Sunday, December 21, 2008

December's Doctors, Doorbells, and Decorations

Cade and Lil enjoying Lily's birthday gift from GG and Gampy
Christmas Cheer
Raise your hand if you just put something in your mouth again!

working on a scrapbook for a friend- so fun!
A package from Auntie Christa!
(Lily: "Hadassah! Smile!)
A Rain Protector or a Book?
Caedmon or Dad?
Packages from the Stoffels!
time to get the tree out

saran wrap- Lily's work of art from last Christmas!

My friend Karen has a similar picture on her blog from her daughter decorating their tree!
I love the mind of a child :O)
"Have you seen any leaves?" -Mr. Giraffe
What a picture! Too cool!

I'm glad I have so many pictures of our smiley girl because this week she's been so fussy... it's nice to remember those dimples.

Lily turned 4! She got a "patient" who she adores from GG and Gampy.
The tradition in Lily's preschool is to bring a small gift for all of your classmates on your birthday. I'm not sure why I didn't take on out of the bag for the picture, but we got some little bath toys... winde-able fish and people.

Lily requested a "star" birthday cake. When she saw the one I made for her she said, "I meant I wanted the star cut out of the center (of a rectangular cake)!" Well! That would have been a bit easier! Ha ha. She redeemed herself at bedtime when she said her favorite part of her day was her cake :o).
We went swimming at a hotel in the morning, then met Lily's friend Abby at McD's for lunch.

Abby gave Lil the cutest t-shirt with their picture on it. Lily loves it!

Then after quiet time we made pizza, ate cake and then watched Charlotte's Web together as a family. What a fun day!

Hadassah trying out carrots. Good thing for a big helper sister!


Lil was helping me peel carrots so Cade asked if he could peel something. I gave him the cucumbers then looked over after a few minutes realizing he pretty much peeled the whole cucumber down to nothing! :O)

The Morning Do
The Afternoon Do
The Evening Do

Maybe we'll have to wait a few months to try this again :o)

Don't miss our next entry... with memories from Yeye and Nainai (Josh's mom and step dad) who are coming tomorrow! We can't wait!

Monday, December 01, 2008

November Nights


Boy, these books must really be odd shaped, it seems like the book covers aren't fitting well.
"Hmm, do you think I got all of the peeling?"
Guess who (all 4 months old)?
A.
B.
C.
A. Lily
B. Hadassah
C. Caedmon

Lily's 3rd favorite thing to do. (Second: dressing Dassah and First: cuddling with her)
Little Lions

Preschool with Lil and Ab
Today's Topic: Tastebuds
Final Exam Question: What flavor is it?
The girls had tons of fun putting tomatoes, oranges, carrots and more in the juicer and then guessing the flavor. Lily's favorite: eggplant. Abby's favorite: apple.
Our Sunday Morning Crew
Flowers from Josh, yeay!
Story Time
the beginning of a duck
This picture doesn't say much for our dinners; however, the moment was too funny not to share.
Lily and I were eating toast with jam and crackers with tuna. After I set the food on the table I went to take care of something and then heard "mom! I fixed your sandwich for you!" I was thinking, hmm, I thought I already put the jam on the toast. We had a good laugh. Little Lil, always trying to help!

even a smile under the nookie

baby's 5 month picture
And she rolled on her belly for the first time on the exact same day!
The 5K Turkey Trot finishers
(you might thing the bread is maybe a wheat and a white, but nope, the brown was chocolate and the white was pineapple (with whole beans in the middle))
Our Thanksgiving day FEAST!!
We are thankful for so many great friends!

Cade and Dassah playing together while Lil was at preschool
Until next time,
slow down and have fun
Caedmon would say from his actions!