October Fun

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My Girls start having birthdays!
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HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!!!

Okay - I love fall. This is one of the reasons I love Minnesota... We get definite season changes. Four of them - "It's Getting Warmer", "IT IS HOT", "It's Getting Cooler" and "Dang, it's cold out". I love every one ... except "HOT".

I hate hot.

I would rather be inside because it is too cold - than too hot.

Anyone?

Anyone still checking our non-existant blog??

Well, I'm TRYING to find something exciting to Blog about, but... dirty diapers & dishes just don't cut the 'excitment' factor!!
I could blog about all the TV we watch... wahoo.

I guess, y'all only want to see pictures, so here ya go!

It's Been a LOOONG time

Hi! I am Hannah Jase & I AM CUTE!

I haven't blogged in like... oh more than a month?
Here are some pictures since that is just about everything people look for in a good blog :) Who cares what I have to say.
But ... T&I celebrated our 8th anniversary tonight - 4 days early, but we had baby-sitting grannie.
AND the Vikings game is on & I am supposed to be watching with him, but I am blogging & He is resting in our bedroom. Maybe I should go practice the Defensive-Tackle move I just saw... Sorry...TMI.
YEE HAW PARTNERS!
Kisses from Hayley & Everyone else...

Well, I'm back. We took a sabatical :).
Here are our 4th of July pics.
We went to Amanda's house & walked to fireworks in Prior Lake.
It was fun, fun, fun!

Hannah LOVED the fireworks.
Hayley liked them as long as she was sitting in my lap or Tim's lap... she kept saying.. "They are so pretty." "Fireworks are my friends!"

So here is what Hayley did tonight:
1. Pulled my mascara out of my purse & brushed her hair & Hannah's hair with it.
2. Poured (not spilled) her 'big-girl' cup of juice on her tray & mopped it up with her sandwich
3. Threw the soggy piece of bread on the floor.
4. Pulled a box of bandaids out of the drawer and stuck them all over the floor.
5. Threw her peaches at me. and the bowl.
6. Said to her Dear Sweet Auntie Tara Joy: "NO! I don't want to talk to her!" (She WAS in a time out for the above Peaches-incident... understandably cranky).
7. Then she wrapped her arms around my thigh & said, "I love you mommy, I love you."

SO, I'm keeping her - for now, anyway.

The Girls

We went to a park & took some fun pics last night.

Hannah Jase

SHE IS SO CUTE!

The Wall, part 2.

so, I invested $10 in a roll of velcro & got Hannah's name on the wall. It stayed up for 5 days now!

This means I have to invest another $10 in velcro for Hayley's name. I think I am going to put 6 holes in the wall for that. I think $20 is a little much for the names on the wall. I have nails. Someday we'll have to putty the holes, but I'll tackle that when it happens. I just have to be sure where I want her name first!!

Grown Up Baby

Last night, I think Hannah said her first "Real" word! Hayley & Hannah were in her crib playing and I took Hayley out & Hannah said "HaaayEeeeeee" SO, I said, "Hannah... say Hayley." And she said, "Hayeee". Then later on, Hay walked by & she looked at her and said "Hayeee"
And again today! Oh My! She's been doing the "Mamamamama" and "Dadadadada" for a while, but this is the first 'other' word. HOW COOL!?

I'll post a pic or two later. I was just excited about that!

Do you like the wall?

I FINALLY hung up the names last night. I have had Hayley's since March 2006. Hannah's since August06... anyway, I got inspired by someone on my message board to use VELCRO of all things, so I don't have to punch 16 holes in the wall (approximately 2 holes for each of Hannah's letter & one for Hayley's...)

So, I did it!

But at midnight, Tim came in and said they all fell down. I guess I need more velcro per letter. I used a skimpy little piece per letter... Maybe a better quality since I used $1 rack/JoAnn Velcro... Off to Depot I go to get more heavy-duty stuff.

Our Endless Mess

So, first of all, our place was nice and 'clean' when I came home. I went to the bathroom & heard a 'plastic-baggy' sound. Then Hayley came in and said "Mommy, I gave Hannah Cherrios!

So, Hannah was IN HEAVEN. She rolled around, giggggling, smashing handfuls of cheerio's into her mouth as fast as she could...
So, I pulled the vacuum out, and sucked the Os up.
Then, I was doing some typing & heard the familiar plastic bag sound. Hannah had rolled under my desk-chair & grabbed the bag of AppleJacks that I was munching on. RRRrrrr.
So, then, I was making Hannah's supper & heard a crash. The "Purple Pig" (bank) flew off the top of the garbage can & smashed in half... creating THIS:
A pool of pennies. Well, Hayley thought it was funny that the Purple pig was in two. Hannah was DYING to get in that pool & shove those round shiney things in her mouth.

I LOVE PARENTHOOD!

Minnehaha Falls

We attempted to take Hannah to the Falls to take her 9 month pictures.

I quickly learned:
1. Hannah was distracted by anything and everything - including ants, grass growing, birds flying behind her, the rushing sound of the river, people walking 3 blocks away... what else?
2. Hannah enjoys eating grass.
3. Hannah does not enjoy the sun shining in her eyes.
4. Hannah has grown immune to mommy saying "Hannah, look over here."
5. Hayley is no help.
6. Going to the park to attempt 9-month photos was a baaaaad idea.

Visiting the National Cemetery

We took the girls to visit their Great Grandpa & Grandma Lundquist at Fort Snelling. While we were there we also found Great Great Grandpa Bormes! I am guessing that GGUncle Bob visited, because there were some flowers stuck in the ground next to Grampa Bormes's headstone.
Hayley found that there was a LOT of space to take off running... and she also found that while mommy might have a few extra pounds on her - she can still run faster.

(The one to the right is GGGrampa Bormes... his letters aren't very visable since he passed away in 1954...

TGIF

This morning, when I left for work, I locked the door, heard Hayley scream "MOMMMY!"

Then, I heard the deadbolt turn, the door opened & she ran down the hall after me - screaming.

She never cares that I leave in the AM. She's usually glued to DORA or DIEGO or PONIES!

She has never actually opened the door & ran out before. She has opened the door & turned the lock - but only when we leaving & I ask her to.

I guess we will install that chain this weekend (esp. since tim sleeps... comfortably;))...

Today

I discovered a web-site and made a digital scrapbook for Tim for father's day. I don't really think he even knows about this blog, so I feel free to place the link to the book here!

http://preview.picaboo.com/Webview/CoverPage.aspx?user=000000000000B1C1D9&album=000000000000B1C28A

It is precious. The best thing is that the person who told me about the website also told me about the free book code, so I was able to make a FREE 20 page scrapbook! It took almost all night because it was hard to select a few pictures. EVEN HARDER to find pictures of Tim with Hannah... I guess #2 does get the shaft!! I have a ton of pics of him with Hayley (even lately) but for some reason I have a million pictures of Hannah sitting by herself... I wonder if our work schedules have anything to do with us never being together to TAKE pictures together... Hmmm.

Okay... GOOD NIGHT. I have a head acke :( BOO!

Hayley & the BIG FISH

This was the fish that Hayley caught second. As you can see it is HUGE and ferocious. We barely could land it in the boat. Grandpa had to get the BIG net out for this baby.
Hayley was so scared. (Actually, a speed boat just zipped by and hit us with his big-waves... and she fell asleep about 45 seconds after we released the whale).

FISHERWOMAN

Well, my dream for 2 1/2 years is for Hayley go to Fishing with Grandpa (and me & dad).

So, we did.
At first, the speed and the waves hitting the boat scared her.


This was actually Hayley's first fish! (we helped, a little, but she "turned the wheel").

Hayley's Self Portraits

Wow... the next great thing in photography is... MISS HAYLEY!

Fun Monday...

Hayley LOVES the "big, tall-way-up-high-in-the-sky, brown slide".



Hannah loving her swing. WEEE!

Harder Kids.. UPDATED!

Here's Vinnie & Trinity (Trinareee! says Hayley). This is their 3 & 1 year picture. AREN'T THEY CUTE!??

Mother's Day 2007

I hosted my first dinner party at the condo!
My cousin Jenny, our Grandma, and my girls. Almost four generations. (Where was Auntie Lois to make it an even four?) At dinner on Mother's day, we realized that Tim was the only one that was not directly linked by DNA to everyone else at the table! Grandma, her 2 sons, their only daughters & my girls! And Tim.

We had a great time. Everyone even sampled my "Chocolate Coyote" ice-cream. If you don't know, that is chocolate ice cream with cinnamon and... CAYENNE PEPPER! It is the greatest, spiciest, chocolatey goodness. If you can handle it.