Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Pre-Birthday - Birthday Party with Granny

The weekend before Holly's Birthday her Granny and Nana came to visit to help celebrate her turning 2.We went shopping for her Birthday Present and she picked out this wonderful little Tricycle. Her favorite part was the added horn.It is great because I can push her in it now, while she is too short to totally reach the pedals, but she will grow into it, and it is good balance to ride on it.That evening her Granny baked a Carrot cake to celebrate. We had a ton of Yummy carrots in our veggie box, and we had to use them :-)The frosting is so very yummy, and the cake was good too. It was fun to get to sing and have her blow out a candle.She liked the frosting, but in general isn't a real fan of any kind of cake it seems. She picked at it for a bit though.She had a lot of fun trying to eat it on her own, and she liked being the center of attention. it was a great pre-prelude to the upcoming festivities.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday Holly - 3/11/10

Holly's Birthday fell on a Thursday this year. We had a small little celebration at home that night with the family.For her Birthday night Holly had Birthday Cookies, just like little bear. She loves cookies and was excited to eat them.She tried to grab the candle flame, she liked it, a pyro lover like her Opa, but we helped blow it out for her.We had a huge party the weekend after her birthday, so this was just a little intimate event to acknowledge the actual day of her birth.Tanta kat came to hang out with her, so she got to open some presents. She was very excited about this.In the background you can see she has a training potty, this was from her Tanta, we have not begun Potty training, but when we do we will be prepared!She also got some coloring books and a really cool Puzzle. Also she got a case for her leapfrog pen and books, which was nice.This however was her big gift, an iPod touch! She uses mommy's phone so much that mommy never gets to use it, so now she has her very own, with room for all her games and video's.She wasn't sure what to make of it at first, it was thinner, and had a weird case, and the icon's were different.Another gift she received from her Oma and opa was a bubble gun, she loved it, can you see how many bubbles it makes with one press of the button.She was so excited, she loves opening presents and totally understands it now, she new it was a special day and loved her cookies.This was just a prelude to the real deal at her upcoming party, but we had to do something on the day. It was fun.

Monday, April 26, 2010

I Heart Faces - Week 17: Smiles

Here is Holly with her Tanta Kat, the little munchkin stole her glasses!
I Heart Faces is a site where you can share themed photos of faces and submit them into weekly contests.

This week's theme is "Smile" Take a look for some of the other entries here:




Sunday, April 25, 2010

Little drummer girl


check out her playing here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnMVxUpWvqU

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Litte ballerina

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Granny comes to Chloe's house

Holly's Granny and Nana came to visit the weekend before Holly's Birthday.We invited them to come and play over at Chloe's house.Rowan was there, he is Teagan's little brother.Madelyn and Tristan also joined us, whom we hadn't seen for a while.Sarah brought Manny, her favorite bear to play with her friends.Granny and Nana were so excited to attend the playdate.They got to see Holly's Friends first hand, which brought previous blog posts to life.Here are Noah and his mom April, new friends of ours.Holly is climbing and looking out the window by Nana.She is such a little trouble maker.The girls even climb on the book case.They know they aren't supposed to, but can't help themselves.Here the happy baby is going down the slide with a little nudge from Nana.Here is our hostess having a little snack.Holly is seems has decided to snack on Chloe's foam blocks.But Nana and Granny coax the girls into listening to a story.They sat still, if only for a moment until they were off to the next thing.Our hostess is such a little sweetie, she is getting to be good at sharing now.Sometimes she doesn't want to, but surprisingly, she almost never has a dispute with Holly.Here Holly is taking a little break to have a yogurt juice, Yum.Sitting at the window, the girls discovered that there was a rainbow outside.It was so very beautiful, especially after a cold and rainy morning.The problem now is, that every playdate the girls climb up tot he window to look outside.Chloe, sits and says, "Rainbow? Rainbow?"She hasn't seen another yet, but when one appears she will be ready.And then of course Sarah put on the Red Bucket Hat, classic playdate move!Holly is hiding out under the play structure, Roaring here,Later the girls take turns climbing into the book bin, they love to dump it out and climb in.I think Holly has tried to get inside the play Kitchen before, She will try to climb or get into anything.Here is granny hanging out with Sarah and the Sesame Street Playhouse.Holly actually really likes this toy even though she doesn't really know the characters.I think she likes all of the little windows and door to play withOnce the playdate begins to die down and the younger boys head home, the girls make a break for it.They head into Chloe's room for some puzzles and mischief!In this case it is Block building and throwing. Holly is in such a bad habit of throwing puzzle pieces now.Granny then helps her take a ride on Chloe's horsey.Playing in Chloe's room is like the after party, first they run up and down the hallway for several minutes.And eventually they end up in here, plotting there next move! We had a lot of fun with Granny visiting Chloe, and everyone was excited to meet them!