Saturday, February 13, 2010

i'm a mother to a rising kindergartner?!

eben turned five a few weeks ago. i'm having a little bit of a nervous breakdown over that! he's going to kindergarten in the fall. MY little baby boy is going to school - real school - not just preschool or MMO. he is a big whopping FIVE years old! where does the time go?


first we celebrated with mimi and grandaddy...

they bought him this huge monstrosity of a castle that he absolutely adores! he was so excited to see this huge box all wrapped up and couldn't wait to tear it open!




then grandma and grandpa let him open part of their present - 2 knights and horses to go in his castle!




secondly we celebrated with friends...

for his 5 year party he wanted to have a star wars party at chuck e cheese. go figure. so we bought minimal star wars decorations, i labored over a princess leia/chewbacca/storm trooper/yoda cake, we sent out invites, and had a marvelous time!


wow! what a cake!

blowing out all the candles!

eben and his mimi

emily jane and leah enjoying yummy cake

allison, jacob, and ethan enjoying some cake

marie got to eat the green yoda cake :D

super hero toys!

toy story slink!

super mario pjs!

eben and his preschool buddy austin having a blast!

marie enjoying the fun toddler rides

emily jane and leah - they were such a hoot! they absolutely LOVED putting the tokens in the games and rides - sometimes they would play the game, sometimes they would wait for the tickets, but mostly they just liked putting the tokens in the slots! and then they'd run out of money and would go ask every adult at the party if they had any money left. TOO FUNNY!

matthew and leah sliding...think he's having fun? ;)

becca - she was such a HUGE help - i absolutely LOVE my sisters! i have the best sisters in the whole wide world!



then finally on his actual birthday with just us.



a super hero guess who game from mommy and daddy!

a light up card and money from great grandpa & great grandma hornby!

a spiderman shirt from aunt rebekah!

a super hero poster from his sisters!



and more kinghts, horses, and a dragon from grandma and grandpa!

goergian blizzard...two years in a row!

our kids just love snow! probably more so because we don't see it everyday or even every winter! but we have had a lot of fun in the 3-4 inches we have gotten this winter. :)


starting the snowball fight. :)


emily jane - about to get hit with a snowball...the flash is reflecting off of it so it looks like a speck but its a snowball.

eben discovering that snow tastes awesome!

beginning our snowman...which didn't turn into a snowman.

building and stacking

our snowchicken!!
yes - a snowchicken. :) last year we had a snowracoon. haha! what can we say - we're a different kind of family.

this year there was enough for us to go "sledding"! well - a southern version of sledding anyway. :)

marie wasn't too big of a fan of the snow - she liked licking the snow from her gloves - until her fingers got wet and cold. she did sled a few times. but not a huge fan. she's just not big enough yet i suppose.

eben however LOVED it - everything about it! he would still be out there now if we would let him. :) we'll have to take him up north one of these winters to let him see a true snowstorm, have a true sledding experience, and build a true snowfort for a true snowball fight. :)


and sledding videos to end it all....HAHA



Monday, January 18, 2010

christmases past

i'm feeling a little nostalgic...so here's a look through our christmases past...


2002 - our very first christmas together :)

2003 - our first (furry) son - we miss him.

2004 - anticipating our first child...born one month later! boy eben stuck out like a basketball...sheesh!

2005 - first family christmas photo!

2006 - family of four!



2007 - anticipating another arrival! i like how emily jane is sitting on marie...HA
2008 - i first realized how hard it is to get a picture of all 5 of us smiling and looking at the camera...


2009 - my favorite family christmas photo so far...i just love it!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

christmas preschool program 2009

eben starring in his preschool program - he and his four boy classmates...pretty cute!

emily jane and marie's class were the "angel band" ... marie got whacked with a wing halfway through and started crying, then emily jane noticed she was getting daddy attention and started crying for him too... ah well... the practice went really really well - maybe we'll record that one next year. HA!


the preschool christmas pageant. eben was a wiseman. wasn't he too cute?!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

wordless wednesday


Friday, December 11, 2009

friday funnies

driving in the atlanta traffic and someone cut in front of me.

eben: mommy! that car just cut in line! that's mean! you should honk your horn.

then he proceeds to knock on his window and say "you shouldn't do that to my mommy!"

HA

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emily jane (out of the blue): mommy! you're not an egg! i thought you were an egg, but you're my mommy!

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

friday funnies...on saturday

emily jane was wearing pajamas with a cupcake on them

rhett: emily jane, you're daddy's little cupcake.

emily jane (rather indignant): i'm not a cupcake!

rhett: why not? you have a cupcake on your shirt!

emily jane: you can't lick me!

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emily jane was mumbling to herself

me: emily jane, what are you talking about?

emily jane: i have no idea what i'm talking about!

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marie speaks spanish ;)

whenever you ask her if she wants something, instead of saying yes or uh huh or nodding or anything else, she smiles and says "si!"

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on the way to preschool one morning...

me: look at the horses! good morning horses!

emily jane: how 'bout that mommy!

HA

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playing with grandpa

eben: grandpa, me and emily jane are the good guys and you are the bad guy,

grandpa: i'm the bad guy?! why am i the bad guy?

eben: cuz we have hoods. and good guys have hoods. and you don't have a hood.

and there you have it - the logic blows my mind! HA :)

eben

eben
our eben is full of imagination and laughter. he loves to pretend, play games, and make everyone laugh. he is so much like his daddy - with just a bit of his mommy!

marie

marie
our little marie is little miss independant! she loves snuggling up with mommy, playing dressup, and being mommy to her babydolls. she is the color in my rainbow!

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