Amelia is FOUR!

I'm in denial that my baby is four years old.  Maybe that's why it's taken me SO long to blog about it?  No, I've just been insanely busy.  But yes, Amelia is four.  Wow, so hard for me to believe.  However, I have NO problem remembering she's four, because I hear, almost daily, "Remember Mom I'm a big girl, I'm four now."  Her actual birthday was on a Saturday, so I had told her we'd do whatever she wanted to do and eat wherever she wanted.  Well things didn't go as planned when she woke up with a belly ache and then threw up a couple of times that morning.  We took the day super easy and very low key since her big party was the very next day.  We ended up venturing out in the afternoon for her first manicure and pedicure before her big party day.



She loved it!

Love her!

Can you see her smile? She told me it tickled but didn't want to laugh.  :) So fun!

 I also did the birthday interview again this year.  This is something I started last year and I think it will be fun to continue on and something fun to look back on as the years go by.

20 Questions: answered by Amelia Beaver age 4

1. What is your favorite color? Pink
2. What is your favorite toy? My Dollie
3. What is your favorite fruit? Banana
4. What is your favorite TV show? Dora
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chips
6. What is your favorite outfit? Cinderella Dress up Dress
7. What is your favorite game? My hippopotamus game (Hungry Hungry Hippos)
8. What is your favorite snack? Sunflower seeds
9. What is your favorite animal? Moo Cow
10. What is your favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
11. What is your favorite book? 5 Minute Princess Stories
12. Who is your best friend? Bree
13. What is your favorite cereal? Rice Krispies
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Slide
15. What is your favorite drink? Water
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Brown bear teddy
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What are you thankful for? Ms. Bonnie
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to paint somebodies toe nails. (this was after her manicure and pedicure)

Since my last entry....

Since my last blog entry we've been busy.  Here are a few things we've been up too in the recent weeks.  We had dinner with some great friends and their kids.  Put up our Christmas tree.  Amelia attended a firends birthday party.  We took birthday cupcakes to school for Amelia's birthday. Asher had his first real throw up (yuck I know)  Amelia turned 4.  Amelia had a round of sickness as well.  We had a Cinderella Birthday party.  I was down for a whole day sick (thanks kids).  Amelia had her four year check up.  Both kids got their flu mist.  We've been Thankful.  We had two Thanksgiving dinners.  We went with Mema and Papa to cut down a real Christmas tree. We had a delayed birthday dinner at Hinode.  We rode the Polar Express.  We've been busy.  I have lots of catching up to do.  It will happen.  Have a great day!    

Family Day at SDC

Sunday was such a beautiful day so we decided that after church and after naps we would head to Silver Dollar City to see all the beautiful Christmas lights.  We normally aren't Christmas before Thanksgiving type people, but the weather was a HUGE deciding factor in us breaking our rule a bit. 

Best I could get of them both.  There was a lot going on.



After the measuring station, Asher showing me he's tall enough to ride the big boy rides.



She's only a 1/4 of an inch away from being able to ride Thunderation.



Asher's FIRST boy big ride.  The Elephants.



Cheese.



Cheese.



The big swings!



Teacups!

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Ok, bad parent alert, this is the first time, either of my kids have done the whole sitting on Santa's lap thing. 

Love them.



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She loved it!



He did too!



There's nothing else like watching the big tree light up.  It's really magical.  I love Christmas time!

Girls Day

Amelia and I had a Girl's Day a couple of Saturday's ago.  We had a lot of fun.  I'm loving that she's old enough to go do fun stuff with me.  We had a great day!



Love her!

First up we went to the Springfield Little Theater's production of The Little Mermaid Jr.  It was SO much fun, Amelia and I both enjoyed it.  She did really well just sitting and watching.



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After the show we called home to check on Nathan and Asher and Amelia and Asher spoke on the phone with each other, it was so funny to hear them talking, it was like they hadn't seen each other in a year, when really it was 2 hours.  :)  We headed to a local boutique where I did a bit of shopping and Amelia entertained everyone else in the store.

After that quick stop we headed to the mall for lunch (Amelia's choice) and some shopping. Amelia got a new pair of boots, some footed jammies and a scarf, she was in heaven.



Lunch



Sporting her new boots!

She was asleep almost immediately when we got back in the truck to head home.  :)  It was a fabulous day together, I can't wait for many more!  



Where did my baby go???

Happy Halloween 2013

I basically got zero good pictures.  1) I was using my phone. 2) The kids were WAY too excited to stop and pose for me. 3) I had to work, so Mema got them ready, so I didn't have a chance to even get pictures before we went to trick-or-treat.  Oh well, I got some pictures on my phone and you get the idea.  The kids looked cute cute cute and had a good time.  :)  Happy Halloween!



My T-Rex

My Cinderella

Best picture I could manage of them together.

I'm not sure when she started looking so grown up.

He played the part, VERY well.

Updates on the Kids

Just a few quick life updates on the kids I want to record.

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Amelia

Tuesday night at gymnastic Amelia 'graduated' into the pre-intermediate gymnastics class.  She had to do her back bend and get her head off the ground in order to graduate.  She is super proud of herself.  Next week is the start of her new class, with a new coach.  Wish us luck.

Amelia is growing up SO fast and learning new things daily it seems like.  Just this past week I discovered she's been using scissors in Sunday School.  She still needs a little help, but it getting the hang of it.  

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Asher

Asher is going through a 'mommy' stage.  Nathan is a super great dad and has ALWAYS helped with Asher since day one.  Amelia was still young when we had Asher and I never wanted her to feel left out or resentful of Asher, so lots of times that resulted in me taking care of Amelia and Nathan taking care of Asher.  This has ALWAYS worked, until recently. Asher is currently going through, what I'm hoping is just a stage.  But he wants me to do everything for him, or he wants me to hold him, or cuddle, or anything really.  Nathan offers and tries to help, but this only makes Asher mad and he demands, 'momma do it.'  Terrible twos?! 

Asher has his final 4 teeth finally coming in.  This little boys teething pattern has been anything but predictable.  We even made a trip to the dentist because we were concerned.  Turns out no need for concern, those last 4 have broke through.  

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Fun, but busy, weekend

It's definitely fall!  I'm loving it.  Our weekends are pretty much packed full of activities up until Christmas.  But we are making memories and loving every minute of it.

With Amelia being in preschool she's started getting invited to all her little 'friends' birthday parties.  Saturday was the most recent party and it was held at JumpMania.  We decided to take Asher along and pay for him to jump too.  Both of the kids love these places, me I'm a nervous wreck almost the whole time. 

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After car naps (those are always short) and a quick trip the mall for Asher new shoes (the kid wears a size 9) we had a yummy dinner at Cheddars.  On the way home we stopped to buy pumpkins for our pumpkin craving party at my Dad's on Sunday.


Sunday was another big day.  First of all church, where I had a major mommy moment.  1) Amelia started going to children's church. 2) Asher went to 'big boy' Sunday School class.  Ok these may seem like small things but I had trouble with them.  First of all Asher has gone to Sunday School with me since day 1.  He was the kid that wouldn't stay in the nursery because he would cry and never stop.  So he's always came to Sunday School class with me, always.  Lately, since he is now 2, we'll been encouraging him to go to 'big boy' Sunday School.  Sunday he decided he wanted to go. So he did without any crying, protesting or drama, he went to Sunday School.  I sort of pushed him in his class and ran away, expecting him to protest.  I only ran far enough away so I could still listen and run to the rescue if needed.  And to my surprise, nothing happened.  He sit down in the little chairs and colored a picture.  WHAT????  When I finally decided he was fine I had to walk by his classroom to get to my classroom and I looked in and saw him sitting at the table in those chairs coloring a picture like a big boy I was sad, but still not crying until I walked into my classroom and someone asked me where Asher was.  I had to tell them my baby was in 'big boy' Sunday School.  This is when I cried.  Ugh.  To top it all off Amelia had went to Children's Church, followed by Choir practiced followed by Sunday School and I hadn't seen her.  My. Babies. Aren't. Babies. Anymore.  Told you, major mommy moment.
Ok, so enough of that.  Asher went to Sunday School had a blast, and Amelia loved Children's Church, this is most likely our new normal on Sunday's, I will adjust.  After church, we headed home for naps and lunch.  Around 3:00 we headed to my Dad's house for our annual pumpkin craving party.  We had dinner and craved/painted pumpkins.  Good family time for sure.  And the weather was amazing so the kids got to play outside all afternoon.

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