Rainbows

The one bright point to all of this rain we have been getting is that my kids LOVE to look for rainbows. Every time the sun starts to peek out after it has been raining Allee will run to both the back door and front door to look for a rainbow. This all started with an episode of Curious George, and now rainbows are fascinating. She gets so excited and since Pierce adores his sister more and more every day, he gets excited. He will point, smile, and give us his fake giggle. On this particular day we saw a double rainbow which was especially wonderful.

If this is the reaction I get when it rains, the cold miserable day is completely worth it. They will be yelling, bouncing, laughing, and making sure you don't take your eyes off of it for even one minute. AH, it's the small things in live that give you your greatest joys.

Easter

Coloring eggs is always a family favorite. Pierce thought the eggs were balls and tried to throw each one we gave him. I love that he has a one track mind!

Allee absolutely loves dying eggs, she can't get enough. If you look very closely you will notice that her fingers are a lovely shade of red. She couldn't make her eggs beautiful without putting her whole hand in the dye. I am amazed how each year she changes. This year she was very meticulous about how she colored her eggs. She even made one look like a watermelon.


She is such a beautiful girl, and ready at any minute to pose for a picture! She loved her Easter dress because she could twirl in it. That was a major factor when picking a dress, if it doesn't twirl it's no good. The Easter Bunny gave her a Webkinz and a new kite. She was in heaven.

It is so strange to me that Pierce is already one but this was his first Easter. Last year Easter was so early and he was born the week after. He is such a little character. I fell in love with this outfit. I have always been excited to dress a little boy up in church clothes, they are so handsome! Pierce's favorite gift was a new swing. Whenever we go outside it is all he wants to do. Derek set it up after church and the kids had a ball playing together.

I feel very blessed to have these three in my life. They make my world go 'round and to see them together the way they play and make each other laugh is the best feeling.

Pierce's Day

Happy Birthday Pierce

This year has gone by so fast. I can't believe my little guy is a year old. He is the funniest kid and his goofy faces make me laugh every day. It has been such a wonderful experience having Pierce in our home, he has made our lives so much better. What a blessing he is. As you can see Derek is making sure he cheers for the right team.

Pierce's basketball cake. The boy absolutely loves balls. They are about the only things he will play with and other than, "ma" the only word he will say.

He completely demolished his cake. He loved every minute of it and when I finally took it away he wasn't very happy.

We feel so lucky to have our family live close by especially for occasions like this. We are very blessed to have so many people around our kids who love them.


This is my attempt at a birthday cake. It isn't perfect, and I'm not sure if the bottom every did look like a net, but it was really fun to see how excited he got over his ball cake.

It was a very rewarding and stressful cake, I am not sure why I attempt to make things like this.

For the day of Pierce's birthday we had Pierce's favorite dinner, Mac & Cheese and we had cake as a family. Pierce was so excited for his cake, he just kept saying, "ball, ball, ball". (I made a mock up of the basketball on his cake for practice).

Little Aggies

We went to the Aggie game a couple of weeks ago. Everyone put on their Aggie gear to go cheer on the basketball team. Allee had a blast. She was screaming D-Fence at the top of her lungs. That night they were given the WAC trophy. Allee is convinced that the reason they won the trophy is because she could yell D-Fence so loud.

Pierce on the other hand fell asleep through all that screaming and cheering. He slept in my arms for about 45 minutes. Needless to say, we all had the opportunity to enjoy the game!

Allee loves to play basketball with Derek. When we were in Park City two weeks ago she even found a basketball her size that looked exactly like Dad's. Obviously we had to buy it. It is really fun to see the bond they have. She wants to do things just like Derek and since he is really into sports, so is Allee. Just ask her. She has multiple favorite teams. She loves the Bears, the Red Sox, and of course the Celtics.

This is the best game ever. The higher up he goes, the happier he is. At first it made me a little nervous, but to see his huge grin and hear that giggle, there is nothing better.

Princess

My mom made Allee this wonderful princess bedding. Allee thinks it is the best thing ever. She was so excited to sleep on it. I don't even have to bug her to make her bed, she wants to just so she can see her beautiful princess bed. Thanks so much Gra!