Elle loves to play Just Dance on the Wii and Chris is so awesome to dance right along with her! This is one of Elle's favorites and apparently she has her own lyrics.
media literacy plug: How often do you really listen to or analyze the music you're listening to? How comfortable are you singing those lyrics or having other people hear you listening to that song?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
zoo babies
As part of Elle's baby countdown I wanted to take her to the zoo and look for all the baby animals. I love our zoo because right now it's a perfect spot to find several. Black Friday was a really good day to go and Chris even took advantage of the state holiday to go with us. The weather was decent enough and we saw some great animal action.
Wait that's not a baby! But a pygmy hippo is close right?
The zoo had 4 tiger cubs born in July and they are on display now. This was our first chance to see them. They were so playful and we even watched a couple of them nurse.
We also caught the end of the elephant show, which was great to get an up-close view of Malee the baby elephant. She was pretty playful too. While we were there one of the keepers said elephants are pregnant for 22 months! I'm so thankful we don't have gestation periods in common with elephants!
The zoo also has a toddler and baby chimp. The baby just wanted to hang onto one of the adult's backs, but we did notice this time that it only has one hand. Anyone know the story behind this? The other young chimp put on a show playing with another adult and entertained us for a good while.
I just had to share this cute photo of Elle and her Daddy.
I'm not sure if there are other babies at the zoo, but those were the main ones we sought out. It was a really fun activity and will be precious memories because it could be our last as a family of 3!
Wait that's not a baby! But a pygmy hippo is close right?
The zoo had 4 tiger cubs born in July and they are on display now. This was our first chance to see them. They were so playful and we even watched a couple of them nurse.
We also caught the end of the elephant show, which was great to get an up-close view of Malee the baby elephant. She was pretty playful too. While we were there one of the keepers said elephants are pregnant for 22 months! I'm so thankful we don't have gestation periods in common with elephants!
The zoo also has a toddler and baby chimp. The baby just wanted to hang onto one of the adult's backs, but we did notice this time that it only has one hand. Anyone know the story behind this? The other young chimp put on a show playing with another adult and entertained us for a good while.
I just had to share this cute photo of Elle and her Daddy.
I'm not sure if there are other babies at the zoo, but those were the main ones we sought out. It was a really fun activity and will be precious memories because it could be our last as a family of 3!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
more baby countdown
We're less than a week away from the due date! How did that happen? I'm trying not to hyperventilate when I think of all the things I still want to do. Here are some more of Elle's baby countdown activities:
car wash/detail and install car seat:
I really want the car to be a little more dog hair and cheerio free when we bring baby brother home and before I put another car seat in the back. So Elle and I headed to the car wash and got the "Shrock Box" all spiffy. Since we never do this I thought Elle would be pretty intrigued by the whole process. She loved watching them vacuum the car and then watching through the glass when they drove the car through the big washer. We now have a clean and cozy backseat with two car seats! I thought about taking Elle to the fire station and have them shuffle Elle's car seat and install the new one, since they supposedly do that, but I thought Chris would be offended so he did it himself.
pack a diaper bag:
When we were going through the baby stuff I found a couple of pacifiers that work with "heavy baby" so she plays with them and has a box of other doll clothes and blankets. Since Elle was going to a sibling class and needed to take her baby I thought she might like a diaper bag to put all her stuff in. I bought a couple of cheap bottles and made a little bag since I couldn't find a cheap one that I thought she could manage. I had already made some play wipes and diapers so we added those to the bag. I got the wipes tutorial from here and I made my own diaper template and used the leftover flannel and some velcro. I emptied a travel bottle of baby powder. Then we packed a diaper bag for baby brother.
Elle's sibling class:
We're delivering at Saint Anthony's, but they don't offer a sibling class. Fortunately, OU offers one and allowed Elle to enroll even though she's younger than the minimum age and we're not delivering there. The class was 2 hours on a Saturday and cost $10. She had to take her baby and a picture of her as a newborn. The teacher was really friendly and the activities kept Elle interested the whole time. She had 4 other kids in the class and the mom's and dad's could attend as well. She watched a video on being a super sibling, practiced putting a diaper on her baby and swaddling her, made baby brother a special onesie for his birthday, started a handprint certificate that we can add his handprint to later, ate cupcakes to celebrate, and then toured a room where she got her own doctor's hat, gloves, and mask (she loves these!). Overall, I highly recommend the class!
special present for baby brother:
We also wrapped up the onesie Elle made at her class and I took her to Babies R Us to pick out a new blanket just like Elle's to give to brother. If you know Elle you know how special her blanket is to her so I thought this would be a gift she wouldn't mind sharing.
thank you notes:
Elle and I worked on thank you notes for gifts she got at the shower etc. She really liked playing with stamps and stamp pads and picking out the stickers and paper. This also went along great with Thanksgiving coming up!
car wash/detail and install car seat:
I really want the car to be a little more dog hair and cheerio free when we bring baby brother home and before I put another car seat in the back. So Elle and I headed to the car wash and got the "Shrock Box" all spiffy. Since we never do this I thought Elle would be pretty intrigued by the whole process. She loved watching them vacuum the car and then watching through the glass when they drove the car through the big washer. We now have a clean and cozy backseat with two car seats! I thought about taking Elle to the fire station and have them shuffle Elle's car seat and install the new one, since they supposedly do that, but I thought Chris would be offended so he did it himself.
pack a diaper bag:
When we were going through the baby stuff I found a couple of pacifiers that work with "heavy baby" so she plays with them and has a box of other doll clothes and blankets. Since Elle was going to a sibling class and needed to take her baby I thought she might like a diaper bag to put all her stuff in. I bought a couple of cheap bottles and made a little bag since I couldn't find a cheap one that I thought she could manage. I had already made some play wipes and diapers so we added those to the bag. I got the wipes tutorial from here and I made my own diaper template and used the leftover flannel and some velcro. I emptied a travel bottle of baby powder. Then we packed a diaper bag for baby brother.
Elle's sibling class:
We're delivering at Saint Anthony's, but they don't offer a sibling class. Fortunately, OU offers one and allowed Elle to enroll even though she's younger than the minimum age and we're not delivering there. The class was 2 hours on a Saturday and cost $10. She had to take her baby and a picture of her as a newborn. The teacher was really friendly and the activities kept Elle interested the whole time. She had 4 other kids in the class and the mom's and dad's could attend as well. She watched a video on being a super sibling, practiced putting a diaper on her baby and swaddling her, made baby brother a special onesie for his birthday, started a handprint certificate that we can add his handprint to later, ate cupcakes to celebrate, and then toured a room where she got her own doctor's hat, gloves, and mask (she loves these!). Overall, I highly recommend the class!
special present for baby brother:
We also wrapped up the onesie Elle made at her class and I took her to Babies R Us to pick out a new blanket just like Elle's to give to brother. If you know Elle you know how special her blanket is to her so I thought this would be a gift she wouldn't mind sharing.
thank you notes:
Elle and I worked on thank you notes for gifts she got at the shower etc. She really liked playing with stamps and stamp pads and picking out the stickers and paper. This also went along great with Thanksgiving coming up!
Friday, November 25, 2011
tt: turkeys, native americans, and thanksgiving
Here's some of the things we did for school leading up to Thanksgiving.
We made turkeys out of oreo cookies, whoppers, candy corn, twist'n'pull twizzlers, and pretzel sticks
Then "turkey and dressing".
I thought this picture of the girls was so cute! they were sitting in the same chair and didn't even notice because they were so busy with their markers!
Fall recycled crayons with cousins!
indian corn with cocoa puffs and honey kix cereal
We made headbands and lined up the 10 Native Americans with the right number.
Plymouth rock cookies that didn't turn out at all like they were supposed to, but the girls still ate them!
The girls loved making thumb and fingerprint turkeys, then they just wanted paper to make as many prints as they could
We made turkeys out of oreo cookies, whoppers, candy corn, twist'n'pull twizzlers, and pretzel sticks
Then "turkey and dressing".
I thought this picture of the girls was so cute! they were sitting in the same chair and didn't even notice because they were so busy with their markers!
Fall recycled crayons with cousins!
indian corn with cocoa puffs and honey kix cereal
We made headbands and lined up the 10 Native Americans with the right number.
Plymouth rock cookies that didn't turn out at all like they were supposed to, but the girls still ate them!
The girls loved making thumb and fingerprint turkeys, then they just wanted paper to make as many prints as they could
Saturday, November 19, 2011
baby countdown activities cont.
We've been counting down the days! Here's some of the things Elle's been doing:
Some friends at church threw us a baby shower. Thank you Laura and Katie! We are so blessed to be at Mayfair with such talented ladies! I'm so glad to have such wonderful people to raise our kids with. Check out that awesome diaper cake Katie made and (WARNING!!! if you don't want to know the name don't look at the pic too close!) the cute sign for the baby Laura made.
Elle got the book Little Mommy by Sharon Kane. She loves this book! It's about a little girl who takes care of her baby dolls.
We spent a day looking through Elle's baby book and started baby brother's. She was fascinated with pictures of her at the hospital and I loved looking back at how much she's changed. This also got me motivated to catch up on a few pages and it will hopefully, encourage me not to slack on the next one. Check out the baby pics of our cutie!
We also went and toured the hospital. They were all full so we couldn't see a room, but a nurse showed us around the floor and answered any questions we had.
That's not all! Another baby countdown post coming soon!
Some friends at church threw us a baby shower. Thank you Laura and Katie! We are so blessed to be at Mayfair with such talented ladies! I'm so glad to have such wonderful people to raise our kids with. Check out that awesome diaper cake Katie made and (WARNING!!! if you don't want to know the name don't look at the pic too close!) the cute sign for the baby Laura made.
Elle got the book Little Mommy by Sharon Kane. She loves this book! It's about a little girl who takes care of her baby dolls.
We spent a day looking through Elle's baby book and started baby brother's. She was fascinated with pictures of her at the hospital and I loved looking back at how much she's changed. This also got me motivated to catch up on a few pages and it will hopefully, encourage me not to slack on the next one. Check out the baby pics of our cutie!
We also went and toured the hospital. They were all full so we couldn't see a room, but a nurse showed us around the floor and answered any questions we had.
That's not all! Another baby countdown post coming soon!
Friday, November 18, 2011
ossm makes the sports page
It was last Sunday's paper and it was the last page, but they made it. It was a little paragraph about OSSM's rowing team participating in the regatta on Wednesday with other area high schools.
Thankfully, we got to watch from the Chesapeake Tower.
Most of the students cheered down by the water even though it was freezing! I forget how invincible you feel at 17.
Teams 1 and 2 coming in 2nd and 3rd in the qualifying race. Then we had to wait around for the final race to determine the medals. But, the weather made it so difficult to get started that we lost daylight and couldn't really tell what was going on. Only Team 2 made to the final and I think they came in 3rd.
Here's the Devon Boathouse all lit up at night.
It was a really nice event and I'm really impressed with the buildings.
Thankfully, we got to watch from the Chesapeake Tower.
Most of the students cheered down by the water even though it was freezing! I forget how invincible you feel at 17.
Teams 1 and 2 coming in 2nd and 3rd in the qualifying race. Then we had to wait around for the final race to determine the medals. But, the weather made it so difficult to get started that we lost daylight and couldn't really tell what was going on. Only Team 2 made to the final and I think they came in 3rd.
Here's the Devon Boathouse all lit up at night.
It was a really nice event and I'm really impressed with the buildings.
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