Friday, February 25, 2011

Outside Fun

The girls can't get enough of this sunny weather. Ellie loves to run around, and Ainsley is enjoying learning how to climb the slide and watching her sister. One day we were outside, Ellie started singing just like we do at church. I ran to get the video camera and recorded her. She ends up catching me videoing her after a few seconds. She still continues to pretend she is the Sunday school teacher. She reads them bible stories, lines her imaginary students up in line for worship, and then leads her students in singing at worship. It's so cute!

A Warm February Day from Laura Hanlon on Vimeo.



I got another video of Ainsley waving. She loves to wave at EVERYBODY. She will spot people, even when I think there is nobody around, and just wave to them. These girls get so much attention.

Ainsley waving from Laura Hanlon on Vimeo.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Letter Sounds

Ellie has known her letter sounds for a few months now, but I just never have gotten it on video until the other night. She also can recognize all the letters, although a lot of times she's not very motivated to identify them for you. We're about to start writing letters. I didn't think we were quite ready for this but Zach showed her how to write the letter E a few days ago and yesterday she wrote a letter E that actually resembled an E (it had a few extra lines in it)! I can't believe how much she is learning in such a short amount of time, she just soaks it all up.

Here's her letter sounds:

Friday, February 18, 2011

Marbles Fun

I no longer can take both the girls to Marbles by myself, so we get to have fun on the weekend's with Daddy. I love taking the girls to play, but the problem is that they don't play together much.

Ainsley likes to play on the ramps:
Ellie likes to drive cars... but I did get them in the same play space here (Ainsley's in the back of the truck):
Finally, in the same place. Cars seems to be the key, too bad they don't keep their attention the whole time.:
Not only did we get to play our usual, we also got to have a special treat. Marbles was having a Valentine's day event for members. We got to make some yummy chocolate dipped treats, color Valentine cards, and practice being cupid:


We love Marbles!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Adoption Update: Patiently Waiting...

Adoption update: We have been waiting for our CIS approval, for 6 weeks now! I was thinking this would be the week!! Zach and I have been meaning to e-mail them and see what is taking so long, but have been a tad bit lazy and haven't gotten around to it. Well a letter came yesterday, I was so excited but then became very sad. The letter said they were unable to process my fingerprints. WHAT?? Seriously. Ok, I'm trusting in the timing here but a tad bit frustrated. I will have to go back for another appointment to do my fingerprints. So it looks like it will be another month before we are on the waitlist... 2 months past what we had orignally thought. I will be patient, I trust that He knows what He's doing, His timing always works out for the best.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day


I'm not a big Valentine's Day person, I think it's a little silly because you should be doing nice things for the ones you love throughout the year. I think they make way too big of deal about it, although I do love hearts and the color red. It is another excuse to do something special, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

I haven't been feeling very well the past week, so Zach decided to make dinner for me for Valentine's Day. I thought it was delicious and perfect. Zach on the other hand, not so much, especially the next morning. He had not cooked his chicken enough, and well the next morning he had a tad bit of a stomach ache. Luckily it lasted until mid-morning and he recovered quickly afterwards. He did make a delicious pie that lasted for days, what a Valentine's day treat!


A Valentine's Day we'll remember. I'm so glad I have such an amazing, handsome Valentine :)

Friday, February 11, 2011

Little Gym Birthday Party

Ellie's friend, Caleb, had a birthday party at the Little Gym. I was super excited because I heard Little Gym parties were a lot of fun, and they were right. Both of the girls had so much fun, we wish it never would end. Here is some of the fun we had:

Climbing:

Parachute fun with the birthday boy:

Waving hello:

More parachute fun with Daddy and Addison:

Waiting for the inflatable bounce thing to blow up:
Bouncing!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Snow... again

We've had frequent snow this winter for North Carolina. Ellie looked out of the window first thing this morning (before even calling for us, a HUGE surprise) eagerly expecting snow, and Ainsley was highly interested in the snow as soon as she looked out the back door. They both wanted to go outside in it, and as soon as they did, this is what they did:

Just stared at it. These two barely can stop moving any other day and they were EAGER to go out in the snow, yet they just stood there. I was somewhat surprised they didn't walk around or SOMETHING. Ellie eventually picked up some snow:

But Ainsley just stood there:

Monday, February 7, 2011

In LOVE with BOOKS

Ainsley LOVES books, she is constantly surrounded by a pile of books. She loves to flip through every page of EVERY book. Daddy is very happy that someone in the family shares his same desire.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Our New Playmate, Little Gerry

I started keeping a friend's little boy, Gerry Milburn Felton IV, last month. This may be part of the reason why my posts are slacking (and also the fact that I am always busy chasing my two little ones around). His mommy, Shaina, had to go back to work (just part time) and had asked us before he arrived to keep him. We are excited to be able to help our friends and take care of him for the few hours she works.

You might think I'm crazy for doing this, but actually having him only from 8a-3:30p, 3 days a week isn't bad at all. I think adding a 3rd one is a LOT easier, especially when he isn't yours to keep! Babies are such a joy and so sweet, I love having them around.

My morning starts off with this, all three on my lap:

Both Ellie and Ainsley LOVE little Gerry. They always get so excited when he arrives and when he wakes for his naps to play. They both are quite the little helpers, although there are moments where they get in trouble.

Such cuties! They're getting practice in for before their little brother arrives! We can't wait!