The girls love having their little cousin over. He is getting so big and really enjoys interacting with them now. Here they were showing him the 2 person parachute. They all had so much fun with it, plus it was a great gross motor skills workout for the girls!
We were able to stay and watch Emily’s Tumbling class, it was so much fun to see all the things she talks about doing in class each week. She can’t wait for the next semester to begin!!
Every Christmas as we are putting up our Christmas decorations, I say that I want an outdoor Nativity scene. To me this is the most important decoration, being that this is the true meaning of Christmas. We never really put up that much, but this year, after 7 years I have my Nativity and I absolutely LOVE it!
Michael surprised me with it and when I drove up to see it I just about cried with JOY. It was the best early Christmas present! Emily and Juliette were just as excited, they got out of the car to see it and kept looking for Baby Jesus. Won’t they be excited to wake up and find him on Christmas morning!
…even in her sleep!!
For months now I thought we were growing pumpkins. I started out with a group of Zucchini Plants and soon I noticed a vine venturing across the garden. I didn’t pull it out because it looked like a pumpkin plant. It grew and grew and grew all through our fence. I was cleaning up the garden and was about to pull it out because I haven’t seen any sign of a pumpkin and by this time I figured we wouldn’t get any. Then all of the sudden I saw this!!!
Not a pumpkin, but possibly more exciting…a Mystery Squash!
It is huge and heavy and we have no idea what it is. It seems like a cross between a butternut squash meets zucchini, meets watermelon.
I picked it because I was afraid an animal would eat it or it would rot and we would never get to hold it, but am afraid that we actually picked it to soon. The skin is very delicate like a zucchini.
So, if you have any idea what our Mystery Squash is please let us know. Either way we are enjoying showing it to everyone that comes over!
I have played the flute since 4th grade, but packed it away after High School. After talking about it with some friends recently, I dug it out of the box in the basement and started playing it for the girls. I couldn’t believe I was still able to play! Emily and Juliette were very excited to have their turn trying to play the flute too.
Juliette held it up to her mouth and made the sounds for it, Emily did the same, but after I showed her how to hold it she almost got a sound out. We will keep practicing.
Of course Juliette’s favorite part was having me blow into it while she pushed the keys down!!!
…Well pretending to drive that is!!!
Emily was sleeping in the car and Daddy ran into Stop and Shop to get some groceries so what better way for me to occupy Miss Juliette, who was WIDE awake than to let her pretend to drive!
She insisted on buckling up before she started …
…but then I think she realized that she couldn’t see over the steering wheel that way.
Guess she will have to wait a few more years :)
Grandma and Grandpa got a new puppy!!
Emily, Juliette and their Cousin Brianna were so excited to see Zoey for the first time. Emily couldn’t wait to pet her and hold her. Juliette was not as sure, she took a little time to warm up to her. But now she asks to visit Zoey every single day. It will be so much fun to watch them grow up together!
As Hurricane Irene approached my Sister-in-Law and Brother-in-Law decided to come stay with us…which turned out to be a good idea since their neighborhood ended up being evacuated anyway.
The kids had such a great time together, it was more like a party to them…which was definitely a good thing. We left all of the worrying up to the grown ups!
Emily and Juliette were very happy that their cousin sleep over our house!
Pre-bedtime pretend sleeping. If only they actually fallen asleep :)
Watching the news in the morning to see where Hurricane Irene was.
We have been praying for all of those who were affected by the hurricane. We realized how blessed we were to be safe, still have power and have minimal damage to our property.
Emily was so excited to be able to sleep in her tent with her sleeping bag during our recent vacation. Our hotel room was nice and big and we were able to fit her pop up tent in for her to sleep in with no problem at all!
Juliette actually joined her for part of the night, but work up and decided sleeping with Mommy would be better :0)
We had a great time at the beach…Emily especially loved getting buried in the sand by Uncle Jonathan and Mommy!!!
She was even able to get out almost completely by herself :0)
Emily and Juliette were very excited to pick the first Zucchini from our garden this year! This is the first thing that was ready to be picked this year and we are very proud of it…in fact both girls wanted a picture with it. Last year we didn’t get any Zucchinis and this year we moved them to a different spot and they did so much better. ..we couldn’t be happier :0)
We have been having sleepovers on our living room floor for naptime. This has been the ONLY way that I can get Juliette to her much needed nap these days. They both thought it was the best thing ever. We put all the blankets and pillows on the living room floor and turn on some calm music and Juliette loves to lay with Emily. I was so glad that I was able to capture this moment before they went to sleep. They really do love each other :0)
