A First for FeFe!

At the beginning of the year we went to a good friend of ours to cut FeFe's hair!! FeFe did a great job sitting still for her first hair cut EVER (yeah, you heard me, she's three and she's never had her hair cut before). As conservative as I am, we just did a trim. Maybe next time we'll chop it. What do you think?

December 2009

The Christmas holiday this year was busy but casual...just like we like it!! No fancy foods or formal parties. Just good friends/family and great food!! We loved it. Between all the crazy running around (shopping, teaching preschool, decorating and then undecorating) we were able to go see Christmas lights at Bellevue Botanical Gardens with some friends. The lights were lots of fun and the company was great!!

Later, NayNay made his rendition of the Nativity scene. There's baby Jesus in the manger, Mary and Joseph standing next to him, the shepherds behind Jesus (the small short ones), and the three wise men off to the side. He made this all by himself, we just came in and found it!
Due to how casual Christmas was this year, we have no visual documentation to prove that it happened. Just credit card statements!

When all was said and done, the scouts did their annual collection of Christmas trees fundraiser. Lucky for NayNay, Curtice was involved so he got to go see what happens to all those collected trees!

It was VERY warm and the ash falling out of the sky looked like snow. It was lots of fun! It was a great way to end a good year!!

I'm Back!

So now tax season is over and my nights aren't nearly so crazy, I'll start posting again!! Glad to be back!

FeFe's Birthday!

Fefe had a great birthday this year. It was pretty low key, consisting of her playgroup and a few other close friends but that made it just perfect for her. She wanted a tinkerbell theme so we did her hair up (like at halloween). Each girl was given a fairy skirt and wand and the boys got swords and eyepatches (for Captain Hook, of course!). They colored Peter Pan pictures, chased each other around the house, decorated then ate heart shaped cupcakes, and ended with the Tinkerbell movie!!

This was the spoils of a great day!! Lucky FeFe!!

A few days later Fefe got all dressed up for her first date with daddy. They went to a wonderful production of The Nutcracker. Fefe was so excited. They got there pretty early and got in their seats. She sat quietly through the first half watching closely and clapping at all the right places. Then intermission came. They grabbed a snack and returned to their seats. Fefe was past her nap and her ability to sit still so she finally yelled out "I want to take a nap!". She did wonderful considering her age and the length of the show!!

At the end, through a family friend, they were able to go see Princess Clara!! Needless to say, Fefe talked about being a sugarplum fairy for weeks! Happy Birthday, Princess!

A Wonderful Birthday

My little guy had a birthday recently and turned the big 5!! What a fun time! He wanted a transformers/legos birthday party but since party stores don't have decorations for legos, it turned into a transformers party. The party was at The Little Gym with some of his closest friends. They played in the gym for about an hour and then came into this room for cake and presents! (If you look closely through the glass you can see Grandma Mamu!! What a special treat to have her come for the festivities!)

This is what was on his cake!! He thought it was awesome!
After, we took him to Red Robin for some fun presents (Optimus Prime) and...
ice cream, which I ended up eating because he was too excited about his toys! I know, the sacrifices mom's make for their kids!
Happy Birthday Bug!! We love you very much!!

From the mouth of my babes!

So I've procrastinated documenting the funny things my kids say so I will start doing it here. Hope it doesn't bore you.

The other day me and the kids are driving down the road and we see a blow-up santa. The air must not have been very strong because the santa was leaning forward just a little. As we pass, NayNay says "Santa's tired". What a funny kid.

Halloween and Pumpkin Fun!

A week before halloween we actually found a Saturday nice enough to venture out. We loaded the kids and headed to the pumpkin patch. The kids took a ride in barrels pulled by a tractor, had duck races, ran through a maze, and milked a wood cow (that may explain my previous post!). Then they found the corn pit (I'm not sure what it's called). It's basically an area surrounded by hay bails and filled with dried kernels of corn. They played in it for half an hour, we bribed them out so we could go pick our pumpkins, and then they got in it again till we lured them out to go home. Who knew that dried corn would be so much fun.

The following Monday (Family Home Evening) we carved our pumpkins. Just like last year, FeFe cleaned out the pumpkins and NayNay carved. And the final result....

NayNay's is on the left and FeFe's on the right. If you know my kids well, then you'll understand how well they reflected themselves in the pumpkins! Crazy kids!!

For Halloween this year NayNay convinced us to let him be his beloved Bumblebee (the transformer, not to be mistaken for the insect).

FeFe quickly decided she wanted to be Tinkerbell but I was not impressed with any of the store costumes. Thanks to Aunt Pickle, we were able to make FeFe into a beautiful fairy with sparkles, a bun, a magic wand, and special shoes! She looked amazing.

Unfortunately for NayNay, FeFe's choice of costume led all those who do not know of transformers to think that he was A bumblebee, not THE Bumblebee (get it...Fairy and insect, makes sense). He was quick to correct everyone but also let them know that it was in fact a costume and he could not turn into a car or save them from danger. Needless to say, it was a wonderful Halloween!