Good Video

The video below is hilarious!! See if you can spot Holly saying, One, Dada, Cat and Again. She also laughs like crazy and kisses the cat.

Holly learns about ICE!

Here are some pictures of Holly during our recent ice storms.

Sharing with Camden

Here are some pictures that Johanna (the twins' Mom) took at our Oatmeal Playdate yesterday. It was at Alec's (Kristin is the Mom) house.

Below is one of Camden (one of the twins) and Holly sharing. It's hard to tell who was doing the giving and who was taking (I bet it was Holly taking from Camden), but either way it was peaceful and sweet. I love the lighting and they way they look so beautiful.

Kindermusik had to be fixed!

Well, we LOVE Kindermusik and we love Mrs. Sheila (our teacher). Yesterday was our first day of Kindermusik for the semester. We are doing a sign and sing class. I'm really excited about this class and learning the signs with Holly. She already uses:

Clean-up
All-done
Bath
Potty

We take our class with some of our good friends, the twins (Camden and Grayden) and Lily. In fact most of the class is composed of people I call friend and babies that Holly recognizes.

There was one bad thing -- there was this terrible little girl that kept being violent toward our babies. She actually PUSHED Holly. Her Mom didn't even correct her. Boy, I wanted to knock her mama's block off! I managed to be civil. But I did point it out to her ... she said "Oh" corrected her daughter, then said "she's never done anything like that before"... well that's BS b/c the whole class had just watched her do it to Grayden and Camden a few minutes before!

Of course, Holly was in tears, I don't think she realized what happened -- hopefully, thankfully. That is the kind of behavior that if these babies see too much go uncorrected they might think it's OK. It almost seems catching. We would never allow Holly to act like that. I know I can't protect her forever, but I will as long as I can.

Anyway.... three of us (Sherri, Johanna, and I) had conversations with the teacher about it and she is going to ask the girl to move to a different class. I'm really glad Sheila (the teacher) addressed our concerns quickly. I really appreciated that.

Burrrr!!

Wow is it cold! This morning we bundled Holly up and took her outside to "walk" on the ice -- which she hasn't ever seen before. We waited until the sun was out, but before it had a chance to melt the ice. Holly liked walking on the crunchy grass -- she was very puzzled by it. Then we held her up (we were in the grass) while she "walked" on the ice on the sidewalk -- she loved slip sliding around. She was mad when we went back inside.... but it was just too cold!

Kissing her favorite toys

The latest super-cute thing that Holly does is..... If she likes a toy (i.e. her stuffed kitty) she kisses it over and over, while making an adorable smacking noise. I'll have to see if I can get a video of her doing this.

Socks in the Toilet & our friend Megan (or is it Eggin'?)

Yesterday Holly deoposited four pairs of socks into the toilet -- before I realized what she was doing! Little sneek. She loves to play in the sock drawer... always good for at least 20 minutes of entertainment while I get ready in the morning. Above is a picture of Holly wearing one of Mommy's socks -- she's convinced they belong on her arms instead of her feet.

We went to story time at the library yesterday. We hadn't been in a while, so it was really nice to sing the "old" songs. Holly decided to say bye to her friend Megan, so she said "ba ba Eggin"... it was soooo cute!! Below is a picture of Megan from one of our recent play dates.