Field Trip

Makaela's class went on a field trip to the Florida Agricultural Museum (a preserved citrus farm) and since I rarely get a chance to chaperone trips due to my work schedule, seeing that I was on maternity leave, I thought I would go with her. We got to tour an actual farm house, barn, see the outhouse (and use it :-), the water well and other fun farm gadgets.  The kids were shocked that there was no electricity and Makaela decided she would never want a bedroom this small.

She did enjoy pumping the water

And got quite a kick out of the stove (Grammy and Papa have a replica just like it in their house)

She got to ring the farm bell

It was a really  nice day to spend with my little girl and I was so glad I got to do it. 

Haircut for Makaela

 Makaela really needed a haircut. Unfortunately, there hasn't seemed to be any time to take her to the salon.  I decided to trim it myself and it came out pretty well.  Makaela kept saying, "Do you think I look like I'm 8 years old with my new haircut?" Already trying to look older-good grief.  She did look adorable though (and yes, a bit older than a 5 year old which made my heart a bit sad because she is growing up too fast for this mama).

Happy Valentine's Day

Makaela and Mia both had Valentine's parties at school today so for the past week, Makaela has been making her Valentine's for her friends.  I was pretty proud of her. Matt and I went out for a quick Valentine's brunch while my mom babysat Madi.  Matt had to work the night shift and heading out to eat before the crowds was not too bad of an idea.  I wish I could write that we had some fun, romantic morning, but after eating, we came home and I ended up passing out- that was a pretty great gift in and of itself.  I tried to get some pictures of the girls, but Madi was all I could manage and even she wasn't being overly cooperative with the photo shoot.

Growing Madi

February 11th was my due date instead of welcoming a new baby on that date, I got to snuggle up with my 6 week old. This week she weighed in at 6 lbs 4 oz...the size of a full term baby.  Madi is becoming a much better eater. This picture was taken while she was propping her bottle up by herself. 

Out and About

Matt had off today so we wanted to have some family time.  Mia was still recuperating and was home from school and my mom has been helping out so much, we wanted to treat her to lunch so we all went out to the Caddyshack- a restaurant in World Golf Village that is based on the movie and partially owned by Bill Murray.  We ate out by the promenade and Matt and Mia had fun admiring the wildlife.

Matt and Mia feeding the fish

Little did we know the lake had monster catfish in it. The fish feeding was much more fun after that.

Matt getting some love from the Gator

Home with Mia

Mia has been sick again.  I am starting to suspect the whole theory about breastfed babies being healthier is horribly inaccurate. Mia started running a fever and I was faced with a bit of a dilemma: Mia needed to stay home to recuperate, but Madi wasn't supposed to come in contact with anyone who was sick.  Try telling a sick 2 year old not to go near the baby...yeah, that was successful.  Luckily she got sick the same day we had a weight check for Madi, so I called the doctor and told her I was bringing Mia in as well.  Mia was checked for RSV and luckily, she didn't have it, nor did she have any other virus. She had a simple cold (although there is nothing simple about it) and we just had to let it run its course.  Mia is a great sick kid though; all she wants to do is lie on the couch and watch tv and nap.  Leila and Bailey were Mia's little nurses- they hardly left her side and I think they liked having someone to cuddle up with.

Superbowl

Superbowl was a bit different for us this year.  My mom watch Madi while Matt and I took the girls to a former neighbor's Superbowl party/housewarming party.  We were really looking forward to it until we realized the game didn't start until 6:30pm...problem being that the girls' bedtime is 7:30 and the home where the party was was 30 minutes away. In Hawaii, the Superbowl started so early, it was a daytime party and we got home with plenty of time to prep for Monday.  Now that we are back on Eastern Standard time, things are different. We got to the party at 4- plenty of time for the kids to bounce around, play and drink enough snow cones to get a massive sugar high. 

These kids had entirely too many snow cones

Around 6pm though, everyone started leaving.  The common excuse was "It's Sunday and the kids have school tomorrow".  Matt and I hadn't anticipated leaving BEFORE the game, but when we stopped to think about it, it made sense. We packed up the kids, were home before the 1st quarter ended, put the kids to bed and Matt and I (and Madi) were snuggled up on the couch in time for the half time show and the rest of the game.  Not too shabby.