February updates

This month has been a bit crazy. Bailey was in the Hospital for two days this week. She had a cold that turned into pneumonia. I took her to the doctor's on Tuesday and they sent us striaght to the ER due to a really low oxygen level. We spent two days there and are happy to be home now with a more energetic Bailey!

Bailey was quite the trooper through it all.

On another note- I spray painted these letters above our stove and it makes me smile.

Lauren joined a basketball team and has been enjoying learning the game. She is lucky #13.

Bailey and Lilly created what they call "Lego Land" where they have lots of fun with their imaginations.

Touch down!! We had fun watching the Super Bowl.

New York City Girl's Weekend

At the beginning of January Alison and I went with our good friends and neighbors to New York City for a fun filled weekend. We were there to celebrate Alison's friend Sarah's birthday. We took the train into the city and headed first thing to the mecca for girls- that's right- American Girl store. The girls had their dolls get their hair done and we looked at all the fun outfits for dolls. What was great was the city still had Christmas decorations up so we got to see the big tree at Rockefeller plaza. My camera died so we used Lindsay's. I still need to get more pictures of our trip from her. However, we stayed busy going to the MET, ice skating in central park, Serendipity's, F.A.O Schwartz, and going to a play. We had a terrific time!

Dance time

Bailey and Lilly and their friend Matthew had a great time dancing to a game on the Wii.

They were so cute. They did this for over an hour.

Lauren's Birthday

For Lauren's 7th Birthday she had some of her friends come over for a 'Make your own pizza party'. At the party I made a little sweet shop table so the girls could fill their candy bags with all sorts of treats. They loved the treats, but also had a great time making their own small pizzas.

Look how grown up she's looking!

We love you Lauren! Happy Birthday!

more Christmas 2011

We first went to Levert, MA to visit Granpa King, the Downey family, and Grandma Muriel and Omar. We had a wonderful dinner there with all of them and had a good time with the Downey cousins.

Then we went to stay at my parent's home for Christmas. We had fun visiting with cousins and Aunties and Uncles. We missed Amy and her family but had a great time Skyping with them.

Trisha with new baby Elise Ruby- what a beauty!

Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas season. Before we left for my parent's house we hosted our annual neighborhood Christmas party. We also had our girls open a couple of gifts that we didn't want to pack with us in the car. After bath night (hence all the wet heads in this picture) they all had fun opening up this new doll bunk bed that I had found at an antique store. I then gave it a pop of color by spray painting it a bright pink. There were many squeals of delight!

Here are some pictures of what our home looked like for Chirstmas-

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Steve did yet another great job on a project- framing our bathroom mirrors.

We have a standard contractor-grade mirror, but we were ready for an updated look. We did some research and found on this blog a good tutorial, but there are many good ones out there.

Steve removed the bar light and did some sheet rock repair. Then he added new sconces. We also painted the whole bathroom.

So here is the before:

and this is how it looks now:

Next up- new faucets.

Getting ready for Christmas

Have you been on Pintrest yet? I love this site where you can find many inspiring ideas like how to make a book wreath. Yes, you got that right- a wreath with pages from a book that you just tear out and hot glue onto the back of cardboard. Cheap and cool looking. I got my inspiration from this blog. Oh and if you're on Pintrest you can follow me here.

I love getting ready for Christmas and this year we are making some crafts. Alison and I are going to make some small felt purses for her friends. I've also been busy making ornaments.

Family Pictures for 2011

For our family pictures this year we had our friend Ashley take them. She did a great job and we all had fun. We took them at her in-laws beautiful horse farm (which is not far from us). They also have a gorgeous Victorian farm home on the property that dates back to the Civil War.

Tea time!

Lauren

Alison

Lilly

Bailey

November happenings

We had a great November. Our Thanksgiving was wonderful to be around the Sample family. The girls had fun visiting with their cousins and even performed a musical number for all the adults after our visit with Mama Jean. We had great food and a beautiful day.

The kids were especially hungry for dessert. Thanks AJ and Leon for your hospitality.

Aubrey and Charlotte came to stay for almost a week to visit in November. We had fun with them, but poor Charlotte had a fever for a couple of days so we did some hang out time at home. The girls had so much fun playing with her. Of course, Aubrey (mini me) and I had a great time talking and even got out one tiny night out (tiny- meaning: we dropped Alison off at Activity days and went to Ann Taylor Loft for half an hour and then came home).

I've been teaching a gymnastics class again in our basement. We had fun learning ballet, working on the balance beam and learning a routine to perform. All these girls live close by and are Alison and Lauren's friends so it was a blast when we got together for class.

Steve and Lauren went to a daddy- daughter dance in November. Lauren was thrilled to have her dad all to herself. Steve even got her a pretty corsage.