Party, Party, Party

Markay had her 3rd birthday party on the 17th. We had a fun Strawberry Shortcake theme, and about 8 of her little friends were able to come. We played a lot of fun games and had strawberry topped cupcakes & strawberry ice cream. The kids had a lot of fun (although Dannik told me that night that Markay's party wasn't as fun as their friend's Transformer party that morning...go figure).


Okay, so this picture of Dannik isn't at a party, but I thought it was fun. He loves to dress up and play pretend. He put this link-a-do on his ear & brought me one of scarves to tie around his head. ARGH!
Last week we studied Oceans in our pre-school. Since we are nearing the end of the "school year" we decided to take a field trip to the Aquarium. Kieran enjoyed the trip too and had fun exploring and looking at all the beautiful marine life.
Earlier on in the week we were enjoying the beautiful weather before the storms. We had some cakes left over from the birthday party and a friend who came over. We decided to have a tea party in the back yard! It was so much fun to play together and have a nice little lunch (I made finger sandwiches too) in the shade.

Kid quotes of the week:
Markay singing They Might Be Giants "I Never Go to Work"... "Thursday, it's a Holiday, and Fridays I detest, oh it's much too late on a Saturday, and Sunday is the day of Arrest!"

Dannik: We walked home from church today and passed a neighbor who lives a few houses down as they were leaving... Markay asked, "Why are you going guys?" the lady said, "We have to go shopping." Dannik popped out of his seat in the stroller and said in a very concerned, matter of fact way, "OH NO! We don't go shopping on Sunday!" Guess he is listening.

Learning and growing

One of my favorite things about motherhood is watching my children learn and grow. It never ceases to amaze me at how fast they figure things out.

Today I watched Kieran as he discovered some of the aspects of gravity. He crawled out of his room which is directly opposite the stairs, carrying a block in his hand. He stopped at the top of the stairs and threw the block. It tumbled all the way down to the bottom. He was fascinated. He then proceeded to look around him for something else. He found a paper doll the kids had left on the floor and threw that down. It stayed on the top, so he picked it up & threw it again. He only stopped when it went to the 2nd stair. He then found another toy, it only went half way down. I think I now have something on almost every step to clean up!

Markay came out of her to see him there, shut the gate all the way and said, "Mommy, Kieran doesn't need to go down the stairs. He will fall and get hurt. But, I won't get hurt, because I'm a big girl. I can walk down the stairs". And a big girl she is. I remember each of the other kids doing something similar to this. It's amazing to see how fast they grow!

And so it begins

As my friend & I IM'd tonight (or should I say last night, as it is now past 12 am) and she suggested that I start my own blog filled my "mommy momments". I had contemplated starting a blog several times, but as with so many other things in my life, I just never got around to it. SO, I figure there is no time like the present. I am completely new at this, so I apologize if this is a little rough... Hopefully, I will get better at it as I post more.
For those of you that are interested, I hope you will visit this blog often. I DO plan to give updates on the family, but mainly, I will probably be filling it with fun stories about the kids and my "mommy momments". That said, I'll start off w/ the following.
My sweet Markay turned 3 years on Sunday and was very excited having recently experienced her older brother's birthday. She's been a little confused though, because we didn't have her birthday party yet. We decided that we wanted to be sure to have good weather so her party is not until the 17th, 13 days AFTER the actual birthday. SO, every day she comes in and says something like, "Mom, is it my birthday today?", "Oh, nobody will EVER let me have a party!" The other day as we were talking, she said ,"Mom, I'm 4 today!" She hasn't quite grasped the concept that a birthday is just once a year... She keeps it up, by the time we have her party next weekend she will be turning 16. I don't think I'm quite ready for that one yet.