We don't get out much...

My mom and I took the kids out to lunch today. We walked into the restaurant and before we knew it Caleb had sat down, removed his coat, and was working on removing his shoes on the rug right in front of the door. We do this all the time at home so I guess he just assumed that we need to take our shoes off at the door everywhere we go...My mom and I could not stop laughing!!!

Chloe's latest!

Chloe had another fun dance class today! I shouldn't be surprised by this but she absolutely LOVES it! She received a Fancy Nancy tutu for her birthday and wore it today for the first time. She told me that she looked beautiful:) Here is one of her favorite things to do at dance class...dance with ribbons! Even Caleb got excited about this!!

And one more story that might entertain a few of you (especially the Grandmas:) Chloe and Caleb were fighting yesterday over a recycled box from the bakery (quite the thing to fight over right?!?) and I told them to stop fighting and that neither mommy nor Jesus likes it when they fight. I went back to preparing supper. Pretty soon I see Chloe sitting in front of Caleb with her little Beginner's Bible open to a random page acting like she is teaching him. Here is what she is saying, "See Caleb, Jesus does not like it when you fight. You aren't supposed to fight. It says it right here!" And she points to her random page. He listened quietly to her teaching. She continued to "teach" until I told Caleb he could play again. Poor Caleb...the poor kid gets told what to do by me and his second Mommy (Chloe)!

A lot to Celebrate!!

We have celebrated a lot of birthdays this past week! Chloe and Corrina turned 4 and my Grandpa Renaud turned 90!
First are a few more pictures of Chloe's birthday. I just couldn't resist!

She was so pumped to receive this house from cousin Brooke. Thank you Brooke, Shaun and Kristy for MAKING her day!! (And Grandma and Grandpa for hauling it here!)


You know it's a good birthday when one of your gifts shows up in a trailer!

Chloe showing off her new wheels!

Chloe and Corrina playing in the new outdoor house!

We got to eat more cake at Grandpa's party! It was great to see everybody at his party. The great-grandkids had a blast together.


And a reminder to celebrate the small, seemingly insignificant things as well...
Today just as we were heading outside to play it started to rain. Chloe's response to this was "This is the greatest day EVER! Now I can get my new umbrella!!" She was so pumped to use her new butterfly umbrella...of course she continued to use it even when the small rain shower passed:)

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Chloe turns 4 today! She doesn't quite understand why today is her birthday but her party was this past weekend. In fact, when I walked into her room today and said "Happy Birthday!" her response was: "When are the party guests going to arrive??" Wow, I had to disappoint the birthday girl pretty quickly when I told her that we're not actually having a big party today. She did however get a stack of birthday chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (her favorite)! Her meal request for tonight was Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and hotdogs. I think Kyle and Caleb are pretty pumped about dinner tonight too! Here are a few of Chloe's other favorites...

Favorite TV show: Max and Ruby (hence the Max and Ruby themed Birthday Party)
Favorite outdoor activity: Riding her tricycle on the chalk-drawn road on the driveway.
Favorite indoor activities: Reading, playing with play-dough, painting, playing pretend waterpark with Daddy and Caleb, buying and selling her toys in our pretend store.
Favorite kind of pizza: Pepperoni
Favorite clothes: Pajamas...she'd wear them all day if I'd let her!
Favorite New Word: Metamorphosis (she LOVED the book "Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly")
Favorite hobby (can kids this age have hobbies?? Doubtful but I needed another category:): Singing. She is always singing a song. Many times she tells me "Mommy that one is stuck in my head!" And then it gets stuck in my head and today I'm singing "Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro...etc, etc...!!!!
Favorite pre-bedtime ritual: Daddy writing words on her back.

Here are some highlights from her party this past weekend and a few of our fun today.

She really beat on the homemade pinata that my mom made!! If I have time I may have to post a video of it later...it's pretty funny!!!

She LOVED her Max and Ruby cake. As I was making it she kept telling me how "Beautiful" it was...I'm glad she is easy to please!!!

She played pin the tail on Max and won (she was the only one who wanted to play but still, she won!!)

She got to eat at her picnic table with friend Malik and Caleb dressed up as Max in bib overalls. She picked out this dress to wear for the party. She said, "This is a great party dress!!"


Her stack of birthday pancakes!

Blowing out the candle

Enjoying the awesome weather outside on her birthday!!!

Chloe's Big Day

Today Chloe went to her informal dance class with Miss Jill ("Mom, it's ballet!!"). It's so cute to watch the little ballerinas...I just had to share a few photos! Then she had her first haircut. She had told me that she really didn't want her hair cut ("I want long hair mom!") but she did great once we got there.

Happy 1st of March!

It is absolutely beautiful outside again today. Since we got a some snow late last week Caleb again spent his time throwing snowballs at Chloe and I. He absolutely loves pelting somebody in the head with a snowball...takes after his daddy...

When Chloe escaped to the outdoors she just ran around the driveway as fast as she could....takes after her mommy...
I look out the window now and the snow is pretty much all melted again....crazy!


I decided that for the first day of March (Chloe's Birthday month) I would give her a small present. She received a Max and Ruby Birthday DVD. She was pumped and since she is having a Max and Ruby party later this month I found it extremely appropriate:) Later though she asked me if she gets a present tomorrow too...hmmm...smart Mommy hadn't thought of that. I said "Nope, no more presents until your party." Thankfully she was fine with that!