Snow Angels

We got some actual snow last week- not enough to make a snowman so the kids flung themselves in the yard to make snow angels.  I think they would wear their snow pants to bed if I would let them.  They LOVE the snow!

Gingerbread .11

This year's gingerbread creation is a whole village of houses.  I think some of the candy ended up someone's mouth instead of on the houses, but they still turned out awesome. 

Isaac Turns 6!

Isaac turned six in November.  We celebrated with two Lego parties, and fun was had by all.  Delia and my younger brother both want Lego parties now!   We are convinced that Isaac is growing entirely too fast- he amazes us every day with new facts and stats about all sorts of interesting things.  It's hard to believe he was our little baby not long ago.  He keeps us in line and keeps us on our toes and is beloved by his little brother and sister.  We love you Isaac- Happy Birthday!!!!

Christmas Prep

 We are getting ready for Christmas around here.  It is especially fun now that Miles walking!  He took his first steps this week.  He loved decorating the tree and dancing to Christmas carols...

Turkey Day .11

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year- great food and lots of family.

Our thankful board to remind us to be thankful and to give the kids practice with their writing...

Delia was the only one I could talk into wearing the turkey hats...

Isaac playing Turkey Ball.  After playing it at a friends house the week before Thanksgiving it was all the kids could talk about.  Turned out to be a big hit...

 Delia at her first school program!  She was awesome!  We enjoyed delightful songs and then a great meal with fellow preschool families...

Thankful

Thankful for these wonderful people in my life.  What would I do without them?!

Halloween '11

We had a great Halloween this year.  Isaac was a musketeer and an astronaut, Delia was Rapunzel (the pretend frying pan was her own addition to her costume- if you have seen Tangled you'll catch how clever she is!), and Miles was a dinosaur.

We got together at my parents' house with my brother and sister-in-law and their kids.  Isaac and Delia loved trick-or-treating with their cousins (E was the cutest little strawberry ever and J was a firefighter).

We ran out of time to carve pumpkins before trick-or-treating so Delia and Isaac went to town with glitter glue...

Another Season Done

This weekend we finished another soccer season, and we are labeling it a success!  Isaac and Delia both got pretty competitive, so we had many discussions about sportsmanship and competition.  At the start of one game Matt asked Delia why she was making such a funny face.  While glaring and baring her teeth she replied, "I don't want the blue guys (the other team) to put the ball in the goal!"  Everyone had a great time- especially Matt with coaching- it looks like we'll be doing this again in the spring!

Super fan- Miles was a trooper while we carted him around to games and interrupted his nap schedule. He loves clapping for his big brother and sister and Pop!

Delia Turns 4!

Our little girl is four now!  We celebrated with an awesome rainbow party this week.  Delia loved getting tons of new art supplies- she has been drawing, coloring, and painting non-stop all week.  AND she got to wear her new rainbow Hello kitty shirt.  Apparently it's the makings of the best birthday ever.  We love this sweet girl, and we love seeing her play with her fun brothers.  At four years old she loves:  tomatoes and spaghetti, having dance parties every night, making all types of ART, going to school, playing with friends, reading books, making up songs and stories, and making up her own mind thank you very much! 

We love you Delia Jane!

Super Soccer Stars

Another soccer season has started- Isaac is playing on a kindergarten team and Delia is playing her first season on a preschool team.  Matt is coaching both teams- hopefully we all make it through the season! This weekend they played their first games.

 Isaac always has a huge grin on his face when he's playing...

 Matt with Delia's team...

 Delia pouting while waiting to get back in the game...

 Overall I think Delia is enjoying actually getting to play instead of just having to watch Isaac. 

Miles was a trouper sitting through three plus hours of soccer.  He was even cheering and clapping for his big bother and sister...

Miles turns one!

Woo hoo!  Miles turned one a couple weeks ago.  I feel like I can barely remember when he was born, this year has gone by entirely too fast.  We are completely delighted by him- he makes all of us smile all the time.  We think he's going to be the practical joker in the bunch.  He's got two teeth, is standing up at furniture and scooting around, eats a LOT, sometimes sleeps through the night (amazing compared to Isaac and Delia at a year old), says "uh-oh," loves to dance and sing and gives the very, very best hugs.  We love our Miles Moses!

 He had a monster party for his birthday and was happy to have his grandparents there.  Isaac and Delia were a big help opening presents...

 Here's his first bite of cake.  At first he didn't know what to think of it, but we soon learned that the kid is going to like sugar...