Mother's Day...Disneyland

This Mother's Day all I wanted was to go to the Happiest Place on Earth....Disneyland! We didn't tell the kids anything (for a few reasons...one, we didn't want them asking everyday when we are going, and two, well we wanted it to be a surprise) and so we left the house in the morning and the kids had no clue where we were going....well except for Taelor guessing that we were going there, but I still said "we will see". When  we arrived at the parking lot the joy and excitement on their faces was all I needed. They were thrilled. You see we had passes in the past, but haven't for the last year or so, honestly it was because the last time we were there, I felt like they didn't appreciate being there, they weren't excited anymore about going (since we went so often), so we decided not to renew our passes and let me tell you, it worked. They were beyond thrilled and so was I! I mean what's not to like about Disneyland?!? The day was magical especially when you are seeing Disneyland through a 4 and 5 year old! We got there early and we stayed as late as they could handle. It was a perfect Mother's Day, just the way I wanted to spend it! I love being a mom, I love that I get to spoil my kids rotten for a day, I love that I am giving them the memories my parents gave me, I love that they are my children, I love being called mom, mommy, momma....I LOVE it! I just wish my mom was around to share these amazing kids with her, but I know she is always looking down on us with a big smile! Thank you Taelor and Ethan for making me a proud and happy mommy! I love you to the moon and back!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's day!

First Day of Preschool....a little late

A few things have changed in our lives and schedules had to be adjusted and both the kiddos had to start a new preschool.... I know a bit late in the year but it was all fine in the kiddos eyes. It was the first day of any preschool for my little guy Ethan and boy was he excited! No tears were shed at all! Taelor switched schools  and was happy to be with Ethan (even though they were not in the same class). Taelor still shy as ever had a few days to get used to a new school. It was nice being able to have them both at the same school for now. I always get a little teary eyed whenever my kids start something new, but at the end of the day they were happy and so was I even though it was a little sad seeing my baby boy off to his first day of preschool.

Easter

Easter, one of my favorite holidays! I have always loved this holiday and now that my kids are old enough to understand the true meaning of Easter it makes it that much more special. Jesus died on the cross for us and He is Alive and this is why I love this holiday so much. This year our church had it at the park, outside in the sun and it was an amazing service! It reminded me of when I was little because Easter service was ALWAYS outside at the church we went to when I was a child. So this brought back such great memories and I was so happy that my children also get to experience the service while sitting with us. After service we headed to my parents house with the rest of the family, ate lunch, had an egg hunt, chatted, laughed and most of all had a great time just being with family. Happy Easter!

Taelor and Hailey....such a great surprise to see the Piot's on Easter!

My mom always has a candy bar for the kids! 

Friday night snuggling

Just being silly and snuggling with my kiddos!

Back to blogging

I have sure put blogging on hold lately. Well this week I will be back to weekly blogging. I have so much to catch up on, Ethab turns 4, St. Patrick's, life, funny quotes and just good old memories. So stay tuned!

Piper's Tea Party

Piper's 4th birthday tea party was too precious. Seeing little girls dressed in their best and sipping on tea and getting a sugar high from all the yummy treats was so darling to see. It was a perfect party. 

St. Patrick's Day

Oh we had a fun "green" day this year. Of course the leprechauns came and turned everything green! The kids loved it! We spent the morning with Makenna and Colton eating green eggs and ham and green waffles. It was a fun day celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Today would have been my Grandma Jennie's 90th birthday, I miss her everyday, especially on her birthday.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Ethan is {F.O.U.R}

My sweet, energetic, lovable, funny, ambitious little man turned 4 this month....{tear}! Still in awe of how fast the time has gone by.  4 years ago I was a crazy mom with a newborn and a 14 month old, living off no sleep but trying to enjoy every moment of having my two babies. Fast forward to last month and now I have a four year old. It's very bittersweet for me, as I am so happy to see him grow up into a big boy, but I feel that FOUR is not a baby anymore (even though he will ALWAYS be my little baby). But he is the darn cutest little 4 year old I have seen (I know I am a bit biased, he is my son). We celebrated the little man Pirate style.....arrrgh, shiver me timbers it was a great little family birthday party and he had a blast with all his little Pirate cousins. Here are some pictures from the party.

Happy birthday my sweet boy!! We love you so much!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy

Taelor's 5 {F.I.V.E}

Really was it already 5 years ago that we brought our precious little baby girl home who forever changed our lives?!? FIVE is such a big number for me, it's a whole hand, it's the age kindergarten will start, it's the age I feel they aren't toddlers anymore, they are actually "kids". Well my sweet princess is 5 and we brought in New Year's Eve with a great party for her. A few days before she invited her 3 girlfriends to Downtown Disney Studio 365 for a little makeover. It was so cute seeing these little girls get so pampered. I love having a New Year's Eve baby, it's a fun day, a day/evening everyone in the world celebrates, so what is there not to love about a New Year's Eve birthday! Taelor is one sweet little girl with the most timid, gentle, kind, loving heart. She adores her brother, LOVES Jesus, sings, dances, laughs, smiles, is girlie, plays dress up, loves to read, play with dolls, tea parties and anything sweet! This past year she learned to write her name, she can spell and write mommy and daddy as her first words, she played soccer and loved it and learned ballet. She is my precious love who I look forward to seeing grow this year (even though secretly I want her to stay young and innocent her whole life).  I love you my baby girl!

Thanksgiving to Christmas...

This Thanksgiving I hosted the hubby's family at our house. It was great to be the host with of course the help of my wonderful Mother in love :) The kids enjoyed preparing the food as you can see they were quite busy cutting ONE potato each! As for the turkey, well yeah that is a different story, let's just say I will have to leave the "prepping" of a turkey in the hands of my hubby or mother in love! Turkey and vegetarian just don't go together! All in all it was a great Thanksgiving!

The Christmas season went by in a flash. The kids were busy rehearsing each week for our church's choir in which my sweet little girl had a solo in and she did very well! We were busy each day doing and learning fun things for Christmas. We had our annual trip to see the Fashion Island Christmas tree and a visit with Santa. Our Elf on the Shelf was named Chippy and the kids enjoyed having him with us all month long. We wrote letters and mailed them to Santa, we baked cookies, read Christmas books that were wrapped under the tree each night, made lots of crafts, watched Christmas movies- Elf on the Shelf about 100 times, Polar Express, Home Alone, Toot and Puddle Christmas and many more. Christmas morning was priceless to see the looks on our kids faces when they saw their new bikes and all the other gifts Santa had left, we lounged around in our jammies till 2pm, until we had to head out to Gamma's, it was a wonderful relaxing morning!We had a great season we really did but I am sure glad all the craziness is winding down and life if getting back to "normal" or so I think!

Now it's a new Year 2012 and we celebrated Taelor's birthday on New Year's Eve, so I will be sure to post on the fun birthday festivities too!