According to my phone this is what I do: make treats and eat the whole batch with little help from the kids, I run and take sweaty selfies to have proof that I did it, we eat a lot of food, and my kids are crazy and hilarious at the same time. Want to take a look?
First lets talk about Ellenor. Our crazy puppy loving Ellenor. She literally acts like a dog for more than 50% of the day. Yesterday she was driving me crazy because she had to go to the bathroom but said that her paws couldn't pull her pants down. Most of the time its cute... until we go out in public and she pretends to eat like a dog!
I made the mistake of telling her that she could go to school when she learned all of her letters and numbers. We started the other day working with the letter A and after every little thing she would ask if she could go to school now. I finally told her when she is four then she can go to school. Now she just asks about ten times a day if she is four so she can go to school. And ride on a yellow airplane with her dad.
Both girls are obsessed with peanut butter... Obsessed!
Ellie loves to dress herself and pick out her outfits. For some reason that means socks on her hands... or her paws.
She loves to build train tracks and will spend a long time driving them around in circles.
If there is a dog, she will find it!
She is a daddy's girl. If he is home, she is right beside him.
I introduced Ellie to the world of Harry Potter the other day while making waffles for lunch (her request of course (the waffles, not Harry Potter). We watched the first few minutes together before anything scary happened and she loved all the animals, the owls were her favorite. I didn't even get to show her the broom part but she already knows what to do. She's got magic in her blood!
I still can't believe Ellie is old enough to be in primary! She is interesting though... The second week I went to pick her up and she way laying face down on the floor not participating at all. The next week a friend told me that whenever they would sing a song she would cover her ears and howl like a dog.
She can be such a sweetheart and has a soft spot for her grandparents and great grandparents. Yesterday she stopped playing and informed me that she missed her great grandma and grandpa and that we needed to go visit them.
Every Wednesday the girls go to Cody's mom's house while I go to mutual and Cody is at scouts. This morning after breakfast Ellie ran to get dressed and came back telling me she was ready to go to grandmas house. She was a little upset when she found out she had to wait until tonight.
But she is definitely a little girl. She screams a lot and thinks its fun when Kate copies her. She throws the biggest tantrums and fits, we already butt heads and its tough sometimes. Ok, a lot of the time. But then she does the sweetest things and loves on her sister and makes up for all the grief. 
Kate is my little side kick. She has to know where mom is at all times. Lately while I make dinner she can be found lying on the floor next to me if shes not screaming and tugging on my pants. 
Kate is starting to talk a lot more and its been fun. Except for her little "no" which is still too cute coming from her.
She is pretty fearless and climbs on the table, a lot!
She is our good little eater. Ellie would rather eat cheetos and fruit snacks and while Kate does like those things to she also loves healthy foods like apples, oranges, and bananas. She even LOVES green beans! Score!
She is constantly on the move. But she also likes to snuggle and I love that!
She'd be naked all the time if I let her. Thank heavens she hasn't figured out how to unzip her pj's or take off her diaper!
She is a little trouble maker and likes to get into things. Like markers and my make up when I'm not looking.
She already knows how to push her sisters buttons and teases her. Worst of all she pulls her hair! AHH!
She LOVES to read. She will pull all the books off the shelf and sit on top of them and just read and look at books. Last night she didn't sleep, she just laid on my bed and read books while I tried to sleep. And then stuck her toes in my arm pit, wiggled them, and said "tickle tickle!"
These girls definitely get into mischief together and egg each other on but they sure do love each other and have fun.
There is a lot of things not pictured and a lot of those things are the time with Cody. Not pictured are the screams when they see his truck and the biggest hugs they can possibly give. The tears in the middle of the night and Ellie saying that she just wants to snuggle with her dad. The fingers under the door and the knocks on the bathroom because they can't wait another minute to play with him. Also not pictured: the countless texts a day asking how I am doing and wishing me the best in dealing with our two kiddos. The help in the kitchen when I haven't even thought about dinner at 6 pm.
There's a lot that you can't capture with the click of a button, things that happen in the home that are too sacred to be able to describe in words. This is what life is about. This is why life is worth it at the end of the day, to see a happy family and know that our home is one filled with love.
