Adam's Tooth!

Thursday afternoon was an exciting one for Adam! He finally lost his first tooth!! He has been so anxious for his teeth to start falling out and his wish finally cam true! He didn't even realize it had fallen out. I noticed it before he did. We figured it fell out while he was eating an apple (his 2nd for the afternoon) and we eventually found it on the floor where he had been eating. 

You can see how sweaty and dirty he is from playing basketball all afternoon. 

 His new tooth is front and center, ready to move into place.

He has a nice Tooth Fairy, who brought him a nice, crisp dollar bill! He was thrilled!!

President's Day 2013

I was so nice to have a Monday off! And by "off" I mean, Adam didn't have any school. Daddy still had to work and Mommy got housework and laundry done (all my Monday chores). We had some fun though for President's Day. We started the day off with some George Washington pancakes. 

 Adam and Tessa played a president's matching game and colored some pictures of George Washington. 

 We read some fun books about some of our presidents. We read a fun one about Abe Lincoln and his tall hat. We made some hats just like his. I also showed the kids my pictures from visiting Washington DC, Lincoln's law office in Springfield, Illinois, and Lincoln's Tomb. 

 They made their Presidential decrees! Tessa said if she were president, she would go to Disneyland everyday. Her picture is of her on a ride at Disneyland. 

Adam's is so Adam. Everything is all about basketball!

It was a slightly warmer yesterday (40 degrees) and so we spent some time playing outside. Eric was able to get Adam's hoop set up from Christmas and he is LOVING it!!

To end our President's Day, we had an all American dinner of Hamburgers, French Fries, and Root Beer Floats. It was nice to have all my kids home with me all day and that makes me so anxious for summer! Adam's 3 day weekend was extended for a day or two when his tummy got sick in the middle of the night last night. Hopefully he will be over this bug quick! He is dying to play basketball-even when he is sick!

A Happy Valentine's Day

We had a fun Valentine's Day! We started our morning off with our traditional heart cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Yummy!

 The kids final surprise was a new movie and some candy. 

 We did Tessa's hair in a heart. She loved it and will probably want it like this for the next 2 weeks. 

 She wore as much red and pink as she could find. She was so excited for her Valentine's party at Pre-school!

 Mommy got to go help in Adam's class for his class party. I love that he is still not too cool to run up and hug me in front of everyone. He is always so happy to have me there. Mrs. Riley told me he is the crush boy of the class. 

 With his best buddy, Braxton. They play basketball at every recess.

 I had to put this picture on the blog...I love Gwen's hand! It shows what life is really like at our house. She is into everything! Especially everything she shouldn't have-like Tessa's Valentine's.

Tessa was so excited to show off all her Valentine's!

 Adam came home with a bag full of goodies!

We had a nice evening at home together. I spent several hours preparing our nice dinner and dessert, but it was yummy and worth the work! We always use our china on Valentine's Day and get as fancy as we can with 3 little ones. 

 On the menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu, White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, Olive Garden Salad, Rolls, Sparkling Cider, and a White Chocolate Brownie Trifle for dessert. It was delicious, if I do say so myself!

I am so lucky to have all of these Valentine's! They make my life a happy one!

Valentine's Day Countdown

Day 10

I "wheelie" like playing with you!

Each of the kids got a new car to race.

 We played some rounds of Valentine's Don't Eat Pete!

 Day 11

You're the "Apple" of my eye!

The kids got some apple and orange juice.

 Day 12

You're O'fishally great kids!

They got goldfish crackers to share.

 We made some heart necklaces. Tessa made a necklace for her favorite Teddy Bear, Ted.

 Day 13

I love you "Beary" much!!

Teddy Grahams! Tessa couldn't be torn away from Tom and Jerry for a picture and Gwen was to interested in the bears on the box to look up.

 We made our favorite sugar cookies and had fun decorating them. 

 Gwen loves cookies! (We love her crazy hair!)

 Tessa said this was her new princess pose.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Last night, we celebrated the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Snake, so when Adam got home from school, we made some dragon masks and some snakes out of toilet paper rolls. We had fun decorating them and naming them. Both snakes got to join us for dinner. 

 For dinner we had some Lo Mein, Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry, sweet and sour chicken, and fortune cookies for dessert. Adam and Tessa were so excited to use chopsticks at dinner. Daddy gave Adam a quick lesson before we started eating.

 Adam did pretty good picking up the bigger pieces of food. Tessa did her own thing and had us all laughing. Whatever works, I guess! (And notice her plain noodles with parmesan cheese on the side. That's our Tessa Boo.)