Kids Christmas Reaction

Here is what the kids looked like when they came down the stairs this morning.

Lily performing her latest song

Lily loves to sit in the front window and sing into my curtain tiebacks.  Here is her latest performance.

Aidan's school project

Aidan had to do a family themed school project and I searched my computer and realized that I have no pictures of myself on it.  So tonight Matt took some and this is how they turned out.  Also Aidan wanted to take one of his bunny.  Nana Lou Ann helped by putting clothes on him so he isn't "cold" anymore.

My Tiny Dancer

Lily found her music box and bunny headband tonight and then she had to find her tutu.  She found a dance partner and away she went.  She is so cute.

Aidan's Pre-K pics

 Here are some pics I took of Aidan this morning on his 1st day of Pre-K.  As you can tell he was very excited.  I am proud of myself that I didn't cry.  Lily cried enough for everyone.  She was not very happy that he left.  But once we got home she was fine.  I was so proud of Aidan this morning,  he walked up to the teachers and told them, "I am Aidan Page and I am Pre-K, don't worry mom I am OK, bye."  He also told me that he threw away him not listening ears and was wearing his listening ones.  Too cute.

Aidan's 1st day of Pre-K video

Aidan wanted to do a video like Ethan did on his 1st day.  So of course Ethan had to help.  He was very excited to go and had no proplems getting ready this morning.

First day of 2nd grade for Ethan

Today is the first day of 2nd grade for Ethan. He was very happy boy when he woke up and seemed to want to go. I will see how long that lasts. He wanted me to take a picture of his backpack and I wanted to take a picture of him trying to lift up his backpack full of stuff.

Check back in a few days and see Aidan's pictures from his first day of Pre-K.

Ethan's 2nd grade video

I took some pics of Ethan this morning and he wanted to do a video like last year.. Enjoy!!!

Rhett

We had to put Rhett to sleep yesterday. He was 10 years old. I can remember Matt promising me 10 yrs ago that if we moved to Albion he would get me a dog. So we decided to get a Golden Retriever. We went to this farm and they had 8 puppies running around and we wanted to get a male because I already knew what I was naming him, "Rhett." (after a Buffalo Sabres player). He was this big fur ball running around the yard with a stick in his mouth having all the other puppies chase his. We picked him and the people put all the other puppies back in the pen and he was running around with his mother. When we got ready to leave the mother picked him up and brought him over to our car and she turned around and walked off. I think she approved.

He was such a good dog and when we brought Ethan into the house he licked him and followed him everywhere. Ethan shared his food w/ him and wanted to play with him outside. Even when Aidan came home Rhett was so gentle.

When we had to move to Mass, my family said that they would look after him until we found a bigger place. When he got to the farm he felt right at home and my parents took such great care of him. He became my dad's buddy. He loved to go for rides in the rhino and on the lawn mower.

We will all miss him so much and we couldn't have asked for a better dog in all the world. We love and miss you buddy. RIP!!!

Aidan at mini golf

We took the kids to the putt putt golf in Auburn, MA today. I had to share the video of Aidan w/ everyone. He did ok w/ the 1st 9 holes but the final 9 he was hot and tiredm so he kicked it more than he hit it.

Lily's song

Here is Lily singing after a day of putt-putt. Oh she is sooooo cute.

Kid's new haircuts

I was brave today and took all the kids to get their hair cut. They did such a good job. Ethan got a spikey do and Aidan just got a trim for summer and Lily just got he bangs cut. Mommy even got her hair cut. They all did such a great job waiting for each other.

Ethan and Aidan

Here is Ethan and Aidan with their new belt and soccer trophy. We are so proud of them.

Ethan's green belt graduation

Here is a video of Ethan during his karate graduation tonight. He had to do a solo demo in front of 200 people. He did such a great job. He was so excited.

Lily driving

Lily is now old enough to enjoy Ethan's John Deere tractor. She needs to be a couple inches longer but she does pretty good. She normally has a smile on her face the whole time.

Lily's 2nd B-day

I can't believe 2 years have gone by, but our princess is 2. She had a great b-day. We made Dora cupcakes. She got alot of doll things and clothes. She loves to be mommy. As you can see most of her pictures were cheesy pics. She is too cute.

Ethan's 7th b-day pics

Here are some pics of Ethan and daddy's new toy and Ethan's b-day cake. His cake was a Reese Cup ice cream cake w/ a Darth Vader candle. We have alot to do the next couple of days. Matt and I are going to be building lots of Star Wars lego sets.

Ethan's 7th B-day song

Here is Ethan's cake!

Visit to the Easter Bunny

I took the kids to Klem's yesterday to meet the Easter Bunny. Lily was so excited to get on it's lap until the "bunny" talked to her and it totally freaked her out. She kept looking at it and started crying. The boys were fine and tried to calm her down, the people that took the pics tried to make her smile but she was not having it. Maybe next year????

Aidan's 1st soccer game

Today Aidan started soccer. There are 80 kids in his age group (3-5). He had alot of fun. He needs to listen a little more, but most of the kids were the same way. He does a great job dribbling the ball and is a great team mate. He would help the kids up that feel over and give high-fives to his team mates. I think they had more water breaks than anything else. He was excited to show me that he even got his knees dirty. We will be busy doing this every Saturday. Ethan was a little bored and was not thrilled having to watch, but he will have to get use to it. Or bring better toys. I will keep you updated with pics.

Karate graduation pics

Here is a pic of Ethan and his karate instrctor Mr. Buzzell. He is now a dragon blue belt.

Ethan's blue belt gradation

Tonight Ethan got his blue belt tonight at his karate graduation. I hope you enjoy the video.

Aidan's 4th b-day

Well my peanut is 4. He had a dinosaur b-day party. As you can see all the kids loved the cake. I can't believe 3 years ago my life changed and I saw a 1# 5 oz baby. Boy how things have changed.

Snow storm 1-12-2011

Well Ethan has been out of school for 2 days. We got around 22" of snow for one day. The boys were out at 9:oo am this morning playing in the snow.

The 2 pics of the snowplow truck were taken by Ethan w/ his new camera. He is doing a good job.

Children's Museum in Hartford

We took the last day of Christmas vacation and took the kids to the Children's Museum in Hartford, CT. They had a great time dressing up like archaeologists and air traffic controllers. Lily loved the toddler room. She got to play in this huge house with a kitchen. The boys also got to pretend they were turtles in a shell. They even got to do a weather report with a real blue screen. It was a beautiful day at 50 degrees. They all needed to get out of the house and run around. Now school starts up tomorrow. It was fun while it lasted.