Spring, is that you?

The weather today was amazing - 60 degrees and clear skies. After our really cold and wet winter, I decided it was time to take Caroline to the park.


Caroline checking out her shadow.

When we came home from the park, I told Caroline I wanted to take a picture of how long her hair is in the back. Well she decide to ham it up so I took a few more pictures. Look how long (and dark) her hair is getting.

New funny things Caroline is doing

1. Knock Knock jokes
My parents taught Caroline a bunch of knock knock jokes this past weekend and she thinks they are hilarious. She even makes up her own jokes. She throws her head back and laughs so hard at her jokes that I can't stop laughing! Here are two she made up and told Kevin over the phone this weekend:

Caroline: Knock Knock
Kevin: Who's there
Caroline: Orange
Kevin: Orange who?
Caroline: Orange juice


Caroline: Knock Knock
Kevin: Who's there
Caroline: Red
Kevin: Red who?
Caroline: Red marshmallow

2. Playing teacher
On Sunday night, Caroline picked out a book for us to read before she went to bed. But instead of having us read it, she surprised us and "read" it to us. She sat on her Porter the Puppy chair, read a page to us, and then stood up and walked around the room holding the book like a teacher so we could all see the pictures. They she asked us comprehension questions. For example, "Raise your hand if you know why he didn't close the "frigalator (refrigerator)". When my dad answered her question, she said "That's right, Papa. Good job!" and gave this funny little fake smile.

3. Caroline's teacher, Ms. Toney, sent a letter home to the parents last week and said the children are all of a sudden acting terrible at school - hitting, yelling, fighting, pushing, etc. So, of course, I emailed her from my Blackberry as soon as I read that and said "I want to know what Caroline is doing so we can address the behavior with her." Here is Ms. Toney's response:

"Yes the kids have been totally crazy lately. Caroline is really fine. The only thing she ever gets in trouble for is talking. That girl can really talk! LOL She just can't help herself."

This is the same child who we intentionally didn't put in a Montessori school because we thought she was "a little behind" in her social skills and we wanted her in a "play-based preschool". Ha - I guess she's advanced in her talking skills. :) We had a hard time taking it seriously since she isn't doing any of the bad things but I tried to keep a straight face and talk to her about not talking too much at school. (Can you say "the pot calling the kettle black?" :) ) She really does talk all day at home too. Constantly. To herself. To us. To her dolls. To her new imaginary friends who she repeatedly reminds me not to step on.

4. Caroline has her first Zhu Zhu pet, a yellow hamster named Pip Squeak. She will leave him "on" and I will see a little "rat" moving across the wood floor and its scares the beans out of me! Pip Squeak has a slide and little play area - its really one of the funniest things I've seen. Caroline tells Pip Squeak to mind her and to be a "good little Zhu Zhu pet." He slept with her the first night but now she's found him a home in a empty cookie tin from World Market. He's really cute and it sure beats having a real hamster to feed and clean up after!

5. One day at the beginning of February, Caroline was going to the potty and asked me to come up with a Valentine song. So I made one up and she sings it all the time. The funny part is that she can't make the "V" sound so this is what she sings:

"Oh Balentine, Oh Balentine!
How do I love the dearly"

She laid in bed the other night and sang it for so long. I know I should have gone into her room and asked her to stop singing and go to sleep but it was too funny and I couldn't stop laughing.

Valentine's Day, etc

On Saturday, February 13th, Kevin and I went out to Trulucks for Valentine's Day. On Sunday the 14th, Kevin took Caroline and I out to dinner at Gloria's for our Valentine's date. Caroline put on a necklace and rings and put a flower in her hair because she was so excited about her date with us.

After Valentine's dinner, Caroline put on her nightgown and showed us just how much she loves us.


Caroline and her Valentine reading Dora's Valentine Adventure before bedtime on the 14th.

My favorite card I've ever received! Caroline wrote "Mom I Love You" on my Valentine's card. I am still so in love with the card!

Caroline baking cookies for Daddy with her new Princess spoonula.


Some bolts needed tightening so we called in our handywomen. Caroline loves using an allen wrench.

Did I mention she was wearing a princess dress while doing her handywoman work?


Here are some picture of us sledding last week from my friend Allison's camera.
Look at our sweet snow bunny!

Caroline's Quote of the Day

Caroline has a rash on her bottom. I only tell you this because of her quote from this evening:
"My bottom is red and that's Mommy's favorite color."

Isn't that sweet? Even in the midst of a rash, she's still thinking about me. :)

Snow Day #2

We had more snowfall last night while we were asleep. Apparently we received a foot of snow in
24 hours and broke the weather record for Dallas. Fun!

Caroline was laying on the couch this morning, still not feeling well, and then all of a sudden remembered about the snow and looked out the window. I love these pictures of her realizing there is snow and then deciding she wants to "bundle up" and go out in it.


Here are some pictures from outside when we woke up this morning.





Look at how low the power cords are hanging because of the snow. I guess that explains last night's power outage.
And this explains our satellite not working.

Snow Day!!

Today, Dallas received 7 inches of snow and we had a blast. Caroline is sick with a fever virus but she still played in the snow and loved it!

So what happens when you combine a wanna-be photographer with a new SLR camera and a snow storm? A lot of pictures!

Our street sign.
No playing on the swing set today.
Our house
Our street
Our street (from the other side)

I love this picture of Caroline trying to catch snowflakes!
Kevin, Caroline, and Farrah working on snowman #1.


We tried to teach the girls how to make snow angels but they seemed a little frozen in place.



Eating snow is good for a sore throat, right?

The family, including Farrah. This is the finished product for snowman#1. We used the rake to get the snow into balls.



Now its Mommy's turn to eat snow. I had to eat around the grass stuck to the chunk of snow she offered me. She was too excited for me to turn her down.

You know you're from Texas when you stick a ruler in your yard and get excited about 4 inches!

Snowman #1 was covered up by more snow. Plus, while Caroline napped, some neighbors built bigger snowmen than us. We knocked Snowman #1 down and started over. We had to have the biggest and coolest one on the street. The following pictures were taken a few hours after the first ones - look how much more snow we have!

Our attempt at sledding. It was another "You know you're from Texas when..." moment.

More sledding...

Snowman #2. We had to get creative to beat out the neighbors. Its kind of a redneck Snowman.