Pigtails!

Sydney is growing up so much (despite her still not walking. At 18 months.) But she did go to nursery all by herself for the first time last Sunday! And she loved it! That is such a happy day for a parent. I was a little concerned that she might get stepped on by the other kids since she doesn’t walk (grr). But she didn’t, and maybe while she’s there she’ll figure out how cool it is to walk. :)

So I just had to show you her cute big girl pigtails, and those big bright eyes. I can’t get enough of that sweet little face!

Another Catch-up

I have a bunch of pictures that I want to get posted, but that are from a while ago. Maybe I’ll do them all in separate posts.

Well, first up: Last year Emma’s class created a city. Each student chose a business to research and do a report on. It was so cute!

Emma chose to do her report on the Capitol Building. If you look closely you can see Harry Potter standing on the roof. I’m not really sure what he’s doing there. :)

All the parents were invited to visit their city and listen to the kids’ reports. I know that Target was added because Emma told her teacher that they had to have it because it was her Mom’s favorite store! Ha, she makes me laugh. :)

Also each student created a house for the residential section. I’m seeing several pools in this picture. There are certainly not that many pools  in Boise. It must be wishful thinking. :)

Too Cool.

 

“Oh yeah. It’s cool to drool.”

I also have a 10 year old!

 

Well, and I now also have an 8 year old and 5 year old, but I’ll have to get to them a little later.

So at the end of October, Emma turned 10! I hadn’t known this before, but turning double digits is apparently a big thing. So Emma had her first friends party! I know, most of you are probably having friends over for birthday parties for each of your kids, every year. But this was our first time for any of the kids!

With her birthday so close to Halloween, Emma thought it would be fun for everyone to dress up.

And they each got to paint a pumpkin.

And she also wanted to do a piñata. As fans of AFV, I was not sure if it was a good idea. :) But we made it work, and nobody got whacked!

You can see we hung the piñata on the end of our fruit picker. Then Adam stood on the deck (which has a railing), and held the pole out. It worked pretty well.

And of course she had so much fun opening presents.

Sydney enjoyed the party too.

Emma requested a bat cake to go along with her Halloween themed party.

She is growing up so quickly and beautifully. Emma is such a great big sister. She loves to read, and she is so smart. I still can’t believe that she is 10!

I have a one year old!

Ha! That was four months ago! :) But at the beginning of October Sydney turned one!

She didn’t really seem to get the idea of opening presents. But I like how she looks cross-eyed staring at her new polar bear.

She was more excited about her cupcakes. :)

The kids and I made lion cupcakes for her. I found the idea in a magazine awhile ago. I love to see how creative the kids get.

Now that she’s almost 16 months, here are some of the things about Sydney:

• SHE IS STILL NOT WALKING!
• She has 12 teeth
• She loves playing with/being entertained by the big kids.
• She goes up the stairs really well (and even came down the other day without me knowing it) – and loves when she can escape upstairs and play with the big kids.

• She’s a really fast crawler
• She’s starting to make animal sounds
• She loves to read books
• Her favorite show right now is Dora, but she was really into Wubbzy for a while.
• She has big beautiful green eyes and long hair.

Of course as a mom I could go on and on. She has been so much fun to have in our family! Happy Birthday!

Phineas and Ferb

Are any of you Phineas and Ferb fans? We got hooked on them last summer. :)

Here is Spencer’s Ferb imitation.

(Have I mentioned before that Spencer makes me laugh?)

The Fullmer family came to town!

Over the summer my brother Chris, his beautiful wife Fenna, and their kids came and visited us for a few days! It is always so great to see them!

Maddie, Mia, and Linus

We had such a nice time just hanging out and letting the kids play together.

I think this is a nice picture of Chris. I always love to hear him play his guitar!

Duck-duck-goose on the lawn.

            Linus and Spencer deep in conversation. I always wonder what         little kids talk about. :)

Of course we took them to the Capitol Building for a tour.

And then of course their visit had to come to an end. I’m wondering why my kids know how to make such silly faces!

We are so glad that they would take the time to hang out with us for a little while – it was too fun and we miss you!