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

"Look Vivian, this is grass!"

We've gotten to hear a fair amount of funny/depressing quotes about warmer weather and the new scenery.  The other day Vivian told us, "Uh-oh, sleeves!" pointing out that her shirt was faulty because her sleeves didn't reach her wrists.  We've been able to make almost daily trips to the parks, zoo, and lakes.  Getting Vivian's attention has helped Nina practice one of her new favorite skills: whistling.

A trip to Wild Rumpus - they love the kid door

Tiny Twins Fans

We got to meet adorable new puppy, Ollie, on our trip to see Maggie and the fam.  The girls loved playing there and were not happy to leave.  

3 years old, 1 year old, and 31 years old

Blogging-time

Both girls have been fighting colds, but have kept their smiles for the most part.  Vivian continues to crack us up with her singing and all-around silliness.  Everything we do is "something"-time to her.  Song-time, bath-time, book-time, Barbie-time, hug-time, cereal-time, potty-time, boot-time, chu[r]ch-time, Pippy-time (watching her own movies), etc.

sad-time              -----              surprise-time

Nina also loves to sing these days and shouts out a lot of trendy songs from the radio, Katy Perry being a particular favorite.  Both girls request songs in the car and it's funny to hear what they've become attached to, Jagwar Ma's "Come and Save Me" being a surprising favorite of both.  Vivian is also singing twinkle twinkle, the ABCs, and itsy bitsy spider in a minor fashion.

We've gotten into March madness and have been playing a bit more ball these days.  Nina and Ben even made a trip to watch the Gophers play in the NIT.  Nina loved watching Goldy Gopher and using spirit fingers for free throws.  Vivian went swimming on Friday night and gets braver ever trip.  We all headed to Edinborough park for a fun night of climbing and gym-time.  Vivian loved the obstacles in the play area and sliding, while Nina preferred riding and playing basketball.  In our more frequent trips outside, we were happily surprised to see our ice cream shop has opened up!