Hello, Spring??

March ushered in the first day of Spring Break with a cold and slushy snow storm. The snowy/rainy mix has been falling in full force since we woke up this morning and it isn't expected to stop until late tonight. The forecast is calling for 2-4 inches. So much for March being "in like a lion and out like a lamb." It's more like in like a lion, linger like a lamb for a few days, then metamorphosize back into a lion again. Poor March is so confused. I think it's about time it spoke to a psychiatrist about the identity crisis it's going through.

We're trying to make the most out of the crazy weather. As soon as the girls got up this morning and looked out the window, they donned their snowsuits, boots, hats, gloves, and scarves and headed out to explore the wintery world outside. Lillian got too cold and retreated back inside before I could finish getting Liam bundled up, so I only got pictures of Sydney and Liam.

Now I'm waiting at the dentist office with the two little kiddies for Lilly to finish her check-up. Keep your fingers crossed for no cavities!

"Free Herd Shoop"

Lillian and Sydney have been up to something in the bathroom upstairs.  They told me I wasn't allowed to go up and see what they were doing.  That either means they're doing something they know they're not supposed to be doing, or they're cooking up some big surprise for me.  I decided I didn't have enough energy to go investigate if it was the former, and lucky for me it wasn't!  

I just got back from a little spa treatment.  When they finally beckoned me upstairs I saw this sign on the bathroom door:

Lillian translated it for me: Free Hair Shop by Lilly and Sydney - Love, The Shop.  Then she drew some decorated Easter eggs on it.  The girls were dressed in their fancy summer flower girl dresses and they directed me to sit in a little chair that was on the side of the bathtub.  They had a little towel to put on my neck under my hair and they wanted me to lean my head over the edge into the tub while they poured a big bucket of water over my hair.  Then they would "squeeze the water out of my hair with the towel," as Lillian explained.  

I hesitated for a moment, not only because I didn't want to get doused with water all over my head, most of which would undoubtedly land on the floor, but also because I actually took a shower today and already did my hair.  Having curly hair, it's kind of an ordeal to get my hair wet because it means I have to style it afterwards (if you have curly hair, you'll totally understand).  I explained this to the girls and asked if they could paint my nails instead- I tempted them with the offer by telling them they could even pick out any color they wanted!  They were thrilled with the idea, so I sat down in the chair with the little towel in my lap instead of on my shoulders and the girls busily went to work.  After a meticulous nail painting session, I feel pretty and pampered, and Lillian says the colors make me ready for Easter!

The picture above is our attempt to take a self portrait- Sydney hit the button for us.  Lillian painted my left hand orange and Sydney did my right hand with pink!  I'm so lucky to have girls to take care of me!!

Little Email

I just got an email from Lillian, which she sent from my email account. :) This is what it said (with her original spacing):

I    Love    you    Mom    Love       Lillian

So she doesn't have to hack into my email anymore, Lillian now has her very own email address! LillianDoran@gmail.com Send her a line, and she'll be more than happy to respond to her [fan] mail.

Rocket Ride

This was my conversation with Sydney during lunch today:

Sydney: Mommy, can I go on a rocket someday?

Me: Sure, sweetie.

Sydney: Well, there has to be a buckle so I won't fall out.

Me: Yes, good idea.  We don't want you to fall out.

Sydney:  Yea.

My Funny Kids

Lillian and Sydney have been saying some funny cute things lately.

On Saturday we took a family trip to the Please Touch Museum.  I found myself alone with Sydney in the 3 and under play area that's set up like a little town.  I had fun watching her play in one of the houses, as she would go up and down the front steps, walk across the little porch and ring the doorbell (which actually rings) and talk to her imaginary friends when they opened the door.  Then she found a Sydney-sized wooden push broom and she put herself to work sweeping the front porch.  Every time I told her to look up and smile so I could take her picture she would say, "No, Mom, I can't.  I'm too busy brooming!"  It was so cute!

Tonight I read bedtime books to the kids in my bed.  Sydney picked Fancy Nancy "Everyday is Earth Day" (for the fifth night in a row...).  Afterwards Lillian and I started talking in British accents, trying  to be fancy like Nancy (not that she's British, or that you have to be British to be fancy, but British accents are just fun and you have to admit that they do sound quite fancy).  We were cracking each other up and as I was smiling and laughing Lillian looked at me and said, "Your face gets PIMPLES when you smile!"  It took me a split second to get what she said, then I asked her, "You mean DIMPLES?"  She responded with, "Oops, yeah! Dimples!"  She was a little embarrassed by her mistake, but we just laughed at that, too. :)