New Moon Day

Today we went to Bubbie's house to celebrate the new moon. She had lots of moon shaped foods for the girls to eat and let them each paint a wooden moon. The girls had a lot of fun and look forward to the new moon each month.






To go with the theme of the day, the girls got to wear moon pajamas. Sara's pj's were mine when I was her age. Mom bought them for me in East Germany.

Birthday Party Fun!

Helping Mommy get the goodie bags ready.




Playing with her new Yo Gabba Gabba toys.


Opening a present.


Table decorations.


Look at all my presents Mommy!


Another view of the table.


The cake table.


And of course, the amazing cake. Thank you Amber!!



Sara eying the goodie bags.


Bubbie gave each of the kids some clay to make their own Yo Gabba Gabba characters.


Sophie loves to dance!


Before cake.


After cake.


Keleigh helping open presents.




And relaxing on the way home.



Sophie had a lot of fun today and really loved getting all of the attention. She was really smiling and happy when we sang happy birthday to her. Thanks to everyone who came and helped make today special for Sophie. I wish everyone could have been there, but I'm happy everyone stayed safe at home instead of trying to risk driving down. There's a really cute video of Sophie dancing to her Gabba music that I uploaded to my facebook if anyone is interested.

December 12, 2009

I want to post pictures from the first night of Chanukah, but my laptop died and we haven't been able to replace the hard drive yet. For now, I'm using a computer set up on the bar in the kitchen that has no card reader for my pictures. I could go dig the usb cable out of the closet and retrieve the pictures that way, but that's more trouble than I want to go to for now. So, I am posting a boring blog without any pictures.

We went to mom's house last night along with my sister and her two boys, my brother and his wife and two kids, and Pete's niece Emily. Due to mom's recent surgery and recovery, we wanted to keep everything as low key as possible. We ordered pizzas, Janine made some delicious latkes, and we had some jelly donuts. The kids had a wonderful time seeing their cousins again and playing with the Little People Chanukah set. I really had a good time watching the kids play so well together. I also made each of the kids some Chanukah pajamas and they all looked super cute. The girls each had a sleeping bag and slept on the floor in mom's room. Ethan and I played a good game of dreidel (I lost). After Zee went to sleep, Ethan and Blake came back to my house to spend the night. We had a great time playing card games and Rock Band until 3 am.

Anyway, a good time was had by all of us. For tonight, the second night, it was just the four of us here at home. We lit our candles and said the blessings. The girls are looking forward to a good week filled with plenty of fun and lots of activities (and a few gifts).

Purim Party

We had a great time at Bubbie's for her Purim party. Thanks Bubbie!

Pita Pocket's Party

Today was little miss's big first birthday party. Mom & I stayed up late last night making decorations and finished up first thing this morning. My best friend from high school, a.k.a. the crazy cat lady, made an amazing cake as always. We did a Candyland theme and had a lot of fun. I think all of the kiddos had a good time too.



Yes, my children always have wedding cakes for their birthday parties. What can I say, I like cake.
Mom's candy wall.
The "path" leading into candyland.
The party favors.
The kid's table.
Decorations.


And here's Pita Pocket dancing and having fun with one of her new toys. Thanks Leelee!!