school in the morning, then lunch and naps (for malloy, rex spent naptime sliding his body all over his door and then banging on it). the banging woke malloy up so everyone was up earlier than usual! they watched a show and had a snack and then we played OUTSIDE!!! it was in the 60s today so we grabbed our sidewalk chalk and played some hopscotch! it felt great to get some fresh air!! 

malloy drew this for me this morning. it's a baby on a stool with crazy legs

malloy made a nice soft spot for herself to sit. rex followed suit and they had some apples and peanut butter for snack

our big outing of the day was to the library - woohoo! we got a bunch more fun books and some more movies that don't really play very well because of the fingerprints and scratches :(  we came home and had a fun lunch (malloy said she didn't want peanut butter and jelly, which was what rex suggested, she wanted something fun, so i made pb&j on shaped bread. viola - fun!) they loved it! naps for both kids today! 

malloy got a valentine's day activity book from the library and wanted to make everything in it!! so we chose a heart mouse. she decided that she was making it for rex and wrote him a special message inside it. it was really sweet! she tried giving it to him and he was a stinker. he refused to take it. i kept telling her that it was really nice of her to make something for her brother. 

after dinner, the kids played with legos for a bit before dinner. it's a favorite activity these days!! 

malloy's rocketship

fun lunch! a heart for malloy and a football helmet for rex

i love rex to the moon and back love malloy

lego hands

malloy's creation. this was a base for a pyramid. neal jumped in to help her out a bit and try to make a smaller pyramid

Valentine books

I brought out all of the Valentine books. Rex came running over, looked through them all, and said "hey! These are all girl books! Where are the boy books?!" with a frown

rex and i went to wegmans while malloy was in school today. it was the first time i let him walk next to me instead of keeping him in the cart. he did awesome! he carried an apple around half of the store and his vitamins around the rest of the store. he stayed right by my side the whole time. when we got home, he munched on his own apple that he picked out for about a half hour. sweetie pie. 

rex napped today AND he was in underwear - no pull-up! he woke up dry! baby steps! 

malloy's new phrase is "would it be kind if you take off my shoes?" so she's asking me to do something but starts it with "would it be kind if..." it cracks me up! 

their favorite book of the week is Going on a Lion Hunt. they know it by heart and read it several times a day! 

"look what's up ahead!" 

saturday: we went to the gym in the morning, came home for a quick snack and then went to play at our friends safina and emery's! malloy and safina cannot seem to get enough of each other lately and ask every day if they can play together!! they were very excited to play for the second day in a row! rex was pretty good about playing with them or playing on his own. someday you'll have your own friends that are boys, buddy, i promise!! he had fun, though! we came home to a "special daddy lunch" that he had made the kids. he always makes sure to fill up each section of their plates! today it was bologna and cheese roll-ups, cheese puffs, oranges, and some chocolate. both kids napped and then we played in the afternoon, took a painting bath, did some laundry and then went to bed! 

rex's version on folding laundry

she's a pro!

he's not so much

malloy's picture of daddy. she has just recently started to include the sky, grass, and sun in her picture. i also love how she draws mustaches on people above their nose. 

fingerpainting in the tub!

today, we went to the gym bright and early! malloy and safina greeted each other with a huge, long, hug. they were so excited to play again! they asked if they could play after the gym, but we needed to get home and spend some time with daddy!!  we ended up making pizzelles - YUM!!! and then doing some crafts. lunch, naps, and then FAMILY MOVIE AFTERNOON! it was our first official family movie (i've been talking about doing family movie night before we even had kids!). we watched hotel transylvania. it was super cute and a touch scary at parts. rex spent the entire movie curled up on neal! (no nap for rex today - in lieu of nap, he chose to put stickers all over his wall and then take them off the wall and put them on his seahorse. very productive use of 2 hours) malloy and i snuggled on the other couch together. it was nice! 

bffs

rex's first collage

making pizzelles

mmmmmm, can you just smell them?! 

making safina a "birthday card" 

malloy's new morning routine. she goes in her room and picks out clothes. then she has to lay them all out  to "see if they look cute". 

she even has the socks on and her hair tie on top where her head should be!!!  (i finally  figured out  why she was taking SO LONG to get dressed in the morning!) 

after she put on her beautiful outfit, she said "there isn't it so cute?! take a picture:" and posed like this

rex's naptime activity

rex's drawing. i told malloy while she was drawing "i love how you make the faces with such detail, it makes me smile!" rex replies "and i just make circles, circles, circles, circles!" with a huge circular arm motion to go with it. 

afternoon movie snuggles

had to take our own snuggle picture

the kids had school in the morning. i picked rex up and we scooted over to the bank and tops while malloy was at stretch and grow. she LOVES stretch and grow!!! the kids were very excited that i bought waffles at the store and decided they would be a good lunch. naptime: malloy - 1 rex -0. rex played very quietly in his room for 2 hours. not sure what he played with since most of his toys are out of his room!!!
this afternoon our friends katie, safina, and emery came over to play for a bit. malloy and safina love to take all of their clothes off and then dress up in the princess dresses. they then play wedding and have tea and coffee. they even let rex in on their tea party today!!!
we had a super delicious dinner! black bean soup from scratch and homemade taquitos. the kids ate it right up! yum!!!!
early bedtime for rex tonight. malloy got to stay up a little longer and play some computer games. she loves that special time to herself, curled up next to daddy!

we had a nice day at home, mostly. we ventured out in the snow to go to the gym and that was it. it's COLD out there! we hung out, played games, read books and watched a few shows. 

school for the kids today! they ate lunch and then both napped! yahoo! malloy woke up from nap crying that her hands hurt. they were so dry from washing them so much!! she didn't want lotion, she wanted an ice pack. the kids played very nicely together with legos while i got dinner ready. they continued their lego play after dinner and this time daddy joined in! they had so much fun building a very tall tower with him! 

icing her hand

lego time

stud

rex insisted on these size 6 pants for bed