Kate Vader

Kate does a pretty good Darth Vader impression. Here she was saying, "You gon't know the powye of the gawk side" which translates to "You don't know the power of the dark side!"

Kate's Birthday Celebration in Bonne Terre

Last weekend, we traveled to Bonne Terre to celebrate Kate's 2nd birthday with Mimi and Papa. Kate was a great present opener and received some princess dress up clothes which were a huge hit. Even cousin Caleb thought the tiara was impressive...and his dad was soooo proud. Kate immediately donned the plastic high heels and trekked around the living room. She is a natural princess.







After the presents, it was time for the Happy Birthday song with accompaniment by Papa on the guitar. And then the blowing out of the candles on the birthday cake...with upside down sunglasses of course.

Kate is 2!!

Kate is two years old! We had her party with the Lohman family on Saturday night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Kate had Disney Princesses everywhere and loved it. She would have loved anything, as she is not too picky right now. She loves My Little Pony, Care Bears, Tinker Bell, Wiggles, and even Star Wars (like her big brother). She was very excited to "bow out the canels" and listen to everyone sing to her. Next week, we're going to Mimi and Papa's to celebrate with the Bouchard's.

Snow Days

We had three snow days last week. The kids LOVED staying home and playing in their PJ's. We also ventured out for a play in the snow. They were lured back inside with some hot chocolate. It was a fun couple of days before cabin fever set in.

FYI

Hi All,
We're still alive! I've been sucked into Facebook and the Twilight series. I haven't been a very good blogger. We're all doing well. Kate was sick after Christmas, but has finished her antibiotics and is back to her talkative, opinionated self. Luke keeps growing and maturing...so far, I'm liking age 4 much better than 3! Kate's birthday is the end of this month so I will definitely post some new pics then!

A Bouchard Christmas

This weekend we went to Bonne Terre for Christmas with the Bouchard family.

It's not easy to get all seven cousins in a picture...here is our best attempt. Luke, Camryn, Lauren, Caleb, Makenna, Sam and Kate...quite a crew!

Luke's big gift was a Leapster!

Kate got lots of kitchen stuff to keep her busy.

Makenna and Camryn both received their own Nintendo DS!

Caleb's big gift was a guitar.

Sam's big gift was a car.

Everyone liked the car...and Sam was kind and shared it (with some coaxing)!

Then we went to the Peterson's where each child got to open a gift and the adults play

The Game.






Mom was very proud to have #1 (the most coveted number of the game).


Then Dad performed in the church choir's Christmas program. We didn't get to stay to see the program, but I got a picture of Papa looking quite handsome!

Christmas Cookies!!!

Since we didn't quite get our fill of Christmas activities yesterday, we decided today was the day to make Christmas cookies! It actually went pretty smoothly, we had quite an assembly line going. Kate, Luke, and our good friend Sandy worked making the cookies and I kept the cookie sheets in rotation from the oven to the plates. I'm not sure if the kids had more fun making them or eating them!