A day in the life of the Steffen Sisters!: February 2015

"I'm a big girl" ….that is all I hear anymore. If Heidi isn't saying that she is asking "Why?". I keep asking her why why is her favorite word, but I have got no responses.

Alright sissy, I AM a big girl, so why don't you let me do the talking? Yes, it is true… I do ask why a lot. But as mom tells me, it is because I am so smart and I am learning so much right now. Because I am A BIG GIRL. You heard me. I will repeat it, I'm a big girl. Therefore, I now want to do everything a big girl does. This new found liberation is amazing. Here are some of the big benefits:

big girls wear makeup mommy

1. I am now in a big girl bed. While mom and dad left us to go on an airplane, I was told that if I was good for a whole week and didn't wake up at night that I would get a big girl bed. Well of course I slept like a baby for grandparents so I was rewarded. I am loving the new bed. Even if I fall asleep while reading a book, I must wake up so I can get in bed myself. I also enjoy taking all babies, books, etc. and putting them in my new bed.

I have got into a bit of trouble last night as apparently I am not suppose to get out in the middle of the night without permission. Darn big sister for setting such a high standard. I got a free pass since I have had a fever the last couple of days, but I am being threatened with my baby bed going back up.

2. I am now going on the big girl potty a majority of the time. I told mommy that I want to start wearing pull ups and nana said she would get me Anna underwear. Mommy doesn't seem so confident in my skills. I'll update you more on that progress next time I guess.

3. I proved I was a big girl at my trip to the dentist. It is always Amelia that gets do something and not me, so this time I talked mommy into letting me go to the dentist with Amelia. She didn't think I would do very good. Well I showed her, I was awesome. I opened my mouth wide and did everything they asked me to. No complaints. And get this, they give you toys and ice cream when you are done! I am obsessed with my bouncy ball I got too!

4. I can hang with my big sister at Gymnastics and other activities. Check me out!

Ok, ok….I agree she is getting big, but let's move on. I was pretty impressive myself at the gym last time. Mom and Elmo looked away for a minute, so I got brave and this is how she found me. That's right I scaled this wall on my own. I'm a ROCK star (get it?). That is, as long as no one is watching, I got to scared to recreate that big climb when mom actually went down below to spot me.

Legos with Elmo

I love owls!

As mentioned above, we have had some good time with grandparents. As a matter of fact, we saw Elmo 3 weekends in a row. She came and babysat when mom and dad went out to a work party (where he won a big award by the way!), we had lots of fun and finally celebrated Christmas!

looks like there was no snow!

The next weekend we road tripped to Lincoln for BJ's 40th Bday party. Wow, I guess everyone is getting old like daddy! Anyway, we had lots of fun playing with Elmo. We also got to FINALLY go sledding, since I have been asking about it for months here. They had enough snow in Lincoln for us to give it a shot with Ella and Dale. Since then we have got an inch here or there here, so I have been making mommy go sledding on the golf course every day possible. I only want to go if I see our neighbor, Abby, outside. I really like her. Before we headed out of town we also got a quick visit in with Papa McLain. He wasn't feeling great, but we got to hang out long enough where we got to practice our gymnastic skills on his furniture (I know he loved that). He also gave mom a bunch of old papers and pictures. Flipping through a couple when she was little, we actually started realizing that maybe we are mom's kids after all! What do you think?

Then, the day after we got back into town…we had to say goodbye to dad. He got on an airplane! We couldn't really see them at the airport so mom took us down some secret back road where we parked on the other side of the airport fence and watched the big planes land almost on top of us. It was SO loud, but cool. We fended ok, just us girls while dad was gone….but we missed him for sure. Then Elmo came back again to spend some more time with us when mom left to get on an airplane to meet him in California. Wait, Arizona… i keep mixing those up! Anyway, we had a lot of fun playing with Elmo while they were gone. The last couple of days we got another shot of fun when nana and pop pop showed up to spend the last couple days with us. How lucky are we? They even took us to the airport on Sunday so we could all go pick up daddy. I was beyond excited when I saw him. I know, I wouldn't let him put me down. We had lots of hugs to catch up on after a whole week!

Glad that we are all back together and enjoying some more quiet time. Until next time…enjoy the pictures. Heidi OUT!

Check me out from parent's watch night. I can't show you the video of the preview from my recital…but I'm getting good!

I also am SO ready for some summer time tee ball!

Fun playing in the snow at home