1st Haircut!

Before

Those curls were long!

Checking out the After!

All trimmed up :)

This was a hard thing for me to do.. I was afraid that he would lose all the curliness! 

I guess I shouldn't have stressed so much..looks like the curls are staying around a while longer!

Birthday Parade

All of our children's birthdays fall from the middle of January to the first part of March~  It's one big party bash for a few weeks around here!

 

 No picture of the Lego cake allowed.  It was quite disastrous, looking a lot more like some cheap off brand of building blocks rather than the much-loved Lego.  {What 7 year old boy doesn't like Legos?}

And my attempt at a lower sugar cake for the family members that prefer not to eat too much sugar was pretty much a bust too.  Chalk it up to experience~A birthday cake is just better if it's unhealthy!

He liked the lamb, and managed to destroy most of its face.  {note~it's not a great idea to let a one year old cram his mouth FULL of cake.  yikes!}

And this one tells a story.  He is quite pleased to be four, although he keeps asking when he'll be five??!  We sang to him when we were in Florida.  He didn't have a cake or candle yet, but we sang anyway.  He sang along through the whole song, then smiled and leaned over and blew out his pretend candle, and then leaned his head back and let out an adorable giggle!   

And my oldest.  Ten Years Old.  TEN! 

I could say that "time flies when you're having fun" but that's an overused cliche.  It is true that time flies, though.  And she's growing up.  Fast!



Where is the Time Going?

7 Months

~almost sitting~rolling,rolling,rolling~ nose bulldozing..trying to get somewhere~liking his "big boy" food an awful lot~full of smiles~

Five Months Today

Five Months and much loved!

School Is In Session @ Our House!

Today was our first official day of school. Third grade and Kindergarten...seems like yesterday L was starting, now we're beginning our fourth year. Wow. Time flies when you're having (most of the time!) fun.

(Yes, we had to sneak in a little last week. The children couldn't wait to use the new schoolbooks and I knew we had apples and pears to take care of this week!)

Our first day breakfast. And no, I didn't get up and make waffles. They were leftover in the freezer from a lunch last week. ssshhhh...don't tell anyone we eat waffles for lunch!

New books...anticipation!

A rainbow of dry erase markers....

Math..Math..Math!

And of course...my little monkey. If anyone has ideas on how to keep him busy while we study, I'm open for suggestions!

Boy and Bike

BigM reached another milestone yesterday. He learned to ride a bike! He was sure that he couldn't do it..but with a little encouragement and prodding, he took off. He didn't have any issues with balance, he just couldn't get started by himself.

This morning he was out bright and early and he tried and tried until he mastered taking off! I can't believe he's old enough to ride a bike. I guess it's time to get him a boy bike...right now he's so excited to be riding that he doesn't even care that it's a princess bike!

No Sweet Corn for This Girl!