Liam's First Play

Last month, on December 12th we took Liam to his first play 'If You Give A Mouse A Cookie'. We had purchased the book to read to him so that he would be familiar with the story, and be excited to go. He had just turned 3, and we have never taken him to a movie or anything like this, so we had no idea how he would do. He was very interested in the new experiance and was very attentive for the first 15-20 minutes, but then he got anxious and wanted to run up on stage, and go down the side isle. Mike had to restrain him for a good part of the play. We tried to distract him and keep him quiet with some snacks, but that only helped for a few minutes at a time. The play was SUPER cute!! And hopefully next year he will have matured enough to sit through a whole play.

Liam waiting for the play to start.


Very cute set for the play.


Liam and Mom


Liam and Dad

After we left, he discovered this interesting metal sculpture.

It was unusally warm for December so before we went home, we took him to the park to play for a bit.

Someone is Walking!!

When we were on our vacation over the holiday Rowan started to take more than a couple steps at a time. She would stop and pat her legs, and sometimes do a little dance, then she would fall to her knees and crawl the rest of the way. About a week later she is now walking across the room!! She is also standing up in the middle of the room without any assistance. I was home today with the kids and was able to capture this video.

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You can see at the very start of the video, she stands up on her own. She is by the kids table, but she is not holding on, and you can also hear Liam's commentary about Rowan standing...Pretty cute video : )

Liam's School Christmas Party

Well, pictures are coming along slowly, so I thought I would just blog about the events as I get them done. On December 8th, Liam's school had their Christmas party. And here are a few of the pictures.

This is Liam's teacher, Miss Farrah. I was smiling because she was telling me how great Liam is :)

They had some different snacks to make a reindeer treat. Of coarse Liam wanted to get his hands into all the bowls, especially the M&M's!!

The kids sang songs for the parents. Liam was so excited to get up there and sing! He got right up in front of the crowd, and sang his little heart out. He was so adorable.

He's the second one in from the top left.

Here you can see how cute and magical his school is. They had a really beautiful tree too!!

They had a silent auction to raise money for 2 girls at the school that have cancer. We ended up winning a photo shoot for the kids. Everyone was so generous, and donated what they could to help out. It was a really great way to start out the holiday season!

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Happy New Year : )

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Well, once again I am behind on my blogging AND my pictures. There was so much I wanted to do over our vacation, but we got busy watching the kids (and lazy) and didn't get much done. But we did do one major thing on our 'To Do' list, and that was to go to a movie!! We did it!!! After 3+ years we finally went to a movie together. We went to see 'True Grit'. It was a really great movie! There are a ton of fun things that I have wanted to blog about, but I think that once I get the pictures uploaded I may just condense it into one update....so stay tuned. Hope you all had a great Holiday!!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Birthday to our Wonderful Boy!!

We saved a piece of cake in the freezer from the kids birthday party for Liam to have on his actual birthday. We lit a candle, and sang happy birthday to him.




And let him have his presents from us. We found this cute little chair at Costco, and put a big bow on it.





And we also go him a really cool backhoe loader.


Liam really 'got' his birthday this year. He understood that it was a special day for him, and was excited for his gifts, and could tell people that he was turning 3 by showing 3 fingers. He has changed so much since a year ago. His communication has improved greatly! He is really loving going to preschool, and loves his teacher, and his classmates. He loves to sing, and cook, and loves to play with his cars and trucks. He loves his little sister and is a really good older brother-most of the time ;)

He is taking after his mom in that he likes to color and paint. And he's taking after his dad by being very independent and always wanting to 'do it self'! He continues to surprise us by the new things he says and does, and is always keeping us smiling. Happy 3rd Birthday Liam! We love and enjoy you everyday!!

Happy Birthday to our Wonderful Little Girl!!

So the store we bought the kids birthday party cake at offered a free 4 inch smash cake for baby's first birthday. They forgot to make it for our party, so we went back for Rowan's actual birthday and asked for the cake, but it ended up being 8 inches. Not sure why it was so big, and they also spelled her name wrong..But, cake is cake, and free is free, so we can't complain! We lit the candles and sang happy birthday to her. We ended up just cutting her a slice since it was such a big cake. She wasn't sure what to do with it, and she started to cry just like Liam did with his first cake. I put a little on her lip, and then she decided she actually liked the cake!



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Liam helped her open her presents. She got a Fisher Price Talking/singing tea set, an Abby Cadabby 'P is for Princess' DVD, and her first doll. She still is more interested in chewing on Liam's cars than snuggling a doll, but perhaps that will change when she gets older : )


Anyway, we just can't believe that she is ONE already?! This year just flew by, and she is just growing and changing so quickly. Everyday we just marvel at how wonderful a baby she is, and feel so grateful to have her in our lives. We love you Rowan!