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Emma............................Lily

10 months

Emma's Thoughts on Our Waitress...

CAN I GET SOME SERVICE PLEASE??

Lily's Spring Concert

Thursday, March 20, 2008
It was our first school concert, one of many more to come. The program was titled, "Singing the Oldies". The concert began at 9:45 with the 3 year old class. After six songs the two year old class came into the room and joined the chorus. They sang Five Little Ducks, Open and Shut Them and the Itsy Bitsy Spider. Lily, much to our surprise, was a little shy. She didn't sing every word, but chimed in now and again. She seemed happy to be with all her friends and enjoyed seeing Mommy, Daddy, Emma and Kimmie in the audience. It was an emotional event, I even teared up. Jeff and I are still amazed by her every day. Great job with your first concert Lily, you're a star!

Easter Part 2

Here are some other pictures, pre and post Easter. Just wanted to share. Lily loves any arts and craft project, especially if candy is involved.

It wouldn't be Easter with other coloring eggs Hard at work

Admiring her work

So proud of herself


The finished product


Stuffing eggs for her egg hunt at school

The day after Easter....

Hey, where are my jelly beans?

Easter 2008

We had a wonderful Easter this year. Although we missed all our family in New England, we enjoyed lots of family time here in Virginia Beach, just the four of us. We started the morning off with Easter baskets and an egg hunt. We decided to use small eggs filled with jelly beans for Lily and large eggs filled with Gerber Puffs for Em. We also placed an "L" or an "E" on each of the eggs so Lily would have to find all her eggs and leave Emma's. It was a so fun to watch Lily run around the house and Emma even found a few on her own. She figured out how to get the Puffs pretty quickly and was very content just sitting and watching Lily run around. After our egg hunt, the girls played with their goodies (Grammie and the Easter Bunny really spoiled them) and Jeff cooked up a yummy breakfast of sausage, eggs and English muffins. After breakfast and naps we headed out to a few parks, as it was a beautiful Spring day. We started with a light hike on some nature trails at City Park and then went to the Fun Forest Playground in Chesapeake. It is a VERY large park with so much to do. The girls had a blast. We ended the afternoon with a quick stop at the dog park for Kastor. Back at home Jeff and I cooked up a small roast chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing and sugar snap peas. We also helped Lily and Emma enjoy some of their Easter chocolate stash. It was a really nice day with lots of memories. Enjoy the pictures, there's a bunch!! I couldn't pick my favorites so I just posted them all.

The Happy's

HAPPY SPRING

to everyone and a special

Happy Anniversary to my Mom and Barry!

(Sorry your first day of Spring is a 2 day blizzard)

3.

Is the number of tacos (loaded with the works) that Lily ate for dinner tonight. Jeff and I were amazed...we're really not sure where she put it all.

It's a Good Day When...

• I can sleep past 7 a.m.
• I get a break from being a referee
• I get a cheerful call from my sister
• I can talk to my friends or family with out Lily harassing me to play
• Emma takes two long naps
• Lily has school
• I can take a peaceful walk with the girls and Kastor
• LILY NAPS
• I can go to the gym
• I get dessert
• Lily and/or Emma learns something new
• Jeff gets home early
• I get to blog
• My laundry is done and the house is some what clean
• I get a shower before lunch
• The kids don't watch too much TV
• We have a healthy, peaceful dinner as a family
• I get a magazine in the mail
• Emma doesn't wake for a 3 am feeding
• We are all together

Person of the week

Be sure to pause the music on the right.

Pink

I gave Lily a manicure and a pedicure this morning per her request. I guess she's not a complete tom boy! Having girls is just so much fun. We can't wait for Em to join in!

68 Degrees...

was our temperature here today! What a gorgeous Spring Day. We wore capri pants and flip flops and spent the day outside. Just wish this comfortable, warm weather would last. Give it a month and we'll be cranking up the AC. Got to love Virginia Beach!

We miss you Daddy!

Turning One!

Happy 1st Birthday to our nephew, Lucas! We love and miss you Sweetie!

Swim Class

Every Tuesday and Thursday for the last month, Jeff and Lily have been participating in a swimming class at our local recreation center. They both love their time together at the pool. Lily finished the class March 6th and is excited about taking more swimming classes. She is a little nervous about going under water, but loves being in the pool and learning all the strokes from her teacher Ms. Lee. Congrats Lilybug, we're so proud of you!

Little Em

Such a Mommy's girl

Potty TRAINED!!!

Well, our little girl finally figured it out. After several months of rewards, sticker charts and pull ups, something just clicked!! YAY!! Jeff and I are thrilled to only be changing diapers for one child. As a reward, we brought Lily to Chuck E. Cheese's for a Potty Celebration. Her friend Caleigh, also recently potty trained, joined in on the fun. Congratulation Lily, you're such a big girl!

Bath Time Bubbles

Can you remember the last time you were this excited about anything?