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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Mason sings the ABC's

In looking at the camera, I realized I never added this video from May 26th. Mason can sing the ABC's but he can't seem to stand still each time he sings. Such a wiggle worm!

Olivier James Arnold

Olivier loves to "remind" of us his name if we call him by a nickname. He is also well aware of his brother and sisters name.

Here he is reminding us that he is silly! :-)

Friday, June 22, 2012

Anna has been reading for about a month now! She started with books she has memorized and made it hard for us to tell if she was really reading or just memorizing the books we have. She has been reading other items that she has come across lately, such as the mail, a box of Cheerios, and cards from Father's Day.

Anna got a book in the mail yesterday as part of a book exchange and today she was able to read it from cover to cover all by herself! She makes us so proud! Watch out world, there is another reader! Way to go Anna!

And the book she read was "Can I Play Too?" by Mo Willems.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Father's day

We had a lot of fun on Father's day weekend! To get ready, the kids did a photo to say Dad's and Grandpa's Rule! This is what you get when you ask them to hold their rules up. :-)

On Saturday we enjoyed the warm weather and put the crazy sprinkler on the front lawn. They were a bit scared of how crazy the water sprayed.

Having fun running in the water, with Daddy showing them it is okay to go in the water!

On Father's day we spent the morning with the Arnold's at a local park (please e-mail me photos, I didn't take any) and in the evening we had the Remillard's over. I didn't get a photo of Grandpa with kids but did get one of Grandma and all five kiddos. Anna really wanted to hold Rhys but Rhys just did not want it. Hard to explain to Anna that Rhys wants to move when she doesn't walk and run yet.

A cute photo of Rhys looking at Natalie while Anna was trying to hold her.

It was a great weekend! Busy but nice to spend time with family!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Happy 5th Birthday Lina!

On Saturday we celebrated our niece Lina's 5th birthday! So many things have changed in the last five years, wow! I remember getting the call early in the morning on May 28th (I believe it was shortly before 5 a.m., or slightly after) and off we went to await her arrival. I was six weeks pregnant with Anna and so excited to meet our niece. We waited for word of her arrival and were so excited to hear that all was well and we had a niece! We now have four nieces and two nephews, plus three kids of our own! We are very blessed!

I didn't take any photos except these few during cupcake time. Yummy!

Make a wish Lina! We love you!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Anna is writing notes all on her own!

Today Matt emptied Anna's art folder at school and included in the pile was this note. It is amazing what she is able to write all on her own! We are so proud of her!

"Anna's mom painted her nails. Lina's mom is going to her house."

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Solar eclipse

Today Matt enjoyed working on a science project with the kids. We were able to watch the solar eclipse thanks to his handy work!

Here is a a photo showing the progress of the eclipse.

Anna had a great time looking in the box to see what the sun looked and then she came inside and drew a picture of what she saw. She is very excited to share what she learned with her classmates tomorrow.