All Smiles!

The little lady found her smile and now she just doesn't quit! It's so stinkin' cute :)

 Love that little girl!

Preschool Program

Luke has finished his first year of preschool and ended with the cutest little program

 He was such a cute little performer

 I love his little smile :)

Here he is with little best friend, Grace. It's no wonder that his teachers thought they were twins. They carpool together, are always together and even have the same birthday!

Curious Joe, Part III (Seriously, Part III!)

Awww, he looks so peaceful, right?

 Well don't be fooled!!! 

It always seems to happen while I'm feeding Elise. It's like he knows....

Any guesses as what this white powdery substance it? Well the food pantry was locked. So I guess he went to find another cupboard not yet explored.

He went for under the sink and I guess thought he'd clean a little....

 This is comet.

 

At least my family room smelled clean! It actually helped removed some of the ash still in the crevasses from his shenanigans in the fireplace.

 

Look how happy and proud he is...*sigh*

Though Joey went right into the bath after the comet incident, this was actually a few days later. We thought he was quietly playing in the bath....

 Well, I guess he was. It was just playing in the bath AND the toilet. Again, look how happy he is. How can I stay mad at that face!

And last night we were together with my family. Joey LOVES playing with his cousins. But poor cousins sometimes. He dumped a cup of soda on one cousin and a cup of dirt on another. He just thinks it's fun play time! Sorry William and Eliza :(

Two months old!

Time flies and my baby girl is already two months old! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last month. She seems to get cuter every day. She's a great baby. She spits up a fair bit, but she has started to do 8 hour stretches at night! It's usually from like 8 or 9 pm until 4 or 5 am, but I'll take it. And she's smiling more and more all the time. She is every body's favorite :) 

 She looks good in pink--good thing because I have a lot of pink stuff ;)

 Here she is with her BFF who is one month older. Could they be any more different?

 The first thing EVERYONE says to me is, "wow, look at that hair!" and then something about how she looks like an ethnic baby--Indian and Mexican are the most common. I'm pretty sure her little BFF here has yet to receive one comment like those ;)

 There's nothing cuter than a sleeping baby (especially MY sleeping baby :)

 She was just so cute in just her little diaper. I couldn't resist the picture.

 Yay! Starting to smile!

She doesn't actually keep these shoes on very long, but they are so dang cute so I'm capturing them with the camera.

We're so crazy about our baby Elise!! Man, I love her!

Mikey turns 6!

I can't believe my little Mikey is 6!

As you can see, this year's superhero was the Incredible Hulk. I had large doubts about my plans for this cake, but it just might be my favorite cake I've made to date. (And actually ended up being one of the easiest after I had the fondant made.) 

 Mikey loved Classic Skating so much last year that we came back again for his birthday this year. The kids all had so much fun.

 Mikey just loves everyone and wanted to invite every friend he's ever had, but we had to limit it a little so we stuck with only kids from his school class this year.

 It was a fun group

 And Mikey got some pretty fun stuff

Happy Birthday, Mikey! 

It was really fun to see my little Joey having so much fun, too ;)  Man, he's a cutie!

The first month of Elise

I can't believe Elise is over a month old already! These are some of my favorite pictures from her first month.

 I love her little hands when she sleeps like this. So cute!

 In this one, she was sleeping in the swing peacefully when I left her. When I came back, her new Easter Bunny was nestled in there with her...I don't know which of my sweet little boys put it there, but it was cute :)

 Luke just loves holding her. He usually only holds her for a minute, but he asks all day. And every time he says, "Oh wait! I haven't washed my hands!" Then he runs and washes his hands.

 I know, her hair kind of resembles a certain doll.... I don't want to say it, but it starts with a "t" and ends with a "-roll." :) Just the hair, not her darling face :)