Ryan and Brittney

This winter certainly has not been as bad as past ones, but we have still had our fair share of reflux, fever-filled sleepless nights.  Poor Lucy Goosey gets it the worst.  She fell asleep for her nap on the couch one day, which definitely means she wasn't feeling well because this never ever happens.  If she's sleeping, she's in her bed.  Poor sick girly.

Queen Elsa came to Costco with us today.  In sweat pants and heels.  Pick your battles, right? When it's not anything important, I don't mind letting her do stuff like wear sweatpants with Elsa shoes to grocery shop, because it just perfectly captures her in this moment at this age.  I love my little Elsa.

Because Claire wouldn't let me get a great picture of her piggy's the other day, I had to take more.  And because they are just that cute.  And Lucy wanted in on the fancy hair and pictures, and what mom of girls can say no to that?!?!

One of my best friends from high school, Ashley, lives with her husband in Cincinnati area (technically on the Kentucky side, but still feels like Ohio to me).  Her parents still live in Cleveland, so lucky for me they decided to meet halfway in Columbus for lunch one day and she invited me to come visit them.  It was so fun to sit and catch up with her and her parents for a while.  She is literally the only person I still keep in touch with from high school and I am sure we will always be in touch because that is just how our relationship is.  We don't have to see each other and talk often but when we do get together, it's like picking up right where we left off!

We found a rec center on the other side of Columbus that has a really cool indoor water place and we thought we would give it a try.  My, Marci, and Shayne took all 9 of our kids one Friday night when our husbands were all busy and we had so much fun!  The "Watering Hole" had a little kid playground type thing, a lazy river, a whirlpool, hot tubs, water slides, etc.  After we swam for a few hours, we got dressed and ate our packed dinners out in the lobby area where there was a huge indoor tree house playground that kept the kids busy for another long while!  Needless to say, they slept well that night!

The girls nap at the same time everyday, which means that is when I get a lot of stuff done.  This particular day, I had a little girlie who refused to nap and refused to have quiet time.  So, I put her to work with chores on my list.  She was thrilled to mop for me and did a pretty decent job, except when she had to dip the mop in the bucket again and lifted the whole thing above her head and through the door to get to the bucket behind her (if you can even imagine what I described). Ha!

I just love having a weekly get-together with our little neighbor buddies.  It's a good thing for us moms and the kids.

Lucy started gymnastics again.  Her friend Hudson is in the class as well ("church Hudson" as opposed to "neighbor Hudson").  The last gymnastics class we had was a "mommy and me" type thing, where moms walked around and helped their kids do all of the obstacles.  This time around, the parents sit on the stage and Lucy is not a fan of that!  The only way she will go is if Hudson is there.  She is so cute though once she gets going and realizes how fun it is!

I love having two little girls.  It is so fun to see them play dress up and babies and other girly things together.  One of my favorite things is when they are in their own little world together making each other laugh and they don't know that I am watching.  Love these girls!

One of Claire's favorite words to say is "bow!"  I love these pictures of the girls because they cracked each other up with their silliness and Claire's sassy faces are totally "Claire" looks.