ANNIE!!

I can't forget about my sweet Annie. She is such a great girl.....not baby anymore. She is showing off her tricks. Annie has the best glare and grumpy face I have ever seen. But only for a second, then you are hooked and give in. Mostly she just wants to be loved. She will go to the most random people. Like at nursery, she won't go to any of her teachers, but loves to go to one of the guy teachers in another class. It is so cute!!! Her favorite without comparison is Mindy from across the street. Annie can say her name and runs to her ever chance she gets. Mindy will be moving soon and me and Annie both will be loosing our best friend. The one that is always there for you and the one you can talk about everything and nothing. Annie loves to watch SuperWhy and The Letter Factory. She is starting to sing, which is so much fun in the car. Annie loves my big belly and loves to lay her head on top of Jersey and get kicked over and over. They will be such "friends".

Creed goes to Preschool

Creed started preschool this fall. He is going to Learning Dynamics by our house, otherwise known as "the apple school". He is such a smart boy and knows all his letters, sounds, colors, and we are working on shapes and reading with him. He impressed his teacher during his assessment. But don't be fooled, anyone who knows him knows that his smarts don't stop there. He has managed to "beat" every form of child lock known to man, flooded our house three times, and snuck Annie out of the house to pick strawberries and blackberries in our yard during nap time. He can run the DVD player, loves to play on PBSkids.org and can pull that up by himself. He can put on his own 5-point harness safety belt and can now undo it, too, which is just fabulous while we are driving around the city. The only thing now is his resistance to potty-training. I have googled ever trick in the book but if anyone has any brilliant ideas, leave them in the comment section. I would really like to not have to change three in diapers.

Autumn Dance

Autumn has been taking dance classes! This is at her performance last spring. She was in a ballet/jazz class. She won an award for being the best student in the class...always trying her hardest, listening to the teacher, having a positive attitude, and working with others in the class. We were the proud parents in the crowd. We didn't know until they called her name. Only a few people received one. This fall she is taking ballet/tap and hip hop. She is loving it.

Memories!!

1. Add a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Sage Tumbling

Sage has been taking tumbling now for a year and a half. She started in just a preschool class and has grown and developed so much, especially in the last few months. At first it was just really good cartwheels and then back bends and arch ups. Back walk-overs followed and front walk-overs took a little while to get. These pictures are right after she got her back handsprings for the first time in early summer. After she learned how to do one, she skyrocketed and can do 11 in a row on the grass in our front yard. She is working on aerials and she recently moved up 3 classes. She loves to tumble and can't walk in a straight line anymore without doing some sort of trick.

Jack and Creed's Birthday

Since Jack and Creed have birthdays one day apart, they had a combined party this year. We are hoping that we won't be doing this every year, but at least they are both boys and have similar friends. We had a Cars theme and played games, ate cake, and had a pinata. It is not very smart to give any kind of long stick to Jack....he gets a little feisty!! Jack and Creed were given so many toys and loved having their friends in the neighborhood and their favorite girl cousins there to share their special day with them.

My Girls!

These are my girls at the end of the school year. My girls are so great with Annie and play with her so well. I am reading which is what I did in all my spare time this summer. I LOVE Stephenie Meyer and devoured her series Twilight multiple times. I am reading The Host in this picture. Matt has been such a supportive husband and even read the books so I would have someone to talk to about them. He says they are good, but reading them from a girl's point of view is a little too much for him. He made sure I could go to the Barnes and Noble party for the Breaking Dawn book and is of course seeing the movie with me in November, (after I go at midnight with the other obsessed moms in the neighborhood).