March 2017

My mom came to visit us this month so Phil and I took advantage of having a babysitter and went on a temple date. It was our first time at the Boston Temple. Its a beautiful place and I loved getting out with my guy.

We all went out to dinner one night while my mom was here and I looked at our girls and smiled to myself, and had to snap a picture. Princesses all day, every day - even at restaurants. Elle was very concerned about her purse being near her the entire time. They are the cutest!

My mom brought St Patrick's Day shirts for the girls which made them excited for the holiday. We didn't do much else to celebrate but they were happy to just wear something new, and green!

I still feel like we're getting our feet under us in this new area - figuring out where to go play with kiddos, what is around etc. We recently found the train tables in our local Barnes and Noble - plus they have a decent selection of beanie boos, a recent favorite toy for both Jayne and Elle. The girls had some fun there!

I'm so lucky I get to spend my days with these girls. They've made our recent move a little bit easier, adjusting to a new area/home easily. They make me feel less lonely and happier. I mean, how could you not smile at these sweet faces!?

 I've said this before, but we've found that our local library is great! They had Cinderella come visit this month. The girls both loved that! They also have a selection of cake pans that you can check out. We got the butterfly one and attempted to make a cake. It wasn't perfect, but Jayne wasn't bothered. I was able to get something that resembled a butterfly together and she just enjoyed decorating it.

Here's a video of the dance session with the library's Cinderella. How cute are my dancing princesses!?

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 Its been a slower month but these precious moments at home are what I live for. As long was we're all happy, that's all that matters. Here's some snaps of our daily life this month:

Lunchtime!

Counting jar - counting down until Grandma B and Grandad come

Playing "naptime" is new favorite over here

Jayne has recently decided that the outfit she's wearing below is her "rockstar" outfit and likes to put on concerts for me. Her lyrics are quite original..."I'm a rockstar, yeah, I'm a rockstar, I'm a rockstar"...you get the picture :)

And now as we're getting closer to spring, it has been warm enough to get outside and ride bikes. Even though our back patio is just big enough to go around in circles, both girls just love getting outside and playing together

Can't wait for the weather to keep getting warmer so we can enjoy our first New England spring/summer!

February 2017

February was FUN! It started off with a night out to celebrate our 7yr anniversary. We went to dinner and then a movie at Patriot Place, where Gillette Stadium is. We snapped a picture to jump on the ultra-Patriot-fan bandwagon :)

Up next was an epic Patriots Super Bowl victory. There's nothing quite like being in New England (Patriots territory!) and watching the game with some super Pats fans. Plus, that 4th quarter come-back...come on! Anyway, it was a great way to get right into the Patriot fever in these parts. We couldn't let freezing slush/rain stop us from welcoming the team home in their traditional duck boat parade - once again, the true New England way. It made for a fun day! We rode the train in with some friends, met Phil in the city and had some wet fun!

This happy camper just happily hung out in the bottom seat of the stroller, covered by the rain cover. She was SOOOOO good!

This was the month of New England inaguration I guess because we experienced the Patriots win/duck boat parade and our first Noreaster (an epic snowstorm with large amounts of snow falling in a few hours). Jayne had been waiting for more snow so she was thrilled!

Our car was completely covered! The snow came so quickly. It was definitely a new experience :)

We actually had a few snowstorms that gave us beautiful snow. If its cold, there may as well be snow!

The snow was so deep, Elle couldn't even make her way through it on her own, but she loved it!

Of course we had to get out and go sledding, Jayne's and Phil's request :)

Here's a short video of our fun:

We celebrated Valentines Day and decorated cookies together. It was a simple activity but we loved seeing how happy it made the girls.

The weather was warm then cold and then back again, all month long - but we made the best of whatever we were given :) We went to birthday parties, played at the park and went to a community festival.

The girls have really started to play together nicely - one of their favorite activities is to have tea parties together. Its so sweet!

Our little Elle is growing up just so fast. Look and this cutie!!!

We finished out the month by taking the girls to visit Patriot Place...and to exchange some items :) Elle still refers to it as "the place with the seats up high" (stadium with seats up high) and Jayne often asks if we can go back to the place with the star and the flag on the ground (Patriots logo). Seeing as its 20 min down the road from us, I know we'll visit again!

January 2017

We embraced the New England winter and had a lot of fun out in the snow! We visited Keith and Nerissa in NH for New Years and they have a perfect hill for kiddos in their backyard. Elle lasted longer than Jayne, but they both liked it. It was the cutest thing to hear Elle squeal as she sled down the hill!

We got our fair share of snow back home too and Jayne could not wait to get out in it. She'd been waiting all "winter" :) So when it was snowing right before bed time one night, she was still super excited to gear up and go out! She had tons of fun with Daddy out on our little patio - I love how she giggles away in the video when she throws snowballs...here's the video of our snow fun!

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My mom came to visit us early in the month. We went out in the snow storm to enjoy some Shake Shack. YUUM!

We also visited the Boston Children's Museum with my mom. We stayed all day which meant Elle missed her nap. The girls had a ton of fun, but it wore this sweet one out!

I gave Phil Celtics tickets for Christmas so we took advantage of having a babysitter staying with us and headed out to dinner and a game in the city.

Elle has a nice mullet going on so I tried to figure out a way to tame it. It turned out cute and it was new to see her hair all the way up.

Elle had her 18m doctors appointment and in the waiting room I gave Jayne a pen and some paper because she asked to draw. Then she was asking me how to spell Elle's name. I didn't think anything of it and told her as I did something else. After she excitedly showed me this on her paper, her first tie writing her name without any help from me. And Elle's too for that matter. She is so smart!

Elsa came to visit the library and my two cute Elsas loved it! She read to them, danced with them and gave them wands.

There was a miracle day this month where it was over 50 degrees with the sun shining beautifully. We couldn't believe it and headed straight to the park!

A few random moments at home with my cuties...

Koda love!

 

To top off the month, we potty-trained Elle and she did well! My favorite part was how she decided to go all in (nights included!) from the get-go. YAY!

Undies on babies are the cutest!