A few things.....

1 It's Saturday morning {sigh} looked forward to today all week. Isn't it crazy how quickly you can fall off a routine and how exhausting it can be to get back into it! But we made it! And this first week back after Christmas Break wasn't too bad:)

2. Maybe the reason why our week back wasn't so bad was because Daddy work week was pretty light. He was home when we got home Monday through Wednesday and worked from home on Thursday and Friday. He went to eat lunch with Ellie at school on Thursday and had a blast. He kept Cece home on Friday and they brought pizza to me for lunch! He cleaned and did laundry! We were absolutely SPOILED!

3. Ellie starts basketball today. Excited to see how that goes! Pictures to come!!!

4. Cecilia turns 3 in less than a month! So crazy to think my baby will be 3! Time goes by so quickly! Yesterday I was talking to her about how she is a big girl....that she uses the potty all by herself and she sleeps in her big girl bed all by herself...She stopped me and said, "mommy I still like to sleep with you guys!" Melted my heart! She is such a sweetie. Her overall mood and attitude has changed so much since she potty trained. Such a happy girl now! She is requesting a Dora Birthday...so mommy's mind is working on that!

5. Driving home from Grandma's house a week or so ago we were talking birthdays. Ellie realized that when Cece turns an odd number {3} that same year she will turn an odd number {7} and when Cece turns an even number {4} she will turn an even number {8}. It's a pattern!! She also realized they will have their Golden Birthdays the same year! In 2012 Cece will turn 4 on the 4th of Feb. and Ellie will turn 8 on the 8th of June. We definitely planned that! hehe! Going to be a big year of birthdays!!!

6. I have to admit...I am loving this recent dusting of snow. If it is going to be cold...it might as well be pretty!!! right?

7. We are still enjoying all our Christmas presents. We received some pretty great ones....we have been having fun as a family with Ellie's Wii Fit. Last night we spent 2+ hours goofing around! Ellie loves the running races and actually smoked me! Maybe it had to do alittle with me laughing..boy she takes these things seriously! Another one we are loving is our new pots and pans....sure makes cooking so much fun! Plus my mom gave us a subscription to Taste of Home so now we have fresh new meal ideas. Cece is in love with her new baby Ava. GG gave her a Baby Alive and she is in heaven! Cece loves her all her Ava babies!

8. Tonight we have Tim's work Christmas party. So the girls are going to stay over night with Tim's parents. They are SOOOOOOOOOO excited!