Birthdays, babies, and beautiful days!

Since my last post was 3 days shy of a year ago, a lot has happened! I'll do a little catch up but if I get too wrapped up in how far behind I am I'll throw in the towel and not do it at all. (Productive right?)


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Birthday!

This past Sunday, these two sillies' turned 4!

Can you believe that? I'm amazed at how time flies.

 When I asked them about cakes, I got a wide range of suggestions here are a few:

butterfly, mountain w/ a skeleton on it, flower, flower garden w/ mud, 

bumble bee, mud pit, or "just a bump".

Evelyn decided on a butterfly.

 Adia decided on a bumble bee but then changed her mind when she saw the pan I was using to bake them in.

 I'm sad I didn't get any photos of the actual party we had for them, but they loved it. It was lots of fun shared with friends and lots of cousins. I am so grateful for the relationship I have with my sisters and the relationships I see forming between our children, I makes me so completely happy.

The next day, Monday, I got to take my very first batch of birthday cupcakes to my kids' class. I was so excited, though my sisters warned me the kids would only eat the frosting, I'm proud to say they ate them, cupcake and all, and even asked for seconds.

Eve in her birthday crown at school.

Some stuff about my Eve bug: She loves to sing and often makes up songs about whatever is occupying her thoughts at the moment. She is very artistic, she loves to draw, paint, and color, and would spend the entire day coloring in a coloring book if I didn't make her take a break to play with her sisters. She is great at pretend, her cookies and cupcakes are delicious!

 Adia with her cupcake and frosting face.

About my Adi lady: She has just about perfected her cartwheel, and loves to show it off, she loves to play with her sisters and often asks me how her baby sister Amelia is feeling. 

She is always willing to help me clean up or fold clothes.

 It's crazy to think my ladies are 4 years old! When did this happen?

Happy Birthday Evelyn and Adia!

Preschool

Today was the day!

We met Evelyn and Adia's teacher last week, Miss Korbi and they've been asking to go to school ever since. I've been so excited for them to go too, I could tell they needed something, something I couldn't seem to give them. They were itching to learn more and my simple answers to all their questions just weren't cutting it anymore.

 Of course I had my worries leading up to this day. For almost a year now I've been fretting and researching possible school choices. Will it have the "extras" I feel my kids will love? Will they be lost in the crowd of a million and one kids? Will it become more of a daycare than a preschool? Luckily, I had a sister in the area who had done this dance like 8 years ago, and all I've ever heard about this particular school has been sparkling positive, and by some miracle they had space for my amazing two. Sigh of relief!

So excited! Today they gathered in their classroom and I watched (teary eyed) as they lined up and marched to Art workshop; one of the many they'll get to experience, like Music, Cooking, Science, and History/ Foreign Language. Of course those are the extras I was talking about that are spread throughout the week. They'll also have the basics; Handwriting, Phonics, and Math.

It blows me away how suddenly this day has arrived it really does feel like yesterday we were just here(Two Beautiful Girls) and now my two beautiful girls are off to preschool.

Some Random Antics

Lily decided to bonk her head on the ground for fun. I love these kids. :)

Neil

Making T-Shirts With Dad

Angelica was out having fun her sisters for a few days, and so I had the kids for the day. I thought it'd be fun to do a craft with the kids, and I'd been wanting to try out printable, iron-on t-shirt transfers for a while.

We first started out planning to use some clip art images found on the net, but the kids suggested drawing, and I thought that was a great idea! It would be really cool to see your own artwork on a shirt!

We used an app called Paper for our iPad. Adia drew a picture, then we gave it to Evelyn. Evelyn did such a fun, colorful picture that Adia wanted it on her t-shirt too! It's lovely too!

I also made a shirt, a flag from a video game I like, and it was fun to use. All in all, we had fun and spent less than $25 for materials.
















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3 kids + 5 rolls of toilet paper=

Yes, 5 whole rolls of toilet paper.














I was able to salvage 4 of the 5 rolls, the fifth was very thoroughly shredded. And yes, all 3 of the children remained unharmed, but were quite upset when I wouldn't take a picture of them with their handy work.
- Angelica

Little and the Pinwheel

A prize we won at Lamb Days, the pinwheel is a big hit with Lily.

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