Friday, October 19, 2018

Kate turns 4!

Every year I am surprised at how fast time seems to go...I remember it crawling by waiting for Christmas or a birthday to arrive and now it seems I blink and we are at another milestone. My baby is 4 (going on 14)! She is super sweet, snuggly and sassy! She makes friends with everyone she meets (as evidenced by joining school a month late and fitting in as though she never missed a day), adults and children. She likes talking with people and telling them about how she is doing and asking how they are. If she can hold a door open for you she will. Dolls, horses, stories and shows are some of her favorite things to do. She loves make-up and nail polish and fancy things. She is great at playing individually but loves to have play dates and play with members of her family, games and pretend play with dolls are a hit. She does well in school, lots of her teachers mention she is bright and remembers information really well. She tells great stories and is a very happy girl. We are so blessed to have her smile and sass every day!
Wow, so maybe it is a third child thing (or that I love pumpkin pie too) but she wanted pumpkin pie for dessert for her birthday but also to go to the big ice cream shop for her free sundae so we did both. Pumpkin pie for breakfast it was!


Then after dinner we hit up the ice cream shop


She loved the attention of getting sung too! A sports team came in and sang along, you can see at the end how she waves to everyone. Stinkin' cute!
Then time to open presents and drop in with Granny and Papa

The next day we did a birthday party at the park near our house (like 5 houses down the street). Many friends from her preschool came and she had a wonderful time.



I can only ever put the last little bit of the Happy Birthday song on here because I have to keep the videos to less than 15 seconds for them to work. Enjoy!

Saturday, September 29, 2018

September Synopsis

September went really fast. Finishing unpacking, getting settled - having Lucy and Kate start school while Jaydon went off track, Mariners, swimming, volleyball, cooking, kiddie amusement park...we had a fun and busy month getting our feet under us and settling in.
For Jaydon's birthday we have often gone to a Mariner's game, this year the M's happened to be playing in Oakland over his birthday weekend. We were excited to go and watch them get a victory!

There were even some fireworks for us to enjoy after the game and bask in our victory...

This is my accomplishment, 2 weeks after arriving I had everything put away and both cars in our garage.
Jaydon's extended birthday

Excited to be a Golden State fan (until the Sonics come back that is)
We are bummed we didn't get to see Aubrey play volleyball for WWU in person this year but we got to watch most of her matches on the TV

Jaydon's school project, make a self portrait when you are 100.
Jaydon learned to cook eggs and has been a master egg maker for us.

Lucy's first day of school!

She had a great day and was excited to share it with Lily.

Kate's first day of preschool!


Lily really seems to like our new house
I took the kids to a healthy kids fair day at a nearby aquatic center, they had a great time (it was super hot, I wish I was in the pool too).







Jaydon was excited about his crib hand
Crazy kids, I took them out to dinner when dad was out of town one night

Jaydon and our neighbor Marco
Enjoying the rides at our nearby kid amusement park, we went with a neighbor family and had a great time.




Another fun crib hand
Kate's art work!