Bike-a-thon

Tyler had a bike-a-thon at school last week.  I thought they'd just be going in circles, but they had it set up real cute.  They had a marked path, but along the path, had a garage to work on your bike, a gas station, a bike wash, and a doctors office to relax and get water.  Tyler had fun.

Molly's 1st Birthday Party-a lemonade stand party!

Saturday, we had Molly's 1st birthday party-a lemonade stand party. I loved planning it. Here are the adorable invitations I got off etsy.

We made Molly her own lemonade stand. Check out the dress I found for her. It matched the colors perfectly! Isn't she just adorable!!

My mom came in for the party and I was so glad to have her here to help.

My brother, Tom, moved down here about a month ago. Molly just loves him.

For decorations, I made paper garland and had lots of pictures of Molly all around.

This is the wreath my mom and I made.For food, we had croissants, pasta salad, and fruit. For dessert, we had ice cream cone cakes and lemon bars.

The little gown on the right is the outfit Molly wore home from the hospital.

I made fresh lemonade and it was so delicious! We also had pink lemonade and water with lemons. We had clear cups with lids so we could use the pink and white straws I got.

When the party was over, guest received lemonade cookies in a jar to take home. They just have to add the wet ingredients and can make some yummy cookies.

Molly wasn't sure what to think when it was time for her cupcake and everyone was singing to her. I didn't think she'd really eat it and she didn't. She took about two bites, but mostly had fun playing with her cupcake.

Molly received so many wonderful gifts. Lots of fun girl toys and so many cute outfits! It didn't take her long to figure out how to open her gifts.

When I started planning her party, Tyler asked what kind of games we'd have. I told him probably none, but he thought he needed a game for him and his friends. I came up with-who can suck on a lemon the longest. All the parents had out their cameras ready for pictures of the funny faces, but these silly kids didn't make any faces, they just sucked on them or pretended to. It didn't turn out as funny as I thought it'd be.

I love how everything turned out and everyone had a good time, especially Miss Molly. She had fun the whole time.

12 Years

Today is our 12 year anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long; the time has flown by.

Happy Birthday Molly!!

Happy 1st birthday sweet baby girl! I can't believe you are already one. This year has just flown by. In the last month, you have started cruising along the furniture. You babble and talk a ton! You really get going when you are talking to the dogs. For a long time you've been taking toys out of things, but now you like to put them back in. A second tooth has finally popped through. You do well eating your baby food and love puffs and Cheerios. You like strawberries too. Any other food I cut up for you like carrots or noodles, you won't eat. You only nurse from me before your morning nap, afternoon nap, and before bed. I will start weaning you soon now that you are one. This past week, I did start giving you milk in your sippy cup and you're slowly getting used to it. You still laugh and giggle alot and are generally a happy baby. You did wake up one day from your nap and we're quite the sassy girl-you didn't want your diaper changed, you didn't want to get dressed, if you were standing up against something and I had to move you, you let me know you did not like that. That only lasted a few days and now you're back to going with the flow. You love to swing outside and we do that many times a day. You still love to read. You sit and play really well with your toys for periods of time. You are still not crawling, but manage to scoot to where you want to be. I really think you will skip crawling and just walk. You sign "more" and "finished." You love your brother, but when he is bothering you or you don't want him in your face, you push him away. You still take 2 naps during the day lasting about and hour and fifteen minutes to and hour and a half. Usually you can sleep all night. This is all I can think of for now. Happy Birthday sweet girl! You have been such a blessing to our family and we love you so much!!

Easter

Tyler had fun again this year coloring eggs.

Easter morning, he was able to find all the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid.

Here is sweet Molly looking through her basket. She wanted to throw all the grass out of it.

Cute family pics when we were ready for church.

Pool Time

We went to the pool this season for the fist time today. It was nice and hot out, so it felt good even though the water was a bit cool and had to take some getting used to. Molly loved it! She had a fit while I tried to get her in this floatie thing, but then she loved it.

Tyler jumped right in and remembered the things he learned last year in swim lessons.

In the kiddie pool, Molly loved standing up and holding onto the side. Even when she sat down once by accident, she was still above water.
She liked the water squirting up.

Here she is just being cute and happy looking at the water.

Soccer

Tyler started soccer last Saturday. He is on a team with his best friend, Kyle and their other friend, Audrey. Here are the 3 of them. I think he had a good time other than getting hot and a little tired. He kept asking to go to the pool, but his time is 1:00 and it was about 90 degrees. They will always have a practice first and then a game after.

Here is his team, the Angry Birds. Tyler is number 42.
Here he is showing off some moves!

I know-he needs to knee high soccer socks for under his shin gaurds. We'll be getting some this week.