Tegan's 3rd Birthday!

I don't know how this happened so fast, but my sweet little princess Tegan has turned 3!  Time goes too fast.  

Tegan's birthday was on the same day as her first day of pre-school!  She loved it.  The only hard part was getting Neil out of the classroom because he wanted to stay too and he doesn't start kindergarten till this week.  Tegan gave me a hug and said, "Bye mom, see you soon."  And a good report when I picked her up. =)

 Since Tegan turned three I will say 3 things about Tegan:

1. She loves girly things like Hello Kitty, the color pink, dolls, princesses, necklaces, tea parties and unlike the boys she is concerned about what she wears and needs to be included in this decision making process to avoid a meltdown.
2. Tegan loves her baby brother and always wants to hold him and help take care of him.  It is very sweet.  Of course I am always right there with my hands on the baby as when she is holding him.
3. Tegan is cute.  I love her curly blonde hair, smiles and her high pitched giggle.

It is fun to have a girl.  She is much higher maintenance at the moment than the boys and can be quite emotional.  But she is sweet and fun.  I love reading her princess stories, seeing her play girly things with friends, and I love being able to shop in the girl section!  I love seeing her excitement about little things.  She gets excited when her little brother smiles or when she sees a butterfly.  She got really excited about all her presents.
Tegan's cake this year was and angel food cake smothered in pink whipping cream and strawberries.

 Tegan's favorite birthday presents were not from me...  clothes and a little Hello Kitty doll.  She loved this little Hello Kitty fan that grandma got her and Hello Kitty backpack.

And Auntie Kristina saved me because all Tegan has been asking for about a month now was a pink dolphin for her birthday.  I couldn't find one anywhere, so Auntie ordered one online for her.  Saved the day.  The first thing she asked me when I told her it was her birthday was where is my pink dolphin?  I'll have to post a picture of her with it once I get a better picture.

Neil Turned 5!!

I am a little late, but I wanted to do a special post about Neil.  He is such a sweetie pie and I really enjoy him being part of our family.

Neil turned five, so I'll write five things about him:

1.  He is just a happy guy.  All of the time.  He is always happy and giggly.  He is always smiling... even when he is naughty which makes it really hard to be mad at him.  I love his smile and his happiness.

2.  Neil loves fruit and vegetables.  His love of vegetables can be extreme at times.  He will eat whole cucumbers at a time.  His happy place is in the garden.  The more fruit and veggies we have, the more he eats.  It is difficult to keep my fridge stocked.

3.  Neil is a little fish and loves fish.  

He loves the water and enjoys swimming under people's legs and jumping in.    

He has a toy fish that I bought for him at Bass Pro in Vegas almost a year ago that he sleeps with every night.  It is the one thing he asks me to bring him if it is not already in his bed before he goes to sleep.  Luckily, he is a pretty happy guy and when I tell him I will bring it if I find it, he is ok with that. =)

4.  Neil is very snuggly.  He always wants to sit on someone's lap.  Normally mine or his Grandma's.  And he's almost always happy to give a hug.  

5.  Neil is obsessed with learning.  He loves to practice adding, work on his reading, practice tracing letters.  He amazes me what he is able to do on the computer.  He starts kindergarten this week and he is going to love it.

Neil at Grandma's and Grandpa's pool, happy as usual.

 Neil's birthday cake.  Blueberry cake covered in whipping cream and fruit.  

His favorite color is blue.

 Neil with a couple of cucumbers from the garden.

Cousin Cuteness

It is so fun to have cousins close by now.  Hurray for cousins!  And how cute are these two sticking stickers on their legs?  

So for Halloween we are planning on having all eight of the kids dress up as different Mario characters.  We'll see how it goes, some will need to be made, but check out how cool Mario and Luigi are!  These just came in the mail.  It is all very exciting, I just can't contain it!!