a little early birthday fun!

EmJ's 3rd birthday is coming up at the end of this month, but Chloe and Ireland will be back in Oklahoma when her actual birthday comes. So, we decided we needed a special birthday party that she could share with her best friends :o)

We went to Chick-fil-a for dinner and then let the girls dress up in their princess dresses and went to Build-A-Bear. They had a BLAST!

The fabulous princesses walking into the mall
Our birthday Snow White

At Build-A-Bear holding the hearts they picked out for their animals. EmJ picked a frog, Chloe picked a lamb, and Ireland picked a panda bear.

This is the "heart ceremony" where the kids do silly things with the hearts before they get stuffed into their animals. This was the part where they were supposed to turn around (obviously what EmJ is doing) and then make a wish. I love this picture because you can clearly see that Ireland is making her wish. :o)

EmJ and Chloe giving their animals an "air bath"

All done and so excited!

So sweet :o)

I had to put this in because I absolutely LOVE this picture!

When we got back to our house the girls sat in the grass and had EmJ open her presents from them... she got some awesome Snow White stuff that she just adores!

Can't even look at the camera cause she's so excited :)

Group hug! Thanks best friends!!!!

Right before bed that night - with "Froggy" all dressed up in her ballerina outfit

We obviously had a great time and were so glad to be able to do this before the girls move back to Oklahoma. We will miss them something crazy, but are so glad that they get to be with their Daddy again soon! Yea!!!

all in a day's... play!

Yesterday we had a fun-filled day and I actually had my camera there to document it all! So here is our day in pictures :o)Building with legos...
Finished with her tower

"Ta-da!"
Some fun time at the park! Yea for spring!!!:o)

Checkin' stuff out

I see you!!!

Who doesn't love the swings?!

Sidewalk chalk after nap

"Cheese!"

And of course a little golf with Daddy!

Whew! What a fun day :o)

"I'm A Cowgirl"

EmJ singing a cowgirl song... this kid cracks me up.
(Sorry the video is a little blurry - not sure why).

puzzle time!

EmJ really enjoys putting puzzles together - here she is the other day after nap (excuse the crazy hair! :o) ) putting together a VeggieTales puzzle. She pretty much did the entire thing by herself - I only had to encourage her and remind her that she could do it and she rocked it!

This post reminds me a lot of this puzzle post about a younger puzzle-doing EmJ

:o)

Easter!

Easter morning... EmJ waiting for her basket!
With the goodies!
EmJ saw her basket on the table before she could open it (because I was still sleeping :o) ) so when she came to wake me up so she could open it, she said, "Mom! The Rabbit brought me new pony stuff!" So funny to me that she said the rabbit - ha!

Who lets their kid eat a hershey kiss this early in the morning? Ha! She discovered the chocolate in her eggs before we even thought to say something - ah, one won't hurt! :o)

Looking so pretty in her Easter dress!

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Painting Eggs

I found a kit where you paint eggs instead of dying them - EmJ had a great time!EmJ was so funny - she wanted to paint each egg it's own color even though I told her she could use different colors on one egg. I painted a striped one to show her, but she wanted them to each be their own color. Ha!
Here she is saying "cheese!" but obviously not looking at the camera - too busy painting away!

2 thumbs up for her finished eggs!

(we took a bath while they were drying - thus the wet hair and pjs) :o)

Easter Fun at Church

We went to an Easter Egg Hunt our church had on Saturday morning and had a super fun time! Before we left - looking all spring-like :o)
Waiting in line to ride ponies

EmJ petting her pony before the ride

So fun!

"Hunting" for eggs
"Check out my basket!"

21 Weeks

This morning Jeff asked me to post some new blogs - including a belly picture... so, here's the latest - 21 weeks.

And... our little man has a name...

Luke Jeffrey

:o)

It's A...

BOY!!!

Can you tell? :o)

We're all very excited around here! Woo-hoo!!!

"Snow" Much Fun!

Last week we had our annual March snowstorm (seriously, annual) and the next day EmJ and I had lots of fun playing in the snow!

Sitting in the snow - she thought this was pretty cool. And I thought it was funny cause she obviously didn't really sink down any!

Awesome snow! It's hard to say how much we got because it was so windy and there were drifts and stuff all over - but I'd say it was about 1 foot. Fun times!
Tromping around - EmJ had a great time doing this, once she figured out how to really walk in the deep snow.

Her "snow chair!" I asked her if she wanted to make a snow angel and she said yes! But then I said she had to lay down and she said, "I don't want to make a snow angel." HA! She settled for a snow chair - and thought it was pretty cool stuff. The sun was a little too bright for her to look right at me, thus the funny face :o)

Standing by the tree... this picture reminds me of another picture from a long while ago...

this one...

So super cute! EmJ's very first snow in front of the same tree! :o) She was so little!

Sidewalk Chalk and Shaving Cream :o)

Some pictures of the fun we've been having lately:

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It has been absolutely beautiful outside lately, so the other day we went outside to color with sidewalk chalk.

She could barely stand still for this picture (you can tell by her feet - I think she's ready to jump) :o)

Drawing away...

Yesterday after nap I let EmJ play with shaving cream and she LOVED it! Here she is at first... just getting used to it...

And digging in! I love this picture! :o)

Towards the end... she had a blast - as you can see by her smile!

entertainment :o)

EmJ in her rockstar glasses :o)
The other day I filled up the sink with soapy water and gave EmJ some random kitchen stuff to play with in the sink. She loved it and was super entertained the entire time I was cooking dinner! Woo-hoo!

Yes, she's wearing pajamas - if Jeff and I come home and put on comfy clothes, EmJ thinks it's time to get her jammies on... :o)

Just having a good time!

EmJ walked up to me yesterday with this hat on and said, "Yee-haw! I'm cowgirl EmJ!"