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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Just Plain Fun











Dans parents called recently and asked us to come for a bbq with his sister and her boyfriend and family. They bought the kids a little blow up pool and a sprinkler. The day was beautiful, the company was perfect and the kids had so much fun! Cole, Lily and Brittan made up make believe games as they ran through the sprinklers and Emmy stayed in the pool all day!

It's Magical









A few weeks ago a student from my class invited my family to her birthday party at the Magic House. We decided it would be fun to go. Cole was not in my class this year but got to know my kids well from being in my room before and after school. Emmy had never been to the Magic House so we thought it would be fun. The party was great and then we headed out on our own to explore. Cole and Emmy had so much fun! Cole loves going to Childrens Village to do all of the pretend play. HE also enjoyed Snow Whites exhibit just because of all of the musical instruments they had. Emmy loved all of it! She was banging on drums, playing in sand, water and then of course also found Childrens Village and the baby doll nursery. She is obsessed with baby dolls so we thought we would never get her out. Come to find out after about 15 minutes of playing in there, she undressed a male doll. It had the real anatomy and she was not having that! She took one look at that babies penis and yelled and threw the doll and did not return to the baby doll nursery! It was such a fun time!

Splash Time





Recently we had a really hot weekend, and Emmy absolutely hates the pool unless it is a zero entry, so my mom and I decided to take the kids to a splash park. We thought it would be the best of both worlds for the kids. Cole of course went nuts! He immediately made friends and began running and splashing, but it took Emmy a little bit to work her way into getting sprayed with water. Once she figured it out she loved it. I never put her suit on because she was so unsure in the beginning! It turned out to be a wonderful day!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Best Job In The World






I think every mom will agree that being a mom trumps any job you could ever have! It can be so challenging at times, but the rewards are far greater! I am so lucky to have such sweet children. I am also so lucky to have been raised by an amazing mom. I love knowing that parts of the way I was raised and loved by my own mom will be seen in my parenting to my own children. I have also been blessed (some would look at it differently) to have been given two other "mother" role models with a wonderful mother in law and the sweetest step mom you will ever know. How can you go wrong with 3 beautiful ladies in your life right?
Today I will reflect on being a mom to Cole. He has been the easiest child EVER to raise so far. I realize that we have lots of years ahead, but I am hopeful that his personality will remain the same! He has always been so happy! He has this bright funny attitude! I call him "querky" at times. He has this ability to perform and make people laugh with this wittiness! He also has the biggest heart. He will hug you for know reason, or walk by and say "I love you." Of course he isnt perfect, but its such a rarity for him to be difficult. He goes with the flow, but is such a rule follower. I was so proud at his kindergarten award ceremony to learn that he was one of 2 kids in his class to be chosen for the etiquette award. Dan and I always say if our kids do not earn straight A's or go to Harvard that's ok, as long as they are kind, sweet and set good examples, its good for us!
Emmy came along 5 years later and threw me for sort of a loop. Not sure if its the second child thing, or a girl thing. Havent quite figured that out yet. She started off pretty rough! lol. SHe has changed so much though in the last 6 months. She has become so sweet. She loves her brother so much and can be caught several times a day with her head on his shoulder saying "aww." If he cries she rubs his head and pats his back. She is very independent but also very cautious. She will test the limits. Its been very interesting so far to try and figure out "what works" with parenting her. I would not trade her for the world. She is all girl from the dolls, to the cuddles, to the bows to the dresses...and her favorite...SHOES!
SO back to my blog. On Mothers Day we had my mom and dans mom over for BBQ and playtime. It was a beautiful day and we had such a great time sitting and talking on the deck, watching the kids play!

Friday, June 10, 2011

My Montage 6/10/11 at OneTrueMedia.com

Happy Birthday Boy!

I am not sure where time has gone but my baby boy turned 6! We had a 2 party day! He really wanted to have his school friends too, which poses a small..ok..large crowd problem! He wanted to have a bounce house, so we decided to rent it for the day and have a party for school friends, and then a few hours later, our friends and family. It worked perfectly exhausting! lol. No really, we had a ball and most importantly COLE had a blast!
Although he turned 6, he remains the sweetest child I have ever known! His heart is as big as this world. He is so creative and caring! Most of all he is so dang funny! I am so proud to be his mom!
I put a bday party montage in the blog below.

Easter In June!






ok..not really..just way behind on my posts! What happened? Here are a few pictures of our Easter! Dan had to work so it was myself and the kids on our hunt! Emmy was not in the best of moods for hunting so Cole got them all to himself! We spent our day with our family at Dans parents house with my mom!