Emerie turns two!

Our cute little Emerie turned two this last month. She has just exploded with personality and she is such a goofy little girl. She loves to be silly and tease her sister Madison. She loves to dance, sing, color, play with play dough, puzzles, and her blocks. She is always climbing onto the sink and playing in the water so we got her a water table! The girls were able to enjoy it one day but we have had rain ever since so hopefully good weather will be here soon! Emerie and Madison have been playing really cute together lately. They play house and Madison is usually the "mudder" (mother) as Emerie says it. Madison calls Emerie sweetheart and darling as they play out their family rolls.

Emerie's birthday party was a kitty party. She loves kitty's and loves to pretend she is a kitty as she crawls around the house meowing and licking your leg (yuck!). We had a few friends over and they played lots of fun kitten games. It was so fun to watch them play and interact with their friends. During story time Emerie put her arm around her friend Dallin and sat very still listening to the book. It was very cute! We never know what to expect from Emerie, she is so random and always makes us smile! It was such a fun day. Happy birthday little Emmers, we love you so much!

Fun in the Sun

Fun New Paintings

Over the past few months I have managed to sqeeze in some fun new paintings. It has been great to try out some new styles.

Girls are so fun!

Madison has such an imagination and she had so much fun having a tea party with her stuffed animal friends. She is always making up dialog for all of her toys and is so funny to listen to. Madison loves to make up her own definitions to for words that she hears. It is so funny to listen to her discipline her dolls and animals when they misbehave and go to time out. It is great to see how they perceive you when they play. We had a great afternoon party!

Another Princess!

We are happy to be adding another princess to the girl party! The doctor is "pretty sure" it's a girl. The baby wasn't the most cooperative but they are pretty sure:)

Expecting Baby Number Three!

We are very excited to be expecting baby number three August 14th! I find out this week what we are having.
The girls as you can see got used to mom running in the bathroom with the "throw up" bowl. I get very sick when I am pregnant and the girls thought it was fun to grab bowls from the kitchen cupboard and mimic my throw up sounds. The first time they saw me throw up they were scared and started to cry (it is not something that I do quietly). I appreciated their support even though they don't quite understand the "sick" part of it. They thought it was pretty funny. Often after I would throw up the girls would come in and say, "Mom, can you come play with me now, can you get my milk please..." Sure, of course, just give me a minute:) Poor Jake even has an awful smell when I am pregnant. I told him today that I haven't smelled it for about two weeks. But then again, I have been getting over the cold/flu bug.
I do think things are getting better with the nausea as long as I eat on time.

The last picture shows my growing belly and my excitement despite being so sick all the time. I am excited to find out if it will be another girl or a boy. Madison said if it's a girl she will name it Alice in Wonderland, Princess Aurora, Cinderella. If it is a boy she said she will name him Tiger or Lion.

Happy Birthday BBQ

One year older and wiser too:) Jake threw me a winter BBQ party and made a yummy cheesecake for my birthday. There is nothing the girls like better than helping mom blow out her candles so they can dig into some yummy dessert. Thanks Jake for the fun memories! Jake is also sporting his full beard that he surprised me with when we came back from Utah. He had to keep warm somehow after turning the heat down so low while we were gone:)

Ice Storms and Preschool Fun!

This winter we had a few ice storms that are very beautiful and very cold. Jake took these pictures of a few ice covered trees.
The last picture is of Madison's preschool group. We learned about the letter S and had lots of fun with our snowman. The kids helped crumple up white paper so we could throw our snow balls in the snowman's tummy. I have lots of fun planning their lessons and thinking of creative ways to teach these cute kids. It is a nice way to remember my teaching days minus the craziness of junior high:)

Christmas Morning

The girls loved waking up to see want Santa brought them for Christmas. Madison asked for a Baby Alive Potty Doll this Christmas. It's a doll that talks, drinks a bottle, eats food, and really goes potty in a little toilet. We haven't showed her how to use the "real" food with the doll. We are happy just pretending there is food on the spoon:) Emerie's favorite present was the Aqua Doodle. She already had shown us her love for coloring (all over the house). With the Aqua Doodle you can color with water so it is much safer for our walls, couch, and floor:) They also loved playing with their Caillou, Rosie and Gilbert dolls. It's a pbs cartoon that they love watching. Madison was very excited to eat the candy in her stocking and loved the Rudolph sucker from Santa.
Later that day we had a fun Christmas brunch with some friends and the girls played with their new toys all day! It was such a nice relaxing day!