Why do we love the weekends?

There is lots of this:

And some of this:

Some movie watching and ice cream sharing:

 

 

Some singing:

 

And some relaxation:

 

That's why we love the weekends :)

-K

What do the girls do when we aren't looking?

Mommy and Daddy were taking pictures of this:

 

Lilly and Sadie were doing this:

 

And yes, they are stabbing Dora with their forks. Quite contently I might add.

-K

Baby Girl got her Ears Pierced!

We have always tried to get the girls' ears pierced as young as we could. I remember getting mine pierced and I didn't want them to. And the big girls love having their ears pierced and have been asking when Ruby could get hers done. Sadie is so excited for Ruby to get bigger so they can play together that having Ruby's ears done was one step closer to them all getting to play together.
I saw a woman with her baby girl at the hospital one day and her daughters' ears were pierced so I had to ask if it was done here in Turkey. Steven and I were afraid we would have to wait until we took our COT (continuous overseas tour) leave to get them done. But this woman told us her daughter's were done here at a place just outside of the gate. She told us they had to be six months old and we had to bring her birth certificate with us. Well as soon as we got her passport back we got her birth certificate back we attempted to get them done. No such luck, they were closed. So we went home to try again another day.
We got a phone call from the passport office here and they needed her birth certificate in order to get her new social security card. They spelled our last name wrong on the card. Yes, I know it is ridiculously hard to spell TODD. My gate pass was expired and we had to get her ears done before we turned in her birth certificate again, so Steven took her by himself. He said it was a very clean place and only one guy was there so one ear was done at a time. She did pretty well. He said she was only mad at him for about 15 minutes and then she was fine. She looks so cute and the big girls were super thrilled! Ruby hasn't been playing with, at least not until we clean them, and they have been healing very nicely.
-K

YiaYia's Chalk

So since the Lilly was a baby, YiaYia has been sending us boxes of goodies. When Lilly was able to talk she started calling them YiaYia boxes and goes nuts when we get them. Sadie has become fanatical about them even saying that, "This is the worst post office ever." In the last box she sent the girls some 3-D chalk. They have been dying to get outside and play with it and they even call "YiaYia's chalk". It has been pretty warm here so we haven't been letting them play outside much because they were getting sick being in the sun with the heat. A couple of days ago Steven took them out for a little bit to play with it. They loved it, but they started getting too hot to be out there. They had a blast coloring with Daddy and then putting the glasses on. Ruby had fun watching them too! If you look at the very first picture of Sadie, you can see how fast that they get hot outside. I don't think they were out there for more than 15  minutes and she is all red and sweaty.

 

-K

4th of July videos

More videos of my little monsters dancing in the park on the 4th. The password is July. ENJOY!!!


Untitled from kristen todd on Vimeo.



Untitled from kristen todd on Vimeo.

-K

Happy 4th of July!

We had a pretty good 4th of July over here. We sure did miss celebrating in England though with the carnival on Feltwell and good friends. The girls especially were hoping they would do the whole carnival/rides thing here but all the were really hoping for was the fireworks. We went to Arkadas Park on base here and they had food, some games for the kiddos, face painting, and a bouncy castle. The girls desperately wanted to jump in the bouncy castle but there were some bigger kids in there and they know all to well that big kids in the bouncy castle make them go flying all over the place! They got their face painted and Sadie actually enjoyed it so much that she asked the girl paint another heart on her other cheek. That girl is usually skiddish when it comes to face painting but she liked it this time. They enjoyed some games and then we got some dinner.

 

 

After we ate, the girls enjoyed music from the band Rantings of Eva. They were dancing and wiggling all over the place. Ruby even enjoyed dancing around even though it was past her bedtime. We hung around for a while and then headed out at 8pm. The girls were so upset that we were leaving and we hadn't seen the fireworks yet, but Steven was a little bored and a lot tired. The poor guy gets like no sleep because of working nights and then being up on his days off with us. Instead of going home we went to the Shoppette and got some ice cream, out air in the tires, and headed back to the park for fireworks at 9. We parked, sat on the tailgate and ate some ice cream. 

 

 

They all loved the fireworks, even Ruby. Sadie was so tired but didn't want to miss anything. We had a lot of fun and were pooped when we got home! I have some videos of the girls dancing that I will put them in a separate post! We hope you all enjoyed for Independence Day too :)

♥K

Baby's First Peach

 

Ruby had her first real peach and she LOVED it! She has had baby food peaches before and tolerated them, but nothing compares to the real thing! She was reaching and reaching for food on the table so I peeled the skin off and she went to town. She didn't eat as much as she sucked the juices out. She has been wanting more and more table-like foods. She always gets excited if someone is eating and she hasn't yet. We usually try to feed her before we eat and then give her Gerber Puffs/Wagon Wheels while we eat.

She is also saying "mumma" now. It so cute, except at 4am. Ha! She is growing WAY too fast!

These to crazy girls dressed as princesses while they watched Snow White. Now they want to watch EVERY Disney princess movie that we own, and probably some that we don't! They even wore these outfits when we ran some errands to the post office, BX, and commissary! They kept telling Steven that he could hold his princesses' hands when they were walking. They're nuts :)