Pump It Up!

On Saturday our little princess had her dream party...at Pump It Up! She and 18 of her friends jumped, ran, slid and had a blast in a gym full of inflatables! Here are some photos. It was hard to get faces because everyone was moving so quickly! We all had a blast! This was at the bottom of the obstacle course slide... the face says it all.
OK... what shall I do next?
I think I can... I think I can... and she did!
Our little princess is almost four and so full of life! We are very proud of her!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2008!! I started a tradition her first Christmas of making calendars to recap the previous year. I thought I would share the 2007 calendar shots with all of you! ENJOY!! January: It was actually the first snow for both children! (It snowed a lot when she was an infant and then the January 19, 2005 grid lock snow but those don't really count!)
February: We had so much fun just hanging out at home!

March: We hosted an egg hunt for our cousins. He started walking just in time!
April: We enjoyed the Faith Fest at church. She got to ride a pony!
May: Our second anual Spring/Mother's Day trip to Atlantic Beach.
June: The children attended VBS... there was a sports theme... go Tarheels!
August: Our awesome week at Little River/Cherry Grove Beach in SC.

August: We went to the RBC Center to see My Little Pony Live - The Word's Biggest Tea Party!
September: Another trip to the NC Zoo.
October: We enjoyed a family, fun night at the Harvest Festival at church.
November: A nice day at Pullen Park.
December: Merry Christmas!

Our Twinns

It would be impossible to show the children with all of the wonderful gifts they got for Christmas from family and friends - thanks! However, there is one I have to share. My parents continued a tradition that began with my brothers girls... purchasing a My Twinn doll for them. It began with photos taken in September. These photos were sent to the company and a doll was created to look like our daughter! Enjoy! Matching curls and glasses...
even matching PJ's. Now we have Double Trouble or I mean Double Sweetness!

Merry Christmas!!

Our Christmas morning began with the reading of The Christmas Story. Our traditions are built solely on Christmas is a time to celebrate our dear Savior's birth. The children have really done a great job understanding the true meaning of all the celebrations! They waited patiently (as I did for her to wake up... 9:00!) and then we began the present opening. They each recieved three gifts, a representation of the gifts the wisemen brought to baby Jesus. The excitement was amazing... I finally came to terms with the fact that I will not be able to open a present by myself for a very long time! SO here are some of the over 100 shots I took of them enjoying the beautiful NC Christmas day we had!
He is into motorcycles and now had his own!
All she asked for was a princess bike... then wasn't sure she wanted to ride it! But once she got on she was a natural. All afternoon she told us "thank you for that pretty bike."
Our morning muffins turned into an outside, mid-morning snack. Look how serious he was!
Our gymnast loved this gift... especially when daddy added just enough mulch for her to get on without the stool.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a very blessed New Year! WOW 2008!

The Party - Final Birthday Celebration!

We had the official birthday party at Marbles Children's Musuem in downtown today. It was fun... busy due to a North Pole event... but FUN! The children stayed in the downstairs play area. They enjoyed a fire truck, boat, ambulance, threater stage, train table, grocery store, stables, face painting, art table, and so much more... all child sized of course! Lucky for us we avoided the water and sand today!! Big sister is again teaching him things... this time how to put a straw in a juice box.
Our party room was right by the big pirate ship and made a great place to wait for our friends to come!
He especially enjoyed the ambulance because he could turn the light on and off all by himself!
She took a few minutes to make a special creation... that is still there "drying"... oops!!
The "Happy Family" had a great time with friends celebrating the sweetest boy God ever made!