Birthday Party!

We celebrated Aniela's 5th and Thomas' 3rd birthday at Pullen Park.  They had a great time riding the train, the carousel and playing on all the new equipment with their friends.  

The kids wanted cat and dog cupcakes ... 

surprising for two kids that don't like dogs :)

Perfect timing

 Digging right in!

 

Best buds! 

 Swinging the day away

Thomas loved the carousel and was mesmerized by the workings of it.

Sweet Sierra

 The train ride ... 7 years apart and they still have fun together.

Sammy riding with the Midhas

Cam and Lacey

The girls (...and Brian)

So glad Aunt Theresa and Jenna are here to help celebrate

Maddie's First Holy Communion

This weekend we headed to St Francis to celebrate Maddie's first Holy Communion. She looked so pretty in her dress!  We then headed to lunch at Casa San Carlo to celebrate.

Thomas is THREE!

 

 

Thomas is three or "FREE" as he calls it!  He has turned into such a big boy and is full of energy.  He is either stopped or running, there is no in between.  He loves running around the backyard, swinging, playing in the sand and hitting his baseball.  

He is becoming very independent and dresses himself before he leaves his room in the morning, puts his own shoes on and buckles himself in the car.  He also loves to come down and get breakfast ready and even pours his own cereal ... we are working on pouring milk.  I hope this independence will serve him well at preschool next year.  At the doctor he weighed 33 pounds (55%) and was 39 inches tall (85%) so he is definitely long and lean.  He has a pretty good appetite but still doesn't like meat.  


His smile can melt your heart and it lights up his whole face.  I can only hope his exuberance for life continues!

Easter Egg Hunt

On Sunday afternoon, our church had their Easter Egg Hunt. It was beautiful weather and the kids had a blast.  They have been practicing finding eggs for a couple of weeks now.

Thomas checking the egg to make sure it was something he wanted.

Aniela being quite serious about her egg hunting.

Stone and Aniela were a good team!

Excited about their treats!

Potty Training

Thomas decided to potty train himself this week.  I thought he would be the hardest to potty train and most stubborn since every time I asked if wanted to pee pee on the potty he said "NO!"  However, he proved me wrong and just decided it was time.  He has done a great job and it didn't slow him down one bit!

 

 

Halloween Hoot

We headed to the library for the Halloween Hoot! Aniela and Thomas loved looking at all the costumes and singing the songs. After they paraded around the library for treats.

The Witch, The Ghost (saying Boo) and The Bat ready to go

Singing 5 little pumpkins

Ms. Melanie was a witch too!

Mother's Day Breakfast

Aniela's teachers had a Mother's Day breakfast for all the moms. It was so cute! The kids sang two songs and we had breakfast. They also made us a pin and planted a flower in a pot they had painted. The teachers asked why they loved their mom and Aniela's answer was because I give her hugs, feed her and give her baths :)

Ms. Lee and Ms. Trish

Happy Easter

Not so easy to get a picture of a two year old, four year old and one month old!

Easter Pictures

Easter morning was so much fun! The kids woke up excited for their baskets. Aniela told us the Easter bunny uses his ear as a key to get into our house while we are sleeping. After tearing through their baskets they raced around to find the hidden eggs. Then we headed to church.



After church we went to the Arwood's house for lunch and another egg hunt. Thomas was not too excited about this egg hunt instead he collected the cornhole beanbags in his basket but Aniela was all business!

Aniela enjoying her time with Mamaw

Sierra checking out her egg

Easter Egg Hunt

We had the Easter Egg Hunt for the neighborhood on Saturday. Thomas loved the Easter Bunny and walked up to him at least 7 times. He would just stand in front of him and smile! It was very cute. Aniela took a bit longer to warm up to the idea of a 6 foot pink bunny wearing sneakers. The kids hunted for eggs, bounced in the bounce houses and held baby chicks. Neither one was too keen on riding the ponies. Sam enjoyed his time sleeping in the baby carrier.

The whole gang!

"Don't squeeze" was the first thing out of Dave's mouth!

Sibling Love

Aniela and Thomas love holding Sam. Aniela has been really good with him and very sweet. She tells me when he wakes up, when he is hungry and gets his passy for him if he is crying. Thomas shows Sam all the toys he is playing with. Both ask many times during the day to hold him.