Kindergarten Spelling

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Happy 9th Birthday Brianna Paige!

Febuary 3rd, 2002...just two days old. 1st Birthday - Blues Clue's Theme at Home2nd Birthday - Disney Princess themed at The Little Gym
3rd Birthday - My Little Pony themed at Chuck E Cheese
4th Birthday - Princess Dress Up at Home with surprise guest Princess Jasmine
5th Birthday - Cheetah Girls themed at ASI Gymnastics

6th Birthday - Hannah Montana themed at Let's Jump!

7th Birthday - Rock Star themed Slumber Party at home
8th Birthday - Wizards of Waverly Place themed Swim Party at The Keller Pointe

Pics to be posted soon from her 9th Birthday HAIRSPRAY themed 50s/60s Party!

Happy Birthday Brianna! Love you!

Parenting is Like a Box of Crayons

After a brief stint of screaming and uncontrollable emotions, I have one child who is grounded from TV and computer and claims that we don't love her as much and that she has nothing else that she could possibly do and another child who is basking in a world of being "the good one".
I can't take much more of this so I must come up with something soon...enter coloring book and crayons...so I sit down and we start to color, this brings the youngest off the computer as she wants to join the coloring and relaxes the emotions of my oldest...whew!

As we are coloring, I watch them choose their pictures and then choose the colors for each item carefully. I decide that parenting is like a box of 64 crayons (with the built-in sharpener). Parenting consists of creativity, variety, choice, diligence, vibrancy, trying to stay in the lines but having it be ok when you go outside. Parenting also comes with some dull moments when sharpening becomes necessary (perhaps when you aren't quite sure what to do or when a decision was questionable or didn't quite have the outcome you had hoped for). Parenting has a learning curve, is there always a right answer? Absolutely not and what works for you may not work for someone else so it often ends up being trial and error and mental notetaking saves face when the next difficulty arises.

We love being parents and love the challenges that keep us one our toes and keep us guessing. We try our best to do what's right and to learn from our mistakes. And, just like the completed, colored picture, we love and take pride in the masterpieces that are our kids each and every day!

Watching Noah

Baby Noah spent the night at our house and the girls were so excited and were also such a big help. Emma wanted to feed him, put him to bed, change his diaper, hold him and the list goes on...if Noah needed it, Emma wanted to get it for him.

He is a VERY happy and content baby and he absolutely LOVED David, he would watch him leave the room and when he would come back into the room, Noah's attention diverted directly to him. I think David LOVED him back just as much...

Kisses when it was time to take him home and Emma says, "Why can't you have another baby?" followed up with "Are there any more babies we can babysit?"

So, I guess Emma's Babysitting Service is

OPEN FOR BUSINESS...

Love you sweet Noah!

Rare Moment

The girls getting along and building a Lego masterpiece.

It's Snowing!

Ready and Waiting...C'mon Snow!