Here Kitty, Kitty

Hey, wait! That is no ordinary cat, it is Tom from Tom and Jerry!

Hey, wait! That's not Tom the cat, it is Amelia the Cat!!!

Kids Make Lunch!

Nana brought over some interesting ingredients for us to make a delicious lunch together.

First, we took a piece of crescent roll dough and wrapped a hotdog inside of it.
Then, we placed them all on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven to bake. They sure smelled yummy as they were baking. Then Nana brought some fruit and cut them into small pieces. James and I placed the cut up apples, grapes and raisins in a bowl and we took turns mixing it all together. That was such a fun and tasty lunch that we kiddos could help prepare!

James thought it would be funny to try on Daddy's "Clark Kent" glasses that he wore to the New Year's Eve party.

Mommy kept rubbing the balloon on top of my head...

now, I know why she was doing that to me!

"The Snake"

Auntie Annie got me this super cool snake that when you put it in the water it grows really, really, REALLY big! (or at least it says so on the package)

Well, the snake is in the water, but nothing is happening.

It turns out that it will take days for the snake to grow. So, we will check on it many times throughout the day!

Happy Birthday My Handsome Little Man!

To start off the big birthday day, James began receiving many birthday phone calls. (This was Papa singing to him)

Mommy thought it would be nice to ask James what he wanted for his birthday lunch and of course he said "Old McDonald's!" So, we went to a different McDs and this one had a play area attached to it...so I decided I would happily combat all of the icky germs by being armed with handi-wipes! The kids had a good time, Amelia was really too small and intimated to climb in the jungle-gym area, so she played with the limited little kids activities (totally gross!)

Amelia enjoying a chicken nugget.

For James' birthday dinner, he chose "Hotdog in a bun", Cheese Puffs, and milk. Nice and nutritious!

Happy birthday to YOU!!!

SNOW Much Fun!

Our lovely neighbors, the B family, surprised us with a kid size snow shovel! Now, Amelia and I both can help shovel the snow, or at least try!


Hey, Mommy! Don't leave me!!!!

"Wow, this is much harder than it looks!"

The kiddos did a terrific job doing their best to help shovel the lastest snowfall!

A Choo-choo-errific 4th Birthday!

This year James wanted a train themed birthday party, this was not my any means a surprise to us! James loves TRAINS!!! To start the birthday celebration, many of our friends joined us for an afternoon laughing, eating and of course playing with trains! We set of three different train tracks; the wooden Thomas set, the Geo-Trax and Amelia's Step 2 train set. For those, less enthusiastic of trains, we had other toys and the teeter-totter available.

Lauren and Amelia making their engines chug along the wooden tracks, clickety clack!

Addie and James are decorating their very own train whistles! Toot-Toot!

Everything that goes up...

Must come down!

Joey, Alex and Ryan are exploring the Geo-trax set.
James' is working hard on making his very own Conductor's hat! All Aboard!!!

After everyone had a chance to play, it was time to grab a bite to eat and then on to some cake!

James' "take apart" train cake!

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

Time for some presents!

Thanks everyone for helping make James' 4th birthday a day to remember!!!

Happy birthday my big 4 year old boy! We love you so, very much!!!

Trunkin' with Papa

Papa and Grandma Judy bought the coolest excavator tractor for James for Christmas. Papa was trying to give me some operating tips, but unfortunately I was finding the controls a bit confusing so Papa did most of the digging and scooping up the blocks.

James was the Tonka Truck driver taking the loads of blocks to the dumping station.

-Thanks Dad for the yummy birthday lunch and hanging out with us on my birthday!