Spring time and sore throats!

I thought that we had been pretty lucky making it through winter without really getting sick at all. But apparently, we just decided to get it all in one week. Ella started out the week with a cold that developed into strep throat, and a week later, Molly started in on the same cough and fever. I took her to the doctor this morning, and it turns out she has strep throat, a double ear infection, and they put her on chest treatments because her cough was so bad and she had so much fluid in her lungs. My poor baby! I felt so awful having to load her up on medications tonight before putting her to bed. This is the first time I've had to take her to the doctor for being sick. She did not like it. Especially the five minutes (literally) I had to try and hold her still while the nurse tried to get her to breathe into the mask to clear her lungs.

On a better note, its finally sunny outside! We walk to the park whenever we get a chance, and the girls love it. We have a little playground in our complex that in my opinion is pretty lame, but there is never anyone there, and its fenced off so that the girls can just run around all they want and I don't have to chase them! You can't put a price on that.

I don't have a picture of my little sickies, but I do have a picture of us enjoying the long-awaited sunshine, so I thought I would share that. I thought the girls looked so cute sitting there together eating their popsicles.

Guitar Hero

We've recently been introduced to Guitar Hero. And it is awesome. I have never been one for video games, but this one is right up my alley. And probably the only one that I will ever be able to kick Todd's butt at. :) I've tried to keep it put away until after the girls go to bed, but sometimes it calls to me. Ella was watching TV the other day, and she yells to me in the kitchen, "Hey Mommy, is just like your guitar game." The music on the commercial was one of the songs on the game. I think its time to put it away for awhile...

What goes around...

Well, my baby has definitely grown up. She is no longer my innocent, precious little baby, but the aggressor. We went to some friends house for dinner the other night, and Molly spent the majority of the night torturing their poor baby (sorry Garrett!). He might have some pounds on her, but he did not take advantage of them! She was pulling his hair, jabbing his eyes, wrestling him to the ground... all with a sweet smile. I realized tonight where it stems from. I stuck the girls in the tub and proceeded to straighten up their room, and I kept hearing Molly wailing and Ella screeching back at her. So I kept up the unsuccessful refrain of- "Ella, leave your sister alone. Give her back whatever you took." She finally yells back, "but Mommy! Its not me, its Molly!" I go into the bathroom to see Molly standing behind Ella with a fistful of her hair. I am so used to Ella bugging her sister, I don't even take time to notice what is really going on! I would feel worse if I hadn't spent the last few months telling Ella- "one day she's going to get bigger". And you know what they say. What goes around...

HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter! We had a lot of fun this year with both girls. Molly is still little, but she still had a great time. The first couple of pics are from an Easter activity that we had at the church. The rest are from Easter morning. I was amazed when I went through the pictures and actually found a couple where both of the girls are looking at the camera! Granted, I had taken about 30 pictures, but even then the odds aren't all that good! Ella was thrilled with her basket, and didn't even care about the eggs hidden all over the house. I was kind of bummed, because I, I mean, the Easter bunny, had hidden a bunch thinking she would love it. But as soon as Molly realized what was in the eggs, she was all over the place searching for them. She would shake it and come running over to me so I could open it. I don't think I caught her once all morning without a mouth full of candy. She was in heaven! Of course as soon as Ella realized that Molly was finding all the eggs, she joined in the hunt. She couldn't have her little sister beating her out! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We wish we could be closer to everyone to enjoy the holidays. Until then, the blog will have to suffice!

Leprauchans, the Easter Bunny, and the Holy Ghost

Well, Ella has really loved being a Sunbeam. I love that she really seems to be taking things in. Every Sunday on the way home we talk about what the learned in Sunbeams that day. I've realized that although she is really listening, she also has no comprehension of a lot of the things they discuss. For example, since they learned about the Holy Ghost, she refers to him quite often. She'll bring out her Halloween books and ask me to read the one about the Holy Ghost. On St. Patricks Day, after the leprauchans left us a little treat, she informed me that she heard them last night. Along with the Easter Bunny and the Holy Ghost. She said- That Holy Ghost is pretty scary, Mom. I said, no, he's nice, remember? She told me- Not anymore, Mom. I told you he's pretty scary.

I've been trying to talk to her about Easter, and how Jesus died for us. But unfortunately, that translates in her three year old mind to- "Jesus keeps on dying. But thats okay, because the princesses will save Him." She then proceeds to have all of the princesses take turns riding on the horse to go save Jesus. Then they sing I am a Child of God. Its still too soon to worry, right? :)

BRRR!!

This weekend we had record snowfall in Columbus (Darn! Knocking on wood didn't work!!)
Apparently it beat a record set in 1910. And Todd got a long overdue day off because of it, so I guess I can't complain. The girls were so excited. I tried to just send Ella out with Todd and keep Molly in with me, but she spent the whole time watching them out the window and crying, which wasn't fun for either of us. So I finally bundled her up and sent her outside too. The snow drifts were taller then Ella. Todd even carved a little slide out of one of them for the girls to slide down. Molly was happy until she took a face plant in the snow, and then she was done. And yes, I made sure to get a picture before I wiped her face off. Don't judge me!

Winter seems very unwilling to release its grasp on Columbus. That said, last night it snowed again. Yay. Ella, however, was very excited. She begged me to go out and play in the snow, and I finally gave in because I am hoping that this will be one of the last snowfalls (knock on wood...). She was dressed up in her usual princess attire, so I told her that she couldn't go outside until she put clothes on. About 5 minutes later she comes tearing down the stairs saying, "I got my snow clothes on Mom! I'm going outside, bye!" I come out of the bathroom to see her headed outside in this outfit. I just started laughing. She proceeded to be very grumpy at me, as you can see in the photos. I told her she looked gorgeous, but those weren't exactly the best clothes for playing in the snow. I know how she feels though, I'm longing for short sleeves and sandals myself. Am I getting repetitive?