Fun Sunday

We went to lunch at Kristen and Jeff's house after church.  It was a beautiful day to play outside afterwards!

Happy Birthday Allison!

Our friend Allison had a great birthday party at an indoor sports gym.  The girls were able to run and play with balls all morning.  They had a great time!

Happy Birthday Allison!

Where's your....

Kate has been working on learning her body parts.  But, she thinks it's hysterical to get them wrong.  When she is being silly, she points to her tongue as the body part.  Usually we ask her where her tummy is and she grabs her tongue and just giggles.  Here's a quick example of her silliness

Girl's Night

Sometimes Jack has to meet with clients at night so the girls and I eat dinner by ourselves.  Grace has dubbed these nights "Girl's Night."  We usually eat dinner and then have a dance party :)  "All the Single Ladies" and "Party in the USA" are our current favorites.  I need to video it successfully one day.  Every time I try they stop their routines- and they do have routines...
(This is obviously not a picture of Girl's Night since Jack took it but I just thought it was cute- love my girls!)

Happy Birthday Tad!

Our friend Tad turned 3 and we were so excited to celebrate with him!  Ms. Erin had lots of crafts and fun things to do but the best part was the cake she made-

Very impressive!

Kate loved the cool sunglasses

and the cake!

Happy Birthday Tad!

Fun Sunday

After church and bible study, we stopped by the grocery store on the way home.  We thought it was time for Kate to be introduced to the "kids free cookie" at the bakery.  She was so excited but I think we have created a monster...

Today was one of the first days it's been warm enough to play outside.  Kate and Grace had a fun time playing with all the bikes and riding toys in the nice weather.  And first time to ride in the wagon outside!

Bowling!

It was Bowl for Kid's Sake time and we were excited to participate again this year.  Things were a little different with our little walker Miss Kate.  She was into everything and every lane!  Grace did really well bowling on her own- such a big girl!

Even Kate's "GeGe" got to play!

Kate 15 months!

I thought I'd give a quick 15 month update on Kate.  You are still in the 50% percentile for height and 75% for weight.  You are really starting to like walking and get around pretty well.  You tumble every so often but pick yourself up and keep going.  You know several words- Mama, Daddy, G, Ellie, more!, bye bye and ball.  You still love Grace but you are also really into Elliot.  You are always looking for him and calling his name.  When you find him you "pet" him and then kiss him.  Speaking of kissing, you are very affectionate.  You love to run up to me or your daddy, grab our legs and kiss our knees.  You love to read and we can't get through a book without you giving a kiss to a character.  Very sweet!  You are also very curious, we find you all over the house opening drawers, trying to climb up on chairs or playing in the toilet water :(  Your two favorite things are dancing and playing.  Every time music comes on, you start to clap and shake your hips.  And you love to play with toys.  You will actually play by yourself for 20 minutes at a time if you have an adequate supply of toys around you.  We love our little munchkin!

GeGe

Kate has developed a great love- almost an obsession for baby dolls which she affectionately calls "GeGe" for baby.  She has a doll in her hand almost the entire day.  She has claimed all of Grace's dolls as her own.   She loves to feed them with a bottle and burp them.  She even tries to change their clothes. It's especially sweet when she walks around with a baby and a bag which I assume she thinks is a diaper bag.  She's a very sweet momma.

Addison Rose Baptism

I, along with Stephanie and Jessica, get to be this sweet baby's fairy Godmothers.  We are so honored Erika and Mike choose us for their little angel.

May God always bless you Addi Rose!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Grace and Kate's Nana made these great Valentine's Day shirts.  I tried repeatedly to get a good picture of both (a) the girls and (b) the shirts.  Here are the attempts...

The highlight of the day was a balloon that Ms. Wanda- aka WaWa- gave Kate at school.  They obviously loved this balloon.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Reading the Good Stuff

Snow!

We got a nice surprise this afternoon- snow!  They were predicting it but we didn't believe it until we actually saw it.  The girls were so excited!  Kate did pretty well walking in it considering she hasn't been walking for long.  Grace really got into throwing snowballs at Jack and making snowmen.

Our backyard-