Riley's Christmas recital

Christmas Spirit

I watch this and remember that this is what it's all about

Playing School

Winter Fun!

This year I took Riley downtown Gig Harbor to see the Christmas tree lighting and watch Santa come in on a firetruck. It's fun to do these things with Riley now and watch her as her eyes light up. We also went down to our usual Christmas tree farm down the street and quickly picked a tree. As you can see it was cold and poor Ella just sat there with tears in her eyes from the wind. We never picked a tree so fast!

Birthdays Galore!

Could it be? My b-day was yesterday and the official end of birthdays for us. Jarom arranged for a sitter and sent me to get a pedi/mani and then he came with me to lunch. When he got home from work he brought a slice of oreo cheesecake and he and Riley sang to me. It was a perfect day and I teared up when Riley came up to me unexpectedly, hugged me, and said "Happy B-day Mama." The end to a perfect day. My friends also threw a little brunch for me this morning with egg casserole, german pancakes, fruit, and chocolate cake, mmmm... I have the best friends!!

Ella turns 1!

Monday our little munchkin turned one! I can't believe how fast this year went, she still looks so tiny running around the house. She's in the 75th% for her height, but only the 10th% for her weight, she's such a tiny thing. She loved her first taste of frosting and stuffed it all down in about 2 minutes. Happy Birthday baby!

Riley's 4th Birthday

The happy gymnasts

Riley's super cute cake, courtesy of Sarah!

trying to do a handstand

From here she does a back flip

This year Riley had a little party with her friend Allie, who is about 4 days younger than Riley. We celebrated at a gym where they normally have gymnastic classes. I think it was a big hit, all of her friends had so much fun running, jumping, flipping, and eating cake. It was even nicer to see Riley so tired that she slept in an extra hour the next morning ;) Happy Birthday big girl.