Sydney's Birthday Party

On Feb 6th we had a small party for Sydney. She turned 1 on the 3rd. We sort of followed suit with Miles' party. We had family & friends gather at our church. We had cupcakes, cake, Syd's own personal cake(there was a lot of cake baking at our house that day) and home ice cream(of course). Sydney's theme was Minnie Mouse.

Syd was so sweet...she let me do most of the gift opening. She would just wait for me to open them and then get excited about what I pulled out.

A ladybug pillow pet...

Yay!!! She got lots of neat stuff.

She wasn't shy about it...

She dug right in!!!

She was so sweet. She actually held out her hand for Tenley to take a taste!

I imagine Syd is thinking...I already gave you a bite...keep your hands off!

Then Miles had to try a piece...don't they know all the cakes taste the same? I just made Syd a small one so she could make a mess.

This was the cake the adults shared...I know, I need to work on my cake decoration skills!!!

I wanted to get a pic of Syd and Uncle Rick(they share the same birthday), but Syd wanted nothing of it, so Uncle Rick decided to look as happy as she did. Maybe next year!

Miles' Bday Party

Wow...No posts so far in February! I guess you could say I'm more than a little behind. I had some technical difficulties with my blog, but now that I have them resoveled I'll do my best to catch everyone up as quickly as I can.

I left off at Miles' Bday. I rented a jumper and we had friends and faimly come up to our church gym. We played and jumped, ate pizza, cake, and ice cream, and openned a ton of gifts. All and all I think it was a pretty good party. Here are some of the pics from his party...

You wouldn't believe it from the look on his face, but it took a little coaxing to get this sweet boy to open his gifts? Once everyone turned to watch him open his gifts, he turned shy. He told me he didn't want to open his gifts cause everyone was watching him.
Once that finally wore off...he quickly started tearing into them.

He was so excited when he openned his big yellow dump truck...aka tractor. Everything is a tractor to him.

His very own memory game. He plays with Tenley Dr Suess memory game, but now he has his own.

Does it get any cooler than a Buzz Lightyear sleeping bag? He couldn't wait to take it to school as use it as his sleep mat.

C.A.R.S!!!!

This isn't just any stick horse...this one makes horse noises. So when Miles plays sometimes he uses the horse noises and sometimes he makes his own.

So much thought and concentration goes into openning gifts...who knew.

Miles' got a Big Boy bike from us...he loves it. He asks me just about everyday if he can ride as soon as he gets home.

So cool...So smooth!

Toy Story 3...all the way!!!

The cake may look simple, but is was oh so yummy! The home made ice cream could have had something to do with it.

Sydney has already decided Miles' needed to share his toys.

It's a perfect fit!

I love the help from the sidelines...

It has been almost 2 months and I still can't believe my baby boy is 3.

Birthday at home

Things rarely work out the way we plan...Miles' birthday wasn't any different.

The plan was...for him to take cupcakes to school and share with his friends, come home, I was going to cook whatever he wanted to supper, have him open a gift from us, and then have another cupcakes with us to celebrate his actual birthday. Then have his party with family and friends on Saturday.

What actually happened...I woke up so sick I could hardly get out of bed. Goose took off so he could take care of the kids.

I literally slept most of the day...Goose fed the kids their school lunches.

Miles was really excited about turning 3

Daddy also let them dig into the school cupcakes.

Later that night...once I felt like joining the land of the the living...Goose made hot dogs(turkey...disgusting...there is just something very wrong about a "turkey" dog...Goose informed me that he would not be eating another "turkey" dog ever again)...Miles' choice. Then we had cupcakes, sang Happy Birthday, and watched Miles open his gift.

Big Boy

Showing off his cupcake "stache"

He was so excited about the Toy Story wrapping paper that he couldn't hardly open his gift.

But some how he managed.

A monkey pillow pet

Not sure what this look is for...but I sure thought it was cute.

We saved his big gift for his party...pictures to come.

On a side note...I made more cupcakes so Miles could have cupcakes with his friends...it was just the day after his birthday.

Pretty Girl

I'm sorry for all the "older" posts, but since this blog also serves as a way for me to scrapbook I don't want to leave anything out. 

While I was looking through some of the blogs "that I have started but didn't quite make it to publication". I came across these pictures...

Pretty girl...ready to head to church.

A while back I had told Tenley that I wanted to try something with her hair. This is not an easy request with her, since she still HATES having her hair brushed. I have come to the conclusion that she has one of the most tender heads(if not the most) in the world. We are talking tears, pleading and begging to stop...and that's just when I pull out the brush. I can assure you that when I brush her hair I'm being as gentle as I possibly can. Even with that...getting her hair done for school and church is a time that we in general DREAD! It is usually a "get in get out"  kind of situation.

On the rare occasion, she actually lets me play with her hair. I always promise I will be extra gentle. I started making ponytails...and more ponytails...and more ponytails.

This was our results...

She was very pleased, she kept touching say,"Good job Momma". We have only done this hairstyle a couple of times like this. Not because it hurts to fix, but because it is time consuming and we rarely have 30mins to spend on her hair alone.

But if we have a special occasion we just might use this hair style again.

Christmas 2010

YAY...SANTA stopped by our house. After the year we had I was worried our kids wouldn't get a visit...I mean between Miles' terrible 2's and Tenley's attitude(which admittedly/ashamedly she got from me) I wasn't sure it was going to happen...

Look at all those goodies...

A PILLOW PET!!!!!!!!! Just what she wanted!

I think the whole Santa thing was a little lost on Syd...she didn't seem to think this morning was any different from any other.

Miles: "WOODY"!!!! "ere's Buzz?"

Happy little Christmas Babies!

Oh yeah...he got cowboy boots.

She was telling me about her Sleeping Beauty Barbie and how she can hold her while she watches the movie.

Santa even did his best to fill up the largest stocking(thanks Nic) I've even seen...yes...it's mostly candy.

Well...I think Christmas 2010 was a huge success. Tenley said they got everything they wanted...except she didn't get her own computer, and she really wanted one. I told her there's always next year!

Santa...was I Naughty or Nice?

I always enjoy when we are in Midland for Thanksgiving, because it means that the kids get to see Santa at Miss Casey's.

I guess the kids were nice because they pretty much got everything they asked for.

Tenley has come a long way...she used to be my "screamer". She HATED sitting in Santa's lap...at least now she can stand to sit beside him.

Miles wasn't sure about this...

Seems I have a new "screamer"...I have pictures where Tenley looks exactly like this!

It's even funnier close up...if that's possible. I know...he'll hate me years down the road for pictures like this.

Poor Sydney...she fell asleep before it was her turn...

I guess Santa made a good pillow, because sitting in his lap didn't phase her one bit.

Oh sure...now he smiles. It's amazing what a candy cane will do. And she sleeps...

Here is the whole gang...it's not exactly easy to get a picture of all the kids looking at the camera, and make sure you can see all their faces...while there are more kids waiting in line for their turn. And she sleeps...

This one's not too bad either. Miles isn't looking, but you can see him. AND she sleeps!

This one we took in Snyder after the parade of lights. It looks like she's sleeping, but she's actually looking at the candy cane Santa is holding...bad Santa!