Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Jamison at school last week

At school, Jamison is obsessed with the water table. She will spend over an hour filling up containers with water and then dumping them out.



She also enjoys sitting on the bench outside.

At home with Jamison

Lately, Jamison has been having a good time playing fetch with the dogs.





She is also been having fun on the trampoline, but not in the jumping way. She likes to spin herself dizzy.





She also likes to read picture books now.



And, she is slightly obsessed with the stethoscopes.

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Introducing our own Thing 1 and 2...






Jessica's new favorite dress is...

Drumroll please....

A Jake and the Neverland Pirates dress that her Mimi got her. She wants to wear it everyday and talk in pirate talk all the time. We get a lot of "Ahoy Mateys" and "Captain Mommy".



The pirate theme even extends to her ballet costume.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

happy valentine's day

All month, the girls were in the Valentine's spirit. On Valentine's Day, the decided to dress alike and wear their Hello Kitty outfits.



Freya's 5th Birthday Party

A few weekends ago, Jessica celebrated Freya's 5th birthday party. Sleeping Beauty was the surprise guest and entertained the girls for some time.



Isabella and Jessica showed off their beautiful face painting.



Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday to Freya.



Jessica really enjoyed the birthday cupcakes and ice cream sundae!

another ice skating night

A few Sundays ago, we took the girls ice skating again at the local outdoor rink. Jamison was excited to get some spins on the ice this time.



During the mid skate break, the girls enjoyed a quick snack.

Jamison loves gym

Jamison really enjoys her gym class these days. She loves both balls and trampolines and had a blast playing with both at the same time.



She also loves swinging.



And, while shooting hoops is fun, she would much rather carry lots of balls around.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Jamison and the blue ball

Jamison visits the ball tube everyday and knows a lot about all of the balls and how they roll down the tube. She has her favorite ones (pink sparkles of course) that she uses first, but she will try them all including this larger blue ball that never fits. She shows a lof of persistence in continuing to try to get it to go through the hole every day.





at school

Each morning, we get to school a bit early so the girls can play together. We usually end up playing in Jamison's part of the school, but sometimes we go to Jessica's side of the school too. These photos were from one morning when we visited Jessica's side of the school. Jamison just loves the super big sand area and was really upset when we had to leave.




Another morning, while on Jamison's side of the school, Jessica taught Jamison how to go down the slide on her tummy.





Last week, Jamison was very much into putting all of the necklaces in the classroom on before playing. Here she is sporting all the bling.



During the school day, the toddlers have been going on walks and visiting the big kid school in a large wagon.



The first time they visited the big kid side of the school, all of the kids screamed "The babies are here, the babies are here!" A bunch of friends surrounded the wagon, including Jessica, and helped push the wagon in the yard.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

playing at the park with friends

Jessica and Jamison had fun at the park with their friends Isabella and Ben on Superbowl Sunday. We had to tire out the kids before the big game. The sand was a huge hit and the older girls made lots of birthday cakes.




Jamison just had fun playing in the sand because it was sand!



the princess models her princess dress

Jessica was excited to model her new princess dress and Alice in Wonderland sunglasses.




a trip to the zoo

Last weekend, we took the girls to the zoo. Jessica wanted to pose as a giraffe, but she didn't quite get the idea of scrunching down a bit. This is a look she will love later on in life I am sure.



Meanwhile, Jamison demonstrated how tough she is by walking the whole day without the stroller. Meanwhile, her sister was asking for rides in the stroller.



Evidently, Daddy and Jamison were playing around while Jessica and I got lunch.



Unfortunately, the day we visited the zoo, the Little Puffer was closed for maintenance. The girls enjoyed riding the carousel though.




The cool site of the day was the baby gorilla swinging in the trees.

a trip to the children's museum

A few weekends ago, we took the girls to the Children's Museum. The first attraction at the museum is the fire truck. Jamison had a great time dressing up as a fireman.



And, she really enjoyed driving the truck and having Jessica as a passenger.



To say that Jamison loved the water play area is a slight understatement! It combines two of her favorite things -- water and balls.





Jessica had fun playing in the stagecoach and ambulance like usual.




And, the light up carousel was fun as usual.

a trip to fairyland

At the end of January, we took Jessica and Jamison to Fairyland. Before we left the house, the girls posed for pictures.




Jessica was really excited to go to Fairyland.



Jamison loved the dragon because if you pulled its tongue it made a noise.





The girls enjoyed playing in the little pig's house.




And, they also had fun pretending to be the pigs.





The girls had fun riding the carousel.




And, Jamison had a mild obsession with these giraffes that were scattered around the park. She had to pet them all.



Jessica loved climbing on Captain Hook's ship and hanging out with tick-tock crocodile.




The girls enjoyed the musical tunnel.





We stopped off in the Old West for some horsey rides.




And, Jessica almost lost her head getting a drink of water on the way out of the park!