Mya's Spring Dance Recital

Mya had just recently had her spring recital.  She was really nervous about it.  The first time I went to watch her in class, she started to cry....not what I would expect from her.  She loves dance but needless to say her nerves were evident.  The moves that she did were really subtle and she didn't even do all of them.  I don't think she even cracked a smile.  Poor thing. She never said she didn't want to do the recital. 

 She did enjoy doing the finale.  She still walks around doing it. 

 This is her teacher, Miss Kimberly.  She loves her!

 Her friends and grandparents came to watch!

Spring Break 2012

 This year for Spring Break we went to visit our good friends, The Davis'. They live in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.  We did many fun things while we were there.  One of our very fun days, we left Crew behind and headed to NYC with the two older kids.  We did alot in one day.  Here are some of the highlights.  The first picture was in Times Square.

 Outside of the 4 story Toys r Us with a huge Ferris Wheel inside.  The kids were amazed!

 There were all kinds of charachters around to take pictures with for a small fee:)

Candyland in Toys r Us! 

 A lego Statue of Liberty!

 The real statue of Liberty. 

 Riding the Ferry to Staten Island

The only pic of us!

 Right outside the 911 Memorial.  Ayden wasn't sure if it was a statue or a person.  Right after, he started talking to Ayden!

 On the way to the 911 memorial....amazing!

The boys at the memorial!

 The kids loved riding the subway!

New York City ended up being the kids favorite thing we did.  The loved everything about it!  So glad we decided to take them!  

I have a 6 year old!

It is really so hard to believe that Ayden is six already. It definitely doesn't seem like this is possible. We have done lots of fun and exciting things in his 6 years of life! Here is what he did for his birthday! 2 of his cousins and his Aunt and Uncle came in town! We spent his actual birthday at the Children's Museum with them!
He got a snowboard and snow pants which he had been asking for since before Christmas but I am not sure he is going to get to use it this year!

I think it is cute how everyone gets so excited for the birthday child and surround them to see what exciting things they get.

This was at his friend sleepover.

They were full of energy as you can tell.

Calvin had this idea to let the kids birthday baloons go and attach a note with all the kids names on it and see if anyone would return the message. The kids got real into this. This was just before they let them go.

This is how far they got. I couldn't help but laugh! It was fun while it lasted!

We took them to an indoor playground where they had a blast running off their energy! I think Ayden had a great day!

Birthday #4!

Miss Mya had her 4th birthday on February 10. She had a wonderful birthday. She loved all the phone calls, visits, and of course presents. She was really excited to celebrate her birthday at school and be the line leader for the day! I made cake pops for her to take to school!
Loving her presents!

We took the kids to build a bear!

Superbowl Fun!

We were able to spend the afternoon/evening downtown while the superbowl festivities were going on. We left Crew with some friends and took Ayden and Mya along to enjoy the eveningwith us. We were also able to hang out with some of our favorite people, Cindy and Dave Elliott. Heanding to the NFL expereince.


Monument Circle

My crazy husband and kids on the mini field.

Mya running the obstacle course at the NFL experience

Cindy and the kiddos

Daddy and Ayden in the "Locker Room"

Go Bears!

We had to show our Illinois pride, in our Colts jerseys:)

Ayden and Mya had a great time in the Rush Zone area of the NFL experience. They got to do lots of different activities!

My rough and tough cuties!

Lucas Oil

They worked up a big appetite!

Monument Circle

The kids with Cindy and Dave!

Loved this!

A day with Dad

We are very fortunate to be able to keep our kids at home. I only work about 1 day a week and the kids get to spend the day with Dad. The kids are so lucky to have a fun, interactive Dad to hang out with! Sometimes he will take pics of things they do and then I will find them later when I am reviewing pics. This is what I found recently. You can imagine my smile when I saw these. How cute!
Arrrggghhh!

He let Mya help him cook, yes in a white shirt. He also lets her pick her own clothes out. He doesn't even make her brush her hair, unless she has school and I know she loves this.

We have had turkeys that visit us often. They mess with them through the windows and give them food. The kids love this. Crew even gobbles at them:)

Ayden is following in his Dad's footsteps in his love for the outdoors and nature. He loves to learn about any kind of animal. He was teaching me things I didn't know about turkeys the other day!!

We are so blessed to have a great dad and husband!