Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter weekend!!  We did Easter with Mike's family a week ahead of time cause we were headed to Kansas for actual Easter weekend.  We also celebrated Emma's birthday with all the "Kansans" (pictures to come!!)  The kids had a blast!!  Here are some pics of my growing happy babies.  I will call them babies for as long as I can!!

All 4 of the cousins together:)  They are getting so big.  Kali 11, Ava 6, Will 4, Emma 23 months.

My big boy.  At such a great age for Easter Egg Hunting. So handsome, curious, imaginative and all around great kid!!

My Princess Emma!!  So dainty and cute while at the same time can keep up with her big brother and hold her own.

March Madness!!

It has been a very busy March and we started with my 35th Birthday!!  I can't believe it myself but I am now considered approaching 40!!!  So do NOT like that!!  We also started the month off with the stomach flu and yet another hospital stay for the Horn family :(

She got an overnight stay but came out of it just fine.  

We then had some visitor's out our way and the kids loved having them!!

They even put on a puppet show for entertainment.

We have now almost come to the end of March and we had one heck of a snow storm but it sure was beautiful!!  Will wanted to play in it all day but Emma isn't quite sure how to walk in the snow.  She keeps on telling me she is stuck so I have to pretty much carry her around the entire time we are outside.

Will decided to throw snowballs at me while I was making lunch and he was "cleaning" the deck:)

It's not perfect but it will do.  Immediately after the picture the snowman was tackled by Will and is no more!!

We also had some fun playing with friends!!

Now onto another busy month where my baby girls turns 2!!  Yikes!!

My Funny Valentine's

It is days like this that I truly am grateful I get to stay home with my kids.  The kids woke up to all sorts of fun things Valentine morning, from candy to crafts to silly glasses.  We had a Valentine theme all day.  We started with heart shaped pancakes for breakfast.  Then we played games and did craft project as you can see decorating the whole house.  We blew up balloons for our "party" we were having later when daddy got home.  Then for lunch we had heart shaped PB & J and heart shaped apples.  After nap/rest time we made heart shaped cookies!!!  Then daddy arrived to a decorated house, homemade Chicken Parmesan and 2 kids that love him more than anything!!

These are pictures from Will's Valentine's Party which was on Monday.   He had fun making bracelets, playing hot potato and lounging in a bean bag chair!!

Emma's 1st Haircut

Well we finally gave Emma her 1st haircut and we wanted to make it memorable and special as we had done for Will. We took her to a fun place called The Hairy Elephant that is totally geared toward kids. They have all sorts of toys to play with, fun cars to sit in while you get you haircut and tv's to watch.
For the first haircut they do a ceritficate and keep a lock of their hair. 

Emma did really good but there were a few moments when she had the look of "what in the world is going on". 

I had to do a little flashback to Will's first haircut.  Now his was just before his 1st birthday vs. Emma @ 22 months.  Can't believe my babies are getting so big :(

All grown up but still wanting to go for a ride!!

Christmas in February

So I figured it was time to post about our Christmas. We had a great one with many Christmas's!!! We had a nice quiet Christmas Eve just the 4 of us where we went to mass, drove around looking at Christmas lights and looking for the red blinking light in the sky. We then came home and got our cookies and milk ready for Santa and we also had some reindeer food to put out front (Will said that we needed to put it on the roof but we talked him into just putting it on the front lawn)!! We then ended our evening with reading "Twas the Night before Christmas". The kids woke up Christmas morning to presents galore!!! Santa didn't actually spend a lot this year but they each got several gifts plus one big one. Will ended up with a Puppet Show because he is always performing and putting on different shows for us and Emma got one of those red Cozy Coupes (both presents Santa found @ a resale shop for $10 each (I can still by used while they are young and they know no different)!!! Santa is quite the savy shopper!!

Before I forget about Chippy I had to mention him.  Last year The Elf on the Shelf arrived on Christmas Day and this was our first year to have the entire experience.  The kids loved finding out where Chippy was every morning and that was the first thing they both looked for.  Below is a picture of how Chippy made his entrance this year bringing the enite train with him!!  Chippy was quite the fun elf from playing board games, toilet papering the Christmas tree, fishing for goldfish and many other things.  I hope next year I can remember to get pictues!!!

After Christmas morning at our house we then went to Mike's moms house to spend with his side.  The kids all had a blast and it was quite the musical Christmas where Will & Kali both got Guitars, Will got a microphone and Ava got a karaoke machine.  It was a lot of fun!!!  Oh......Emma got a mini Princess ATV!!

One week later we travled to Kansas where we had yet another Christmas with my family this time.  It was a Pirate themed Christmas for Will complete with a treasure Chest and Pirate Costume.  Both the kids got some great gifts and both Mike and I walked away feeling very grateful for all that we have to be thankful for.  It was a very Blessed Year and we hope that this coming year is just as blessed!!!

January at the Park

We had a beautiful day yesterday so we chose to take some time and head to the park where the kids played and fed the ducks.  I can't believe how fast Will and Emma are growing and how well they can play together.  Don't get me wrong they do have their moments and as I type this Emma is running around the house pushing her shopping cart with Will running after her yelling  "Will you marry me?"  Not sure where that came from but it was quite funny so I had to share that:)

My Monkies!!

Feeding the ducks (with frootloops!!)

Will is now climbing all over the monkey bars.  I no longer have to worry about him getting to the top and being too afraid to come back down.  I now have many other things I can worry about.

Emma on the big girl swing.

Christmas Pictures!!

                                                  My Very Handsome Little Boy!! (Will @ 4 1/2)

My Beautiful Little girl!! (Emma @ 20 months)

I just love this pic!!

Busy Living Life!!

Well it has been since August since my last post and all I can say is that I have been busy living life and having a great time with my family!!  Will and Emma are growing fast and I can't believe I have a 4 year old and one who is fast approaching 2!!!  They sure keep me busy but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I will try and highlight some of the fun and exciting things we have been up to.

 

We made a trip to Table Rock Lake to see my Grandparents!!



Will's first day of Pre-K!!  (Can you tell he is hamming it up?)

Will Started Soccer this last Fall and did great.  He was not so much into scoring but he loved to play around and have fun.

Pumpkin Patch with the cousins!!

My Astrounaut and Ladybug!!

Cabin Trip with the Family!!

Will's Field Trip to the Pumkin Patch with his Preschool!!