Just Because

I desperately need to download pictures and post here, but don't want to take the time. This picture, however, was just too adorable to leave on the camera for very long. Taken on Sunday May 2nd, 2010.

Easter 2010

A year or two ago, I had purchased some fabric in the Red Tag section of JoAnn's for 50% off the clearance price with the idea of making matching skirts for Anna & I and ties for Daddy & Benjamin for Easter. Last Easter I was pregnant, and didn't really want my matching skirt to be a maternity skirt since I wouldn't get much use out of it. So, I decided to get the fabric out and make them for this Easter. I got to thinking that the fabric really wasn't right for ties, but we had also gotten some nice red fabric later on in the Reg Tag section for me to make Daddy a tie. So, I decided to use the red fabric for ties for Daddy, Benjamin, and Peter and the original fabric would still be for Anna and I for skirts.

We also wanted to do something nice for the kids' Easter baskets this year, the first Easter in our "new" house...

Anna discovering the baskets waiting for them:

Benjamin checking out his basket:

Anna checking out her basket:

Peter checking out his basket (I remembered seeing plastic jelly beans in previous years and knew I wanted to get them for Peter's basket because his nickname is "Jelly Bean", but I couldn't find them. Finally I found them at Menard's! So, Peter's basket has plastic jelly beans instead of plastic eggs...he's chewing on one of the green jelly beans in the picture) :

The boys wearing their matching ties:

The girls with our matching skirts:

The whole family:

Peter is 9 Months Old

Peter turned 9 months old on his Daddy's birthday, March 24th.

Bear Give Away

My sister loves bears, and I thought I'd enter this contest for a bear that "Bearbits" is giving away. The bear is really cute, but if I win I'll give my sister the bear, because I love her so much! :)

8-Month Picture

Since Peter is almost 9 months old now, I thought I better get his 8-month picture up!

Peter's first tooth!

Peter had been acting like he was working on a tooth for quite a while now, so I've been checking often to see if one had come through the surface yet. Saturday, February 20th, 2010 I noticed that one had come through! Peter has his first tooth.

(If you click on the image to see it bigger you can just barely make out the glint of white on his lower gum.)

Benjamin's 5th Birthday

Benjamin's 5th birthday was February 17th, 2010. The theme was, of course, Spiderman. Since Benjamin's enjoyment of Spiderman continues, I went ahead and purchased a Spiderman cake pan. Daddy had the day off of work, so we had the party on his actual birthday. It was a bit rushed though because we had it scheduled to include Dan, Ben's uncle who wouldn't get home from work until around 5:00 pm. Also, since it was a Wednesday, we had to rush so everyone could get off to Wednesday church. But, it was lots of fun for Benjamin to have the family there to celebrate his big day. :)

A few weeks before his birthday, after a discussion about him wanting to blow bubbles but he didn't have any, I mentioned maybe he'd get some for his birthday. Benjamin told me:

"I hope so! And a spiderman toothbrush, that would be special! And a fishing pole with fish!" (Last year from Dan & Becky he got a plastic fishing pole with a magnet at the end to catch plastic fish with metal on their mouths. It didn't take long for the much-loved toy to break so this year he wanted another, which so far has lasted longer than last year's!)