Pizza! Pizza!

I just thought it was funny - the way the kids were eating their pizza the other night. They both took the cheese off and ate it....then proceeded to eat the rest of the pizza.

The only difference is that Kellen made a MUCH bigger mess than Colleen.

Funny Colleen stuff is that she loves homework. No, her preschool is not giving her homework....I bought her a huge preschool activity book that she loves to work on every night. She is practicing her letters, matching, etc. She calls it her homework - so lets hope that she keeps the same enthusiasm when she actually reaches real school!

Kellen is doing great. Just had his 18th month checkup and he is getting bigger and bigger with each visit. The funny thing with this visit is that they were trying to weigh him and he wouldn't sit still. He also wouldn't give up his Cheeze-Its either! So funny to see him getting weighed on the scale with two handfuls of them. He also passed the pre-screening questionnaire for Autism....a big relief for us!

Tea Party at Aunt Ti Ti's

Emily and Colleen at their Tea Party

Colleen protecting her jelly beans

Picasso....aka Kellen

With all the family events that have been going on last week (with the sudden death of our Aunt Mary) we really didn't have the chance to plan anything for Mother's Day.


Katie came up with a great idea.....to have a special Grandmommy Tea Party at her house for Mother's Day....very spontaneous. The girls loved dressing up in their lovely dresses and eating the special treat of jelly beans (thanks Aunt Ti Ti)


While the girls and Grandmommy were having their Tea Party, Kellen went right for the crayons and Emily's easel. He had a blast coloring while the girls had their tea party!

Bath Fun!

Colleen the bunny

Colleen loves her bunny towel she got from Grandmommies

Love the hair!

It has been a while since my last post.....so here are some pictures from bath night a few days back.

The kids LOVE the water and love bath night even more now that they can "color" in there.


Colleen had her first dentist appointment today with Dr. Oates. It went great. Colleen did a fantastic job and her teeth looked wonderful.


Colleen has also started "homework". She loves that too! I bought her an activity book because she wanted to learn how to spell. So now we do a few pages each night and she thinks she is such the big kid!


Kellen has been doing great and has been chatting it up a lot recently. Can't really figure out what he is saying, but he is definitely telling you something.
Kellen has also learned how to open the fridge - so we are in for it now! He loves going in there and getting his milk whenever he wants....I just hope he doesn't grab other things too!
We also wonder how close Kellen is to "escaping" from his crib. I have caught him a few times, trying to climb out....and I have played it off.....so keep your fingers crossed!

Getting Ready for Church

Colleen aka "Little Red Riding Hood"

Kellen aka "Big Bad Wolf" stealing the picnic basket

This Sunday the kids had a really great time getting ready for church.


I let Colleen pick out her own dress to wear.....and yes, it was probably a little too cold to be wearing it.....but I let her anyhow. The deal was that she had to wear a shaw over it. She had to correct me and tell me it wasn't a shaw, but a cape like Little Red Riding Hood wears.


So the rest of the morning she spent her time acting like Little Red Riding Hood.



After church we went to the mall with Aunt Ti Ti and Emily. The girls had such a great time! I really wish I had my camera to take a picture of them holding hands, running around the mall...giggling! It was so funny. Aunt Ti Ti even took them on the merry-go-round - which was a big treat!

Fun Filled Saturday

Colleen humoring me for a nice picture

Me trying to get a nice shot of Kellen....until I realized that he needs a hair cut!

Kellen mowing the lawn for Daddy

"Is anyone going to help me?"

Colleen hanging around

"Bye Bye!"

We had a fun packed Saturday....between gymnastics, playing out back and going to the playground....the kids had a wonderful time.


Here are a few pictures from our fun Saturday. I love the ones of Kellen "mowing" the lawn with his bubble mower he got from Aunt La La.


Colleen had the most fun at the playground - she loves to climb and hang.

Fun Times at Kiely's Party

Emily and Colleen waiting for the trampoline

Colleen on the balance beam
Girls with Uncle Tony
Girls laughing with Uncle Tony
Colleen and Emily climbing the tree

Colleen went to cousin Kiely's birthday party on Saturday. Colleen had a great time at the gymnastics party and really enjoyed seeing her cousins.

Here are a few pictures from the fun times.

Colleen also got a special surprise when Uncle Tony showed up at the end of the event!

Backyard Fun

Notice the flower in her hand....

Kellen practicing his throw-ins

Since it was so nice last week, we took the kids outside a lot!

Here are some pictures from the backyard, where Colleen wanted me to teach her how to play soccer.

She seemed interested at first - but then got distracted by picking dandelions.

Kellen's Favorite Chair

Kellen watching the dogs walk outside

Kellen's new favorite chair is Colleen's rocking chair in her room.

Anytime her door is open, he will run in and go right for the chair and start rocking.

So cute!

Birds and the Bees

Can you believe that I have already had my first conversation with Colleen about the "birds and the bees"?

It all started the other day when I noticed that Colleen wasn't wiping as well as she needed to be. I was explaining to her the correct way to wipe.

Colleen then asked me "Mommy, why do boys have a pee pee thing that sticks out?"

I tried my best not to laugh, but it was so funny the way it came out.

Then I did my best to explain that boys have a penis and girls have a vagina. She seemed to understand. But I know more questions will be coming as she gets older!

Kellen's Favorite PJs

Kellen has found a new favorite set of PJ's. He loves to put them on every night and instantly starts pointing to all the items on them.

Firehouse PJ's (Mr. Bill would be so proud)

I think his favorite thing is the dog on them. For not having a dog, Kellen really loves them and gets so excited whenever we see one while walking in the neighborhood.

Princess Play Date

Natalie and Colleen after getting their make-up

Colleen invite her best pal, Natalie, over for a play date last weekend.

The girls had been begging to play together and have a princess make-up party. Then even discussed having a sleepover and I didn't even know that Colleen knew what that was!

So here are some pictures of the princess play date.

Of course, they both dressed up as Cinderella. We had a real tea party with tea and cookies. We had a ball where they both danced with the prince (Jeff) and we even had a count down to 12 so they could pretend they had to run out of the ball before the magic wore off.

They really had a great time.

Finally! A Nice Day!

Kellen is ready to go!

Colleen hugging Kellen before the wagon ride

Kellen likes orange....as you can tell!

The weather has been so dreary lately......it has been so depressing.


But today the dreariness ended, the clouds parted, the sun came out and the weather was beautiful!


After having a wonderful dinner prepared by Chef Daddy, we decided to take the kids on a walk around the block. It was so nice outside and it was great to see all the rest of the neighborhood out and about.


Let's just hope we have more days like today. I am ready for Spring!

Colleen's Final Birthday Celebration

Colleen attempting to read her card

Colleen twirling in her new dress

Colleen admiring her new barrettes

Colleen finally had her last birthday celebration over the weekend. We were supposed to have celebrated with Jeff's parents last weekend, but they were sick, so we had to reschedule it to this weekend.


Colleen was very excited to be getting a visit from Grammy and Pop and going out to Outback. (Another one of her favorite restaurants) Unfortunately, Pop got sick and couldn't be there. But we all had a nice time at the restaurant and Colleen even got a special "birthday sundae"


Above are some pictures of her opening her presents from Grammy. She LOVES the dresses - of course!

Hide and Seek!

"Can you see me?"

Kellen loves to play hide and seek and we have captured him hiding in his favorite spot!

Usually he tries to hide in the cabinets, but with all the pots and pans, he realizes that he doesn't fit........so he had to find another place.

You can see where his favorite spot is now!

Barbie Mariposa

Colleen after getting her "princess" makeup applied

Colleen with her hair up in "butterfly wings"

Colleen dressed up as Barbie Mariposa

For Colleen's birthday, we let her pick any movie to watch for a special night. Colleen selected Barbie Mariposa and ever since then, she has been pretending to be a butterfly fairy - just like Mariposa!


Colleen has me put her hair up in "wings" and loves to dress up in her Barbie Mariposa costume. One night she even slept in the outfit!