Walker Family Olympics

Aleksa LOVES to watch the ice skating during the Olympics, so we thought we would take her skating again today. She did really well today and by the end of the session she could pretty much get where she wanted to go. Cam and I tried out our triple axles but ended up halving them instead. Of course we forgot our good camera so all we have is footage from "Aleksa's" camera. We will bring a better camera next time. Aleksa had a blast though, it was so cute. I think we will go again tomorrow.

Disclaimer: We are sure its the bad camera that makes our jumps look wimpy- Cam said that he spun at least four times- but the poor film quality did not do his jump justice...

Proud Report...

I'm proud to report that the fourth member of our family is growing- that's right "baby"as in Aleksa's baby doll.... is growing. This morning Aleksa brought "baby" to me and asked for a pen- alarms should have sounded- they didn't I was getting my Nie fix for the day. Then I heard from the bedroom...

"oh good job baby! you growing so big! I so proud of you baby"

What?! I ran back to see and Aleksa was marking "baby's" height on her growth chart- joy. Aleksa is the proudest mom on the block this morning- she keeps telling baby over and over

"I so proud of you!"

Aleksa is all about falsifying her height as well- she is on her tiptoes here.

Pinch Proof.... Hardly

I made Aleksa this shirt for St. Patrick's Day and took her out to take some pictures in it, well it was FREEZING today so this shirt cost me $1.39 for the box of popcorn I bribed her with, she found .28 on the stairs and a nice lady over at Gift House Antiques gave Aleksa an ADORABLE coin purse because she thought she was cute. All in all not too shabby. I asked her who she wanted to give these pics to- "mmmm.... papa and sophie...." here's to you.....

Where's Waldo?

Can you spot our Waldo in this picture?

This is how Aleksa ate her breakfast yesterday and this morning. I suspect that she will eat with her Valentine's flowers until they die- which will be sooner rather than later since she loves them to death while she eats. I haven't caught her feeding the flowers breakfast yet, there's always tomorrow. Notice the flowers are red, she did not want pink she wanted razorback red.

Monday

I am usually not a Monday fan, as most of you know so today I am making a list of ten things I love today.

1-Sale at Target new V-day dishes!

2-Watching Enchanted with Aleksa

3-Diet Coke

4-Diet Coke

5-Craft Blog

6-Finger Painting with Aleksa

7-Clean House

8-Turned in Booth Fee and Application for Spring Show!

9-Visiting with my friend Heather and holding her brand new baby.. sigh....

10- FHE tonight with my two favorite people...

The Little Rock Club

This past weekend Cameron and I got away for the weekend. Cam was awarded a scholarship this fall and there was a big banquet in Little Rock for the scholarship winners. We had some friends from the ward watch Aleksa and we headed to Little Rock. The dinner was held at the Little Rock Club, it was the top floor of the building with a great view of the Capitol.

It was a nice night that we spent with some of his fellow law school students and we were able to meet the people that donated the money for his scholarship.

The next day we were able to visit Central High in Little Rock, and go to the visitor's center to learn more about the Little Rock Nine. Central High was huge and beautiful, and the visitor's center was so interesting-I'm really glad we had time to go there.

Bedroom Makeover Part 1

Here is a sneak peak of part one of Aleksa's room makeover. Check it out on my craft blog.

In the Spirit of Valentine's Day

I see pink in our future.

Pink Coat.

Pink Lips.

Pink Eye.

Pink Medicine.

When Aleksa woke up at three am with goopy eyes- I knew it could only mean one thing- pink eye (insert gloomy music). Since I spent my fair share of time with pink eye I could tell right away. Luckily she loves her pink medicine- she begs to have it all the time.... and her eyes have already cleared right up... hooray for modern medicine and hand sanitizer.

Happy Birthday Cam (Take 2)

So last night we celebrated Cam's birthday by going to dinner at Hog Haus and by having Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake with some friends. Happy Birthday Cam! I love you and all that you do for us!

Both girls demanded that their Daddies dance with them and dance and dance.... Aleksa, trying to entertain Cole by sucking a cup to her face...

When You're the Best of Friends...

These two crack me up, they are best friends. They have know each other since Aleksa was born. We got together for Cam's birthday last night and these two had a hay day with each other. Here they are scoping out the cake and sneaking conversation hearts. One of the cutest things is that not only is Sophie her real life friend but she is her best imaginary friend too. She is always "calling" Sophie on the phone, playing kitchen with her, etc.

Welcome to the Dark Side Cameron...

Cam can no longer harass me about the time I spend blogging and blog surfing- well at least he can't harass me as much. He has started his own blog about sports. He is a great writer and I love the articles he has posted- and I'm not just saying that because he's my husband- but it doesn't hurt. So go on over to his blog and check it out- or just send your husband on over and maybe they won't bother you about your blogging as much either.

Hey Good Lookin....

Aleksa LOVES her kitchen, and that may be an understatement. We knew that Aleksa would most likely like the kitchen since she always plays with her friend's kitchens. The funny thing is that she still will only play with the kitchens when she goes to her friends houses. We love our little chef!

Dear Cam:

Happy Birthday! Sorry this day has been no fun so far. Sorry you woke up sick and then were jumped on repeatedly by your 2 yr old as she told you happy birthday and I think called you sleeping beauty. Sorry I have to work tonight and that I gave you your present yesterday leaving you with nothing from me today but a power immunity smoothie. Let's try your birthday again on Friday- when you have no class, I have no work and hopefully you are better. So enjoy your last three days of being 27- after all Friday is your birthday this year- Right?

Love,

Heather

Extreme Room Makeover

So long story short Aleksa bailed out of her crib Saturday night and landed on her face- double bummer- bummer that she fell on her face and bummer now that we can no longer lock her in her crib. Yesterday we turned her crib into a bed and I slept by her crib all night long which made me realize how freezing her room is ( I was in a mummy bag even!). So today I am off to my favorite home decor store (Target) to get curtains, a night light, a pillowcase, and a way to control the toy chaos.

Side note- Aleksandra is drinking a glass of powdered milk right now and she thinks its awesome- Gross.