Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus

It is no secret that if you spend any time at my house, we love to dress up! Today the kids took it to a new level. Anna was playing with the Little People Nativity, and said she wanted to dress up like Mary. I asked Andrew where his night night was, and he wanted to know why. When I told him what we were doing, he wanted to be Jesus. I told him that Jesus was the baby doll, so he agreed to be Joseph. Aren't children great to remind us the true reason for Christmas?

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday from Anna and Andrew (aka Power Ranger)

Merry Christmas!

We had our Christmas program at church the other night, and here are my babies dressed in their Christmas garb! I had several parents with older children laugh at me as I tried to get a good picture of the children together. I guess I am not the first to have difficulty! I have also included the rejected pictures so you can feel my pain.

Anna's 3rd Birthday

For Anna's official birthday we had a little party at the grandparents, and then headed to see the Disney Princess' on Ice. It was wonderful. As you will see from the costume, Anna is quite taken with the Wizard of Oz right now. We just saw it on TV one night, and she loves it! We convinced Andrew to go to the ice show, and when it was over, he said why didn't you tell me it would be that good!

Thanksgiving

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We did! Too many blessing to count!

More birthday pictures

Happy 3rd Birthday, Anna

Today we celebrated Anna's 3rd birthday with a royal tea birthday party. We had it outside in the backyard. The weather was beautiful, but very windy. We had a wonderful time, and I am so grateful for all the help I had! The little girls were chauffeured to the backyard by Andrew in the gator. They played in the backyard for about 30 minutes, and then we sang Happy Birthday to Anna. After she blew out the candles, Cinderella walked out of the house. She was in awe. She took Cinderella by the hand, and sat her down in her spot at the table. She just sat and stared at Cinderella. After the tea party was over, Cinderella read the girls the Cinderella book. Then she crowned Anna queen for the day. She then took pictures with each little girl. Cinderella was amazing, and the look on Anna's face when she came out was priceless. In the pictures you can tell, she is just staring at Cinderella. After we took Cinderella home, Anna cried, and said, why did you take her home. It was a great party, and I am so grateful to wonderful friends who helped make it possible.

Christmas card pictures

I have begun the arduous task of trying to get the perfect picture for our Christmas card this year. As you can tell, it is going great! We will try again on Sunday!

Isabella's birthday party

Anna went to her friend's party a couple of weeks ago. She had a great time. She loved the bouncer! And getting make-up and nails done. She is about as girly as they come!!!

Happy Halloween

I am having a hard time keeping this blog updated! Anyway, we had a great Halloween. Plenty of Fall Festivals!!! The kids trick or treated, and both loved it. Andrew drove them in the gator, and all Anna could talk about was going in the "bater" to get more candy!!!

I just went to check on Anna to make sure she was asleep for her nap, and this is what I found.

Go Bulldogs

We went to the MSU game, and as you can tell, the kids did a great job of entertaining themselves!

Happy Halloween, Daddy

A great big thank you to Daddy for buying our Halloween costumes for us today. You are the best!

We love you,
Andrew and Anna

Sweet Mrs. Elizabeth

Anna's old Sunday School teacher that she adores gave Anna and Andrew some toys today that her grandchildren have outgrown. They were so excited! Mrs. Elizabeth is amazing. Her 8 year old granddaughter died suddenly a couple of weeks ago. They still are not sure what caused it. So in the midst of her tragedy, she is still thinking of others. When I saw her today, and asked her how she was doing, she said they only thing that brings her peace is to know that God created her granddaughter only to live 8 years. Her faith is amazing and an inspiration to me. Please keep this family in your prayers.

Andrew's first day of school

Andrew starts his first day of Junior Kindergarten tomorrow. Thursday night we had parent orientation, and Friday morning we had open house. We met the parents and other kids in the class. We are very impressed so far. All the kids except 3 have summer birthdays! Andrew seems excited. Caleb is in his class, so it always helps to know someone! More pictures tomorrow!

Potty Training

So, I have begun to feel the peer pressure of potty training. Everybody else is potty training their child. On Monday I decided to put her in her Dora panties, and see what happens. We put them on at 10:00 am. I set the timer every 10 minutes to take her to the bathroom. After 2 hours. I quit. It was naptime. I told Anna she needed to put on a diaper for naptime. No, she says, I am too big for diapers! Okay, I put a waterproof blanket on her bed. She woke up dry! We go sit on the potty. No tee tee. It has been 5 hours since I put her in the Dora panties, so I begin to worry. I decide to wait her out. At 5:30, 7 1/2 hours later, she comes to tell me her shoes are all wet. I said did you teetee on the Potty! No, she says, I teetee on your kitchen floor. When Dan came home, he was holding her, and she teeteed on him! On Wednesday, Morgan bribed Anna with M&M's and after she teeteed on me, she finally teeteed on potty for the first time! Yea Morgan! Gotta love potty training!

Transformer Birthday Party

For Andrew's party, the boys came in their pajamas! It was a pajama party from 6-9 pm. After all the boys got to the Command Center, they got a message that Decepticon had stole all Andrew's presents! They grabbed their weapon, and went on a treasure hunt to find the gifts! The finally found Decepticon and the gifts, but they had to fight Deceptatron in a ball fight. After defeating him, they went and opened the gifts, ate pizza, cake and ice cream. WE were going to watch the movie outside, but it was too HOT, so we set up camp inside. The boys seem to have fun, but I learned no party should last more than 2 hours!

Happy 5th Birthday Andrew

Andrew has turned 5. It is so hard to believe how fast he is growing up! But he is so excited! This was our family birthday party. All he wanted were transformers, power rangers, and spidermans. We ate his favorite dinner which was tacos, and I let him decorate the cupcakes with his power rangers. While I cooked dinner, Dan, Andrew, and Anna put together the sandbox. After it was built, Anna told her Daddy, " I love your sandbox!"

Anna found this pacy is a basket, and she kept it in her mouth all day long. She hasn't taken a pacy since she was six months old. I thought her pose with Andrew is the making of a great sorority girl!

Big girls

Anna and Josie are getting to be such big girls. Now when they play together they like to paint each other's nails and curl hair! They make me so proud!