It snowed tons on Nov 1. It broke some of our branches.
This poor tree was just resting on our roof, it had too much snow on it to stay up by itself.
The power was out for about 2 hours on Nov 2. Katie was at school. The sun shines right into their room, so they weren't even affected by it. Ryan had worked late the night before, so he was still home when it went out. So he got to sleep a little longer, since the power was out as far north as Springville. Elayna was so funny. She would try a light, then say, "It doesn't work!" I would say, "nope, the power is out. None of the lights work at all." We did this with EVERY light switch upstairs. "This light switch doesn't work either!!"
It snowed again a lot on the 5th. This is Katie, clearing off the driveway:
A cute picture of Annalisa and Elayna:
Amanda, Alisha, and Mom ran a half marathon in St George the first weekend in November. I got to come along, and bring Annalisa also. They did a great job! When they were about a mile from the finish line, they called me, and I went and walked from the finish line to where they were, then back to the finish with them. Annalisa was in a stroller. It was kinda windy and cold. Mom, Alisha, and Amanda were freezing. After the race, we went back to the hotel, and they sat in the hot tub for a long time, trying to warm up. Annalisa just sat in her carseat and watched us sitting in the hot tub. We did a little shopping, watched the movie "The Help" -very good-- and ate some dinner. Then we left the next morning. Poor Alisha. She flew into Salt Lake on Friday afternoon, drove to St George Friday night, ran a half marathon Saturday morning, then had to drive back to Salt Lake to fly home to the East Coast on Sunday. A very short and busy trip for her. I'm really glad she came though. It was so much fun to just hang out with my sisters and mom. They are my best friends. And Annalisa was so great. She had 4 "Moms" seeing to her every need, so I don't think she cried the whole weekend.
Katie has been saying for a while that she wants bangs. So, Nov 10th, I asked Amanda to come and cut some for her. These are the before:
and after pictures:
11-14-11 Apparently Katie was getting too much attention for having her hair cut. It was one of those days where I wanted Katie to take a nap because she had gymnastics today, and she is usually pretty tired from the weekend anyways. Neither Katie nor Elayna took a nap, which makes us all grumpy. So I was doing my best to ignore them while they played in their room, I thought. Katie came out with a handful of blond hair and said that Elayna was cutting her hair. I went into the den/Annalisa's room, and saw Elayna sitting on the floor, scissors in hand, and hair stuck to her clothes. Thankfully it wasn't much, and it was long enough I can pull it back into clips. I asked her why she did it, and she said she was big, and her hair needed to be short because she was growing up.
I also wanted Katie to take a nap on the 14th, because my parent's went and saw Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at a high school in Spanish Fork called ALA. I love R&H Cinderella, and they said it was an amazing show, mostly because of the costumes and scenery. I wanted to take my girls to go see it, and Ryan convinced me that it would be fun to just take Katie on a date and go. So as soon as gymnastics was over, we hurried and got dressed up, grabbed some food at Wendy's and rushed to the school. We got seats about 4 rows back, but on the very left side. It was so fun to watch Katie's reaction. She had no idea what a play was, and it was hard for me to describe it in a way that was different from TV. After the first lights darkening part, she said, "It's not over yet!". She said that each time the lights went down. And when the spotlights were on, she looked back to see where they were coming from. She wondered how they all knew how to do the dance at the ball. She was excited that we got to buy a treat and eat it while watching and waiting. (We got there about 15 minutes early.) She was physically jumping out of her seat during parts. I had her sit on my lap for a lot of it, because it was hard for her to see the stage really well. When the Fairy Godmother appeared, they made a loud popping noise and shot some confetti out, right in front of us. We all jumped! It was quite startling, and fun. Katie got all cute and excited when the Prince and Cinderella were walking in the garden and falling in love and about to kiss. It was like a physical manifestation of how my insides feel when a romantic and cute part in movies (or plays) happens. She was clutching my hand, kissing my cheek, and sitting on my lap. When we were leaving the school, Katie asked if we could watch another play soon. She was just so cute about the whole thing. She kept giving me hugs, holding my hand, and telling me she was having fun. What a sweetheart.
Ryan and Elayna had a date at home. Ryan brought some Taco Time home, and they watched Power Puff Girls. I guess one episode was about magical chalk that turned into whatever was drawn. Ryan said Elayna's face looked amazed and excited. A bunny bringing magical chalk to Bubbles, and then the chalk turning into something real? That is like Elayna's dream come true!
After Katie and I got home (around 945), we put her in bed, then Ryan and I just sat on the bed and compared notes about the night and the girls. It was really fun to just sit there and talk and laugh about how cute our wonderful girls are. It was so much fun to just watch their reactions to something new and different.
Annalisa in her high chair-eating some toys:
Elayna's hair is getting so long:
Annalisa really wanted to touch those little animals that kept moving around:
Another snow picture (from the 19th):
Annalisa held her bottle all by herself for the whole feeding last night. I gave it to her in her crib, then put new water in the humidifier, moved some blankets around, and Annalisa was still holding the bottle, even though she looked asleep. She is laughing so much more. Katie can get her to laugh almost anytime she wants.
I've been helping with Katie's class-it's been fun. Elayna and Annalisa came with me today (11-15-11) and Elayna seemed so in awe of it all. She followed Katie everywhere. Mostly because Katie kept dragging her places and telling her what to do, but you know. She sat quietly and walked in line to the library quietly. I think they both had fun with it. Katie is doing so well in school. She is reading the Sam Books. She is at Book 33 right now. It is amazing how she can learn 2-3 new words each time she reads a story. She is so smart!
Elayna knows all her letters, can count to 5, almost 10, with a little help.
We were going into a store, and I mentioned that we would need to go to the bathroom. I asked Elayna if her pants were dry. She said "No, the car water got them wet." What?? I clarified, "Is your underwear wet?" "No, my pants are wet, but my underwear is dry." Okay, I guess I'll check that when we get inside. Then, as we are walking in, I noticed that the bottom of her pants were soaked up to about 3 inches. The "car water" must be puddles. 11-22-11
Annalisa's 6 month appointment was Nov 16, 2011. She weighs 17 lbs (66 percentile) and is 27.5 inches long (94 percentile). We took her for a well check up, and while the doctor was checking her ears, (almost as an afterthought,) he said she had a really bad ear infection in both ears! What?! I didn't even realize she was hurting! He gave us some antibiotics, and when we saw another doctor after the antibiotics were gone, he said the infection was all gone. Thank goodness for medicine! Otherwise, she is growing and developing just as she should. She is eating a little baby food, and nursing a lot. She's a happy, fun baby.
Putting decorations on the Christmas tree!! I actually let Katie and Elayna put most of the ornaments on this year. I usually "forget" and decorate the tree while they are asleep, but I decided they should experience it. I think they had fun. I put the most fragile decorations on by myself, but I thought they did a very good job of spacing the ornaments out pretty evenly, and making the tree look good.
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