A Winter's Day

My parents came into town this week for a visit--it's pretty much my view of heaven--my kitchen is clean, laundry is miraculously washed, dried and folded and my babies are happier and more compliant than ever!

My mom and I went out to breakfast this morning and then to a movie. It has been sooo long since I've seen a movie! Dave and Pepah bundled up the kids and took them up to Lake Tahoe.

They played on the beach at Sand Harbor-our favorite summer beach. Delaney and Elliot explored the area and apparently, Elliot ate more than his share of sand.

What a wonderful way to spend the first and beautiful day of the New Year.

On the way home, Delaney and Elliot laughed back and forth in the car and held hands!

Trikes & Cars

We took our two cuties on a walk today-with Delaney's new tricycle and Elliot's new car. The best part of Laney's trike is the very long handle that I can use to push her-because let's face it, she can't quite reach the pedals and even if she could, her steering is just a tad bit rusty!

In Other News....

In other news, Delaney begged-pleaded-screamed for me to buy lingerie for her at Target today. I swear she's 2 going on 22! A little disturbing.

We left Elliot with a babysitter for a couple of hours this morning while we took Delaney to a doctor's appointment. When I returned, he smelled like the babysitter's perfume from snuggling with her and I was a little jealous--he's my boyfriend.

Miraculously we have found a DVD that holds Laney's attention for more than 30 seconds. Perhaps I'm a bad mother or maybe I'm just human, but I have been so frustrated that Delaney won't watch any tv; not that I want her glued to the tv, but I could use 20 minutes a day to get things done. And we now have THE Elmo DVD that she absolutely loves-for at least 25 or 30 minutes. As Dave said, this could revolutionize our lives!

Elliot's new word of the day: Baby

Merry Christmas!

Well, these aren't Christmas pictures, but they're still pretty cute! Our camera is out of batteries and 'we' (I) have misplaced the battery charger--no mother-of-the-year award for me.

We've had a great day. The babies were excited (and a little overwhelmed) to open up presents this morning. We played outside in the freshly fallen snow--how perfect is a white Christmas?! And the babies even took good naps. Now Delaney and Dave are cooking our Christmas feast.

With the kids being sick with croup, it's been an awfully long and difficult week, so today has been extra wonderful-particularly for me. We've been inside all week and the babies (especially Delaney) have had some serious cabin fever. Delaney is challenging on a good day and really has been extremely difficult this week; the tantrums have been rampant and the screaming has almost driven me over the edge a number of times! Dave has been my personal angel-keeping me sane and being totally supportive. Dave also has been sick this week-so I let him go to work, instead of staying home with two cranky and sick babies!

Happy Hanukah!

Tonite, Delaney and Elliot celebrated their 1/4 Jewishness!

Elliot liked his potato latkes, especially the accompanying sour cream. I could look at this little boy's smile forever.

Dave showed Delaney how to make Grandpa Aaron's latkes-with a grater. I can only imagine, but really don't want to, all of the little sick germs that went into these latkes!-Any takers for a latke made by a two year old with croup?

My Big Boy

Elliot is walking, walking, walking. He really doesn't fall too much and is becoming super quick. In fact, he really is bordering on running (not good for me but super cute!). The first video is sideways (oh well-I've given up on pretending that I'll learn how to edit videos!) and Laney is grabbing the camera.



No matter how sick these kids get (and they are sick), they still have these little spells when they act just like their crazy selves! Since we've been getting sick a lot recently, Dave suggested to me that we wash our hands more. Good advice for the average person, but we would probably have to live in a bubble to avoid the coughs and sneezes that are sprayed in our faces-not to mention the little runny noses that our wiped on our sleeves!

Sick-Yet Again

Delaney and Elliot are both sick. Since the beginning of November, someone at our house has had a cold. It's so hard when Laney and Elliot are both sick and so needy, but it really, really makes me grateful and thankful that we have two children without any major health problems.

Laney and Elliot watched Elmo shows with their daddy, and danced to Christmas music. Dave is great at entertaining them!