Two's Crafty Gift

A crafty girl needs a crafty gift!
And at 5yrs old, it needed to be "big girl".
I picked out an embroidery hoop
and loosely woven embroidery fabric
needles, needle threader, and needle holder,
embroidery thread in her favorite colors,
and her own pair of craft scissors



and packaged it in a cute carrying case.


It was a total hit!!!

She loved it and very much appreciated
what a big deal it was to get real crafting materials.
She's already asking for a sewing machine!

Two's Birthday Party

Two had a ballet party this year.
Her friends wore dance clothes to the party
and I hired a teen from our church
to come as "a real ballerina"
and teach them all a dance.


They had so much fun!


They even put on a performance at the end.

For party favors, I made each girl
a monogrammed bag.
The bags were $1 each from Joann's
and a quick test told me I could not applique
directly to the bag, (the bag totally melted!)
so instead I ironed on the letter to some coordinating fabric
and then hand-stitched that fabric to the bag.


Although in all honestly, they weren't all done
when guests started arriving,
so several of the moms helped me
tack the fabric onto the bags!
ha! What're friends for?!?
I think they turned out really cute!

21 mos

Look at my cute boy:



He just happens to be 21 mos old today!

Two Months

Look who's two month's old!

Time must be flying!

At two months, Four:
*smiles occasionally
*wears size 1-2 diapers
*is not really loving the binkie
*looks like she might be a thumb sucker
*generally wakes up only once at night
*still has brown hair (hurray!)

Four: One Month Old

I can't believe it's been
one month already!

Big SEVEN

One turned seven!

He had a great group of friends over
for a let's-play-sports party.


Mom made jerseys and we started the party
with a "draft". Here's the official team photo:



They huddled....
and then spoke super loud:


One picked where we went for dinner,
Chang's Mongolian Grill:



Even Great-Grandpa came!


Happy Birthday One!

18 mos

Three is officially 1 - 1/2 today!

At 18 mos, you:
*weigh 21 lbs
*can run
*saying new words like bottom and bonk
*especially like to bonk your head and then say "bonk"
*play peekaboo with everyone now, even strangers
*love calling for your sister by name
*are awesome at walking around public places holding my hand and not needing to be carried
*point to your diaper when you go potty
*love your big sibs like crazy

Happy Birthday Three!

17 mos & a haircut

Three turned 17 mos last week!

At 17 months, he's:
*started walking backwards (for fun, not for getting around!)
*able to drink small amounts out of a real cup
*might actually weigh 21 lbs, or is very close (still under chart)
*has switched to drinking half & half rather than soy cream,
with only slight worsening of his excema
*is so close to running
*taking 1-2 naps a day

And he also got his first haircut!

Here's the before:

Not the best picture but you can see
how long and thin it was,
resulting in scraggly, fly-aways.



He got to pick this cute chair:


Ready to go!





Ta da!

He would not look at me afterwards!
But I thought they did pretty good,
much better than I could have ever done
with a squirmy 17 mos old!

Sixteen Months!

Guess who?
It's Three!!!

He looks just like my baby pics here:

And oh my gosh, how I love those cheeks!

At 16 mos, Three:
*is still hovering around 20 lbs (under the weight chart)
*has 8 teeth
*can point to his head, nose, and feet
*says mama, dada, "Two", baby, thank you, Maisy (our dog), book, bye-bye, & go
*signs more, all done, drink & light
*uses a fork really well, but a spoon is a disaster
*generally starts chucking his food on the floor when he's all done
*loves to give kisses, blow raspberries, and make car noises
*sleeps through the night, and takes 1-2 naps a day
*is such a mama's boy, to the point that he has no lovey, just me
*comes over every few minutes to lay his head on whatever part of me is available for a quick hug, then back to play
*loves to climb on the couch so he can pull on the lampshade of our side table lamps
*can blow his nose
*likes to pull things out of the recycle
*sometimes puts his milk cup in odd places, like the cookie sheet cupboard

Fifteen

Three is fifteen months today!

Birthday Recap

For One's party, we had a few contests to see
who else could be "first" on Three's first birthday.

Here is the final round of the thumb war competition
where One's cute friend RC.1 let Two win

A watermelon eatting contest:

Getting ready for cake time!

This is how Three plays Peekaboo! Great for a new hair-do!

Hurray!

We went to Red Robin after the party for a birthday dinner.

And when you are turning ONE and your mom is a bummer because she thinks you've already had more than enough dessert because of your birthday cake, your big brother and big sister get to eat your ice cream!

We did a "no gifts" party but my friend made this awesome card!

She's uses a brush lettering technique found in this book here. Love it!