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!
Petting the bunny :)
Smiling sweet girl!
She has the best facial expressions!  I tried to capture some during lunch today.



Such a big girl!

Atley Jane, we love you so much!  You make us so happy and bring so much joy to our family!