Three!

Oh what fun we had celebrating Mirabella's 3rd birthday yesterday! Photos to come...

Mirabella, Age 2 (for only one more day!)

Oh my baby, my sweet first baby. I just teared up writing that. And now I want to cry a little. Or a lot. Mirabella turns three tomorrow! These years have been so blessed having her in our lives. Such a loving, caring, sensitive girl our little lady is. I struggle to fathom how this day has come so fast - and sometimes I want to curse at time because of that fact - but every day with Mirabella brings more to look forward to. I cannot wait for all that is to come, even if it means my heart cracks a little seeing how much she's grown.

Sledding!

Finally we have some snow around here! Don't get me wrong, I have immensely enjoyed our mild winter, but having a little snow so we could test out a new sled was really fun today. However, I was scared half to death when Mirabella was going down a very small hill in our side yard that turned into her taking off on a runaway sled! There she went, down a much longer hill (that I thought she would never make it to), over a rock wall (which did not faze her and she somehow continued to hang on) and onto the golf course behind our house. She kept going and going and I was going crazy thinking a disaster was inevitable! At last she stopped three feet from a stream filled with brush multiple feet high.

As I took off after her when I saw how things were unfolding, I could not catch up fast enough. She picked up speed and took off down the hill. Of course I bit it as I was running my fastest chasing her and I couldn't get myself up quick enough. It was just like in the movies, being paralyzed by something when you need to move! As I picked myself up and ran helplessly after her, she stopped. We called it a day after that. Nice while it lasted though!

Click here to see the girls in action!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We have been really anticipating Valentine's Day for about a week at our house and have had lots of projects related to the holiday keeping us busy! Let's show you some...

Making heart shaped ice cubes (oddly enough, Mirabella and Viviana think ice cubes are a special treat!)

Making a door hanger photo frame for Nana's classroom door

Making a door hanger for Daddy's office



Making heart shaped jigglers

 

Making a heart frame for Grandma's office desk

Making suckers

Painting (with the sucker filling, which I think the girls found to be a little more fun!)

Planting flowers

Making cookies

(I have to say, these were so yummy, thank goodness most made it out of our house to deserving people. We sent the suckers packing too. My tush patted me on the back.)

We hope you have a day filled with sweetness and love.