New Words

Hi~Leah here!
Hope you are enjoying the weather as much as we are! We were out riding our bikes today, and it was the BEST!
We're still in Mrs. R's preschool, and we're picking up some really interesting new words. Let me tell you about them.

1) Weird
triplet definition: An insult; a mean word
Now, just because I am little, some people might think I can't hold my ground.
If you want to test me, try calling someone in my family a naughty word, like weird.
At MOPS school the other day, my mom was our teacher.
One of the "big girls" in my class called my mom weird.
I got right up in her face, finger wagging in front of her nose.
"Don't you DARE call my mom weird! My mom IS NOT weird."
She was 5, and taller than me...but I didn't care. Nobody calls my mom such a naughty word.
Weird...a word you should never use...cause it will probably hurt someones feelings.

2) Horrificist
Horrific-ist (From the word horrific...learned from Beauty and the Beast)
Definition: Terrible, awful, no good, very bad
Used in a sentence by Brynn: "This is the most horrificist day of my life!" (because she had to wear PANTS to school rather than a dress--oh, the horror!)

3) Rude
Definition: What we call someone when we don't get our way.
Mom and dad are SO RUDE when they make us go to bed.
Mom is SO rude when she won't let us dress Reese the dog up as Rapunzel.

4) Whatever
Definition: Mom/Dad-you seriously don't know what your talking about. I'm 4, and I'm smart.
Example:
Mom: "Brynn, SIT DOWN on your chair. You're going to fall if you stand up."
Brynn: Ignores the suggestion
Mom: "Brynn, SIT DOWN NOW!"
Brynn: (eye roll) "What-ever!"


Some of our new words get good reactions....some...not so much!

But, we are getting pretty smart at preschool. 1 more year and we get to go to Kindergarten!
I can hardly believe it! I wonder what cool new words we will learn there!

Happy Tuesday!
Love,
Leah

Mom and dad on Mom's birthday:

Pictures by Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen

Random Acts of Kindness

January 28th I turn 32.

THIRTY TWO...boy, does life go fast!

High school feels like yesterday.

Wasn't it last week that I was practicing the running man in my parents basement?? Getting my drivers licence? Going off to college?

Am I really married with three kids??

Thank God I am!

I am so blessed! But, where does the time go?

Lately, I have had the song Blink by Revive in my head.

You can Google it to listen to the lyrics.

Here are a few:

Teach me to number my days
And count every moment before it slips away
Take in all the colors before they fade to gray
I don't want to miss even just a second more of this

It happens in a blink
It happens in a flash
It happens in the time it takes to look back
I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time
What is it I've done with my life? It happens in a blink.

Every time I hear that song on the radio...it kind of urks me. It really does happen in a blink, doesn't it?

This year to celebrate my birthday...I've been inspired to complete a mission. A mission of random acts of kindness.

I will complete 32 random acts of kindness this year. One to celebrate each year that God has blessed me. Some will be big, some will be small...but I hope they will all bring glory to God...and a smile to someones face.

I hope to bless some unsuspecting people and make their day a bit brighter. Just a small little way to "give back."

Random Act of Kindness #1:

Left $ on a vending machine.

Who doesn't love a free snack, right??

Random Act of Kindness #2:

Attempting to help jump a stalled car.

Today, in my work parking lot, there was a man who was sitting in his car for a LONG time.

(I know because I was parked in the WAY back of the lot...it took me about a year to get to my car)

Every time he turned the key, the car made an awful "putting" sound.

Now, I know NOTHING about cars...but I knew that wasn't normal.

Thanks to my FAB hubby and some car trouble of my own...I actually do know how to jump a car.

So...I checked for jumper cables and drove on over!

I asked him if he needed help.

He tried one more time, and what do you know...the car started.

Okay...so I didn't actually get to use my "jumping skills"...but at least he knew someone cared!

So, for the next year...along with adorable pictures of our girls...you will get an update on Project RAOK (Random Acts of Kindness). (I am sure they will be helping me with some of these!) And...hopefully through Project RAOK...our beautiful girls will learn more about the value of being compassionate and generous!

Here's to a great year (and many more) of counting our blessings!

Ali

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What We've Been Up To..

Hello Friends!

We've been so busy, we forgot to update you on all of the fun things we've been doing.

Christmas was a blast!

We must have been REALLY good girls, cause Santa brought us everything we asked for!

Bummer that he only comes once a year! :)

We're 4..and since we are big girls....we each want to give you our own update on us.

Maryn:

Let's see. Well, I love dance. (See a picture of our dance costumes below) And I love my teacher Mrs. Rebecca. And I love my Great Grandpa!

Every time I see him, I jump right into his arms.

I love to find his special lap.

(never mind that he is in his early 90's)

We have a special connection.

He gives the best hugs!

I love princesses...especially Ariel.

I love my cousin Alex. I love when he comes to our house. Feeding him is fun!

I love to sing. I sing lots of princess songs, songs about Jesus, and I even make up my own songs.

Mimi says I sing like a bird.

I do.

Brynnie here!

We got new jackets and snow pants for Christmas.

We're all set to go sledding and make snow forts! But where is the snow??

I love animals. Especially my dog Reese.

I LOVE Reese SOOOO much.

I love to rock her and carry her like my baby.

I'm not sure why, but she always runs away when she sees me.

Maybe she likes to play tag?

She's good! She can hide under my mom and dads bed where I can't get her.

No big deal though, I just wait until she comes out.

I know I am 2nd born, but mom and dad say I act like I am 4 going on 14...I've got something called sassy in my pants.

I guess that is what teenagers have??

:)

I went to the American Girl doll store for lunch with all of my cousins.

Look for a few pictures!

Leah Marie in the house!!

You can call me "fashionista!"

I like to dress myself every day. Head to toe.

I never forget sock-tights, sparkling shoes, necklaces, rings, bracelets and clip on earrings.

BEA-U-TI-FUL!

Sometimes I don't "match"...according to who??

I know I am gorgeous!

I love that it has been warm enough to play outside.

55 in January! Awesome!

I can't wait until it is really summer though, and I can wear short dresses with no tights.

Even more beautiful!

On Christmas, we got to play with the big boys!

Triple lift!! (aren't we cute!)

Happy Sunday!

Love,

MBL

Preschool Christmas Concert

Happy holidays!!

Right before Christmas we had our big preschool performance.

We sang our hearts out!

Mom made Maryn wear a dumb bow that I (Brynn) told her I absolutely WAS NOT wearing.

Good thing too! The mega-bow kept falling off Maryn's head right in the middle of our songs.

Poor Maryn. Where do you get a bow that big anyway?

Who's who????

Can you tell?

Mega bow flops again...

We had a great time at our concert. Thanks to all of our dear family who came to watch us perform!

Love,

Brynn

What we've been up to...

Hi, It's Leah!

Boy, have we ever been busy.

Trying to stay on the "nice list" isn't easy, you know.

We're so excited for Santa to come and leave us presents.

(Between you and me, I am not so excited about him coming into my house though. I told my mom to tell him he can leave the presents on the front step and we will get them in the morning!)

I asked for Bride Barbie this year.

Maryn asked for Rockin' Mickey Mouse and Brynn asked for a camera.

We didn't want to go sit on his lap, so we sent him notes in the mail.

He actually called us on the phone AND sent video messages to let us know he got our letters.

Pretty cool, huh?

I am still as into dress-up as ever.

I love to be a bride the most. But, a ballerina is fun too!

I also like to do my own hair, and put on lip gloss.

One morning, I wanted to make my hair EXTRA beautiful!

My mom puts some stuff (Vaseline/Aquaphor) on our cheeks to keep them soft in the winter.

Well, I thought....why not put it on my hair??

Soft hair is beautiful, right?

Just to be sure it was enough, I put gobs and gobs of it on my head and rubbed it in.

(I did Brynn's hair too)

My mom wasn't so happy...but I was so proud I walked into preschool and told my teacher I did my hair all by myself that day.

(This picture is after the THIRD time my mom tried to wash the Vaseline out....)

I know my mom wasn't thrilled, but I don't care! I think it is beautiful!

Brynn and I really like to dress ourselves these days.

One day, we got dressed at separate times (and without mom planning our outfits) and look what we both came out in.

I guess we both have a good sense of style.

Merry Christmas to all!

Can't wait to let you know what Santa brings us!

Love,

Leah

Party!!!

Weeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Saturday, we had our 4th birthday party. (We aren't REALLY 4 yet...but we celebrated with our friends that we are turning 4.)

Is there a day better than your birthday?!?

Ms. Katie taught us how to jump rope! Go Ms. Katie!

Natalie goes in for the dunk!

For the past 2 weeks, the first thing we do in the morning is run to the window to check for snow.

Guess what??

The first snow this year was on our birthday party day!!!

Here we are celebrating the flakes!

Yay winter!

Again, checking out the snow!

Maryn was expecially excited!

Happy birthday to US!!

When we got home, we ran outside to play!

We LOVE the snow!

We think God ordered it to celebrate our day! :)