More Fun at the Y

We found a parachute on craigslist, so we took it to the YMCA to play with the cousins.  

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun!  

We had balls on the parachute and the children loved making 

them fly high into the air.

Then we put Little J in the middle - he thought it was so neat.

Question of the Day 2??

If you leave a two year old in her crib to look at books, what will you 

see when you come back in to check on her?  

If you guessed books dumped out in her crib and two year 

old sitting in the tote the books were in, you were correct!

Question of the Day?

Should you leave a two year old in her highchair with red food coloring 

while you run upstairs to grab her baby brother who woke up from nap?

Answer:  NO!!

You may be asking yourself, why did she have red food coloring?

The children had red food coloring mixed in vinegar that they would dump into baking soda in a foam egg carton.  They enjoy watching it bubble.  Great activity while mom is getting lunch ready.  However, the two year old needs to be supervised!

10 Years

I have been married 10 years to the most amazing man!  

The children and I planned a fun surprise to celebrate.

We decided to plan a wedding and the children, especially the girls,

were very excited.

The decorations began with a banner my husband made when he proposed to me.  Over 10 years ago he took me up an airplane and flew over a field near his parent's home where he had several of our family members and friends holding a large banner made of sheets in which he had sprayed painted the words "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"  The banner barely fit around our family room.

The children held up YES signs as daddy walked around the 

corner and saw what we had organized for him.

We had our preacher:

And our flower girls:

Mommy walked down the "isle" 

holding onto her precious little guy.

After the wedding ceremony, 

we had the dance.  The preacher then

turned into the wedding photographer and 

really enjoyed his job.

Then Daddy "sang" to mom 

the same song he sang to her 10 years ago.

The girls sat patiently and enjoyed watching mommy and 

daddy dance together.  Now it was there turn to dance

with their prince - their daddy!

After dinner, some sparkling grape juice, and 

of course some wedding cake - we enjoyed a little more dancing 

to the chicken dance, the hokey pokey and the locomotion.

It truly was a wonderful evening.

I feel so blessed, so loved, and

so thankful...words can't express my joy-

all praise and glory to our Lord!

More Busy Man

Every day he seems to be that much busier. 

 He now knows how to climb up the stairs.

Of course it helps when you have three siblings sitting up on the 

stairs cheering you on! 

Then while the children were eating lunch,

he found his way under the table and enjoyed 

standing up by their chairs and grabbing them.

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

And such a Blessing, Blessing, Blessing!

Busy Man

This little guy loves to be on the move (have I mentioned that)??  

First his walker, then crawling, and now walking along furniture and walls. 

While I was unloading groceries the other day, Little J moved from the kitchen in the play room, along the pack n play, out into the kitchen to the cupboards.

After he accomplished this mission.  He plopped himself down on his butt

 and crawled over to the fridge where I was putting the food away. 

He stood himself up and thought he'd "help"

Although I don't have pictures for the next party of his journey, I will fill you in.

He next crawled to the pantry and "unloaded" the granola bars I had already put away.

Finally, he found his sister's water bottle, dumped it on the floor and had a good time 

playing in the water.

Do I have another Busy Bee on my hands? 

I think so.

My Little Ones