Kate went to a princess ball tonight.  She's not back yet, so I'll take a small opportunity to post some pictures we took before she left.  She was soooooo excited to go, she wasn't too sure what to think of her wrist corsage that Brandon gave to her, but she has years to get used to that idea!

As for Tommy....

He just spent the remainder of his night missing Kate.  And eating.  And crawling.  And screaming at the dogs.

A Resolution

I've already established that I'm a horrible blogger, but now I feel like a horrible mom, too!  I write absolutely nothing down for my kids to look back on someday.  The blogs I've done in the past are pretty much the extent of what's recorded of their lives.  For example, Tommy clapped for the first time.  In March.  At Chick-fil-a.  I have no idea what day or what inspired the clap, and I haven't written any of that information down (like I vowed to the second I got home...).  Isn't that sad?  So, that being said, I'm going to resolve to do one post everyday with something about Kate and Tommy.  It could be something they do, say, or just an interesting interaction I observe.

I'm not really sure if anyone reads my blog other than my grandma and a few friends, so these whimsical posts may be pretty boring for some people.  I don't usually talk much about my kids on facebook, so I'm going to do it on here.  If you don't like hearing about my kids, then stop reading!  Maybe when I'm done I'll print all the blogs and put them in some sort of scrapbook, at least that's always been my plan...

P.S. My post about today will come tonight when my husband whisks my daughter off to a ball.  She's so excited about her "date" and I'm pretty sure she thinks she and Brandon are getting married tonight.  So cute!

An Update

Brandon's working late tonight, so how better to spend my time than by updating my blog?  I have some videos to share, very high tech for me, I know.  I resisted the change to a touch phone, but I am glad that I am able to video any special moments as they happen.

This first video is of Tommy eating, and I think it's the cutest thing ever.  As soon as he takes a bite, he smacks his mouth several times.  We're not sure why he does this, it's a new thing and I didn't know how long it would last, so I wanted to capture it!

This next video is a game gone wrong!  Kate and Brandon had been throwing a ball and it was making Tommy laugh SO hard, so I ran to get my phone to record it.  As soon as I did, Kate changed the game and tried to include Tommy.  You'll see...

Never a boring moment...

What Christmas looks like at our house!

This isn't very Christmasy, I just liked my dad's expression!

Kate is completely tired at 8 a.m.

This is what we did the rest of the morning....

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, we had fun celebrating as a family of 4.  Church was freezing and crowded, but we had a seat at the front for the children's play and sermon, so Kate was very happy about that.  All in all, we had a good one and can't wait to see what 2012 brings!

Happy Monday!

Some post-bathtime fun at the Oehlke house.  I could listen to this sound forever!

What Happened to the Cold Weather?!

We want it back!

All Mixed Up!

I know I haven't blogged in a while, but we're still here and doing great.  We are in our new house, finally! I don't have much time to sit down and write a full update (shoot, I'm lucky if I get to brush my hair these days).  Having two kids at 3.5 years and 4 months definitely keeps me on my toes!  They are both at fun ages though, especially when they're together.  Tommy's face lights up when Kate comes in the room, and Kate loves to "babysit" (please don't call child protective services, this usually consists of her sitting on the bed with him while I fold laundry).

The reason that I actually made time to sit down and write a post is because I came across these two pictures of the kids just out of the bath, and I think it's pretty funny that Tommy is the one in the pink towel and Kate is the one in the blue towel.  Just another image of our crazy life!