4 year well visit!

Sarah Ann went for her four year well visit yesterday. Let me just tell you that she was such a trooper through the 2 hour visit that also included having her hearing and vision checked, getting 3 shots and getting her finger pricked to check her hemoglobin! She weighed 40.0 pounds and is 3 foot,

“girls with girls and boys with boys!”

last weekend sarah ann and i went to see “the little mermaid” at the village square theatre, thanks to nanny and pops. we had a great time, and the show was really great! she loved all of the music and dancing. sarah ann even got to meet ariel once the show was over! then this

manic monday

whoa! we have had quite the day getting back into our routine after having almost a week off school and having daddy home with us for four day overs thanksgiving. no one wanted to get out of bed this morning! so, here’s a little bit (or a lot) of randomness from this manic monday… not

so much to be thankful for!

november is my favorite month, and thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday–and we have had lots of fun celebrating the thanksgiving season over the past couple of weeks. here is some of the fun we’ve been up to… thanksgiving story time pilgrim crafts watching pocahontas singing lots of thanksgiving songs a blue mayflower bath indian

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! We have so much to be thankful for! Our cup runneth over… “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever!”

thankful

our thankful tree 2012 sarah ann and reece have really enjoyed doing our thankful tree at dinner every evening. as soon as we sit down at the table sarah ann is ready to begin. she can’t wait to share and hear what everyone else has so say. reece says that “thinking is quiet,” and he

a spirit of giving

back in september our church did a series “together for the city” and they gave each family $50 to bless someone in our community. we talked with sarah ann and reece about what to do with it and decided to let them both use half of the money to think of some way they could

It definitely happened!

I feel like pretty much 95% (or more) of the things I said I would never do as a parent have definitely happened…. The kids in our bed definitely happened… Nursing in the middle of the night just so that I could go back to sleep definitely happened… Eating snacks or buying a toy just

traditions

traditions make me smile. i like thinking back from traditions from my childhood, and  i am thankful for the new traditions we are making now as a family. one of my favorite traditions is celebrating my birthday at the melting pot–with 2 and 1/2 kids and busy schedules, i am so thankful for the quality

imagination

my princess and pirate… imagination at its best! one of my most favorite things about being a mommy is seeing sarah ann and reece’s imaginations come to life! they have so much fun playing pretend, dressing up, fighting bad guys, having princess tea parties and acting like the characters from their favorite books, shows, and