Sweets and Sours

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Nothing too terribly exciting to report from yesterday. Just two sweet girls making me crazy one minute and doing something hilarious or endearing the next.

Yes I mean you Francie Pants (There was a little girl, who had a little curl...)

"Who u talkin 'bout?"

and this was kind of funny... One of my favorite blogs I read/stalk- "Life" by Shawni, a mother of 5 kids in SLC and a great photographer/writer on being a mom (my BBF Kerri and I are always saying we want to be like this totally put together mom with cute hair and the best jeans.) So the "Life" mom posted a picture of her daughter awhile ago and I didn't realize it when I was taking this shot- but HER PHOTO of her daughter Lucy is strikingly similiar!

ahhhhh. Dad comes home to hold the babies. Now where is my cocktail.

U-Me Play Space

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Sunday Heff had to work for awhile so we met Christian and her little sister Summer at a new play place in Menlo called U-Me. It's such a fun spot to play indoors, especially in this rainy weather. They have a gymnastics area, huge indoor slide and fun zone and they do art/music/tumbling classes and a cafe too. We wore the girls out in no time!

The kids can play in the big space while you work on your laptop and watch through the cloud windows :)

and they have a great area for reading books...

all Francie's favorites!

"This is so much fun I can't even handle it."

Francie thought she was such a big girl palling around with Summer. We'll be back for more!

THINGS I LOVE

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THINGS I LOVE... A random post in honor of February 1st :)

I love that the only think Maisie loves more than watching her sister's every move...

Is her Dad's homemade pasta sauce

I love Dad's little helpers (and how Francie asks "Mommy, you want me to make you a COCKTAIL?!" every night)

I love OXO night lights! These things are the best - one in the crib and one in the bed, then they just sit here to recharge all day. And my favorite children's book of all-time, "Tony's Hard Work Day." Francie isn't that into it yet, she'll see the light ;)

I love our Garnet Hill flannel dot sheets on every bed (Heff's a flannel fan now)
(and extra sets for when they are in the wash- hit the sale online last week!)

and I even still love Francie's favorite book of the moment- Pinkalicious

I love all our JanKnits and how the baby knits become Dress-up-the-dolls knits too

I don't love that Francie's prized possession is the nasty rubber rat leftover from Halloween. Gross.

I love this clearance bin curtain I got at PBK a long time ago that was too short for the door in Francie's room became a cover-up-the-clutter curtain for the girls clothes

I love this little reminder we've had up on a desk since our wedding. These tags were tied to everyone's napkins at our Rehearsal Dinner the Connolly's hosted at their house, Ginger made them all with different "love" sayings- I think this one reminds my husband how much I love him A LOT :)

I love my husband. And I still love the beard :)

I love/hate that no matter how many times I organize the toy bins- they always look like this.

I love Nalgene sippy cups. Because they really don't leak and Francie can't chew the plastic sippy part to bits like all the others!

I love this Playmobile barn Oma gave Francie for Christmas. I really love that I wasn't home when Heff had to put it together for two hours :) I love to listen to Francie tell the little people and horses "It's Okaaaaaay. Don't cry, your Mommy will be right back and your Daddy is just at work."

I love no-mess color wonder pens

I love that we still have the pinked up bassinet in our room even though Maisie hasn't been in it in months! No where else to put it and it comes in handy as a hamper sometimes.

and the other night I had both girls in bed and was over my laptop so I thought I should pick up a "when-you-need-serious-help-parenting" books Jannie always buys me from the library $1.00 bin

of all of these, this one seemed the most relevant after so many days cooped up in the house with a TWO year old