Wednesday, June 1, 2011

getting caught up








Okay...
Eliza...
has been getting teeth! The top two are through and the bottoms are just starting to poke through. She had her 9 month check on Tuesday and is healthy :). She's sweet, loves her siblings, pulls up to her knees and once in a while to her feet, loves to eat and likes most anything, and has her daddy wrapped around her little finger (well, I guess she's managed to wrap all of us around her finger.)

Annabelle...
had her dance recital and did awesome! We're changing things up a bit as she has chosen to take tap in the fall instead of ballet. She loves the garage sale "school clothes" I've been getting for her. A pair of Osh Kosh shoes that I got for 5.00 (thanks to hip2save) arrived today. She's excited to wear them to preschool in the fall. I sure am going to miss having her around all day! She's been loving this warm weather as she loves being in a bathing suit enjoying any kind of water (pool, sprinkler, hose...). She has also learned to bait a hook.

Bennett...
went on his first school field trip and it was my great pleasure to chaperon. It was at the Kalamazoo Nature Center which was right up his alley. I thought he'd seem different in a different setting but nope, I see the same kid at home as his teacher sees at school. He is a wearer of gym shorts and t-shirts, is obsessed with fishing, and is forever questioning things or telling us about something. He acts old when he's around kids his age which acts as a reminder that he is going to KINDERGARTEN in the fall :(. When did that happen?!

Things we're looking forward to this summer...
fishing
camping at Yogi Bear
the library summer program
lunches at the elementary school
4th of July
visits to the bird sanctuary (I purchased a membership from groupon...we love that place!)
Eliza's birthday (welll, I'm only halfway looking forward to that...my babies are getting too big too quick.)
the 5 K during Magic Week that some friends and I plan to run (or maybe walk).
and so many more things! I must go to bed now. Good night!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

TOOTH!

Eliza Arrin, today is Wednesday, May 25, 2011. You are 9 and 1/2 months. I noticed your first tooth today. It has just popped through and it is one of your top teeth. I was expecting a bottom one first! You really can't get any cuter but picturing you with little teeth is just too much :). Love you Baby Girl!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

5, 4 and 9(months)














I have a lot of updating with pictures to do but I only have the energy for this one tonight.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Chicken Run


"Chicken run" is what the kids called it on Saturday when we went to Tractor Supply to pick out chicks. The chicks are the newest additions to the Sharp's Farm. The above chicken coop is not Mark and Carol's. It is actually that of our next door neighbor. The following pictures are from Mark and Carol's. The kids named their chicks, Corn Corn, Grain Grain, Chick Chick,...I can't think of the others. They each got to pick 2 and their friend Cheyenne also got to pick 2. The kids just love them. Annabelle was all about it and didn't hesitate a bit to pick them up. Bennett wanted to make sure they weren't going to peck him and then he thought they were pretty cool. We had to go back on Sunday to check on them.



Sweet Sis

I love spending my days with this girl!! Here are a few things my sweet Annabelle enjoys doing in her day.
-she loves to draw/write/color-she can usually be found with paper and some sort of writing utensil
-she enjoys clipping coupons with me (that's my girl :)
-she likes to practice her penmanship
-she likes playing with her polly pockets and her tea set/kitchen set
-she loves to play dress up. she doesn't usually end the day in the same clothes she started the day in.