Addie is Four!!

So my Addie girl is four now. She was one lucky little girl and basically had two birthday parties.

One with her joy school at Jumping Jacks, and another with her best friend, that lives across the street, at Chuck E Cheese. So spoiled.

This is her party with her joy school group.

(Sadie, Carter, Emma, Jack, Addie, Gavin)

She had a Tinkerbell cake.

Carter seriously thinks he's old enough to be part of the joy school crowd.

Present time.

They all had a BLAST at Jumping Jacks. I couldn't get them to stand still for a picture, so slide shots are all I got.

Addie is already asking to go back to Jumping Jacks.

My climbing king was in heaven!

Kimiko was kind enough to bring Carter's girlfriend, Mayumi, along for the fun.

We couldn't get these two to sit next to each other for a picture, without giving them something to get into. This was the best I could do.

Addie was thrilled to get a big girl bike of her very own. Thankfully, there was no snow to hamper her playtime! I'm loving our mild winter!!!

I definitely forgot my camera for Chuck E Cheese. I'm just a horrible Mom like that. Needless to say, she loved it. Now that she knows it exists, I think she'll want to go for every birthday.

I'm glad birthday week is over and I have a year to gear up for the next go round. Having both kid's birthdays a day apart is just craziness.

Carter is Two!!

I can't believe my baby is two. He had a great Birthday and I thought I'd share some photos.

We took him to Toys R Us for a little shopping spree.

I love his sweet grin!
(Yes, Addie had been crying. She was having a really hard time all day with the fact that it was Carter's Birthday and not hers!)

Took him a while to figure out how to blow out the candles.

This was as good of a George cake as I could do. Artistic abilities don't come easily to me and trying to copy George's face seriously took me almost two hours!

Loving his pick from Toys R US!!

So much fun stuff in the pockets.

Never too young to start playing with military toys.

Mermaid Nightgown

Addie has been begging me to make her something with this flannel mermaid fabric that Tutu sent. I finally got aroung to making her a winter nightgown. She is one happy girl. It's a little short, but that was all the fabric I had. Addie's just too tall! I'll add a pink ruffle later.

Super goofy smile.

Carter demanded to get in on the picture taking.

First Day of Primary

I can't tell you how excited Addie was for her first day of Primary today. Too cute.

She was concerned that Carter was now going to be all alone in Nursery. What a great big sister.

They are growing up too fast!

Bring on the Snow

We now have snow, and lots of it. My kids aren't very familiar with it and had a great time with our first snow day.

She wanted to see if the big-wheel could take it.

Carter was slightly perturbed that his car didn't work as well in the snow.

Addie ate more snow then I'd like to admit. Notice the one glove factor. We've been working on keeping the gloves on. It's an uphill battle.

Unless he was in his car, Carter wouldn't stay still long enough for a picture. What a little man.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We stayed home this year and had a nice laid back and relaxing Thanksgiving. We were glad that "Aunt" Alissa could come join us too. Thanks for watching the kiddos so that Bobby and I could go brave early morning Black Friday.

Addie and Carter wouldn't leave Alissa alone the whole day. It was AWESOME for Bobby and me, a welcome break!

I'm not sure if Carter actually ate any of his food, but he sure loved playing with the mashed potatoes.

Bath Time

Addie uses this poor kid as her life sized dress up doll. She basically forces him into her clothes. He's such a good sport.