Puppy Power

I know that my sis posted a blog about Mia's party...but i wanted to share my pics as well!!




Bone bunting...



Puppy pals to adopt...so cute



Adie and mom...



Meade boy and Marta helping with presents...



Tyler playing in the yard...



Cooper and Adie...



Maggie and Austin...



Te birthday girl...



It was a fantastic birthday! I can't believe that Mia is SEVEN!!!!!!!

Bday ideas...continued...

Here are ideas for T-bone :)

He is pretty true to size as well.  He wears 2T clothing (some 3T shirts) I would DEFINITELY get 3T pajamas if you are getting those.  He wears a size 7.5 shoe...He is a BEAST. ha ha ha

He would really enjoy tinkering on his own workbench

I can TOTALLY see Tyler bopping this Spongebob punching bag.  HILARIOUS...

 AND...I think Meade has one of these shaking/trembling bulldozer...and Tyler LOVES it!!!!

Both of my kids would LOVE a new PUDDLE JUMPER to help them with their swimming skills!!

THESE are the cutest swim trunks EVER for Tyler.  Maybe a swimshirt/rashguard to go with??

Tyler also really loves anything that you push and make noise like this learning toy!!! Or this "Mater" laptop!! ADORABLE

Hope these ideas help!!! :)

Bday Ideas...

Ask and you shall receive...ideas for the kiddos that is :)

People have asked for ideas for the kiddos.  They LOVED the blog that I did around Christmas time...so here is a birthday version!!!  Here are some ideas for Ella...

She may or may not be getting this Leapster from us...so anything to go with the Leapster would be awesome

They have these awesome games, cases and charging stations.  These would be great additions to the Leapster. If you type in Leapster on the Toys R Us website they have a MASSIVE assortment of goodies.

Her best boyfriend Aydn was riding one of these AWESOME big wheels on our last day of school and Ella was OBSESSED...this one is Radio Flyer brand also at Toys R Us!! (They have a red one too...may be a better hand-me-down for Tyler) ha ha ha

She is also really into games right now such as MEMORY,  HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS and ELEFUN.

She has the Loving Family Dollhouse.  THESE baby accessories are so adorable.

Ella really keeps mentioning Mia, Sophie and Gracie's two piece swimsuits...so she would definitely stalk any of those.  Such as THESE from Target :)

Or an adorable cover up like this one below

She is pretty true to size wearing 4T clothing.

I will be back with more ideas for Tyler!! Happy shopping.  Can't wait to see you all on Saturday!

4 Years Old...

Today Ella is FOUR years old!!!!

Feels just like yesterday when we had you...

 You were a fantastic baby.  You hardly ever cried...we could take you anywhere!! Pretty soon you were zooming around running everywhere...

 You are our big brown eyed girl...

 Here you are right after you turned 2 with your new baby brother...

 You take such good care of him and love him so much...

 These two girls are your favorite people in the WHOLE world...

 Daddy is your favorite too.  You love to play with him as soon as he gets home from work.  You ask for him after naps too...

 You would follow these girls ANYWHERE!!!

 You are so smart and LOVE to play and read all day...

 Tyler is your bud...but he drives you crazy at times...

 only because he wants to do EVERYTHING you do...even put his hands on his cheeks...

 But you really love him and take great care of him...

You even give him the biggest smooches EVER...

 

You love funny face time...

 We love you so much Ella!!

Happy 4th Birthday sweetheart!!

Ella's Last Day of Pre-School 2011

WOW...a half a year of preschool is over and done. SCARY.

So scary to think that the school year is almost over.  That just means LOTS...and LOTS of craziness to begin the Summer!

Here is Tyler watching Ella through the window...playing outside!

Tyler runs into the classroom and plays immediately when going to pick Ella up :)

 It was their "water party."  Weather didn't cooperate very well, so they made the best of it using squirt bottles and towels.  It was adorable...

Tyler got in on some action playing with the big kids.  Becky says he was in HEAVEN.

Ella with one of her teachers, Miss Beth.

Ella's friend Addy.  They are attached at the hip at school.

Tyler getting some work in on the playground :)

Ella and Addy again...like I said, attached at the hip.

Kids running wild :)  SO cute

Posing in front of her school building.  Hopefully we will be back their again next year.

Probably my favorite picture EVER...

Can't wait to start our crazy Summer out this evening at Gracie's birthday party...and another one for Michael tomorrow!! YAY SUMMER!!

Walls and Roof up!!

We have WALLS and the trusses are up too :)

Our construction craziness is further along...here is the side view of the new walkway and kitchen!!

This is our newly formed hallway...

 And this will soon be the view from our breakfast nook out the windows to the front yard.  Our cooktop and mantle-like hood will be placed in between these two windows...

This LARGE window will be the view from the sink area.  It will fit beautifully beneath this  5 foot window :)

Another view from the outside...as hubby trims a few branches that got banged up with construction!!

This is just a view up toward the trusses.   Hard to tell, but they will soon house a tray ceiling spanning the entire space!!

 

 Lots going on here.  We hear they may want to tap into our existing kitchen soon...which we are not fond of.  That means lots of crockpot and microwave meals for us. AND no dishwasher!! YIKES!

We will see how long we can keep them out of there.  There is still completion work to be done on the other side...painting, molding, light fixtures, flooring.  So we are hoping to distract them with that work at least until Summer break gets here!!!

MUST HAVE...

I HATE my camera bag.  Seriously...I think it may be the ugliest thing on the planet to lug around.  So recently I have been obsessing over these bags from JO TOTES

photo courtesy of jototes

I mean seriously...how cute are these bags??  They are so cute and perfect for what I need.

THEN...I found THIS tutorial on LilBlueBoo!!!

Photo courtesy of lilblueboo

I can not WAIT to get my sewing machine out of storage so I can make one of these ASAP!!!!! So easy and perfect and FREE on her website.  I love Ashley from LilBlueBoo.  She has the most creative stuff.  If you haven't come across her website already you are in for a treat.

So in case anyone is bored and has a lot of free time...its going to be at least another month before my sewing machine makes it out of storage...feel free to make one in your spare time. :) ha ha ha