Playing Bean Bag Toss

Uncle Lloyd brought his VT Bean Bag Toss game to the beach with him so we took it out on the sand one day and played.  Paige and Virginia loved getting to throw the bean bags at the Hokie Bird.

Beach!

We  had a great time at the beach!  Paige and Virginia loved the sand, surf and the pool.  I'll post more videos from the week as I have time.  Things are a little busy around the house since we're moving out in less than 3 weeks!

Dance Class

Last Sunday was Paige and Virginia's last dance class.  This is a video of one of the few times Virginia almost did what she was supposed to do.

Easter

Yesterday we went to my parents' house to celebrate Easter.  We started with an Easter egg hunt, which Paige and Virginia loved!

Helping Mommy

Virginia and Paige love helping me put on my boot.  They don't get it tight enough, but it's nice of them to want to help.  They've definitely got the concept of how it goes together, which I guess make sense since they've been watching me put it on for about 3 weeks.

Skype

My parents have started using Skype to video chat with my brother and his family in Alaska.  Last week Todd, Sandra and Keats were on spring break, so on Monday we decided to try to Skype with one another.  I first talked to them while the girls were napping, just to make sure everything worked.  Then when Paige and Virginia got up from their nap we talked to them again.  Paige and Virginia spent most of the time laughing at Keats and squeeling.  They were having their snack and trying to share with Keats.  It was so cute.  I took a couple of little videos of them while we were Skyping.  Here's one.

This week my mom is in Alaska visiting.  Last night we Skyped with them.  The girls loved it.  They loved being able to see Dee, Keats and Todd (Sandra wasn't home).  It was great until we had to say goodbye.  As soon as I closed the window Paige and Virginia started crying and telling me to bring Dee back.  We finally got them settled down by showing them some old videos on the computer.  Bedtime was a nightmare last night, though.  Skype with our Alaska family may have to just be a weekend thing.

"From Chuck"

When I was pregnant with Paige and Virginia we spent a weekend in West Virginia with Ben's parents and his dad's cousin, Chuck, and Chuck's partner, Rick.  When we were there Chuck gave us a framed card that was drawn by some relative of theirs that I can't remember at the moment.  The artist had sent the card to Chuck's mother, I believe, a number of years ago and now Chuck had it.  He decided to frame it and gave it to us.  It has been in Paige and Virginia's changing room since before they were born.  One evening last week Paige and Virginia picked it up and were looking at it.  We were talking to them about it and told them who had given it to us and the girls kept saying it.  We thought it was so cute we had to get a video.

The Park with Dee and Dude

On Friday we went to a playground with my parents.  Paige loved the rock climbing wall that they had leading up to the slides.  She was very proud of herself when she got to the top.

Tunnel Fun!

This is a video that Mimi took a couple of weeks ago while she was here with the girls.  They were having a great time playing with their tunnels.  And, yes, at the end Virginia is pointing out her booger.

Toddler Workout

We have a treadmill in our basement that I run on a few times a week.  Paige and Virginia know I run on it even though most of the time that I'm on it they're asleep.  Recently they've become really interested in the treadmill and want to "run" on it.  Here's an example of Virginia and Paige "running" at a blazing 1 mile per hour.

Walking in the Snow

When the girls and I got home from daycare on Thursday (Ben wasn't home yet) they decided they didn't want to go right inside, so they walked around on/in the snow in our front yard.  We've had lots of slight melting and refreezing, so there's a nice layer of ice on top of the snow, so in most places the girls didn't sink into it.  They loved it.  And I happened to have the camera in my purse so I was able to get some video.

Dancing with Babies

One day last week the girls and I were having a little dance party in the living room.  Paige wanted to be held so I picked her up and was dancing with her in my arms.  She must have thought that was fun because as soon as I put her down she went and picked up her dolls and was dancing with her babies.  So, of course, I grabbed the camera and got a short video of her.

Bouncy Girl

When Paige started dancing around I could not figure out what she was saying, but I took a video anyway because it was cute.  Then we were at Mimi and Pops' house on Friday and were playing in their basement.  Paige got out Mimi's yoga mat and was jumping on it saying "bouncy girl."  I watched this video again last night and finally figured out that that was what Paige was saying.  What "bouncy girl" has to do with "Ring Around the Rosie" I have no idea, but she seems to think they work well together.  So if you're trying to figure out what Paige is saying, it's "Bouncy girl, bouncy girl, all fall down."  Silly, bouncy girl.

Washing Mimi's Clothes

Friday the girls and I went to dinner at Mimi and Pop's house.  Ben was working late and Pops was out of town, and Mimi knew I needed a break (Ben worked a lot last week) so she invited us over for dinner.  She also had friends that came into town on Friday for the weekend, so there were 6 of us for dinner.  The girls had a great time playing with Mimi and Pops' washer and dryer.  I'm starting to think that our next washer and dryer might need to be front loading so that Paige and Virginia can help with laundry!

Dancing with Daddy

I remember dancing in the kitchen with my daddy when I was young.  I remember doing it like this where I would stand on his feet and then when I was older and I would just stand on my own feet and dance with him.  Of course, I didn't have a sister to come along and crawl through our legs.  This is a new thing Ben has started doing with Paige and Virginia, but I imagine it is something they'll enjoy doing with him for years to come.  I know I always enjoyed dancing with my daddy.

Another one just for fun

This video is actually from New Years Eve 2010, but it's a cute little video, so I thought I'd share it.  We were sitting at the dinner table and Virginia was eating a hamburger bun and using it to try to make phone calls.  She decided to call Mimi and Pops.

Week 2

This video isn't all that exciting to watch, but I think it's cute.  Paige, Virginia and I went to the grocery store Monday morning between appointments with people at the house.  The girls were so cute talking in the backseat that I pulled the camera out of my purse and took a couple of videos.  I'm not exactly sure what they were talking about, but they were definitely keeping themselves entertained.

New Year, New Idea!

I've decided that for 2011 I'm going to post at least one video a week to this blog. 

Today Paige, Virginia and I went to play at my friend Mollie's, aka Baby Tessie's, house.  The girls had a great time!  Mollie showed Paige and Virginia the cradle that she has (but doesn't use) for Tessie that her grandfather made before Mollie was born.  They put their baby dolls and bears down for a nap in it and then Paige started to rock them.  My favorite part of the video is when Virginia climbs into the cradle and Paige immediately went from saying, "Rocking babies," to "Rocking Sissy."