Ean is off to another year of T-ball (Actually it is coach’s pitch). Short of a few rain storms, we’ve gotten most of the games in so far. We are starting to see quite a bit improvement in his play even without any large amount of practice time.
He cranked a good hit yesterday, which would have been a double if they allowed the kids to run more than a single base.
He seems to be enjoying himself and he improves every game. It has been a blast watching him.
What happens when you give the girls a cupcake?
You get these kind of pictures:
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| From Misc 2011 |
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| From Misc 2011 |
Back in March, the Fort Wayne Botanical Gardens had an exhibit for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. The four of us, as well as grandparents Sablics, headed out to the second star on the right and traveled straight until morning. It was the first time that any of us had been to the Gardens in quite some time so we looked forward to see what else they offered. The pirate ship and the remaining of the main room gave the kids a chance to run around, use their imagination and enjoy themselves. I was impressed with the Pirate ship and some of the props, but I was really hoping to see some “actors” dressed up and interact with the kids.
The kids had fun though and in the end that is all that matters.
To view the rest of the album, go ahead and click on the link below to see the rest of the pictures;
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| Peter Pan and the Kids |
Since day one of owning an iPad, the kids have taken custody of it. Ella, in particular, as Ean has his DS that he gets some playtime on. This is by far one of the coolest apps that I have bought so far – Toca Tea Party let’s you set the place for three people and the tea party members can enjoy tea, coffee, or juice and have a variety of cookies or cakes.
I’d highly recommend that app to any princess or tea party host.
I know that I’ve been bad about updating the blog. Hopefully I’ll get better at some point, however I will at least try and post some shots of the kids everyday.
This was taken during a lunch visit that I had with Ean during school. He was having a bad spell at school for a bit but seems to be over it now.
We’d like to thank everyone that showed up today to help us celebrate Ella’s birthday. It was great turn out and it was great having family and friends show up from near and far.
Here are some pictures of the birthday girl:
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| From Ellas 3rd Birthday |
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| From Ellas 3rd Birthday |
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| From Ellas 3rd Birthday |
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| From Ellas 3rd Birthday |
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| From Ellas 3rd Birthday |
Even though yesterday was Ella’s actual birthday, we had her party today because of work schedules. Ean actually recorded this video as I was using the other camera. I think he did pretty good for an early attempt.
Anyways, it was so cute that Ella busted out singing Happy Birthday and did most of the singing.
We are getting ready to begin our trek of the family holiday schedule, however we wanted to wish everyone that visits our site a safe and happy holidays!
After six years of having kids that absolutely hate being close to someone dressed up in costume, today was a total surprise for us. We were walking through the Food Court at Jefferson Pointe and passed by Santa Claus and his cottage. Ella ran directly up to him, bouncing the entire time and calling out “Santa Claus!!! Santa Claus!!”
We were so stunned as she jibber jabbered to Santa and he gave her a small candy cane. She was absolutely beaming, so we asked if she wanted to sit on his lap and get her picture taken with him. She ran back up to him hopping up and down until he put her on his lap. This shot was taken nearly after that and there was no prodding or begging to get her to smile.
Oh how Ella surprises me almost daily and I loved to watch the pure joy in her eyes as she ran around Santa Claus, his chair and checked out his tree with all of the presents everywerhe.
As part of Ean’s party, Mike broke out a bag of magic tricks.
I hope you enjoy it as much as the kids did.