Taylor's 1st Birthday

A few weeks ago was Taylor's 1st Birthday. Taylor had a wonderful time. Instead of writing about it...I think I will let Taylor describe the event from her point of view (thanks Nikki...I am stealing your writing technique).

Mommy...check out that cake! Is that for me? But what am I supposed to do with it?

Ohhhh...I get to eat it and play with it! Awesome!

Daddy, look at me! I am rocking and rolling now! Yee-Haa! I am feeling great! Is that the sugar buzz that all of you adults are talking about?

I think I ate too much. I am not feeling so well...

Let's get this party started! I am all clean and ready to ride my new pony!

And I can't forget to talk about my sister. While my Mommy and Daddy were getting ready for my Birthday BBQ my sister was busy catching lizards. How fun is that! I can't wait until I am old enough to catch lizards!

Wrinkley Nose, Like Daddy and The Girls

I am soooo far behind on my blogging. Sorry to my loyal audience for my Blogging lapse. To get caught up I am going to put up a couple of recent photos - starting with Taylor.

Below is a picture of Taylor with her wrinkley nose. I just love how she crinkles her nose up and gives the widest grin. And if you look closely you can see wisps of her hair sticking straight up. I just took her hat off so she has static hair head.

I captured a moment where Devyn was behaving just like her father - she was intently working on her laptop. When I asked her what she was doing she informed me that she couldn't talk to me because she needed to concentrate.

Hmmph - I wonder where she learned that...

I also added a few more pictures of the girls.

Christmas Cookies and the Broom

Last weekend Devyn and I made Christmas cookies and I must say that I was quite impressed with her cookie making abilities. She seems to be a natural in the kitchen...a skill that she must have inherited from her Daddy. Her favorite task was putting the icing on the cookies. She took it very seriously and wanted to make sure that Santa had some pretty cookies to eat when he came to visit our house. Below is a picture of Devyn with the cookies that she decorated.

Meanwhile Taylor played with her favorite toy: the Broom. It cracks me up. Taylor will pick up the broom which is twice her size and will play with it for quite a long period of time. She will chew on it, then shake it, will proceed to hit herself on the head with it, grunts and then will start chewing on it all over again. It is a very funny sight to behold.

Happy Birthday, Devyn!

Wow. I still can't believe it. My oldest baby is no longer a baby - or a toddler. She is officially a little girl. Last weekend Devyn turned 4 and I am still amazed at how grown up she is getting. Today she was practicing her writing skills (she has learned her alphabet and can write her name) when she said to me:

"Mommy, I am going to write the word cat."

Me: "Okay, do you need me to spell it out for you?"

Devyn: "No mommy, you spelled it out for me last week and I still remember how to spell it."

Like I said...she is growing up on us.

We celebrated her actual birthday with a special dinner at Boll Weevil. Not exactly the restaurant/dinner that Jeff and I would have selected but it was what she wanted. We tried to see if she would change her mind by asking her all week where she wanted to have her special birthday dinner. She finally got exasperated with us and told us not to ask her anymore. She wanted to eat at Boll Weevil and that was that.

The following day we had her Birthday party at JW Tumbles. It was our annual combined B-Day party with Sean and Noah. As usual it was a lot of fun. Devyn played and played and played. Overall I think she had a great Birthday weekend. Below are some pictures from the weekend.

Difference between boys and girls

The other day I was taking Devyn and a boy-friend of hers to soccer practice. As I listened to their conversation I was amazed at how the difference between boys and girls is so evident even at the young age of 3. Here is how the conversation went:

Eric: "What you for Halloween?"

Devyn: "I wanted to be Princess Fiona because she gets married to Shrek. But I couldn't be Princess Fiona because the dress was too big. So I am going to be an Angel instead."

After a long, pregnant pause Eric says: "Oh"

But it wasn't just any "Oh" - you could hear from his tone that he was thinking - Why do you want to be an angel? and why did it take so long for you to tell me you were going to be an angel?

Then Devyn inquired: "What are you going to be for Halloween?"

Eric shouted: "Batman!" followed by some strange guttural grunting noises.

After a short pause Devyn asked: "Who is Batman?"

So there you have it...the difference between boys and girls at the tender age of 3.

Below are a few pictures of Devyn as an Angel. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of Taylor in a Halloween costume. I bought her a cute Dragon costume but it was way too hot outside for her to wear it for any length of time. And since I am becoming like my dad in my old age (cheap, cheap, cheap) I decided to take the costume back instead of putting her in it for a few cute pictures. So I have a pumpkin picture of her instead.