Funny Close-ups

The kids love getting nice and close to the camera. I thought these were pretty funny/cute so I just wanted to post them.

Arianna at Chuck E Cheese

Arianna was fascinated by the Chuck E Cheese band and could not keep her eyes off of the characters as they sang.

Rylan loves to check out what is going on outside

Princess Ballerina

Arianna's dance recital is quickly approaching and as the time draws near, the class has been gearing up by lots of dance practice and fitting for their recital costumes. The class will be dancing as a bunch of beautiful little flowers in a garden. Last week the flower costumes arrived for the girls to try on. Here is a quick shot of Arianna in her beautiful little outfit. I had my camera phone with me so the quality isn't great but she looks oh so cute all the same.

Little Artists

The house has been a miserable mess this past week. The entire family came down with the stomach virus once again. We were plagued three weeks ago and it came back, only this time ten fold. We sorely needed to get out of the house so yesterday we went shopping for what I am not sure of. We picked the kids up a couple of items at Targets (the store I cannot leave without spending at least $100-sad but true). Arianna, who now has an extreme passion for arts and crafts, demanded we get her an art box full of paints and other various supplies. As I put the box in the cart a little voice kept saying, "BAD IDEA... MESS, MESS, MESS!" But seeing as I am such a pushover when it comes to my kids, I compromised with myself and thought if I asked Ryan and he agreed to it then I would go ahead with the purchase. Okay, I should know that Ryan is worse than I am when it comes to spoiling the kids, but this is what I had to tell myself in order justify the situation. As soon as we got home the kids ripped into the art box and painted their little hearts out. Yes, the mess was about as bad as I thought, but it is all worth it to see the smile on their faces.

Check out Arianna's morning hair... Okay, who am I kidding? It always looks like this.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Arianna!

Saturday, January 31st was Arianna's 3rd birthday. We started off the morning by taking her to ballet class. Halfway through her class the teacher called me in because Arianna was in tears. No matter what I did to try to calm her down, she just was not having it. In a quandary, we took her home to get her ready for her small birthday gathering which would begin around 3pm. By around 2pm, Arianna could not keep her eyes open and just passed out asleep on the couch. This girl NEVER sleeps during the daytime, so we knew something was up. We felt her head and sure enough she was hot to the touch. Unfortunately it was too late to cancel the party so Arianna just slept on the couch as people arrived. We woke her up to try to get her to unwrap presents and have cake but she had no interest at all. When a child is not interested in presents, you know there is cause for concern! I just felt so bad that my little princess could not enjoy her special day :(

Here are some pictures from the party:

The Cakes!

Dallie made this beautiful giant cupcake

Auntie Elli made this amazing ballerina cake for Arianna

Arianna did not have much interest in her new bike.

She slept for most of the party :(

The race was on between Rylan and Dani


Dani checks out Rylan's engine

Autie Heidi and Cousin Connor

Uncle Jeff and Cousin Dani

Uncle Shawn and Cousin Connor

Happy birthday, my sweet girl!

Some Oldies but Goodies

I came across some of these pictures that Dallie sent me from Decemeber. I love these pictures and just wanted to post them. Rylan is such a sweetheart. I think these pictures just capture what a happy and loving little guy he really is.

Snow Bunnies

Snow, snow, and more snow! All it ever does is snow! I feel like I am living back in Maine, although I know we are not too far away. I am not a huge fan of winter but the kids sure do enjoy going outside and exploring what mother nature has to offer.

Rylan's hat was nowhere to be found so I had to put on Arianna's Bunny hat. He hated it and kept trying to yank it off of himself.

The Girls and Me

Whenever I get a break from being super mom/wife/woman, I like to spend time with my friends and act a little less mature than I probably should. Of course I would never trade being a mom for anything in this world, but sometimes it is nice to spend time with my girlfriends, kickback and hand the tots over to Ryan for the evening.

My sister and me

I have known Sarah from almost 7 years now. We started working for Verizon together and have been great friends ever since we met.

Sarah, me and Michelle

This is not a very flattering picture, I know

No, I was not drunk, I just act slightly crazy even when I am sober