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The celebration continues

jen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

The celebration continued with lunch at Grams and Pop's house. While waiting for lunch, Molly showed Grampa her iPad skills.

Grams made a great lunch, but this trifle was what many of us were really looking forward to!

Leah played peakaboo with everyone.

Leah now loves to say (with force) "boh." It's said with a deeper voice and lasts a few seconds. It's quite hilarious. You can see a video of it here.

The special day

jen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

The main event, Leah's baptism, arrived Sunday morning.

Molly assisted in pouring the water.

Leah did great! No tears, and she even gave some good smiles and clapped for everyone.

Grampa and G'Mom finished the baptism with some bell playing.

We were grateful that so much of our family could be with us for this special day.

Mom and baby.

A close up of the pretty girl!

Leah with Grams, the dress maker. The dress was made for Aunt Caroline's baptism.

And if you missed it, you can watch the video of Leah's baptism here.

Splashing around

jen — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

We went to the pool for a little wet fun. The splash pad was a big favorite. We did a little jumping,

ducking under the water,

zooming through the water,

and finally, some swimming in the water.

Visiting from the South

jen — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Grampa, G'Mom, Aunt 'Chelle, Uncle J, Emmie, and Grammy all flew in for Leah's baptism. Molly and Leah were quick to get Grampa to read them a book.

Emmie tried to give Leah a kiss, but Leah wasn't a big fan of that idea.

Silly Emmie!

Leah had a nice conversation with Grammy.

And then had a lot to say about her conversation with Grammy.

Molly and G'Mom created a masterpiece.

And all the girls had storytime with Uncle J.

Cousins are the best!

Stay tuned for more of our weekend adventures!

Adventure on the High Seas

jen — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Molly is finally old enough to participate in Vacation Bible School. This year the kids went on an adventure on the high seas. She was so excited every morning when I told her we were going to Bible school again. I taught Molly's preschool class and we both had a great week learning that God's word is true, comforting, surprising, life-changing and for everyone! She loved singing and dancing to all of the songs and listened to the CD so much that I went to bed and woke up singing them! We even had an evening of singing with Uncle J, who led these songs for the kids at his church.

Molly's shirt was way too big for her, so I made a few tweaks using this tutorial and now she can finally wear her Bible school shirt!

National Sugar Cookie Day

jen — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Today is National Sugar Cookie Day. In honor of it, we had some friends over to decorate, bake, and of course eat sugar cookies. First, the kids decorated cookies to be baked.

While those cookies were in the oven, they decorated previously baked cookies with edible markers, icing, and sprinkles.

The party was a great success. I think the kids would have eaten sugar cookies for lunch if they could have!

America’s birthday party

jen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

While trying to explain to Molly why we were having a party at Grams' house, she asked if it was a birthday party. I told her that it was America's birthday, and she then asked, "But who's America?"

Before heading over, we posed for a picture. Molly made sure that Leah was smiling.

Leah's doing a wonderful job modeling her new pillowcase dress. She's already learning to look just a little taller by standing on her tip-toes!

Some of Aunt Caroline's friends came to the party and played flashlight dance with Molly. Molly thought it was lots of fun, and didn't want to stop. This picture doesn't do it justice, though, so if you haven't already, make sure you check out the video.

I made red, white and blue chocolate dipped strawberries for the celebration. Molly liked them so much she even ate the stem! Guess we're doing a good job of convincing her that leafy vegetables are good.

Letter of the week – Z

jen — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

We made it to the end! Molly and I posed together with our last letter, Z for zebra.

Using a recipe for pinwheel cookies, we made zebra cookies.

With the help of the self-timer, I was able to capture our mommy-daughter game of Zingo. It's Bingo with a zing!

We ended the week making zucchini chocolate chip muffins. Molly liked tap-tapping the eggs.

You can check out what other moms are doing with their tots at 1+1+1=1.

Flashlight dancing

c-had — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:51:00 +0000

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Some of Aunt Caroline's friends came over on the 4th of July and played this fun game with Molly. Molly thought it was lots of fun, and didn't want to stop.

First iPhone

jen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

And it's not even for me! Chad got a new iPhone 4, so he handed down his iPhone 3G to Molly. We went to the Apple store so she could pick out her own case for it (purple with a flower). She's really enjoyed playing on the iPad, and now she has a device of her own. It's really more of an iPod touch, since there's no active cellular service on it. And don't worry, I'll get my own as soon as I can upgrade!

Edit: Here's a great list of iPod games for tots and preschoolers. Molly is tracing letters with i write words in the picture.