You can’t help but love her!!!

 

I think these pictures are the first pictures on the blog of Noelle losing her two front teeth… isn’t she cute!?!

Thanks for coming to hang out with us at dance each week, Lesleigh!

 

Noelle has been coming with me for several weeks now to take Anna Kate to dance.  Last week, they were playing a special ballet, “Red light, green light,” and she asked me if she could play.  I asked the teacher and she was so excited to let her play with the class.  So after the class, Noelle said, “Mom, I think I want to take dance with Anna Kate.”  Up until this point, she has NEVER wanted to take dance, and I’ve asked her every year (you guys that know me know I have).  The class is for 3-6 year olds, so I made sure she realized she would be the oldest, and she was cool with it… so starting this week, Anna Kate and Noelle are going to take dance together with Rose’s friend, Katie, lol!  Rose just runs in and out of the room.  I just can’t justify paying to chase her around and distract the class.  Rose and Katie looks like twinkies, so those that don’t read this will probably just assume it’s Rose with the girls, lol!

See them holding hands?  Aww… Anna Kate was so proud to have sissy join her!

 

The game of “Red light, green light” that started Noelle back in dance… she will have her finest tutu on this week, lol!  That reminds me, I’ve got to get her some new ballet shoes; snap!

Cindy’s middle child, Cayden, learned as song when he was in pre-school that went like this: “A little bit of love goes a long long way, a little bit of love goes a long long way, Oh! a little bit of love!”  Well, sweet Cayden replaced all of his letter “l’s” with “w’s)… I would always call and ask him to sing me his version of the song, and I’ll never forget his sweet little singing voice belting out: “A wittle bit of wove goes a wong wong way, a wittle bit of wove goes a wong wong way, Oh! a wittle bit of wove!”  The girls and I love to sing this song together, thanks to pre-school Cayden for teaching it to us!  Now Cayden is 18, about to graduate, and all grown up!  How does time fly so quickly!?!

Here’s the handsome graduate!  I’ve had a blast watching you grow up since you were an itty bitty baby… I need to scan some pictures of me holding you as a baby, so everyone can see what a precious little bundle you were… now you’re such a young gentleman with a spring to your step and charm like no other (with the exception of your dad, cause that’s where you got it)!  Cayden, we wove you!

Sometimes the littles and I just “hang out” creating our own fun in the mornings!  I love these special times with my babies!

 

This day, Anna Kate was pretending to be a superhero with a dish towel as her cap connected with painter’s tape.  Love her imagination!

  

Rose still loves a good game of peek-a-boo!

And there she is!  Our happy little baby Rose who’s crazy about playing silly games and “Minnie Mouse!”  Love her contagious laughter!

Noelle had a blast at her friend, Demi’s birthday party last weekend!

A party company came to Demi’s house and hosted the party, which was SO fun for the girls!  They dressed up, did nails, sang karaoke, had crafts, and ate a gourmet lunch together… and the party favors were a delicious candy bar!  Noelle was in heaven!

I love a beautifully set table… the girls felt so special!

Here is Demi’s candy bar!

After crafts, it was time for a dance party, and then they split into groups and had a singing competition!

 

More nails and singing…

Walking the run-way!

 

When the other girls in the group sang, the girls on the side danced (this was Noelle back-up dancing).  They did really good!  Noelle did a Taylor Swift song by herself at the beginning of the party and knew every word.  Everyone was really impressed… I was too!  I had no idea she knew that song!

 

Cheers!  What a fun party… these girls are so special!  Happy 7th Birthday, Demi!

*Noelle lost her other front top tooth this night after church!  You can tell in the first picture, it was soooo loose!

I never want to forget these spontaneous happy hours with the neighbors while our kids have fun playing all around us! 

 

On our street, everyone has someone to play with!  It’s so great!  We couldn’t have planned it better ourselves!

Rose and Jameson are a week apart, and it’s fun watching how much they have grown and changed over the past two years!

This is heaven on earth right here… the good old days unfolding right before our very eyes, and I don’t want to miss a thing!

God love this little sunflower with the first grade PE shoes, Cinderella skirt, and floral winter hat on as she realizes that she did this to herself!

Pretty girls enjoying the pretty spring weather!  This was last weekend… Noelle has since lost her other front tooth and is now toothless… we love her new smile and can’t wait to show you guys! 

          

Last week Noelle got to go to the science museum with her first grade class!  We had tons and tons of fun!

Noelle said her favorite part of the trip was seeing this dinosaur skeleton!

McKayla, Ta’Niah, Noelle, and Ava chillin’ in the footprint of a dinosaur!

This was the ceiling in the foyer.  I was taken aback.  The warmth of this photo and how I felt in this moment was amazing… we were finally out of the cold!

I loved watching my oldest baby girl discovering and learning new things!

 

Noelle and Ava were so proud to see the dinosaur skeleton.  Noelle spent a lot of time studying it, imagining what it would look like to move with skin on… I think she freaked herself out at one point, lol.  Ava climbed up on this wall before the movie, and her grandfather, Vane, and I were taking pictures.  She was just taking a breather up there, lol.  Vane and I were partners today, and we had lots of fun with our girls!

No work getting done here today… relaxing on the job!

 

After an intense movie about the history of the earth and drilling, we got to see and do lots of experiments with drilling.

Then it was time for the Dino Dig, not an activity this diva was too crazy about after getting gritty sand in her shoes.

 

She was a good sport though and gave it a good try.  Cameron was thanking Noelle for helping out in this picture because she moved quite a bit of dirt from the bone he was working on before she was done.

Posing on a stone in the middle of the creek seemed like a lot more fun to this little model!

…and learning all about worms was a hit too!

 

She loved touching the worm but definitely agreed it was slimy, and then we got to play around with our shadows!

 

A sweet mom offered to take our picture together, and I’m glad she did, because I wouldn’t have even thought about that.  We were playing too hard!  But I did wear Noelle’s pants and a yellow necklace to make her proud… which, of course, she was so excited about!  Giant Lite Brites… so cool!

I figured out Mrs. Paula’s trick for her special prism pic… I’ll have it down next time… here’s the one Mrs. Paula took of Anna Kate right here in this exact spot last week:

Live and learn… and ask lots of questions!!!

Here’s Noelle on a bed of nails!!!

And then they’re gone!  She’s so brave… always wants to try new things… always raising her hand to give it a go!  So cool… I love that about her!

 

Here’s Noelle’s buddy Jacob enjoying the water experiment and racing cars!

 

While Jacob was busy racing, Noelle was at the grocery store!

 

…and Ava was in the ambulance being rushed to the hospital because she was having a baby!  News throughout the whole field trip had spread that Ava was having a baby!!!  Her mom is having her third little girl this fall, so that made it even more adorable!

 

Noelle and Carson chowing down on some chicken!  I’m surprised it didn’t knock out her tooth…

More posing with the vegetables…

 

More shopping…

Noelle’s second favorite part of the field trip was hanging out with this tarantula.  She loves bugs!  You cannot read her by the cover.  She’s a girly girl with the heart of a tom boy, for sure!

Fun little train after a super windy lunch!

Noelle and her friend Claire were having fun at the picnic.

 

Ava, Noelle, Jovi, and Emily were the last kiddos to leave… we were having too much fun!

Noelle took this picture of Vane and me at the end of the day.  Vane is Ava’s grandpa, and it was so great being his partner today.  We had a lot of fun enjoying the girls together!

This just happened, and of course I took a picture of these sweet girls relaxing in the sunshine!

Hope you enjoyed the highlights of our field trip!  It was incredible and so much fun!  And a HUGE thanks to Kay Kay and Grandpapa for playing with Anna Kate and Rose today!