Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Snow Fun
My brother Jeroen came to visit us for a week and a half so we decided to do some fun stuff. We went tubing at Soldier Hollow in Midway. We had such a good time.
Thomas was not able to go on the tube lift since he is not three yet (next month). He loved going down the little kids run but he quickly got pretty upset that he couldn't take the lift up. Poor boy! He really felt left out.
We will definitely be back. Most likely next month for Thomas' birthday so he can take part in the fun.
Thomas was not able to go on the tube lift since he is not three yet (next month). He loved going down the little kids run but he quickly got pretty upset that he couldn't take the lift up. Poor boy! He really felt left out. Going up on the tube lift.
We will definitely be back. Most likely next month for Thomas' birthday so he can take part in the fun.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
We sure love this boy...
He makes us smile all the time and has such a fun personality.
Helping me make apple sauce.
Hiding in the laundry.
Dressed up like a monkey for Halloween with his "banana sister".
He did not enjoy sticking his hand in the pumpkin and has a face to show it.
He is a wonderful big brother and really likes Emilie.
And just a little side note. His pacifier is history. It was a rough few days at first but he is doing better. When asked what happened to them he says: "My mommy throw them in garbage truck" (in a quite accusatory way with a pointing finger towards me). Don't tell him that they are really still in the house ;). Elizabeth likes to tell people that in reality they are hidden behind a clock in the family room. Haha
Helping me make apple sauce.
Hiding in the laundry.
Dressed up like a monkey for Halloween with his "banana sister".
He did not enjoy sticking his hand in the pumpkin and has a face to show it.
He is a wonderful big brother and really likes Emilie.
I couldn't resist posting these "pudding pictures". Especially the last one.
And just a little side note. His pacifier is history. It was a rough few days at first but he is doing better. When asked what happened to them he says: "My mommy throw them in garbage truck" (in a quite accusatory way with a pointing finger towards me). Don't tell him that they are really still in the house ;). Elizabeth likes to tell people that in reality they are hidden behind a clock in the family room. Haha
Monday, January 17, 2011
Emilie's Blessing
We blessed Emilie on October 17th.
It feels like it is kind of impossible right now (with the ages of the children) to take a nice family picture. We took tons of pictures and as you can see above they turned out quite funny. It will be a fun memory for later.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Kindergarten
Yes, I am doing some catching up. This was the week before kindergarten started (just a few days before Emilie was born). Elizabeth went to school to meet her Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Richey and have her evaluation. I can't believe my little girl is ready to go to kindergarten.
The morning of her first day of kindergarten. Emilie had just come home from the hospital the night before so I didn't come with her but Bruce took her to school. They are wearing matching outfits for this special day.
At her desk at in the classroom.
Elizabeth and Mrs. Richey
The morning of her first day of kindergarten. Emilie had just come home from the hospital the night before so I didn't come with her but Bruce took her to school. They are wearing matching outfits for this special day.
At her desk at in the classroom.December fun
December was a fun month. We started the celebrations by going to the "Old Dutch Store" to see Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete). The kids were very excited by the idea of seeing them but once we got there they were quite shy. We had a fun time though and ended up buying a bunch of dutch treats.
I even got to go to Elizabeth's class later in the week to tell them about Holland and Sinterklaas. Elizabeth has a little girl in her class who's mom is also dutch and she served her mission in Holland and so we did the presentation together.
To start off the Christmas celebrations we took the kids to a live nativity in Alpine. It's called “A Walk to Bethlehem". We parked the car in a church parking lot and from there we took a hay wagon ride to the location of the nativity. Everyone was dressed up like the people in the olden days. There were real camels, sheep and other animals. There were even soldiers on horses riding around. Elizabeth was very reverent when she saw "Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus". We had a very special moment watching them as we were the only ones there for a few minutes with no other people around us. There was a strong spirit and it was a great way to teach the children the real meaning of Christmas.
On the hay ride back to the car.
I remembered that I still had a gingerbread train in the house from a few years ago so I thought it would be fun to decorate that one this year instead of buying one. Well when I opened the box it had quite the smell and we realized it had gone rancid. The kids were quite disappointed but Bruce came to the rescue and quickly ran to the store to buy a gingerbread house. When he came home and we opened the new one we found out the this one had some "structural damage" and the kids (especially Elizabeth) were quite upset. At this point I did not want to return it and get a new that night one so we postponed the activity to the following night. This time I got the gingerbread village which allowed the kids to decorate their own little houses instead of sharing one. They both had fun decorating (and eating) the houses.
Elizabeth dressed up like Mary with "baby Jesus".
We decided to give the kids their Christmas pyama's for Sinterklaas (quite practical ;)) so they could enjoy them throughout the whole month of December.
Some snow fun.
Here are some shots from Christmas morning. It was fun and relaxing and the kids really seemed to enjoy their presents. I made the kids pyama's with matching pillow cases and gave them to them on Christmas Eve. They loved them. Thomas would not let go of his pillow that night and the following morning. He dragged it around the house and insisted on wearing his pyama's and bring his pillow to Babi and Grandpa's house on Christmas day (and no I did not let him wear it during the day but let him bring them for later that night).
I even made Emily some pyama bottoms that matched Elizabeth's.
I even got to go to Elizabeth's class later in the week to tell them about Holland and Sinterklaas. Elizabeth has a little girl in her class who's mom is also dutch and she served her mission in Holland and so we did the presentation together.
To start off the Christmas celebrations we took the kids to a live nativity in Alpine. It's called “A Walk to Bethlehem". We parked the car in a church parking lot and from there we took a hay wagon ride to the location of the nativity. Everyone was dressed up like the people in the olden days. There were real camels, sheep and other animals. There were even soldiers on horses riding around. Elizabeth was very reverent when she saw "Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus". We had a very special moment watching them as we were the only ones there for a few minutes with no other people around us. There was a strong spirit and it was a great way to teach the children the real meaning of Christmas.
On the hay ride back to the car.I remembered that I still had a gingerbread train in the house from a few years ago so I thought it would be fun to decorate that one this year instead of buying one. Well when I opened the box it had quite the smell and we realized it had gone rancid. The kids were quite disappointed but Bruce came to the rescue and quickly ran to the store to buy a gingerbread house. When he came home and we opened the new one we found out the this one had some "structural damage" and the kids (especially Elizabeth) were quite upset. At this point I did not want to return it and get a new that night one so we postponed the activity to the following night. This time I got the gingerbread village which allowed the kids to decorate their own little houses instead of sharing one. They both had fun decorating (and eating) the houses.
Elizabeth dressed up like Mary with "baby Jesus".
We decided to give the kids their Christmas pyama's for Sinterklaas (quite practical ;)) so they could enjoy them throughout the whole month of December.
Elizabeth just adores Emily.
Elizabeth had a special Christmas sing program at school and had so much fun singing all her songs.
Some snow fun.Here are some shots from Christmas morning. It was fun and relaxing and the kids really seemed to enjoy their presents. I made the kids pyama's with matching pillow cases and gave them to them on Christmas Eve. They loved them. Thomas would not let go of his pillow that night and the following morning. He dragged it around the house and insisted on wearing his pyama's and bring his pillow to Babi and Grandpa's house on Christmas day (and no I did not let him wear it during the day but let him bring them for later that night).
I even made Emily some pyama bottoms that matched Elizabeth's.
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