Collier Party of 5: February 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

A Preschool Valentine's Day Party

Nora's class Valentine's party was this morning. And today also happened to be pajama day! Atley and I came to help out and it was a great time! The kids handed out their Valentines, played games, made a craft and had a topping full ice cream sundaes!

Passing out Valentines

Making her fingerprint heart!

Finished product :)

Atley got some time in the bounce house!

Nora's turn

Ice cream sundae time

Some of the girls in Nora's class

Cheesy Nora at the Photo Booth :)

Class picture!

After everyone finished their snack, all the kids sat in a circle singing song with Mrs. Barney. They sing such fun songs! Atley thought she was part of the class and joined right in :)!

Singing some songs

Now some dancing

Here's a video. Atley was cracking me up!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Abby's Baby Shower

Last weekend, my cousin, Libby and I hosted a baby shower for my sister, Abby. Abby is due on March 20 with a sweet baby girl! And I can't wait!! We had her shower at The Badollet House in Salem and Jody outdid herself with the flowers and the food! It was a beautiful shower and I think everyone had a great time (and ate too many sweets- or I did, at least!). Enjoy some pictures from the afternoon!

Nora was in heaven ;)! Look at all those sweets!

Abby was pretty excited too ;)!

Love this sweet girl.

Showered with gifts!

With Abby and Libby

Love these 2 beautiful ladies!!

We asked everyone to bring a book for the baby instead of a card. We filled this crate with books for baby Margo!

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Golf Class

Ethan has been going to golf class for the last 4 weeks (he has 1 more week). He's really enjoying it and he's a natural at the sport. The instructors are impressed with his skills- which don't come from me!!

Waiting his turn for the simulator

This is how Atley entertains herself :). Playing with the golf tees!

About to drop in the hole

Putting practice

Nora and Atley- playing in the simulator

Monday, February 1, 2016

16 Month Atley

Atley was 16 months old on Saturday (January 30). I had every intention to post about her at 15 months...but never got to it.
She is such a joy! I love watching Ethan and Nora play with her. I love watching her learn new things. I love hearing her say new words. And I love how she makes our family complete!

A few things about Atley at 16 months:

She has 7 teeth (4 on bottom, 3 on top). She's got at least 2 more that are so close to popping through.
She's generally a great sleeper 8pm-7:30(ish)am - We've had a few inconsistent nights lately ;).
She's a good eater. Some favorite foods are mac & cheese, pb sandwiches, cooked carrots, cheese of any kind, grapes, bananas and most other fruit, pizza and crackers.
She's walking everywhere and beginning to run.
She's talking a lot and has quite the vocabulary. Some of her favorite words: Daddy, Mama, Nora, cracker, doggy, cookie, cheese, hi, bye bye, shoes, ball (baba). She's also pretty much a parrot and will try to mimic most of what you say.
She waves to everyone (when she's in the right mood)
She blows kisses, with sound and all!