rescued!

The heroic rescue!

Kaela stuck in the bathroom

So, last week on one of the 2 days that we were home between christmas and new year's, I was afraid that I was going to have to call the fire department. I should have known that something was up when I was actually able to take my shower uninterrupted. I finished my shower and realized the house was quiet...perhaps a little TOO quiet. I checked on the girls, Jenna was silently glued to the tv watching cartoons, but where was Kaela? I finally heard noises coming from the other bathroom. Jenna must have left the door open after she went to the bathroom (a major no-no in our house as that is how we keep Kaela from pulling all the toilet paper off the roll), and Kaela was in there playing. I pushed on the door to open it, expecting a room full of toilet paper, but the door would only open a crack. Kaela had managed to close the door, then open the drawer on the vanity, thus barricading herself in the bathroom. I tried to stay calm and politely asked Kaela to "close the drawer" several times. She proceeded to close the door of the bathroom which was open only an inch, not knowing the difference between "door" and "drawer". I decided a pair of needle nose pliers might do the trick, carefully I placed them through the door and clamped them down on the drawer runner. This seemed to work, at first, then Kaela thought it was a game. Each time I got the drawer halfway closed, she pulled it open again. Finally, after trying several different methods, I called Matt at work for help. I'd had a bad head cold and was too sick to think of anything else. Matt came home to the rescue and was able to close the drawer using a hanger that he bent just perfectly, and we didn't have to call the fire department!

New Year's 2008 (or 9, which is it?)

We enjoyed "2nd Christmas" at grandma and grandpa Kriete's house this year. The girls enjoy going there because they are thouroughly spoiled and don't have to compete with 7 other grandkids for attention from grandma and grandpa. We again enjoyed Wii competitions after the kids went to bed. Grandma and grandpa bought a Wii so they could stomp us in bowling, who would have known 2 60-year-olds would have a higher Wii fit age than 2 20-somethings!? Matt and I enjoyed a nice anniversary date/trip to St. Louis while grandma and Grandpa babysat. We will be married for 8 years on tuesday! In an attempt to help Jenna learn how to ice skate, we took her roller skating at the rink that is just down the street from grandma and grandpa's house. It was a lot of fun, and it brought back many memories of when I used to go to Leo's Roller Rink every Friday night, good times....

Christmas 2008

The doll beds Mammo made

Kaela doing yoga on the Wii fit

Ice skating with Katie and daddy

The swimming puppy Jenna got from santa claus

The bouncy horse kaela got from santa claus

Christmas Eve with Zoey and Emma

We had a great Christmas again this year. We had lots of fun playing in the snow and ice skating at the farm (Jenna got new ice skates for Christmas) and we learned how inbalanced and out of shape we are by playing on Zoey and Emma's Wii Fit (I'm still sore from hula hoop).

My mom continues to amaze me as she and my dad made the most incredible doll beds for all the granddaughters' American Girl dolls. They were complete with homemade quilts and pillows. She also made the most beautiful purses for all of us. I hope to someday be as talented as her. I started off this month hoping to make some things for the girls for Christmas but I quickly realized that I am most definately not in that stage of life right now. I really enjoy being mommy to 2 busy little girls, but I really have no time to take on projects any more! Oh well, maybe I will enjoy that again someday!