Hmmmm, is there a theme here?

So we are not sure how long this phase will last in our house, but everything to Drew is in terms of Lightening McQueen(Drew just calls him queen for short) or Thomas the train. Here is a few shots of a Lightening McQueen day. I know this is the first of many phases of things to be obsessed with, but Todd and I think it is cute. Now will it be cute in a month, when we are out at Walmart and Drew spots a McQueen pinata?? Probably not.

What else can we do on rainy days?

You can never go wrong with forts(very under-par one at that) and having the couch turn into a trampoline with a sea of pillows to jump into. They could do this for hours.

Following in Mama's foot steps

I'll admit that at times I get just slightly tired of the whining, but there is nothing an ipod shuffle can't help in that area.(he he) Lilly has seen me wear it when I get her from her nap and now wants to wear it constantly.


Learning how to groove with the ipod shuffle. Made for a munchkin like Lilly. That should be their new motto.


Maybe a song off the Twilight soundtrack brought on this smile?? It makes the mama smile.


A dance move must have dislodged the ear piece and it was very concerning...as you can see from the look.

Just for a quick giggle

True Story

* Let me start off my saying that Todd and I have been making an effort to say prayers with the kids before they go to bed at night. Just a little night time ritual where the kids name everyone they possibly know and we pray for them.

Back to the story now. I have been really trying to work with Lilly on her colors lately. Drew, as seen in a previous post, knows his colors pretty darn well if you ask his biased mother. So the concentration has been on my "youngest" child in the color department lately.

Setting: High Chair after dinner. Lilly is asking for an otter pop and the light bulb goes on in my head as a great opportunity to work on colors. I proceed to grab a pink otter pop out of the fridge. My mom is over and we decide to "go to work"

Grandma: "What color is this Lilly?"

Lilly: "Bluuuuue?" (Drew sitting next to her in his high chair is saying the correct answer every time the color question is asked by the way)

Me: "This is a pink popsicle Lilly. Can you say pink?"

Lilly: "Pink."

Grandma: "Good Lilly. This is a pink popsicle. What color is the popsicle?"

Lilly: "Bluuuuuue?"

Me: "This is pink. Say Pink Lilly."

Lilly: "Pink." (this conversation is repeated in this order many times until my mom takes a different approach)

Grandma: "What color is it Lilly?" (my mom is very lightly whispering and mouthing the word pink to Lilly)

Lilly: In a whisper voice, "Piiinnk?"(nodding her head up and down in a yes nod)

Everyone in the room ignites in a roar of screams and clapping that Lilly got the color correctly.

Drew: Screaming as loud as all of us with his arms in the air yells, *"AMEN!"

Second field trip to San Francisco

So a couple weekends ago we visited the new museum in Golden Gate Park.(the actual name of the museum is escaping me at the moment) Todd received the tickets as a gift through work, so we were very excited to visit and let the kids explore. This place was awesome and had so many great things to offer. Huge aquarium, multiple story rain forest, planetarium, and great exhibits. Our kids lasted about two hours, so we did what we could. We would love to go back one day when Lilly and Drew are older and have an attention span longer than two hyper puppies.

I apologize for the lack of faces in the pictures...there was too many things to look at to get the kids to stop and look at the camera.

Lilly noticed many of the animals in the glass cases did not seem to move. This pattern continued from case to case....but she still wanted to get a close look at all of them.


Casey and Lilly...an attempt at some faces in a picture


But as you see...there was just a lot of this going on.


This exhibit was the kids favorite. It was an interactive "game" where bugs and centipedes were crawling all over the ground(which was a giant computer screen) and the kids just loved finding them and chasing them. My kids figured out quickly that other kids were stomping on the bugs, and that's when Lilly and Drew's strategy changed.

Lilly was surprisingly very patient for the bugs to crawl from beneath the leaves.


Drew walked around yelling, "I did it" every time he stepped on a bug. You can tell he was very proud of himself.

Yippppeee for Date Night

So my handsome husband and I got away on Friday night to San Francisco to see the play, Wicked. We got to indulge in a delicious dinner and then see a funny, clever, and highly entertaining play. It was such a fun night out for the adults of the Petersen family.




As an added bonus to date night..."Lilly and Drew" brought me home from a sleep over at Nana and Boppa's my new favorite boots that I have wanted for a while. My kids are such great listeners.

To all of our family and freinds

Happy Valentines Day
Love,
The Bigness and The Littleness

Getting smarter everyday

Orange is a pumpkin patch according to Drew

He loves learning new things......a true "sponge" when it comes to learning. Drew's famous question, "What's that?" At least we haven't entered the "why?" zone yet!

Additional pictures from pier 39

Do we have a red head on our hands or what? I guess when you have a nice camera like Aimee...you get some extra color and details.


Touching some Bat Rays at Pier 39 aqarium


For hands on experiences such as these...let's hope we washed our hands before we ate lunch, right?

All the Cousins

Dinner at Nana and Boppa's means play time with our cousins. Nana and Boppa did their best to get everyone to look at the camera at the same time. It is nearly an impossible mission to accomplish.

Thumbs up?

Which ones are our thumbs again?


There's nothing like asking Drew and Lilly to give you a "thumbs up" to put a smile on your face

Dr. Lilly Petersen

A clinically certified adjustment will only costs you two otter pops per half an hour appointment. Todd thinks it is a pretty good deal.

The end has finally come

You know this day was coming. So it started December 30th (A good day being my brother's birthday as well) and it ended January 31st. It has taken me a few days to even get out of the dark place that is a life without the Twilight series in it. 2,444 total pages. Let's repeat that number...2,444.

What does it leave me?

A sense of accomplishment.... yes.
A hope for future reading..... yes.
A reason to do chores again....yes.
A feeling that someone just broke up with me....yes.
A reason to cross off days on my calendar until the movie New Moon is here...yes
A reason to get a Twilight tattoo....no.