Meredith Birthday Party

Here are some pictures of a very special birthday party for a very special little girl. It was a Pippi Longstocking themed party so you may notice some Pippi Items.

kitty

our little zoo zoo is fun to watch and play with... even from theodore's perspective! check out how closely he watches him! its quite comical how zoo zoo will often stay juuuuuust out of reach of meredith and theodore. and it is not so comical how he will meow for attention/upset at the same time as the kids.... ahhh another *i need momma now!!!* cry.

check out the tooth photo! theodore has 2 bottom teeth now! its been about a week or so since the second one was spotted. he likes to use it to eat fuzz. blech!

jake's party

how fun it was to celebrate jake's 6th birthday all fun-style at the ymca!! what a great time!

hanging out, eating, jumping

nana time!

see how fun it is to have nana time??? lots of make believe, cuddles, and learning new things like clapping hands and pointing to more things :)

we also got some fun pics of the kids with their wonderful handmade dolls. thank you aunt fran and uncle john for such lovely little friends for meredith and theodore to grow up with :)

friends party

today we had another mermaid party for the little friends! we had quite a few friends make it today and you can see that fun was had by all.... cookie decorating, fish finding, balloon hording, and coloring your own fish :)

i'm 3 years old!

we have a three year old mermaid! she had a fabulous birthday with family over for a tropical birthday theme. our 'little' girl just had a ball... and we did too!

construction zone

we have two new rooms now! here are some pics from our construction....

so long to update

wow, i've been getting some slack for not updating the webpage. my last post was sometime in june! i am currently learning how to put some videos on you tube and transferring them to the webpage. i hope you find the little snippets as fun as i do.... sorry i am not able to find time to edit the clips yet so they may be.... rustic :)

can i say how much i love that this website allows me to put the photos in chronological order... after the fact? i will slowly get the photos and some videos up as life in the next few days allows me to.

right now we are enjoying the 'indian summer' and autumn favorites. i remind myself each day to look for the fleeting moments of a 2.5yr old and almost 6 month old. these days are going by so quick and i need to take more pictures and take more sips of my chai tea and savor them for what they are... precious!

leaf child

here is our little leaf child. oh the leaves were perfect for this.... freshly fallen and crisp. meredith could have played in them all day! do you remember when you were this little and first experienced the glory of having a leaf pile to hide in and play in?? i love this!!

jumping in the leaves

our little princess and our little dinosaur enjoy the outdoors.... if you look closely you can see our dinosaur sitting up so well on his own and enjoying his first 'food!' you guessed it! leaves!! meredith thought he was hilarious and she kept trying to rescue the leaves from her furry brother's hungry mouth!

pumpkin festival

we love festivals and today we went off to the pumpkin festival.... we almost froze our noses off if it wasn't for the hot cider and donuts :)

today was theodore's first official ride in the stroller.... not bad for being 5 months old :) he only liked if for a few minutes and then wanted to cuddle with mommy some more.... awww

just hanging out

just wanted to 'catch' my little kids in their happy mood in the play kitchen! i'm still so excited to see theodore sitting up on his own tooo.... and crawling a little bit like an inch worm....

play time

its play time and theodore is officially sitting up! he has been honing his skills and its just fun to see him so proud! i'm glad i captured a few photos of meredith and daddy wrestling... its a favorite activity for meredith and she craves it! she is one tough cookie! roarrrr!

our cheese head

we recently got a sweet package in the mail from our wisconsin friends and one of the things they sent was this cute packer shirt for our little man! here he is learning to sit up and holding his own football too!

happy birthday katie!

what fun it was today celebrating katie's first birthday! we had fun with the family today and loved how katie liked her little dolly.... so sweet! meredith is still talking about the party and wants another birthday party NOW!

theodore is 5 months old!

so what is our little 5 month old doing these days?

he is learning to sit up!
he is interested in the details on his toys and loves playing the drum.
he is reaching up for momma to pick him up!
he is a social butterfly with smiles and rants to all his immediate fans!
he loves to keep his eye on his big sister.... she is so cool that no matter what she does, he will smile and cheer for her!
he is starting to 'steal' things from mommy... grabbing my water glass, and things in hand!

apple picking

we enjoyed a sunny day by going to our favorite apple orchard. the trees were so full of apples and incredibly sweet. meredith savoured her apples right from the tree, and is finally learning that you don't eat them once they've fallen on the ground! it was nice to have nana with us today too and reminiscing about how much papa loved the orchard too! we had to take a photo of us sitting on the ground just like last year when we took a break with papa to finish a few apples before eating cider and donuts!

cider mill

a rainy day still can't keep us away from such a tasty local cider mill.... this also was a fun time for meredith to really use her ladybug rain gear and have a special pony ride :) everything is magical when you are 2.5!

jumping

the jumper is a fun and noisy place to hang out.... as well as with nana and building the coolest lego city ever. it was complete with a church and traffic light!