, but I think she enjoyed trying to eat the snow.

 

 

 

 

Christmas

 

We spent Christmas in Utah this year and really loved being with so much family!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthay Lyla!!!

Happy Birthday Lyla!!

 

 

I can't believe our little Lyla turned one. She is such a sweet and joyful little girl, it has been such a blessing this last year to have her as apart of our family. We are all so grateful for her, so it is fitting that her birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year. Her actual birthday was quite busy. My whole family was in New York and so Lyla spent the morning strapped to me as we headed for the Macys Thanksgiving parade.

 

After the parade we all headed to a cabin in the Poconos. Lyla was able to spend some fun time with her cousins.

 

 

 

 

 

Later that weekend we celebrated Lyla's birthday with a little party.

 

Lyla seemed to enjoy her cake, but I'm not sure if she actually made it past the frosting.

 

Olivia has been patiently waiting the past couple months to give Lyla her birthday present. A couple months ago Olivia selected one of her books that she thought Lyla would enjoy and cut, taped and wrapped the gift herself. She has been so excited to give it to her.

 

Happy birthday Lyla! We love you!

 

Halloween

Little Bo Peep and her little lost sheep...

 

                  

 

Election

 My girls have been really excited about the election. The day before the election Olivia told me,"Mom if Mitt Romney wins we'll be happy. If Mitt Romney doesn't win, don't be sad, no crying, be calm. You can follow my example."

The next day Olivia told me, Mom if Mitt Romney doesn't win you still need to be happy. I asked her, if Romney doesn't win why should I be happy? Olivia responded, Because you have two great little girls!

10 months

At 10 months Lyla is such a fun gal!

 

Lyla loves to scoot around our neighborhood on the tricycle and ring the bell as she goes.  

 

Lyla has ridiculously long hair.

Summer

 It seems like winter is just around the corner, but I wanted to look back at some of the fun we enjoyed in what seemed to be a very very brief summer.

Both girls loved the beach out on Long Island.

We sure are happy that our building has an indoor swimming pool.Olivia and Lyla love to play in the pool, I know we will be using this a lot during the winter too.

 

 

The city always has so many fun outings to offer,but the carousel at Bryant Park has always been one of Olivia's very favorite...Lyla is still trying to decide if she likes it.

We had a lot of fun playing in the city with visiting cousins!

 

 








The place we spent most of our time this summer was the new sprayground that opened across the street from our building. It is such a fun way for the girls to stay cool on those hot summer days.