Little Moments Like That

Saturday, April 1, 2006

Tea Party

Sylvia and Gram got to have a tea party--just them. Sylvia loved every minute of it and felt so special!

Gram taught Sylvia how to hold her cup with her pinky out like the "fancy ladies" do it.

(It scares me that I wore this dress [for show choir] when I was a senior in high school!) This is THE fancy tea party dress the girls love to wear.

tea party ladies at the hot chocolate tea party

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

April NO-(scrapbooking) Shopping Challenge

Calling all scrap-addicts! If you are addicted to buying scrapbooking supplies, I am hosting the April NO Shopping Challenge at Scrapbook.com! It's a really great site, and the challenge should be fun, keep you from spending all your money on scrapping stuff, and inspire you to create lots of great scrapbook pages! Sign-ups are going on now through April 3rd. I'd love to have you join us! And, if you're not already a Scrapbook.com member, and you sign up, please use THIS LINK, and I will receive points towards the referral contest. Thanks!

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Caed Speak

Caeden is trying to say more words all the time now.

~ He wakes up saying, "Ball!" and says it at least once a minute, all day long.

~ If he's not saying or playing with a ball, it's "a car."

~ This week Caeden is on antibiotics, which are giving him terrible diaper rash. So, every time I try to change his diaper, he clenches his "cheeks" and yells, "Owie! Owie!!! Owie!!!!!!!" Yes, it's great fun.

~Every night each kid gets a sippy cup of ice water to take to bed. Caeden has become so accustomed to this routine, he gets very upset if we try to put him in his crib without his "Ny-ny wawa." He guzzles a lot of it before he starts his rocking and head-banging to get himself to sleep.

~If Caeden wants to leave a room when the door is shut he will say, "Out door!"

~ Caeden has just started playing the game in the car where he will say, "Mama!" and I will say, "Caeden!" and we will go back and forth until one of us tires out. All three of the kids thought up this little game on their own around this age.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Talent, No Talent

This evening our church had its annual "Talent, No Talent" variety show. Jeremy worked really hard on his part as a young guy visiting a shop called The Prayer Closet. He tried on several different kinds of shirts in the skit, and each of the shirts helped him learn a different type of prayer. He also played William Hung in a hilarious American Idol skit. There were several very funny acts, and we really enjoyed the evening.

Friday, March 17, 2006

Sylvia's 3-year portraits

Sylvia's 3-year Portraits

taken Friday, March 17, 2006, at Sears Portrait Studio

How is a mommy supposed to choose which is the best one?!?!

Sylvie did such a good job using her smiles that she got to go to McDonald's for lunch.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Growing in so many ways

Sylvia and Caeden visited the doctor today for their 3-year and 18-month check-ups. Sylvia weighed 24 pounds with her clothes on, and Caeden weighed 23 pounds, 15 ounces with no clothes on! So, I think it would be safe to say that Caeden actually weighs more than Sylvia! I was actually kind of surprised, because Caeden seems like he has thinned out since he started walking. Sylvie is still a couple inches taller than Caeden, at least.

Annah and her February school stuff

In February, Annah's class learned about Community Workers and practiced Kindness. The kids cut out paper hearts and took them home for parents to fill out when they did something kind. When children brought hearts back to school the teacher read them to the class and put them on the bulletin board. The kids also made Valentines, which they delivered to community workers on their field trip to the library, post office, bank, and gas station/quick mart. The last day of the month was "When I grow up I want to be..." and Annah drew a picture of herself in the future--as a mommy.

Color: pink

Shape: heart

Letters: S,T,U,V

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Cinderelly

Sylvia always loves to dress up, but does not always love to have her picture taken.

Monday, March 13, 2006

School Days, School Days

It's fun to see Annah at school. She really loves it.

BFF: Annah & Ashley at school

Annah working diligently at school

Oh yes, and when I picked Annah up from school today here is the first conversation we had as she was getting into the car...

Me: How was school today Sweetie?

Annah: Good! My boyfriend won the Hop-A-Thon!!

Me: Your boyfriend?!?!?! Who's your boyfriend?!?

Annah: Brodie!!

Me: Oh really? Does he know he is your boyfriend?

Annah: No.

Me: Ohhh. What does 'boyfriend' mean? What makes him your boyfriend?

Annah: I like him.

Me: Ah. Are other boys your boyfriends too, or do you have just one?

Annah: No, just Brodie.

Me: Ah, well, you will have to tell Daddy about Brodie.

Upon telling Daddy about Brodie, his eyes got rather large at the mention of the word 'boyfriend.' ;) Brodie's mom says he hasn't mentioned Annah...

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Sylvia's 3rd Birthday Party

Tonight we had Sylvia's 3rd birthday party! It was a fun, fun time full of princesses, pink and purple, presents, smiles, giggles, squeals of joy, jumping, and lots of sugar!

Sylvia was too excited to take her nap before the party, but did stay in her room and play so we would think she was napping. She came out a couple times to "go to the bathroom," and told Daddy that when she came downstairs she would see the party and all the balloons there.

The party was fun for everyone. Gram & Krampa were here, and also delivered gifts from Grandpa & Grandma Lopshire. We thank the Lord for the chance to celebrate the 3rd birthday of our precious little Sylvia!

These 3 little girls all feel like princesses and are ready for Sylvia's birthday party to start!

Sylvia - 3, Annah - 5, Ashley - 5