Mondays, runny noses and hidden pictures

So, I haven't really written any blogs about what is going on in our lives. I feel a little overwhelmed like I should write a book but really I know that isn't necessary. Let me just cover a couple of things.
Sophie
She cracks us up all the time. Yesterday she was commenting on how Uncle Kritter calls Aubrey "Crusty" and she doesn't like it. Caleb told her it's okay that's just his nickname for Aubrey and Sophie said "oh, you mean like Nick" (a guy who was over at our house Friday night).
She said something else last night that I can't remember.
Aubrey, well, she just walks around most of the time with a big grin on her face and her hands going up and down in the air. She thinks she's jumping when she does this.
They both love the sandbox Great Grandpa Cattermole set up for them last week and they both have extremely runny noses at the moment.
As for me, I'm excited about us going to the Philippines this summer (probably if God continues to open doors). We applied for passports this weekend. Boy, was that a big job. I finally got all of the birth certificates and everything all taken care of and we got to the post office and saw we had a rather long wait so we decided to take the girls over to my in-laws to take their nap and Caleb and I could wait in line and get everything taken care. Unfortunately, we didn't realize the girls had to be there for their passports. So, I went back to my in-laws woke the girls and brought them over to the post office. The whole process took from 1 until 4pm. But the girls did surprisingly well. I guess with all of our travel plans flexible children is a must.
I'm wanting to get a bunch of stuff done as usual today. Mondays are always an ambitious day for me. And I'm ready for my household to be healthy once again. Thankfully, it is at least clean.
I'm going to make the whole Corned Beef and Cabbage meal tonight for dinner. Maybe I'll try to do something fun and green for the girls, too. We will see. Oh, I highly recommend the Family fun magazine website. It is great for good, wholesome ideas for families.
Oh, speaking of that, when I was a kid we always got Highlights magazine and our 'highlight' of the magazine was the hidden pictures thing. Well, a couple of weeks ago we got a trial hidden pictures magazine geared for kids Sophie's age so we subscribed and this weekend we got the first one. It is so much fun. The new improved version is still black and white but you put colored stickers on the pictures when you find them. We've already had a lot of fun with it. You all should try it!

#71 Completed but not here

I forgot that ordering business cards was on my 1001 list. I did this last week. They're not here yet but I finally did it. I've had my Creative Memories business for two years and this is the first time I've actually done real business cards. I'm excited!

#27 Take the girls to the snow

I combined two of my goals last week and took the girls up to Wrightwood with my friend Elsie and her daughter. The other goal of seeing my grandma more regularly was accomplished as well. We went to visit her, had lunch and then headed up to Verdugo Pine's Bible camp where there was plenty of snow. We had a blast! We borrowed an inner tube from the Moss family and on Sophie's first trip down the hill she had a terrified look on her face but every trip after that she giggled and carried on the whole way down the hill. Then, we put Sophie and Soren in the inner tube together and they loved it. Next, Aubrey begged, signing 'please' repeatedly, with great enthusiasm pointing up the hill whenever the girls would ride the inner tube so we put Sophie and Soren on the bottom of the inner tube with their arms around each other and Aubrey on top. Sophie and Soren each held onto Aubrey with their free hand and all three girls rode down together giggling delightedly. It was so much fun! Elsie and I talked on the way home about how much fun it is to see your child having fun. I could never imagine that before I was a parent but I get it now. I suppose this trip was as much for me as it was for them.

#67 and #68

Well, I did have my first framing Get Together and I convinced my photographer sister to try getting one of her pieces framed. So there are two in one. Yeah! I actually had a couple of my little sister's pieces framed, too. I can't wait to see how they turn out! I'll try to post a picture.

#50 Completed

#50 Complete a toy organization system for my children
I've done it! Unfortunately, I'm to disorganized to know where my camera is to take a picture but it is cool. The bins from IKEA all have photos of the toys that belong on the inside taped to the outside. I'm hoping this will really help!