Happy Mother's Day

… or "Happy Easter" as Vivian said.  She meant well.  She's been full of quotes lately.  Today she ran down the driveway to the car and told me "I'm fat!" although she meant fast.  When having a mini-breakdown and not sure what to cry about she simply screamed, "I'm crying!"  When sitting in someone's lap, she will often turn towards them and squeeze their cheeks and say, "chubby cheeks."

paper flowers and pet rocks at the MIA

The girls have started sleeping in the same room, because Nina gets scared to be by herself.  Vivian was pretty territorial at first with shouts of, "my couch" and "my room" but they seem to be cohabiting alright for now.  They like singing together, mostly twinkle twinkle and ABCs, but also they do a killer rendition of a duck singing "baa baa black sheep."  It goes like this: "quack quack, quack quack, quack, quack quack quack quack."

jammie time     ------    laughing and dancing at the first music in the park

Yay for May

The Naks are busy as can be, as Ben and Kara's workloads are always ramped up this time of year.  The girls are adjusting pretty well and satisfied as long as they get to go to a park and have some movie time.  They enjoyed a quick getaway to Grandma and Grandpa's house while Ben and Kara got to a few parties and a Twins game.  Many thanks to the Ramsey family for generously sharing their amazing seats!

The girls had fun dressing up dad for decades week

Easter 2014

Easter has come and gone, quickly as always.  The Naks made the trip down to Nebraska and the girls did relatively well.  They sang songs, read books, yelled, slept, and told jokes from the back.  When Ben tried to get a nap in, Vivian made sure to interrupt with, "hey dada, dada, dada look, hey Ben, Ben look."  It's hard not to laugh and look when that happens.  

Both girls enjoyed the time with Nana & Pap, lovely weather, multiple egg hunts, egg dying, park trips, and general silliness.  

 

Bike rides, wagon rides, jogging strollers - the girls love any method of getting to parks.  

refusing to look at her sister    --------------     sweet hugs 

New season - New look!

Nina cut off about 4 inches to get ready for summer, running around, and swimming.  She's happy with her change and, once again, did a much better job for the stylist than Vivian.  We've been spending a lot of time outside everyday and the girls have ridden their bikes, taken walks in the double stroller, and enjoyed some jogs as well.  

This morning Nina was in a joking mood and said, "Let's tell silly jokes.  Is our car in someone's tummy?  Are we driving a tree?"  Each time waiting for me (and subsequently Vivian) to respond with "noooooo, we're not driving a tree!"  Vivian has also been making us laugh with innocent phrases such as, "I like it" and "tastes good" when we give her foods that she likes.

The girls have been up to all sorts of new antics.  Vivian literally bumped into Dave Dahl (local meteorologist) before he went on live television at the zoo.  We made our first family trip to a movie and saw the French children's film "Ernest & Celestine."  We all loved it, although, as expected, Vivian didn't want to stay seated for about half of it.  

Hopefully the last snowman of the season