Skip to main content

Bennett's Birthday

I can't believe that Bennett is four! For his birthday we headed up to the mountains to go sledding. What a perfect day is was! It was a fun way to get away from the city and see the kids in a totally different setting.
The little ones were quite bundled up - little marshmellows

Laurel was SO fearless on the hill. She was all about the sledding - all she could keep saying was more, more, more

Amy, Clara, and Callie went for a ride - Callie never really looked like she was having fun but at the end of the hill kept saying more


Someone had this great idea to let the three little kids go down the little hill all by themselves - yup, ended just as you would expect. A pile of girls at the bottom! Laurel was laughing the whole time. Maya wasn't so thrilled about the sledding but helped push everyone down the hill.


Laurel was the first little girl to try the big hill - she, of course, loved it!

Bennett and Carter lucked out and had someone pull them back up to the top of the hill each time

I talked Rey into taking Callie down the big hill - not sure she totally loved it, but she didn't cry :-)

The line up of kids waiting to go down the hill

Avery and Maya waiting patiently for the picture to get taken 
All the kids - surprisingly no one tried to get up (I think they had too much clothing on to actually resist)

Although Bennett was NOT happy at all about having his picture taken. I love how excited Callie looks in this picture. I also love the way Maeve is looking at Bennett - with her speared sausage on her fork.

The ride home for the girls was quite fun. Callie and Laurel spent most of the time holding hands and Clara just sat there and giggled the whole time.

Cheese!

The birthday boy - yum, ice cream sundaes

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Rolling and Reading

Callie rolls ALL over the place!!! One of her favorite places to end up is her bookshelf. Look what I found! As a side note, it looks like one of our cats is finally accepting that Callie is part of the family (or atleast, she isn't going anywhere) and has become very tolerant of her. She lets Callie "pet" her and will even walk up to Callie (which, if you know this cat, is VERY unusual - there are some people who still have never seen her). The other day when I was getting Callie from her nap this was outside her door. Apparently the cat loves Callie enough to bring her toys.

7 Months

This month seemed to have flown by just as quickly as all the others. It's crazy to think she has been part of our family for seven months already. We have had our first real battle (and are still battling) with a never ending cold. She has been a trooper though - although I wish that we could do more to help her. Here's what is new (things have moved very quickly this month): She is up on all fours. She seems to be taking after her cousin Clara, where she can crawl backwards but not yet forwards - which can be very frustrating as the toy she is trying to get to seems to just keep getting farther and farther away. After she learned to get up on all fours, she very quickly learned to go from all fours to sitting. We have yet to find any real foods that she will turn down, although green beans appears to be her favorite so far. When feeding her green beans she will lean forward VERY far and open her mouth as wide as can be just to get the next bite. We can't seem to get

10 Months

So, I am a bit behind. It is officially the end of the school year and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with learning the new job and the close of the school year. Much different from the classroom. When I took Callie in for her nine month appointment her pediatrician checked her ears (which looked totally fine) then made the comment - I don't mean to jinx you but has Callie had an ear infection yet? To which my response was no (she had a super mild one that they gave us medicine for just because we were getting on a plane to Pitt) - in my mind, my response was "no, but we have had everything else imaginable"! The newest thing: last Friday when Callie got up for the day, her eyes were swollen shut. Turns out she had pink eye which was no fun. Many rough nights later she seems to finally be getting back to her happy go lucky self. Here are the newest things about Callie: She continues to get quicker walking with a push toy. Her teachers love watching her outside at da