Just Because

Here is a recent pic of my hubby and me.  I realize most of my posts involve the children, and I wanted to prove that yes, we have lives outside our mini-mes!  This photo was taken on our way to Jacob's work party about a week before Christmas.  Nice to go out on date nights and enjoy each other's company.  He is dreamy, isn't he...

Tis the Season

We Are 3!

We had a small birthday party at our house this year for Charles' 3rd brithday.  He had a blast and actually knew what was going on - friends, family, cake, presents.  He loved playing with his friends and blowing out the candles.  He was 95% in both weight and height at his 3 year checkup, so I would say he is quite a big boy.  He still loves to read, he loves riding his new bike every day, and he loves playing with his sister.  Here are some pictures - enjoy.

 Getting ready for the par-tay!

 

 Awesome banner my friend, Elisabeth, made - isn't she talented?

 GM and Charles

 Look at the car cake Jacob made - he refined his culinary skills in Africa.

 

 Posing?

 

 Frances got a present too

 

THE boy with THE bike

Cuteness

 Inspecting Charles' new horn

 

 Bday cookies at school - Frances was able to join the 3 year olds

 

Posing for the camera

A Day in the Life

Here is what we've been up to lately - our afternoons consist of a little of this and a little of that.

Happy Turkey Day!

Cutie Pies

Just a few more pics from Charles's 3rd Birthday - I will post pics of his party this weekend!

A Bicycle!

Will post more pics of Charles's 3rd birthday soon, but scanning through and thought these few bicycle ones were too cute not to post pronto.  He started off nervous and wanting Daddy to push, but now he rides it everywhere!  He absolutely loves it and asks to ride his bicycle constantly.

Frances One Year Pics

Although three months late in taking her one year pics, Frances is documented none the less. Sometimes I feel guilty because the second child doesn't have a scrapbook or babybook filled out to completely, or she doesn't have 3, 6, 9 month professional pictures, but I need to look at the big picture - she is loved so much and all the "little" stuff will eventually get done.

This past Monday while Charles was at school, I decided to take a few shots in downtown Charleston with my favorite girl. We had so much fun - watching her wander around getting excited about the horses on the carriage tours, the dogs, a sign that she can bang against a wall. I must say it is quite difficult to catch that perfect shot when the subject is on the go. I am trying to be cost effective and take my own pictures with our fancy camera...so this is a start to my new hobby. What do you think?

The Butterfly and Pirate

We had a wonderful Halloween this year - enjoying neighborhood potluck dinner and then off to trick or treat. Now if we could have taken the 85 degree weather, gnats and Jacob's swine flu out of the picture, it would have been perfect, but oh well. So cute to see how Charles got the hang of it this year as compared to last. We made it to about 5 houses, which was plenty of candy for our little pirate. His favorite part was handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. He held the bowl out, and said "two for you, and two for you..." Adorable...

Children's Museum

Some sweet siblings of Jacob's (now my siblings too!) gave me a Children's Museum membership for my bday in September. I must say it is great. They have a series of rooms - ball room, boat room, water room, grocery store, and play room. Charles' favorite room is the boat of course and Frances' is the balls. We had a blast last week...they have fun and come home tired. Need I say more?

Julianna's Wedding

I am way behind on posting, but life has been a little crazy these days to say the least. Jacob's sister, Julianna, got married in August. Everything about the festivities was wonderful - the bride and groom, the family and friends, the parties, the food, you name it - it could not have been a more special weekend...except I did not take enough pictures! I snapped a few of the children around the actual ceremony so we don't have many to share - here is what I do have.