Winter 2012 with the Kvilhaug's

We have been quite busy in the Kvilhaug household!

We recently purchased our home and are loving it and making it our own. It was a great purchase and was pretty much move in ready and I loved that! Thanks to my parents for letting us stay for a couple months while the three month process of purchasing a short sale home took place. It was worth the wait!!! The girls are still staying in the same room together as they prefer that. The other spare room is used as a toy room...I had to filter out toys because they have SOOOOOO much! Here are a few pictures I took a couple weeks ago! There are more pictures to take but haven't got around to do that but I will soon!


Here is the back mudroom!!!



Our bathroom...eventually will be replacing the tile but it works for now!!!


The view of our living room from the kitchen! There is a nice large front sun room (where the tree is)!!!


View from the front sun room! 


Our fabulous small lovely kitchen! 

The girls are loving playing in the snow with with their snow gear!

They both did fantastic visiting Santa! We were so proud of them! I thought for sure there was going to be a freak out but they were calm and told him what they wanted.

 


Now that we moved, Madison will be starting her new preschool on Jan 2nd. This is the school that she will attend for when she is ready for Kindergarden so it is great! We took a tour a couple weeks ago and she loved it. I hope it goes well since she is starting in the middle of the year.

The girls are loving the Christmas season. They had fun helping daddy put up the tree, talking to Sophie the Elf that visits everyday ;-), making cookies, painting holiday pictures and asking for new santa gifts everyday!

  We are excited for the upcoming year and hope your holiday season is filled with joy, friends, love and faith. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Years from the Kvilhaugs!!!!!

Yes...if you are wondering the W on the card is supposed to be a K but I didn't even notice this when I was ordering the card! What a dumbo head :-) TJ said the W will stand for 'Well Wishes'...hahaha! 

Avery wearing Nana's glasses!

One night, Avery was playing around and decided to put on Nana's reading glasses and boy it was hillarious. She was fine for a second and then couldn't figure out how to walk. We were all laughing soooooo hard!

Halloween 2012

Halloween was a fun time this year. We had so many fun things going on. Madison, Avery and I enjoyed dressing up in Halloween gear. Madison and Avery got to choose their outfits. Madison of course was a princess Snow White and Avery was going to be Ariel but decided to be Jessie (from Toy Story) at the last minute. 

These cute shirts are from Grandma and you can't tell but I am wearing a shirt that says something like, "I don't do costumes"!!!!!!!

Halloween day consisted of Madison having a party at her school where she got to dress up in her costume!  We got invited to go in and take a couple pictures of Madison and her class all dressed up! 

Halloween Night we went out to the Kvilhaug's in South St. Paul! We are moving there in a couple weeks and we wanted to let the girls Trick or Treat in their new neighborhood! 

TJ and I before heading out for the fun Trick or Treating! 

We do have a child missing...it would have been really cute if Madison joined! 

Madison as the cutest Snow White! 

Avery did Jessie proud :-)

Kvilhaug Clan on our way! I think we all had just as much fun as the girls did! 

It was a fun and great night!!!! Can't wait for next year!

One on One Time with Avery

When Madison is at school twice a week Avery and I have some great bonding time! 

Our usual routine would be:

•  Drop Madison off at school 
• Go walk around Target and get her a free cookie and I would usually get a coffee ;-) We would walk around and look at things or grab things that are needed. If anyone knows me, you probably aren't surprised!!!
• Go play at the park, mall or just run around.
• Once it is time to go pick her up Avery loves to go play outside while waiting for her. Avery misses her sister when she is gone. 

I love our bonding moments.

Avery at the park playing before picking sissy up! 

Madison's 4th Birthday

Madison had a low key birthday as we were moving in the middle of her birthday! She had a couple small gatherings and it turned out great. She got some very nice things and we all appreciate everything.

We asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she always told us she wanted a barbie house and she wanted everyone to jump out and say surprise to her.

On her actual birthday we had cupcakes and pizza for lunch with her cousins during the day and then she got to pick a restaurant to go to. She wanted to go somewhere that sings to her. She chose Applebees!!! If anyone knows us, Applebees is a big hit in our family! She ordered her food like a big girl and of course they sang to her. She was so excited until they got close and then put her head in my shoulders.
Avery on the other hand....LOVES when people sing happy birthday! She just has a big smile on her face and claps after it's done! We went home after dinner and she got to open her present from me and TJ. She got shoes from Avery! Lets just say she got what she wanted and boy was she soooooooo happy! Lets just say it is big and it's taller than Avery but they both love playing with it daily!

Madison and her birthday ice cream! 

Daddy and Avery celebrating Mad's birthday! 

Mommy and Birthday Girl! 

Madison's Barbie House! It is a huge it!!!

Back Tracking...Madison is 4!!!!!

Yes, Yes, Yes I have lacked on the posting the past month. We have been busy in the Kvilhaug home. We moved in with my parents temporarily while waiting to move in to our new home. We close on November 26th. We couldn't be more excited. So just be prepared for a bunch of posts...at least my kiddos are cute :-)

Madison turned the big 4 (going on 14) on October 9 this year! She is such a beautiful, smart, sassy, dramatic, loving and such a good big sister (most of the time)!!!!! We couldn't be more proud of her! Here is a picture of her school picture! She is sooooooo grown up!

Things about Madison:

• She is a very smart girl...sometimes more than her own good :-)
• She loves school!!!!!! She listens so well and follows directions...hopefully we get to hear more at her conferences next week! Makes mommy proud! 
• Loves to play at the parks. 
• Loves to be in control...she gets that from both her mommy and daddy! 
• She has become a crazy momma girl...until she is in trouble and then it's grandma/nana or daddy!!!! 
• She loves playing with her friends/cousins/sister! She loves to be the leader. 
• Knows all her ABC's and can count high...I think to thirty but can go higher with assistance from me. 
• Is doing sooooo good at writing. She has wrote her name a few times but loves to practice other letters. 
• Talks, talks, talks...asks questions, talks, asks questions and talks some more. She is always wondering about something and why something is something. 
• She is getting better and better at drawing pictures! 
• She loves to dance in front of the mirror or look at her hair and her clothes. She loves to wear her hair down so it flows like a princess. 
• She is about as girly as it gets. 
• She loves to help out with anything...cooking and cleaning! 
• LOVES to play games on the cell phone and the iPad...more than I want. 
• Has been showing more of very fun attitude...at times I think she acts like a 14 yr old. Oh joys :-)
• Has been soooooooo lovey lately and boy do I take that in. It makes all the attitude and meltdowns okay :-)
• Afraid of small puppies...afraid they are all going to bite her. She has been around big dogs her entire life but for some reason does not like tiny dogs. She will stay on the couch the whole entire time or on someones lap if needed...it can be quite irritating. She better get over that fear because mommy wants to get a dog again ;-)
• Is over 97% for both height and weight...been that way since she was born! Her sight and hearing is great...according to the doctors. If they would have asked me, I would have them double check her hearing. I think she is already having selective hearing...haha! 
• She LOVES her sister/sissy! They play so well together and so grateful for that. There are days I see what may evolve into sister rivalry but for the most part they get along great! 
• She knows whats right and wrong and will make sure to tell you if you are wrong. She sounds like little momma when she tries to scold daddy or mommy or anyone! 

Anyways...she is our perfect little princess and can't believe she is getting to be so grown up.

Slow down honey, we want to saver every moment!!!!! Mommy and Daddy love you so much and couldn't be more proud of you and can't wait for you to become such a great person!

Madison's First Day of Preschool

Yesterday, Madison Jo Kvilhaug started her first day of preschool. I have never been so proud, sad, excited, nervous for her! She was SOOOOOOOOOO excited that she could not contain her excitement. She was really thrilled that she got to wear her new back pack that we purchased over a month ago and has kept in the closet. 

I was a bit sad when dropping her off but I had only a few tears. When it was time to pick her up I was nervous to hear how she did. I got out of the van and she came RUNNING so fast and gave me a hug and said she did good (I just couldn't contain myself after that...haha). The teacher confirmed to me that she was really great girl and a big helper (no surprised on that one). She played on the playground and had a banana for snack. She did say that there are a lot of kids in her class. 

I have a video to post but we are having some technical difficulties and when I get that I will send it to you. 

The other night TJ went to check on the girls before we went to bed and he found Avery like this! 

She let all her babies and animals have her pillow while she slept on the other half of the bed. She is such a sweet little girl!

Wearing Makeup :-)

Madison wanted to wear some of mommy's make up! She has a tiny bit of mascara and lipstick. I can tell you she has the best eye lashes EVER! They are SOOOOOOO long and dark. She is one lucky gal! 

She was sooooooo proud and kept looking at herself in the mirror. Daddy keeps telling her that she is not allowed to wear any makeup till she is 30...haha! 

I can't believe how old she is looking...and she has the attitude to go along with it :-)

Wearing Mommy's Clothes

The girls thought it would be fun to put my sundress on. 

Look where I found Avery...

She decided to play with the water toys. 

Centennial Lakes Photo Shoot

Travis, Sami, Marietta, TJ and I took the all kids to Centennial Lakes in Edina to take some pictures. Here are some of our favorites!

Happy Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to my amazing husband, father, father-in-law, grandpas and to all the other special fathers in our life! You guys are great and make this world a better place! I hope your day is special...love you all! 

To the father of my kiddos...here is a little message from your beautiful daughters! We love you and so lucky to have you! 

Just day to day stuff...

The past week has been filled with fun, parks, water and smiles!

Here is Madison working on her number tracing...thanks to Jill for getting this for Avery cause Madison hasn't put these down...haha! 

Avery playing with "Girl"! Thanks to Pam, Aiden and Isaiah for the great gift for Madison...it's a huge hit!

Avery at the park! 

The three best friends at the park! 

Avery's 2 Year Stats

Avery had her doctor appointment on Tuesday to see how she is doing at the age of 2! She is in great health and has mastered all that she is 'supposed' to by next years appointment (not potty trained yet)! She is a great kiddo! 

She weighed 30.6lbs and was 35 inches tall! She is the 75% for both height and weight! That is the first time for both my kiddos to be under 90% in height and weight! She is my 'little' peanut! I almost laughed and asked the doctor again if he said 75%...never heard that when going to the doctor! I am used to hearing 90-100%...the little things make me giggle!

She only needed one shot and won't need anymore till she goes to Kindergarten!!! She didn't even cry! All she kept saying to me, "Show Madisy (what she calls Madison) my owie"!!! What a trooper!