Park District With Rania!!

Today we met our frineds Kelly and Rania at the park district in Elk Grove! we had such a blast! they have a jungle gym play place and a Merry go round!!!!!! Sam and Rania couldn't get enough of it! What a cool place, we for sure need to go back!

A little backwards today!

Sam has been doing such a great job dressing herself every morning! Well, today she was a little off! HAd to post this picture!!

Vilma's birthday!

Sam was invited to her friend Vilma's birthday party today! Vilma and her family just moved to Cary from Sweden a few months ago! The party was so fun! Karin, Vilma's mom, always has the kids participate in Swedish traditions when we visit! They sang happy birthday in

Swedish and fished for their gift at the end! It is so neat to see these traditions since my great grandma(MorMor) grew up in Sweden! So neat!

Monkey's 1st bday party!

Nathan had his 1st birthday party today! Since it is winter we decided to keep it small and just invite family- yeah right even that isn't small!

We stuck with a monkey theme because he is our little monkey!! My mom made the monkey cake and I made the cute little banana cookies! We still can't believe how fast this year has gone by! I feel like just yesterday he was in my tummy and I couldn't wait to find out if he was going to be a boy or girl! I guess now it's time to start trying for #3 right? HA! Thanks everyone for making it out to share his special day with us!

Sam's party!

Sam had her first Valentine's Day party today at preschool! Mommy even got to come! It was so fun watching her in action at school! I always hear about it, but now I got to see why she loves it so much! She even brought Valentines that she signed herself (Sam of course) we will be working on Samantha soon!!

Nathan is 1 today!!

Today is Nathan's 1st birthday! We decided to take the kids to the Treehouse for some playtime early in the morning! They have such a blast here! It was funny to watch Nathan try to pick up all the coins that are glued to the floor- he spent a good 5 minutes trying!
The superbowl was that night so we went to the Barrett's house for a party! What a perfect 1st birthday!