The Niesen's.: February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Gwendolyn and Violet part III

the third and final G & V post... for now...

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Gwendolyn and Violet

Gwendolyn playing with her puppy Violet. She loves this puppy!! Make sure your volume is up! :)

Thursday, February 9, 2012

We have been having a very busy week! We have had lots of friends over for Preston and Gwendolyn to play with and today is my one day off. So only my children!! Preston had parent day today at school and got to go with Ryan while Gwendolyn had her second day of school (a valentine party even!) and I got to go with her. Everyone had so much fun. Once again Ginny kicked the ball around the gym and every time she brought her foot up she would say "kick!" So cute!! This week she has also started to say "careful!" when she is about to slip/fall or right after she does and also "okay" so I'll say something like "are you all done?" and she will say "all done." and I'll say do you want to go play? and she will say "okay." or "would you like some milk?" "cup" and I'll say "okay" and she'll say "thank you." seriously! how am i able to carry on full conversations with a 13 month old?!!!

Hi toes!

Hi baby!

Cheese!

Dexter wondering how she is going to get back up stairs with a baby in her door way.

Randomly the people of Brainerd/Baxter are treated to a surprise sighting of Spider man or a Ninja Turtle. This goes off amazingly with people making wonderful comments like "oh my gosh! Spider man! thank you for keeping us safe!" or "I've always wanted to meet a Ninja Turtle!" and Preston couldn't be prouder. But on Tuesday we went to pick up Eagan and along the way of looking for ducks or mushrooms that needed to be stomped Mario fell asleep. I guess Bowser got away again. But at least he didn't get Princess Peach (Gwendolyn according to the boys) she was safely buckled in next to Mario.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Babies first day of school!

Yesterday Gwendolyn had her first day of school! She is growing up way to quickly!! She wasn't really sure what to think of all the kids and she watched all us Moms sing and dance and the look on her face was priceless. It was like she was thinking..."what are these crazy women doing?!" Ginny loved kicking the ball in gym, reading all their books and painting. I think she will really like school once she gets use to 8 other kids in the same room.

Pop and Ginny before school.

Ryan and I were finally able to enjoy a quiet night. Usually we just cuddle up with a bowl of popcorn and watch a movie but a few nights ago we played scrabble! And not just any game of scrabble but probably the only game we have ever played where we used all the tiles except for my one Q. We left the table feeling pretty smart! lol! (notice all the oi's!)

Ryan and Ginny fixed my vacuum! Turns out the reason that every time I vacuum the carpet and it still looks like a fur rug is that the vacuum was clogged. On the bottom. In a place that I didn't even know it could get clogged! Well now I can have a clean rug! Thanks hun!!

Uncle Darin took Preston to F.R.E.D. on Tuesday and as a thank you to him Pop decided to make him a cake! Angel food cake with lemon frosting, sprinkles and of course a car and monster truck. They (along with Ryan and Eagan) had a great time reading books and playing games. It is such a great night out for Dads and son's or special male role models. :) And as I type Pop is getting everything out to make yet another cake! How on earth am I gonna loose weight with this cook in the house?!

Gwendolyn did her first finger painting the other day and loved it! She felt like such a big girl painting with the boys. He picture turned out fantastic too. :)

Well thanks to my beautiful sister-in-law I am now signed up for yet another 5k. Which is really good. I have a goal of losing 15 pounds and maintaining that weight for hopefully the rest of my life so running a 5k or two keeps me on track. Race day is April 21st so I made this up to help me stay focused.