The birthday celebrations were not documented (at all) since we are slacker parents. But he did get a small friend party-3 friends and all I had to do was provide pizza, candy and slime. They took care of the rest. You know, with wrestling and video games. He got a ton of presents from us--about half of them before his birthday. (I love after Christmas clearance sales!!) Boring things like a new coat, okay things like a new karate sweatshirt, and fun things like a new scooter and a pogo stick. Plus an ipod, headphones, books and pink ties and shirts. He is so responsible sometimes. He's saving his money for an ipod touch. 9 is different than whe I was growing up. Love you kid!Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I Can't Believe I Have a 9 Year Old
One who loves pink and doesn't want his hair cut. But one that is a super helper and very sweet.
The birthday celebrations were not documented (at all) since we are slacker parents. But he did get a small friend party-3 friends and all I had to do was provide pizza, candy and slime. They took care of the rest. You know, with wrestling and video games. He got a ton of presents from us--about half of them before his birthday. (I love after Christmas clearance sales!!) Boring things like a new coat, okay things like a new karate sweatshirt, and fun things like a new scooter and a pogo stick. Plus an ipod, headphones, books and pink ties and shirts. He is so responsible sometimes. He's saving his money for an ipod touch. 9 is different than whe I was growing up. Love you kid!
The birthday celebrations were not documented (at all) since we are slacker parents. But he did get a small friend party-3 friends and all I had to do was provide pizza, candy and slime. They took care of the rest. You know, with wrestling and video games. He got a ton of presents from us--about half of them before his birthday. (I love after Christmas clearance sales!!) Boring things like a new coat, okay things like a new karate sweatshirt, and fun things like a new scooter and a pogo stick. Plus an ipod, headphones, books and pink ties and shirts. He is so responsible sometimes. He's saving his money for an ipod touch. 9 is different than whe I was growing up. Love you kid!
Friday, February 17, 2012
The 2 Weeks of Valentines
I love an excuse to celebrate. Valentines Day is a great excuse! So we started the month with the annual Valentines shirts for the kids:
Squirt LOVES Minnie Mouse. So her shirt had to have at least a nod to Miss Minnie.
Munchkin is the gumball queen. I was so happy when I found this shirt online, and the felt buttons she used as well!
Thumbelina is always tricky! She loves the shirt until she has to put it on. The last two years, she has worn her Valentines shirt on Valentines Day but never again! But she picked this design and hopefully will want to wear it again.
The boy is so funny! Pink is his favorite color, but he is all boy. So I found the inspiration for this shirt on Etsy, and pinked it up a bit for him. He loves it!
Then, I finally got around to vinylizing the mailboxes I bought them last year. And I came up with 14 little Valentines to put in them every day.
And the day before Valentines (since hubby could get off early and not on Tuesday), we gave the kids roller skates and took them skating. I didn't bring the camera but here are all the skates lined up in the garage. They all love practicing skating. Hubby and I have to clean out the garage tomorrow so they have room when it's really cold.
It was really fun to have them so excited about it all. Up next: St. Patricks Day!
Squirt LOVES Minnie Mouse. So her shirt had to have at least a nod to Miss Minnie.
Munchkin is the gumball queen. I was so happy when I found this shirt online, and the felt buttons she used as well!
Thumbelina is always tricky! She loves the shirt until she has to put it on. The last two years, she has worn her Valentines shirt on Valentines Day but never again! But she picked this design and hopefully will want to wear it again.
The boy is so funny! Pink is his favorite color, but he is all boy. So I found the inspiration for this shirt on Etsy, and pinked it up a bit for him. He loves it!
Then, I finally got around to vinylizing the mailboxes I bought them last year. And I came up with 14 little Valentines to put in them every day.I am missing some pictures but they did have 14 different cheesy Valentines:
And the day before Valentines (since hubby could get off early and not on Tuesday), we gave the kids roller skates and took them skating. I didn't bring the camera but here are all the skates lined up in the garage. They all love practicing skating. Hubby and I have to clean out the garage tomorrow so they have room when it's really cold.
It was really fun to have them so excited about it all. Up next: St. Patricks Day!Munchkin Catch-Up
This little girl turned 5! She requested donuts for breakfast
Then, she insisted on decorating her own cake--or cupcake flower.
Squirt got to them before I could get a picture!
Presents!! She got a bunch of Littlest Pet Shop toys.
And a hat from Grandma and Grandpa
And $10 from my uncle and $10 from her other grandparents. So she bought an ipod--and Mom and Dad bought headphones. She also got a new scooter, a pirate set, and a few new clothes.
Then a new haircut:
Funny glasses and lip suckers from L Preschool
And she did the impossible...she stopped sucking her thumb!! So we went to Savers and she bought up all the barbies they had! She got 4 dressed barbies, 1 bag of clothes and accessories, and a baby in a tub for $19. The accessories bag contained roller blades, swim fins and a doctor kit. She loves them!
And the dentist is so happy that she's not a thumbsucker anymore. Now if only Thumbelina would quit!
Then, she insisted on decorating her own cake--or cupcake flower.
Squirt got to them before I could get a picture!
Presents!! She got a bunch of Littlest Pet Shop toys.
And a hat from Grandma and Grandpa
And $10 from my uncle and $10 from her other grandparents. So she bought an ipod--and Mom and Dad bought headphones. She also got a new scooter, a pirate set, and a few new clothes.
Then a new haircut:
Funny glasses and lip suckers from L Preschool
And she did the impossible...she stopped sucking her thumb!! So we went to Savers and she bought up all the barbies they had! She got 4 dressed barbies, 1 bag of clothes and accessories, and a baby in a tub for $19. The accessories bag contained roller blades, swim fins and a doctor kit. She loves them!
And the dentist is so happy that she's not a thumbsucker anymore. Now if only Thumbelina would quit!And the Blind Shall See
There's nothing quite like maxing out your flex card for 2012 and then having it all be gone within the first week of January. Awesome! But hubby did get Lasik and now he can see and we don't have to buy glasses for him anymore. And (added bonus) he got to wear these awesome goggles for a week. Just imagine waking up next to this for 7 days...
The boy was pretty bummed for a week or so after because he still has to wear glasses. We made him a deal though. If he is a good candidate for Lasik when he's 18, we'll get it for him before he goes on his mission. That cheered him up a bit but 10 years is a long time!!
The boy was pretty bummed for a week or so after because he still has to wear glasses. We made him a deal though. If he is a good candidate for Lasik when he's 18, we'll get it for him before he goes on his mission. That cheered him up a bit but 10 years is a long time!!Saturday, December 31, 2011
SANTA CAME!!!
We started a tradition with our kids a long time ago, that Christmas Eve dinner is pancakes. Usually Santa pancakes.
With whipped cream and cherry pie filling and M&Ms for the eyes and mouth. They look forward to it every year now. Good tradition--easy for Mom and Dad!
This is our Christmas tree that the kids so lovingly decorated... and redecorated. You can just make out the cookies and milk. Santa's favorite cookies are Mint Oreos.
Santa brought new bikes for the kids. They are still trying to figure out how santa got those bikes down the chimney.
(You can see on the couch behind the bikes---new pillows for everyone!)
Santa also brought Jingle for our family. Jill would see that little dog everytime we went to the store and want to stop and pet it and listen to it bark. Good job Santa!
Then, of course they had to go outside and try out their new bikes. Squirt still needs to figure out pedaling, but she loves just sitting on it too.
They are all so excited to have bikes that fit them. Their old ones were getting way too small!!
All in all it was a pretty good Christmas. And after Christmas, we were able to visit with family. My sister who lives in the middle of nowhere came to visit. We hadn't seen her family in 2 years. My parents came down as well. It was fun to see everyone. Then, once they left, we went up to Preston to see hubby's brother and his family. We haven't seen them in almost 2 years too. Now it's new years and we are back to just hanging out!
With whipped cream and cherry pie filling and M&Ms for the eyes and mouth. They look forward to it every year now. Good tradition--easy for Mom and Dad!This is our Christmas tree that the kids so lovingly decorated... and redecorated. You can just make out the cookies and milk. Santa's favorite cookies are Mint Oreos.
Santa brought new bikes for the kids. They are still trying to figure out how santa got those bikes down the chimney.
(You can see on the couch behind the bikes---new pillows for everyone!)Santa also brought Jingle for our family. Jill would see that little dog everytime we went to the store and want to stop and pet it and listen to it bark. Good job Santa!
Then, of course they had to go outside and try out their new bikes. Squirt still needs to figure out pedaling, but she loves just sitting on it too.
They are all so excited to have bikes that fit them. Their old ones were getting way too small!!
All in all it was a pretty good Christmas. And after Christmas, we were able to visit with family. My sister who lives in the middle of nowhere came to visit. We hadn't seen her family in 2 years. My parents came down as well. It was fun to see everyone. Then, once they left, we went up to Preston to see hubby's brother and his family. We haven't seen them in almost 2 years too. Now it's new years and we are back to just hanging out!Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Gettin' Ready for Christmas
This year, the kids all agreed on one shirt for their Christmas shirt. And, although it did involve sewing on 8 buttons (which I loathe!), I love my children and did it anyway. The kids wore them to the Church Christmas party, and again to pick a Christmas tree.
You can't really see the boy's but his reindeer has a bowtie instead of a hair (antler?) bow. And yes, they are all Rudolph. I wasn't about to start that fight!
We went to the Tree Lot in town that had Mater. It was pretty cool, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that much for a tree for only 2 weeks. Maybe if we'd gotten in 2 weeks ago, but not for just 2 weeks. But the kids loved Mater.
Do you like Squirt's new 'camera smile?' We brought our Rite Aid tree home and, after hubby put the lights on, we let the kids go at it. They did pretty well. It's nice that the boy can reach to top part. And there is only one glass ornament on it, so I am okay with it being in the TV room downstairs.
You can't really see the boy's but his reindeer has a bowtie instead of a hair (antler?) bow. And yes, they are all Rudolph. I wasn't about to start that fight!We went to the Tree Lot in town that had Mater. It was pretty cool, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that much for a tree for only 2 weeks. Maybe if we'd gotten in 2 weeks ago, but not for just 2 weeks. But the kids loved Mater.
Do you like Squirt's new 'camera smile?' We brought our Rite Aid tree home and, after hubby put the lights on, we let the kids go at it. They did pretty well. It's nice that the boy can reach to top part. And there is only one glass ornament on it, so I am okay with it being in the TV room downstairs.
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