The braid

We went and got hair cuts today. Reagan doesn't typically want Marty to do anything with her hair - she always wants it down. Not today. She wanted it braided three times and then all together. I was shocked. She sat still and was thrilled when it was all done. She even stared at herself in the mirror.

She was so excited when she got home that she put on her long spring dress, found all of her jewelry and added a bow or two to her hair. She was so beautiful when she was done I didn't know what to say. Just amazing.

When she gets dressed up, she transforms. She acts all shy and super sweet and dances. Yes, dances. She loves her ballet and it comes out when she gets all dolls up. I'm not sure how many pictures I took, but there were many.

Like me

Some days my little girls is so sweet. Tonight on the way hone from school, she was putting on her lipstick and had just gooped it on. Tons of red. She looked up at me and said "look mommy, I wanna look like you". So sweet. She let me know that her lips were red like mine and she loved looking like me. Mush Really!?

Sledding is way too much fun

We took the girls outside this morning to sled in the front yard. It's a perfect hill for their size. We did some snow angels (me too) and tried to make some snow balls. The snow wasn't great for much then playing around and sledding. 

Reagan eventually said "I want to sled" and grabbed a sled for her and Maddy and walked to the hill. Maddy was close behind her. The cool thing this year - Reagan can stop herself. We didn't ask her to, she did it herself. She was so proud of herself too. She had one time she spilled off the curb, but she scampered pretty quickly to get back onto the snow. 

Maddy's sled kept turning her around. She ended up sliding down the hill backwards several times. She didn't mind at all.  I think we made it about 30 minutes before the girls said "I'm cold" and we hurried inside. Once inside, Reagan curled up on the couch and waited for her hot chocolate. Maddy never got the taste buds for chocolate milk, much less hot chocolate. She opted for juice and crackers. 

It was a nice way to spend the morning instead of cooped up inside staring at ice. :)

Skating party

Today we went to a skating party for someone at their school. They have both been up on skates now about four times. Maddy was more than ready to do her own thing and basically let go of Jim's hand as soon as she could. Reagan is ready but needed a bit more encouragement. Once she got over the "freak out" stage, she did great. They both were moving around the rink really well. I think Maddy at one point actually jumped in place. That shocked us both. But she doesn't seem to have any fear yet - comes with her age I guess.

But the toys they chose at the end of the afternoon cracked me up. Maddy wanted the light up glow stick - Reagan wanted the hand buzzer. She played with that thing the entire way home. She wound it up and shook our hands, a lot. She giggled each time. It was so cute.

Karate girl

Tonight, Reagan did really well at karate. She's starting to really improve and listen much better. Sensei let me know that he was bragging on her because he hadn't seen me in a while and I would have been impressed with her during class time.

Yea Reagan!

Dress-up time

Tonight, Reagan led Maddy downstairs to get dressed up. Normally, she doesn't dress up herself. She just puts stuff on Maddy. Tonight, she came upstairs all decked out herself in her glasses, crown and shawl. They were hilarious. They both dressed up and put together a whole dance for us to watch. :)

Choking!

Oh. My. Gosh. I've never had to do a finger sweep on my baby, but tonight I did. I gave her a couple dried apricots and she put them in her mouth and took off.  I told her not to walk around, but she didn't listen. She came back into the kitchen a minute later with terror on her face. She was choking. Holy Cow!  I was wondering if I was going to have to do the Heimlich, but quickly noticed she had a GOB of food in her mouth and I could do the finger sweep. She was crying by the time I got it out. Talk about scaring the heck out of her mama.