Here's a good way to start out our February post.
With cheese dip. Because based on our pictures, it looks like mostly we just ate a lot this month.
The cheese dip is our annual favorite for the Super Bowl. Usually. I have an awesome party with food from the cities of each competing team. But this year, it was New England versus Seattle. And I didn't feel like cooking for those regions, so we just went with our old stand-bys- taco soup, cheese dip and lot of chips.
Bea is a big fan of taco soup. This kid can eat beans and onions forever.
We're trying to teach her a new trick- waving. Sometimes she does wave. Mostly she grunts, kicks, and looks adorable. (In the background, you'll hear music, some kind of toy and a kettle boiling. This is how our house always sounds. Except there are usually yelling or crying children too.)
Georgie got to go on a playdate to her friends' house. Jack carpools with us to preschool every day. His big sister Kaitlyn is Georgie's age, but goes to 4K at the elementary school.
We're always at their house dropping off or picking up, but Georgie was pumped to get to actually stay and play dress up.
June wrote this in her journal and we love it. "I love my cute, chubby, sitting and rolling over baby sister, Bea." Isn't that so sweet?
I love this. Its not very often that you see a video of my children (or least two of them) sitting quietly and actually eating food with enthusiasm. Thanks, extra long spaghetti.
Beatrice loves to be outside. She really likes sitting on the top step in the back yard and playing with the stones in the walkway.
I'll never get tired of Bea jumping in her jumper. And this video actual catches her waving at the end.
In the video you can hear Georgie and June working on a project. They get along so well right now. They love playing together. They've even been sharing a bed for a few months since June started sleepwalking and had to be demoted from the top bunk. It really is so sweet having them so close- except when they are mean to each other and June gets mad and Georgie gets devastated.
Here's the finished project. It's a Hello Kitty boat. I especially love the Italian flag, use of legos and board books as furniture, and the cardboard tube flag.
June's teacher, Miss Pitman, sent home a folder full of homework ideas for the year. One was writing your name in salt. This one is a big favorite.
Georgie liked it too. She wrote the name of her friend.
More pictures of Bea eating. I think I took this one to gross out Aunt Jenni.
More attempts to get Bea to wave, met with grunting and kicking. And Brandon singing and a show of how gently the 4th kid gets a nose wiping.
Beatrice is on the cusp of crawling.
And she's very good at getting herself into sticky situations. Luckily there is always someone around to extract her.
Here's a really cute video of waving and almost crawling. And dad playing "Oh Yoko" on the piano.
What a chunk.
"Mom? I think I'm stuck again."
Sigh. One week after I got my awesome Hogwarts cup, I knocked it over and broke it. This is why we don't have nice things.
Ha. June is hilarious. She spent a significant amount of time trying to convince us that these shorts (made specifically for wearing under skirts) and these socks pulled up to mid thigh were a good substitute for pants. I said no.
I took this picture while repeatedly warning that I would end him if he actually fired a nerf bullet at me.
I promise no one actually fired their weapons at close range. But I do think this shot is great.
Henry convinced me to accept the class guinea pig for the weekend. Everyone was so excited for a pet, and I was the only one who actually got this cute little guy out to play with. I guess a guinea pig is not the right pet for us.
Do I ever love this dirty face.
Can you handle one more video of Bea in a high chair? I just can't get enough of her waving and grunting.
Now that Bea is moving (though still slowly), we're brainstorming containment ideas to keep her out of the kids' toys. Here's Georgie's bright idea.
Beatrice says she won't mess up any set-ups if we let her eat everyone's ice cream.
Dad is such a pushover.
