My babies

All three of my babies are old enough to sit at the table for quite a long time and play with play-doh. Ahhh...Brady is almost not a baby any more. It makes me happy and sad all at the same time. I love this age where everything is new and exciting, it seems like Brady is growing up so much faster than the other two because he tries to copy everything they do! I made some yummy smelling play-doh for the kids this morning that was super easy! You can find the recipe here-http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-is-your-teacher-this-is-your.html

Daddy Daughter Dance 2013

Tatum talks about this night for months and can't wait to have this special night with her daddy and her friend Grace and her daddy Josh. This year Tatum wouldn't let me take many pictures, she told me I could only take one to show her teacher. They had a great time going to dinner and dancing to Gangnam Style!

When you are the youngest...

Your older sister and cousins dress you up like a girl and put make up on you!

Bath time

Really?!

Tatum asked, "Mom, can I go outside and shoot hoops?" I was shocked and happy! I grew up playing sports so when I became a parent I told myself that I cannot push my love of basketball or volleyball onto my children. Tatum loves doing arts, crafts and "girly" things so I was trying to mentally prepare myself that she wasn't going to like sports, but now I have hope!

Snowmen at Night

Tatum's preschool recited Snowmen at Night and invited parents/grandparents to watch. Tatum got a bit shy but did great reciting her lines! Papa came to watch and they served snowman cookies and hot chocolate afterwards, yum!

Guitar lessons

I don't know how to read one musical note, so after three guitar lessons for Ty he knows a lot more than I do. I can't even help him when he is practicing his chords, notes, or whatever they are called! His teacher tried explaining it to me so I can help Ty but it was too much for me to comprehend, ha! So far he has picked up what his teacher has taught him fairly quickly. He is getting a little inpatient and wants to know when he can stand and play a song like a rock star. Brady and Tatum love watching the guitar lessons, it's very cute!

Cutest little blonde boy

Hoops

Tatum and Ty started basketball last weekend. Pat and I were not sure how Tatum would do, she really hasn't shown any interest in sports until now. She was so stinking cute in her little pink shorts, shirt and her Skechers. I tried to get her to wear basketball shoes but she refused. Ty did great too, he was a little bummed they don't play real games yet. That boy loves to keep score and Win! Brady was fun...not really, trying to keep him off the court was difficult, he loves shooting hoops!

My Two front teeth

Ty lost his two front teeth at school today! He only has one tooth, he doesn't know when or where he lost the other one!

A winter walk

American girl day with my girl & nieces

My mom and I took Tatum and my two nieces to lunch at the American Girl Bistro. My mom paid for the girls to their dolls ears pierced. I have a confession... I think I enjoyed the store and lunch more than Tatum. I loved seeing all the girls happy eating with their dolls in high chairs at the table. I know everything is over priced at the AG store but everything is adorable! I ended up buying Tatum a few more things, we might have to make it back there soon!

Disneyland

Over Christmas break Pat and I had been talking about going to Disneyland for awhile so we actually pulled the trigger and booked the trip. We left Brady with my mother-in-law which was so nice, no diapers, bottles, binkies, strollers or naps deal with.

Everything went perfectly on our trip: getting to the airport (no traffic in Seattle at 4!), plane left early, taxi to hotel and back to the airport, plane back home was on time. Pat and I kept waiting for something to go wrong and it didn't. We went at the perfect time! We bought a two-day park hopper and we used it on a Thur and Friday. On Thursday there were no lines! We were able to do every ride we wanted to with little or no wait at Disneyland! Pat kept track and we went on 58 rides over two days. There were longer lines at California Adventure and we finally gave up trying to do the radiator springs racing rides, The line was long even with a fast pass because it kept breaking down, ugh! On a lot of the rides the workers let us stay on and ride again. We had a great time and made a decision that we were going to try and go every couple years, in the winter of course when there are no lines!