Hanging in Cheney

It has been bitterly cold this last week, so we have been spending a lot of time in our apartment.  When Whitney gets too stir-crazy, one of us will take her out of the house after Will comes home so Rachel will not have to leave the warm apartment.  I want the warm weather to come back so we can play outside again and it is only the middle of January.  Oh well.  Here are some inside things we have been doing.

 
It is hard to tell by this picture, but Whitney tried to push both strollers at the same time.  We have a big umbrella stroller that Whitney can sit in and Whitney got a little stroller for Christmas for her baby.  Here Whitney pushed both strollers and the little one went farther.  Thank you Newton's law or Einstein or whoever, you were correct.

Will made a fort behind our couch.  Whitney wasn't too sure about it at first, but she liked being in there with her dad.  That is, until I got out the camera and Whitney's serious face came out.

We have drawers in our kitchen that Whitney is allowed to pull the things out and play with.  Mostly, she just likes to dump all the hand towels and aprons and whatnot onto the floor.  Here Whitney stands by the drawer after she tried to get everything to fit back in.  Now I know why parents are better packers than kids; my mom could always pack some much more stuff into our suitcases than we could and now I understand why.

We have been playing lots of games since it has been too cold to go outside.  This is Tessera - or the bug game.  Whitney has stages of liking certain games and wanting to play them all the time.  Then a couple days go by and she picks a new game to love and want to play over and over.  For now, she loves the bug game.

Here is Whitney giving baby Rachel a kiss.  Most of the time, Whitney is very soft and loving with Rachel.  She does get jealous sometimes and tries to pull baby Rachel off my lap so she can be with me.  But we are working on being very gentle.  I think Whitney really loves being a big sister.

We all went on an excursion to the library on Saturday.  Whitney loves the library because it has a kid computer with children games on it and she likes looking at all the books.  Here we are all ready to go.  Whitney is wearing the hat that Erin knitted for her for Christmas.  Thanks Erin.

Will and I both picked several books from our childhood and read them to each other.  It was really fun and Whitney liked all the new childrens books to read. 
So we have been having fun in Cheney with our bigger family.  Being a family of four is very different from a family of three but we are all getting the hang of it.  Okay, everyone have a good day.