Friday, May 25, 2012

Olivia is 4!!!

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 Olivia is our beautiful, sweet, energetic little 4 year old

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Livy always keeps us laughing with her funny comments.

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She has been a wonderful big sister to Ellie!! Livy loves talking to Ellie and says that when Ellie smiles at you that mean she loves you. 

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She loves coloring and reading books.  We go to the library weekly where she usually gets about 10 different Dora books.

She loves watching Max & Ruby, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Dora

Her favorite food is Macaroni & Cheese and Ramen Noodles

Her best friends are Maggie and Kaylee

Her favorite color is Purple

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Happy 4th Birthday Olivia Lee!! We love you!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Maddy’s Last Week of School

 

It’s hard to believe that the school year is over and Madison is going to be in the third grade!  They had award day on Tuesday.  Maddy recieved several different awards.  She got “Advanced Reader 2”, “Citizenship Award”, “All-excellence Student award”, and “Most likely to become a teacher award”(her class voted on this one, her teacher always says Maddy could take over and teach the class for her). 

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We love Mrs. Stroud!  She has been a WONDERFUL teacher and Maddy adores her.  I was reading through some of Maddy’s journal writings the other day and came across one about Unlikely Friends and this is what is said:

I have been unlikely friends with Mrs. Stroud.  She is very nice.  It’s unlikely because Mrs. Stroud is a teacher and I’m a kid!  But I am number two so I get to talk to her a lot.  She makes me laugh a lot.  We are friends because we both enjoy each others company.  That is my unlikely friend.”

I thought that was too sweet!

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 Yesterday was Carnival Day at school.  It turned out to be a GREAT carnival and Maddy had a blast!  This is Maddy and one of her good friends Hannah.

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Livy was so excited to go and talked about the “Carn-ee-val” for weeks!  Ellie enjoyed being outside!

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Livy’s favorite thing was the Giant Slide!  She probably went down it 20+ times!  Is it awkward that when I sent Maddy and Livy to get themselves a drink, they came back with a Diet Coke??  That’s my girl! :)

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Maddy’s favorite part of the Carnival was the water.  They had a fire truck come up to the school and hooked the hose up to the hydrant and shot water onto the playground.  Maddy was drenched!

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Congrats Maddy on another wonderful year of school!!  We are so proud of all your hard work and achievements in the second grade!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Travelers Game

 

We went to our first Travelers game of the season last week.

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Livy was excited for the game but started feeling bad and by the 4th inning she had puked everywhere! That pretty much ended the night for us.

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It was a perfect night for the game!

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The girls always look forward to the yummy treats at the ball game.

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Ellie’s first baseball game and first little taste of Cotton Candy.  She enjoyed both!

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Hopefully we can make it to another game before it gets to hot!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Ellie- 4 Months

 

Our sweet little Ellie turned 4 months a couple of days ago.

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She started rolling over from her back to her stomach last Sunday, May, 6.

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She is grabbing onto things and putting them directly in her mouth. 

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She loves when her sisters talk and play with her! She can’t get enough of them.

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She decided to start waking up a couple of times during the night to eat.  I am not enjoying this new habit and I’m hoping it will end soon!

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Her blue eyes are changing and getting darker.  She has rubbed a lovely bald spot on the back of her head.

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She now weighs 12 lbs 10 oz(25%) and is 25 1/2 inches long(89%).

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Time is flying by with this little one!  You can’t help but smile when you see that little round face looking at you.  She is such a blessing!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Maddy’s Dance Recital

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Madison had her dance recital this past weekend.  Her class did a jazz number to “Rock around the Clock”.  Madison is a born performer and loves being on stage!  She did such a great job!

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One of Maddy’s good friends, Stella, was in the same class this year.  They were partners for part of the dance and did a great job together.

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We always look forward to seeing Maddy dance!