Birthday Traditions

A year or two ago I started making sprinkle-rimmed milk glasses for the kids birthday milk. Somewhere along the way I started blowing up balloons and putting them in the kids rooms while they sleep. These little traditions keep expanding, and for his 7th birthday Nash woke up to balloons in his room, streamers on the door, sprinkle-rimmed milk glass and a stack pancakes with a candle stuck in it. The kids love it! I'll just have to be careful not to do more than I can handle 2 times a year.

The 3 Piggy Opera

Margot's first performance, with her preschool class!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4qmg0AL9E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Nash's 7th birthday party!

Well, my little boy is 7 years old. How did that happen?? We went to see the brand new lego movie in 3d for his birthday party. All of bis his boys came, and it was just a blast.

Gator!

Finally Nash and Margot have a dog! His name is Gator and he is sweet little Brittany. We got him from the breeder last weekend.
Nash's favorite thing so far about him is, "he's a really nice dog, he's soft, and he's fun to play with."
Margot is asleep so I can't ask her.

Happy New Year!

Margot got to wear this beautiful dress my Mom knitted. Very special.

These two amazing little kids loved celebrating Rosh Hashana! Happy New Year!

July in pictures!

This is what Nash and Margot call a horse festival. Lucky horses, they get lots of festivals.
Mr. Lion protects Nash while he sleeps.
He's going up, not falling down!
Love this picture of Margot's pigtails flying as she bounces in her seat. This month we got rid of diapers! Hooraaay!

Summer Tiiiime

It has been so long since I updated that my new computer, which isn't new anymore, doesn't remember this web address.
I think I stopped putting pictures on because it was so hard to get good pictures! I didn't have a good camera, and it was frustrating to see everyone else's gorgeous blog with great pictures. I got a new camera. I still post all the time on Facebook. Of course, maybe this is partly for the kids, when they're older, and they can't look back on Facebook.
So, randomly, here I am posting again.
Margot is sitting next to me reading me Thomas stories, her most favorite thing, while Nash is in VA with Maeme and G for his first ever big boy trip week away from me. I miss him so much it feels awful. He is having fun. Margot and I are having alone time together. And things are much more peaceful than they usually are when the kids are here playing together and teasing each other and running around like crazy little people.
I guess it would be impossible to catch up. The kids are enrolled in a new school now- yes, even little Margot loves school, and Summer camp. I'll just throw in a few pictures. And hope I can carve out some more time for this blog for them soon. I am on it now because i wanted to show Margot pictures of she and Nashy (since he's gone and she misses him.)
So here's what my not so little people are looking like these days:The kids crawfish boil wear. The shirts say "I wanna be loved bayou".
Nash has always been afraid of the goats at Grant's Farm (can't say I blame him, those things are so aggressive!) until now. He decided it was time, and now when we go we have to stop at the goat feeding area, and he also has to feed the ducks, and llamas too!
Nashy was Shabbat king at his school, so he had prayer honors and got to carry the torah. He says, "I am the Shabbas King, I can do anything! YEAHH!"
Nash is so crazy about Star Wars. Star Wars this and that. This is a pretty cook little helmet that Uncle Eric got him. Bobba Fett rocks. Here's Margot's bike she peddles around on. Yep, she peddles.