Aubrey......

Is the sweetest little girl we know. She is growing up so fast and I want to make sure I treasure every little moment. She is learning so much every day. I wanted this post to be all about Aubrey and what she knows so I'm sorry if it feels like I bragging but I really feel like she is the smartest little girl ever! Aubrey knows her whole alphabet, how to count to 10 and ALL her colors. We went to a kid's science presentation at Michael's craft store and the lady was so impressed that she knew all her colors. She learned how to mix colors there.

Aubrey LOVES movies. Spencer and I had a great idea. We both had movies in the theater that we wanted to take her too. We keep saying "oh it would be so fun but what would we do with Carter?" Well duh! We took turns and gave her two special movie days. Two Saturdays ago I took her to Gnomeo & Juliet and this last Saturday Spencer took her to Ringo. Both were big hits to little Aubrey. She has an AMAZING memory. She will remember parts from movies she even remembers hair styles. Funny story, we gave Carter his first mohawk a while back and when Aubrey saw it she laughed and said "be right back" next thing we know she has gone through our movie library and brought back The Incredibles and said "look baby Carter!" The little baby in that movie has a mohawk. How in world did she remember that? We watched that movie probably a year ago. We have about 20 other stories just like that.

Aubrey loves all crafts and projects which has been seen in past post. She is also really into baking and now helping me cook dinner and set the table. We made some peanut butter blossoms the other day (which were to die for). Aubrey put every Hersey kiss on and did it so perfect.

Aubrey also enjoys reading. She loves to check books out of the library and read them during quite time. I was so happy that I captured this moment on camera.

We love going to the park. Aubrey's favorite is the swings right now. Today she was playing tag with the other kids their and it was too cute hearing her say "You're it!"

We are working on playing nice with her brother and sharing. These are big things around here but it is improving a little bit.

Aubrey if you read this in a bunch of years from now I want you to know that you brighten my days. You are the best little side kick I could have ever asked for. You make me feel like the luckiest mom in the world. I love your hugs and kisses and when you say "I love you." I'm so proud of you and I love you very very much.

Happy Birthday Spencer!

Thursday was Spencer's 31st Birthday.

It was such a fun day to celebrate with him. Aubrey and I had a great time making his cake, decorating the house and actually surprising him with his gifts (he usually guesses them all but not this time!)

When I was growing up we always had "table prises." It was a small gift that we would get when it was another siblings birthday. I loved it and always would look forward to it so I want to carry on the tradition with our family.

We went to Big Bubba's for a yummy dinner.

and came home for cake.

I made Spencer his very favorite cake that I make, carrot cake.

It was an awesome day. We love you very much Daddy/Dada/Hubby! Happy Birthday!

President's Weekend

I love President's weekend. It is SO nice having Spencer home for three whole days. We had a very nice weekend relaxing, playing, seeing family and even a day trip.

Check out Carter's new hairdo:

(He actually has enough to do a Mohawk)

Spencer took these cute pictures Sunday morning right after they woke up. Aubrey loves getting Carter in the morning and asking him, "good dreams baby Carter?"

I tried to get a cute pic before church and this is the best I got.

We even got to see Nana & Papa Sunday night. They moved into their Sonora home last weekend which was very exciting but because of the bad snow in the mountains they lost all power for 5 days. It was very bad for them but we were excited to see them and spend time with them.

Monday we went to Rotary Playland for the day. It was a perfect day. The kids had a blast on all the rides and seeing all the ducks.

Carter was so proud of himself for standing up.

Aubrey has been getting lots of practice on her trampoline at home so she knew right what to do on this big one.

Aubrey's 1st roller coaster. She wasn't too sure about it, she held on very tight.

She was sure happy to get off. I love this action shot Spencer took.

Carter had his 1st spaghetti dinner, which he loved!

and then a much needed bath.

It was a wonderful weekend. I wish every weekend was three days.

Pictures!

We took the kids to get there pictures taken and they came out great!!!! Aubrey was such the model and Carter stayed happy the whole time.

Aubrey 3 and Carter 9 months:

Preschool!

1st Day of Preschool!

Tuesday February 15th was Aubrey's 1st day of Preschool.

Aubrey has been a trooper; she has been going to work with me since she was 3 months old. For the last 2 years we have only worked 1 day a week which has been nice. Aubrey usually would help me, play on the computer, watch cartoons and do some kind of craft. We had fun but we had a few hard days of keeping busy. Now that Carter comes to work also it became quite a challenge juggling everything. For the last few months we have been doing a babysitting exchange with our good friends and Aubrey would go there on Tuesday mornings. I had put Aubrey on a waiting list for a wonderful private preschool a while back and on the week of her 3rd birthday a spot opened up for Tuesday mornings. It was meant to be! So Aubrey goes to preschool 1 day a week from 9-12. Last week was a bit hard, she and I cried on Tuesday. Then when I picked her up she was in a bad mood and wouldn't talk. All week she would say "no friends, play with mommy!" I was a little worried that she really didn't like it. Today was much better. Aubrey talked all about her new friends and all the activities she got to do on our way home. We are excited for Aubrey and her new adventures that lay ahead of her.

Happy Valentine's Day

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day.

We have been busy doing Valentine's Day crafts....

Opening Valentines from Nana & Papa.....

and eating everything shaped like hearts!

I was really happy with how my Valentine's Day mantel looked this year.

Happy Valentine's Day!

(On a side note check out Aubrey's Birthday post. I finally downloaded all her birthday day pictures.)