balls + balloons + grampy and grammy = fun times

Grammy and Bell

Bean and Grampy

Bell

Bean

Bell

Bean

Bean's tongue

uh oh!

the strings are just as much fun as the balloons

"hey...if we let go of the string and the balloon floats up to the ceiling, grampy will get it for us."

about to let go!

letting go!

beautiful

"let's put the string under the pumpkin so the balloon doesn't float away" - good idea grammy

the bean and her books

lillipops and lots of photos

Bell woke up from her nap early.
She got to pick a treat from her Halloween bucket. She picked this:

 

Then we had a little photo shoot:

 

Then Bean woke up and i took a few pics of her:

And then she got a treat too:

The only problem was, she had to eat hers w/ her sister "watching":

  Bell - "can i taste it?"
Bean - "no, you can just smell it."

toilet paper and perceptiveness

This morning, Bell was sitting on the potty and I was sitting near her. I needed a tissue to blow my nose, so I just grabbed a little bit of toilet paper. As I was blowing my nose, Bell said, "no mommy, that for your bottom, not your face. no mommy".
:)
After I threw the toilet paper away, my eyes must have been a little watery and Bell looked at me very intently and then asked, "mommy miss daddy?"
she thought i was crying, or at least sad.
i suppose that most of the time, when she sees me feeling sad, that's the reason.

she is so sweet

actresses

Some people are born actors and some ... not so much

Bell

Bean

hmm... which is which?

Happy Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween from my Duck and my Ladybug.

 

Bell - the duck & Bean - the ladybug

the girls with Aunt Jill - the flapper :)

Aunt Jill with her very tough BEARS player :)

My nephew - the brave fireman

getting ready to go trick-or-treating

they're are just confused at this point :)

trick or treat!

"mommy, the smoke is going in my nose"

Bean, checking out her loot

Bell, going through her yummy candy

The girls really enjoyed trick-or-treating. They said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at every house. (sometimes even "happy halloween") Very cute!

My favorite quote of the night:
After visiting 3 houses, both girls are walking - looking into their baskets containing 3 pieces of candy - and both are exclaiming "a lot of candy!" "i have a lot of candy!"
I have a feeling their perception of "a lot" will change in Halloween celebrations of the future.

Happy Reformation Day

Here are a couple of pictures from our Reformation Day Celebration 

(which consisted of church and steak n shake - neither of which are actually in these pictures)

before the fun day really began 

Bailey and Bean

Bell

Bean

 

 

 

 

hats and scarfs and gloves - OH MY

Yesterday I got out the winter accessories tub. Who knew it would be so much fun!

 

Bean with mommy's hat and daddy's glove

Bell in mommy's hat

Bean with hat and scarves

Bell in daddy's hood

Bean with mommy's hat and daddy's glove

Bell with mommy's scarf

one small section of the aftermath

 That last picture is telling... i'm not sure if it says that i have 2 2year-olds, or way too many winter accessories.

playing with Jesus

Today, during dinner, the girls and I had a really amazing talk. At some point Darin was brought up and Bean said, "daddy in heaven playing with Jesus" I asked her what she said, and when she repeated it, she changed a word. She said, "Daddy in heaven, singing with Jesus". I went to get my video camera and asked her to repeat it. For some reason it was just a beautiful thing to hear.
We talked about how Daddy is in heaven with Jesus and how he's happy. We talked about how we miss Daddy, but that we're happy too, because Jesus loves us and promises to take care of us just like he's taking care of Daddy now.

They were actually participating in the discussion. At one point Bell asked me if we miss Jesus too. I ventured past the point of 2 year old understanding to explain how Jesus is everywhere, so we never have to miss Him. (i got blank stares on this part... but who can blame them, we adults don't get this either... i just got a little carried away)

I told them how when we pray it's like we're talking to Jesus and I asked them what they wanted to tell Jesus.
Bean: "I tell him I saw Grammy and Grampy & I go upstairs and go night night."
Bell: "Uncle Chris and Jennifer, he can talk to them. I eat some corn right now."
Bean: "I want to tell him that too" (that she was also eating corn)

As much as that made me laugh, inside of course, those little things ARE things Jesus cares about. He cares about those things because they matter to two of his most precious children. Just like he cares every time I tell him how much I miss Darin. He knows, better than anyone, how happy Darin is and how unnecessary it is for me to be anything but happy for him... but He cares that I hurt, that I miss him.

What an amazing Lord.

And on a lighter note...here are a few other "gems" from the girls today.

Bean: what you doing, mommy?
Me: putting on some music.
Bean: Oh! That a good idea, mommy.

Bean(while flushing) : go bye bye poopy, you stinky!

Bell was walking around with her eyes closed, running into things this afternoon. I asked her what she was doing. "Closing my eyes and walking"   oh. so glad i asked.

Bean (on her "cell phone") : Hi Grandad, how you doing today? pause This Bean, that Bell. pause. yeah, I hav'n good day. bye bye.

While telling the story of Zacchaeus (yet again), I pause at the "Zacchaeus, you come down" part where they usually fill in that phrase. Tonight, Bell said, "Zacchaeus, you come down. That's MY tree".  lol

WBW - Potty Training :Day 3.5

Way Back Wednesday:
again playing along with cheryl at www.twinfatuation.blogspot.com

halloween last year
salt (Bell)  and pepper (Bean)

 

Day 3.5 of potty training. It is 4:00 and we've had 0 accidents today!! Whooo hooo!!