Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I know its been a while, but I thought I would update everyone on our family. There is not too much going on, Malaina is loving 2nd grade and making all A's. Maili will be turning 2 this May and has turned out to be my wild child. She knows how to push our buttons, but is still so much fun! Right now her favorite song is slippery fish. She makes a really cute "oh no" face. Malaina will be playing spring soccer again. She is my 7 year old going on 16. In case you didn't know, you can email malaina at her very own email address, malainaaronson@hotmail.com.

At the park

Last weekend the weather was beautiful! We took the girls to the park! Here a few pics from that.

Cute little video

I know it has been a little while for an update. That's what happens when you have 2 kids (one busily involved in soccer). Well, things have been exciting here in Avon, IN. Malaina is in second grade this year and seems to be doing pretty good.

Maili will be 18 months this week and is full of energy and always demanding attention. Basically my life has been going like this... 1. work 2. home to work on homework 3. make dinner 4. get kids bathed and ready for bed 5. work on college class work.

I'm looking forward to winter break. I know it is a little bit of time away, but one can be hopefull.

The girls and I were hanging out in our PJs today and thought you would enjoy watching Maili dancing! I thought it was cute.

Easter

HAPPY EASTER! Our weekend started Thursday night, when Grandma and Grandpa arrived. Malaina was awarded April writer of the month for her class on Friday at the First of the month Convocation. Malaina was super excited to have Grandma, Grandpa, and Daddy to be there to celebrate! Friday after school we got busy dying easter eggs. With in no time Malaina's fingers turned blue!

The weekend continued with Nana and Papa arriving late that night. Sat. morning Malaina had her first spring soccer game! She had both sets of her Grandparents cheering her on, even though it was very chilly out! Sat. afternoon we all headed to Greenwood for a service to celebrate Carrie's succesful pregnancy with Baby Ella and to make sure she knows that she once had such a beautiful big brother Chase. Balloon's were released for Chase and Carson Morton and Ella was showered with rose petals. We ended up heading to Easter service on Sat. night. On our way home we realized we were going to have a few more guests then I realized and we ended up having 14 people stay at our house. We ran out of rooms so Malaina and Chloe slept in the tent in the upstairs hallway. They were both SUPER excited!

Easter morning was exciting. The girls woke up and checked out their Easter baskets! We then headed outside for a chilly Easter Egg hunt. Maili even found and egg!

Malaina and Chloe with their baskets!

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e Malaina headed to bed, we were talking about why we celebrated Easter! It was really refreshing to here her tell what she knew about Jesus (instead of saying the Easter bunny.) She said that today was the best day and she had a lot of fun. We had a great time with our families and I was def. sad when everyone left. I couldn't imagine a more perfect Easter weekend! Happy Easter Everyone!

The End of the Break!

Well, we had an eventful last few days of spring break. On Thursday morning Ben had to go to a doctors appointment so the girls and I were alone. When Malaina woke up she asked for me to make Mickey Mouse pancakes (because Maddy said her mom was going to make them.) So... instead of mickey mouse pancakes, I made caterpillar pancakes. Check out the photo below!

After Ben got home from his appointment we decided to drive to Louisville to possibly purchase him a new car. That afternoon we drove two cars home, my jetta and Ben's new BMW 530i. I would of uploaded a photo, but it was raining, so we couldn't get it out of the garage to take a picture.

Saturday night was a lot of fun. We had a going away party for my sister and her husband at our house. After all her friends left we hung out with my niece Ella. The pictures below are Ella trying out the Bounce-a-roo. Maili didn't understand why Ella was in her Bounce-a-roo. She was checking her out.

On our last day of our Spring Break, Malaina wanted to make a tent in the living room and hang out. Here she is hanging out in her tent. Maili enjoyed hanging out in the tent too. The bottom picture is the tent from the outside. Notice the entrance and exit is through the tunnel.

The next little video clip is Maili and Malaina playing with a ball. If you watch, notice the Maili is actually trying to roll the ball to Malaina. For most of you this is not a big deal, but for me.. this is really exciting! It really is the small things in life!

Spring Break!

Today we headed to Plainfield to their indoor swimming pool! Malaina, of course, had a great time! The real treat was watching Maili! She loved the water, even after her lips and feet turned blue. I even dunked her in the water a couple of times. She just batted her eyes and was fine. She really loved watching the big kids play and floating around the lazy river. Of course I took a lot of pics and a couple of videos.


She was really tired after a long day at the pool!


Say Cheese!

Sorry that the next couple of videos are sideways. I forgot on my camera you have to keep it horizontal. So just turn your head side ways to watch the next few videos. And yes Grandma, she is crawling around on the floor. Just close your eyes if it bothers you too much!

Malaina's Sleepover!

Malaina's spring break continues. I feel so bad that we are not going any where exciting so we decided to invite a friend over to spend the night. Malaina wanted to invite Maddy, a friend from school and on her soccer team, over. The girls had a great time last night eating home made pizza, watching Beverly Hills Chihuaha, eating ice cream, and doing their nails. Today I came downstairs to find the partners in crime using their creativity to make art work. Luckily the mess wasn't too bad to clean up.

Later they decided to make music videos. I couldn't pick just one video to show. They were all so funny. In some of the videos the girls decided to pretend reading a book.. If you look closely you'll notice that the book they are actually looking at is Malaina's bible. They were totally cracking me up. I hope you enjoy the videos as much as I enjoyed them!

After we finished making videos, we decided to go to McDonald's for lunch. This is a big deal for Malaina, because she only gets McDonalds on special occasions and with her grandparents. They got to eat their yummy chicken nuggets, apples slices and chocolate milk before we headed to the movies to see Race to Witch Mountain. I thought it was a pretty good movie, but Malaina was a little scared. Since I decided not to spend the $$$ on popcorn and candy at the movies, we then headed to Dairy Queen to get a yummy treat. I'm pretty sure the girls had a pretty good time, except for some minor 6 year old girl drama. Before Malaina went to bed tonight she said, "this was the best day ever."