Look out Oshkosh Lanes!

We took the girls to the local bowling alley the other afternoon for a quick game - Sophi's first. She bowled an impressive 64 (with the help of a 6 lb. ball, a ramp to launch it off of, and bumpers - but who's keeping track?).






Poor Lucy had a cold and wasn't quite as excited to be there as her sister. :(

Eat your vegetables . .

Sophi has been pretty excited about helping plan for our family's vegetable garden this year, which has made her dollhouse garden from Grandma and Grandpa Ullmer of particular interest.

Soph has successfully grown carrots, cauliflower, parsnips, and turnips.


AND, has gotten everyone to eat them, without complaining!
We're hoping for similar results in the Fiedler household. :)

No heat . . .

. . . was what we woke up to a few weeks ago when our furnace went out.




So, we bundled up and waited for the repairman to arrive. :) Fun (and cold!) memories!(For the record, we TRIED to get Sophi to put on a coat and hat. She refused, and so we settled for letting her wrap up in her bathrobe and a blanket.)

winter projects . . .

One of the things we loved about our house when we bought it was the fact that it was really old AND had huge walk in closets in every bedroom - a rare combination. Sophi's room happens to have two - so I'd been planning to turn one of them into a little playhouse, which we now call her "play closet".

Artwork is courtesy of Jason - age 5.

The wooden ironing board belonged to my mom, who played with it in her playhouse when she was little. :) Sophi now prefers to use it to iron the "sprinkles" (aka wrinkles) out of her blanket as a means of stalling before bed.

And, we finally painted our bedroom. It only took two years (and two coats)!

Valentine's Day

making cookies with grandma


. . .and, birdseed cookies for the birds



making valentines @ aunt wendy's and uncle steve's with liam, jack, and owen (and his mommy)



delivering the finished product to daddyvaentine's day . . .special deliveries in a special mailbox

new valentine digs from daddy

Sophi turns 3!

The cake - a Maisy Mouse masterpiece! (Mommy is slightly biased)
Uncle Seth and Erin came all the way from Chicago!
Lots more family were there as well to celebrate.


We love you, Sophi! You make three look beautiful!

Lucy~7mos, Sophi~3

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the most recent photos I took of the girls . . .










"Okay, Mom. We're DONE!"

Ullmer Family Xmas @ Green Lake

In lieu of buying gifts this year for each other, my family opted to chip in and spend three days together at a rented cottage in Green Lake. It was the highlight of our Christmas!

Borden Cottage
Grandma and Lucy

Aaron - using Sophi's sled for his own enjoyment




chess tournament

Mike - official barista
ullmer family trivia crossword puzzle
childcare, steve-style
making mittens out of old sweaters



finished products!