Big M Turns Five!!

Another year has passed and Big M has grown and changed. She is now five!! It's hard to believe she'll finish pre-K before long and will be heading off to Kindergarten next year. Each year seems to fly by just a little faster, but one thing is for sure...she's still such a sweetheart and loving daughter.

We had a small party with a few of her school friends at Michael's Arts and Crafts store this year. All of the girls had a fun time painting and decorating a wooden purse-shaped box to store their little treasures in.

Little M received a little help painting her box from Big M's friend, Marin.

On Big M's actual birthday, we took her and a friend ice skating. Neither of the girls had ice skated before. It was slow going at first, but both girls got the hang of it before long and seemed to really enjoy it. It had been a long time since Charley and I had ice skated...it took as a little time to get the hang of it again too!

The birthday celebration weekend was a ton of fun. It's hard to believe our little five year old has grown up. While I miss some of her baby days, she's sure a special girl that's been a blessing to our family. Happy Birthday Big M!

January/Feb. Snow Pics

Here's a couple of pics of M&M during the first snow we had towards the end of January. Neither one of the girls liked the snow too much...just too cold to enjoy it much. Big M did enjoy sledding a little more, but found that once she was wet and cold, it wasn't too much fun anymore. I don't say that I blame them much!

Here pictures of the Snow Blizzard we had on Feb.1. The first photo is of the snow looking out our back door. The second photo was taken from the front door. The snow was definitely blowing in all directions. I can't believe we ended up with 14 inches of it. I think it's going to stick around a while too. We had only 1 day of school this week...cabin fever is setting in!

Cute Pics of M&M

I found a few cute pics of M&M to share. The first is of Little M at her preschool's hat parade. She was the leader of her class and did a great job of following her teacher while wearing her sparkly, purple visor decorated with snowflakes. While she laughs and smiles a lot, it's rare for us to catch her little smile on camera, so that makes this picture that more precious.


We braided Big M's hair all over after bath one night as she requested. When we took out the braids the next morning, she loved the waves they left. Charley caught this cute photo of her. Just love her sweet smile!

Little M Sings her ABCs!!

Little M surprised us recently when she started singing her ABCs. It's difficult to understand her at times, but she's doing a pretty good job. Some of the things she's been saying lately are so cute...can't believe she's growing up so fast! She loves to dress up in a leotard saying, "me ballerina". When she first wakes up of a morning, she's always asking where her big sister is. They are having a fun time together and it's been fun watching them "play" together.

Make sure you turn the blog music player off so you can hear Little M. Hope you enjoy her singing video!

Gingerbread person

Big M was given a gingerbread person to decorate for this month's family project at Country Lane Elementary. She decided to make it a gingerbread "girl". Puffy paint for hair, Froot Loops for eyes, rick-a-rack for a mouth, a marshmallow outlined dress (with sequin buttons, of course), and button shoes. The girl wasn't complete until she had added a bracelet from round stickers and blue puffy paint hair clips (although those are difficult to see). It was fun...now to see what projects are up next!

Fun with Little M at Bouncy Barn

We hadn't visited Bouncy Barn for quite some time...Big M seemed to be outgrowing it and Little M seemed too young the last time. I had an errand to do right next to their new location on Monday, so we decided to check it out. I'm so glad we went...it was snowing outside and there were only 2 other kids the whole time we were there. Little M had a great time, as you can see in the photo below. I'm sure we'll be back to visit soon since she had such a great experience!

On another note, we've been trying to video Little M dancing. It's so cute and really does get us tickled. Of course, when we start recording, she doesn't show us her best moves. Here's a little video, although you really need to see her dance to music in person . :)

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year! I caught a picture of the girls just before heading off to school the first day back from Christmas break. While it was nice not having to be on our regular routine, the two weeks just flew by...a couple of playdates for Big M, travel to Guthrie to see Charley's family, travels to LA to see my parents. We baked our "Christmas" cookies for Santa, too. It was messy, but I think both girls had a great time. :)

Just like the Thanksgiving turkey we disguised, we also had a Christmas ornament to decorate. Here's how Big M's turned out. Lots of fun, but this thing weighs a ton with all of the candy she put on it.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and wishing you a great 2011!