Running Errands?

Grace has reached the age where she demands an explanation and details about everything we are going to do each day. She will let me know if I fail to follow through on the agenda as planned. Usually I have to the list the next two or three things that we are going to do. Monday morning I told Grace we were going to run errands then take a nap. At dinner Grace tells Paul about our day. Monday night I was ratted out for not following through on the given plan. This is how our dinner conversation went.

Paul: "Grace, what did you do today?"

Grace: "Me ran errands. Mom, no ran errands."

Paul gives me a confused look wondering if I am delegating my work too much.

Then Grace elaborates. "Mom, walked errands, but no run errands. Just Grace. Lydia no run errands either."

She was completely accurate. When we went to Target, she insisted on running through the store. I didn't put it together that we were actually supposed to be "running" until she told Paul the story later. In the future I guess I will have to be more specific.

Easter

Last week our village had an Easter egg hunt for the children. Grace and Lydia both had a great time. Lydia made no attempts at getting any of her own eggs, but another little girl gave Lydia some to fill her basket. Once Lydia realized that there was candy inside of the eggs, she figured out how to open them and quickly shove candy in her mouth, wrapper and all. Our Mom's Club had a little Easter egg hunt and party. A special visitor hopped on over for the party. Lydia was quite curious about Easter Bunny and inched her way closer and closer to him. Grace on the other hand, wouldn't come on the same half of the room.

Grace enjoyed the Easter egg hunt though.

Friday we decorated eggs. First we had to color them.

Then we had to put the Tinkerbell stickers on each egg.

Easter at our house! Easter Bunny hid the eggs at our house while I slept in. He was kind enough to take a picture of each egg that he hid in case he forgot where there where hidden. Paul - the engineer!

Lydia with her basket.

Lydia figures out there is candy in these eggs too!

Grace finding eggs in the leaves.

Lydia finding eggs behind the picture frame.

Easter at the Bornemans!

Why look for eggs when you can play the piano instead!

A helicopter landed next door. Both Haley and Grace were excited and had to check it out. Grace has seen a few helicopters in the sky before. Every time she sees one, she says "I can't reach it." She was thrilled to finally reach it.

The coolest thing about Grandma and Grandpa Borneman's house is their golf cart. Grace likes to go fast!

Last stop is Great Grandma & Grandpa Murphy's house. Here are the kids in the basement getting their Easter baskets.

Outside looking for eggs

Lydia looking for eggs with Grandma Borneman.

The highlight of the Murphy's is the kitty.

Random Photos

Many posts seem to be have more pictures of Grace than Lydia. This may be the exception or Lydia is finally demanding more camera time!
Lydia loves to crawl up the stairs and then sit on her butt and come back down. Sometimes she needs to dodge Grace as Grace likes to come down on her stomach.

Grace loves to make pizza at home. Usually she eats lots of cheese and pepperoni as she makes it. Sometimes Lydia helps. She likes to eat while we make the pizza too!

Sometimes the girls (or just Grace) get antsy during church. When they do I bribe them with being able to play on the playground equipment after mass. Lydia loves climbing up to the top and sliding down. It makes me so nervous though. She's so little young!

Lydia is fascinated with her tongue and mouth, as well as the sounds she can make. Here's her KISS impersonation.

What a ham!

Baby Number Three!

Yes, we are pregnant. We are looking forward to the end of September to welcome the latest Pedersen baby. Paul is completely convinced that we are having another girl. Some days the thought of three kids overwhlems me, most days just the two girls keep me busy. I am starting to feel much better than I felt for the first couple months. I finally have energy to get through the day without a nap! (Most days the girls actually overlap their afternoon naps, so I get a chance to rest too).

Weekend Wrap Up

Grace getting her first haircut. I was a little nervous since it took so long for it to come in. She was a little nervous at first but by the time she was done, she didn't want to leave.
Grandma and Grandpa Borneman took us to a waterpark over the weekend. Grace liked the fountains.

Lydia and Grandpa

Grace, Grandma, Lydia and Grandpa watching Dad about to get wet.

The bucket about to fall on Dad's head.

All wet.

Haley and Grace going down a slide.

Grace playing in the water. Lydia is definitely the water bug of the girls. She would crawl until she was completely submerged in water to get to her destination. Grace liked to stay in the shallow water.

This is about as deep as Grace would venture out.

Pictures and Pox Update

I brought Lydia to the doctor last Monday. She still had chicken pox, and the chicken pox caused a huge eczema flair up. She was deemed no longer contagious so we were FINALLY able to get out more. The upside of Lydia getting the chicken pox is that now she doesn't have to get the vaccine again when she is 5. Her eczema is mostly gone, and the with spring right around the corner hopefully her skin is going to be healthy for a while.

Here are the girls enjoying warm weather outside.
Grace swinging.

Going for a walk. Mom, Grace, Lydia and Diesel. Grace apparently thinks she should pull the stroller and walk Diesel at the same time.

Grace walking Diesel.

Grace yelling at Diesel! She refused to walk him anymore until he came back and walked next to her.

Here is Grace showing off her new body art. Paul and I were both home apparently ignoring Grace too long and she found a pen and drew all over herself. She claims to have written her name on her belly, but I can't decipher it.

Here is her close up of her hand.

When we were taking pictures, she had to make sure that we got a picture of the drawing on the bottom of her foot too. Too funny!

Lydia's chicken pox. It's a little hard to see, but you get the idea.

Lydia Pox Update - Part 2

We are going back to the doctor today. The few pox that Lydia had the first couple days crusted over and went away by last Thursday only to be replaced with a ton of pox covering her back and stomach. Friday morning I called the doctor again and she said we would have to come back again on Monday if they still weren't gone. Now it's Monday and she still has the pox on her back. They seem to be crusting over, so hopefully she is getting better. We are going back to the doctor this afternoon. I am wishing for good news!

Lyd is still in a good mood overall. Grace is getting a bit stir crazy being stuck at home all week. The highlight of her past week seems to be trips to the doctor and the grocery store.

Luckily last Thursday and Friday were unseasonally warm and we had the opportunity to play outside on the swings and go for a walk. I much prefer playing on the swingset over taking Grace, Lydia and Diesel for a walk. Lydia is pretty easy since she just sits in the stroller. Grace and Diesel actually aren't terrible since Grace insists on walking Diesel the entire time. I am just always so worried that she'll drop the leash and and he'll run away after some other dog, or he'll pull her over and she'll need to be carried home. The truth is she is really good and very bossy.