Deep Thoughts by Harper

Today in the car Harper asked me all kinds of questions about God.  She does this every now and then.  This time her questions were:
How big is God?
Can God see us in a super good hiding place?
What color hair does God have?
How many eyeballs does God have? (her guess was 60 hundred million since he can see everything)
and my favorite:
On Halloween in a town far far away from us, does somebody dress up as God for their costume?

It never ceases to amaze me what crazy things she comes up with!

100 Days Smarter!

Today was Delaney's 100th Day of Kindergarten!  They have been preparing for this day for quite a while by learning all sorts of different ways to count to 100 (1s, 2s, 5s, 10s), writing 100 words (she was able to read every word to me!), reading a story about Mrs. Bindergarten and her 100th day of Kindergarten, and making "100" projects out of goldfish, cottonballs, smarties, etc.  Today they celebrated by putting 100 stickers on the streamers of a hat, writing a sentence about what they would do with $100 (Delaney wrote that she would buy 100 Barbies), getting a special 100th day pencil, and eating a special snack with 100 pieces in the mix.

Jon's Senior Night

Tonight we all gathered at the GC ice rink to celebrate Jon's senior night for hockey.  The game was horrible (we lost 0-5) but the company was fantastic!   Congratulations, Jon!

All of the seniors had a poster made for them.

 Trevor was so bundled up the only thing he could move were his eyes!  He was such a good boy and didn't fuss the whole time he was there. 

 Jon's Fan Club

He got to play forward tonight instead of goal and was happy since it was a lot less pressure.

The only decent action shot I got of him all night.

More Partying!

The girls were invited to two more birthday parties this weekend - Peyton and Tyler's.  Peyton's was at Build A Bear in the mall.  I am so happy to say that I have gone my entire 6 years of being a parent and not stepped foot in a Build A Bear store.  I hate stuffed animals!  The girls loved it, though, and thankfully picked out the same bears with the same accessories - just makes my life easier!  The workers did a great job of keeping the kids entertained and keeping the party moving.  There wasn't a dull moment.   Harper loved it so much that on the car ride home she told me that now she wants to be two things when she grows up - a teacher and a Build A Bear worker :)

 Delaney helping to stuff her bear. 

 Harper stuffing hers.

 Delaney making a wish on her little red heart before stuffing it into her bear before they sewed it up.

 Harper named her bear Princess Sparkles.

Delaney named her bear Rosie.

 All of the girls gathered around to sing Happy Birthday to Peyton.  I'm sorry to say that I did not get any pictures of her.

Today, we got to go to the Y for Tyler's Rock n Roll party.  The girls only climbed a little, but skated the whole time.   Happy Birthday, Tyler!!

Night with Trevor

I was so happy when Ann texted me asking if we could watch Trevor while she and Cody went out for the evening!  The girls started asking the minute they got home from school, "What time is Trevor getting here?  How many more minutes until Annie brings Trevor?"

We were still eating dinner when she did bring him and he watched every bite and reached for all of our food, so I hustled to clear the table so I could feed him his solids.  What a big eater!  He gobbled up his rice cereal and a whole container of sweet potatoes.  This is certainly not the underweight baby that concerned the doctor at his 12 week appointment!

Mom and Ed came over to play with him for awhile before he went to sleep for the night.

 Within five minutes of him being there, Harper had her hands all over him.  I texted this picture to Ken and Kathy with the caption, "Trevor says help me!"

 Concentrating on the bumblebee in the ball.

 Who are you calling chubby?

 Hmm...this looks interesting.

 Does it taste as good as it looks?

 The girls put on a concert for him.  I can't tell if he was over-stimulated or just offended by their lack of musical ability.

 He much preferred Honey playing "I'm gonna get you" with bear.  He smiled the whole time Mom and Ed were over.

 Honey checking his mouth for any signs of teeth.  None yet. 

 He had several spit-ups so we went ahead and gave him a bath for fun before getting him in his jammies.  I had never given a baby a bath in the sink before and it was hard!  He was such a wiggle worm.

 I gave him his bedtime bottle and he easily fell asleep, so I transferred him to his pack n play.  

 He looked so peaceful but he only lasted 30 minutes until he woke up and realized that no one was holding him.

 So, I gladly obliged him and help him the rest of the night until Mommy and Daddy picked him up.  My favorite part was when he rubbed his hands on my face - even while sleeping.  It was precious and the best part of my day!

Gimme a "G"! Gimme an "O"!

Delaney had her first cheerleading experience today.  She, Alayna, and Claire are all doing the Upward cheerleading program at FBCM.  We love that it is so close and convenient.  Today, she cheered at 9 am.  I like that they don't cheer for the same team every week.  That way we will get to cheer for Tyler and Landon's team at least once this season.  Because they practice on Mondays and both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve were on Mondays, they have only had two practices and learned two cheers. The girls still looked super cute and had so much fun!  They even surprised us by going out on the floor at half-time and performing one of their cheers.  

 Delaney and Claire - poor Alayna was sick for the first game :(

 Having fun!

 Delaney may still need to work on learning the actual cheers, but she has already perfected the hands on your hips stance :)

 Luke and Harper were good spectators.

 Taking a break at the quarter.

 I can't resist taking pictures of this cutie when I see him!

 Pep talk