Saturday, October 31, 2009

The Perfect Princess Birthday Party


Sarah's birthday party was quite a challenge this year. It is hard enough having friends over on the boat, let alone energetic party-goers. My mom's house was out of the question, too. My grandmother has really taken a turn for the worse with her dementia and she is now living with my mom. So, Big Vanilla came to the rescue! The play gym was awesome!


The first hour of her party was strictly play time on the equipment. Then, the girls got ready for the Princess Ball. They donned their dress-ups, designed their own necklaces and applied make-up. They loved it! Then, they played a game of "Dance Freeze" and a game of "Musical Purse" (like hot potato). As the girls got out, they were to wash their hands and have a seat at the table for cake.


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And, on a side note: Sarah is now 4, even though her party was 2 weeks after her birthday. She said she couldn't turn 4 until her party! Silly girl!

Friday, October 30, 2009

YUMM!



Sarah and John enjoyed making and decorating the cookies that Grammy and Grampy sent!

Summers Farm Field Trip

Our co-op took a field trip at a Pumpkin Patch Farm ! What a blast!

Cool slippery slides...

Playground, kid-friendly corn mazes, a corn kernel pit...

Pumpkin pickin', moon bouncin', and grand rockin'...

Hay ride, petting farm...


Farmer Bob teaching about farming pumpkins and a cool billy goat tree house....
We had quite a full day! We will certainly return next year!

Thursday, October 22, 2009


Today was an absolutely beautiful day! The leaves are showing their color -- I love it! Sarah had to skip her dance lesson today because of a nice cold. We enjoyed some fresh air at the beach instead. The kiddos discovered lots of interesting things: a spider "village",


some warm water, and a strange pattern in the sand. There were 2 or 3 of these strange patterns. I haven't googled it yet...




I need to cherish more of these moments. Just this week, I have heard of 2 different families losing a child for one reason or another. I have also been reading the stats on H1N1. I have been heart-broken for all of them. When I look at the brevity of life, little annoyances (like... Sarah's difficulty falling asleep without poking my belly button, and John's selective hearing....) are not important. Life is too short!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Puking pumpkins and volcanoes...oh my

John insisted in carving a pumpkin, and making it "puke". It looks pretty cool. Sarah's, of course, is a "princess" pumpkin!
John and daddy had fun "erupting" his birthday volcano. I'm not sure who had more fun....

Saturday, October 3, 2009

John's Rock-Climbing Volcano Birthday Party!




Mommy's attempt at making a "volcano" cake. Maybe I should rely on the experts!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Sarah's Ballet

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videoSarah absolutely loves ballet. She had a smile plastered on her face for a few hours after her first lesson. These videos are from her 3rd lesson.