This is it...at least for today

I just have a few more pictures that are so cute, I can't help but put them up. Enjoy!

This is Nate "modeling" for Dad. Every so often, Jared gets the kids to do the funniest poses!



This is Nate fighting the dark side of the force, did I mention he loves STAR WARS?

This is my sweet Kimmy-bear. We stopped at Dad's work, and since the two big kids got to go in and we had to wait in the car, we decided to take some cute pictures!

Seriously, how could anyone resist this sweet thing? She melts my heart and totally manipulates me on a daily basis, just with her smile!

These are the results of Dana's modeling session with Dad. She is just getting so pretty! I just love this girl!

This last one is my favorite. It's taken from across the room, so it's not as clear, but I love her hair in this. She could be a Pantene model!

Dana's birthday is in 9 days!!!!

Dana, my sweet baby girl that loves to sing, is turning 4 next Friday. I personally can't believe it, but when I look at all the amazing things she is doing, I realize that she really is that big! She has been taking a ballet class with her best friend Sydney:

She also got to go on a big date with Mom and her friend Felicia and her daughters Makenna and Sydney down to Oakland to see Disney Princesses on Ice, Princess Wishes. It was a great day! We went as a family a few years ago to Monsters, Inc. and loved it, so when we heard this one was coming, we were so excited. It doesn't have to be as expensive as you might think, I think we paid $60 for both of our tickets, and we were about halfway up and could see great! Here are some of the highlights!

This is from the front back: Dana, Makenna, Sydney and Felicia.

This is Aladdin and the Genie, and the next one is the dishes from Beauty and the Beast, where they sing "Be Our Guest"

Here is Ariel from The Little Mermaid and all the fishes singing "Under The Sea" and Dana and I watching the show: I have to add one more, even though the picture quality is not great. It is from Sleeping Beauty where Malificent turns into the dragon and fights with Prince Phillip. The Dragon actually came out on the ice and spit real fire! It was so cool!

Nate's front teeth debacle

Okay, this happened a couple of weeks ago, but I thought it merited a post. Nate has lost 3 teeth on the bottom, but didn't start losing the teeth on top until a few weeks ago. His grown up teeth are coming in so fast, that they had pushed his two front teeth on the top together. Here's what he looked like in December, before the new ones started growing in:

And here is what he looked like after the first one on the left came out, the one on the right got totally pushed into the middle, and was hurting him when he ate. So....we busted out the dental floss and tied one end to his tooth and the other to the door, and for a small fee of $5 on top of what the tooth fairy was going to give him, we popped it out. It was crazy to see, I was never able to do it to my own teeth, I always chickened out.

Isn't he brave?!?!?! (the extra $5 sure buys a lot of bravery!) I can't believe that I am old enough to have a kid who has already lost 6 teeth!

My first try!

Okay, after many requests, I am joining the blogging revolution. This is harder work than I thought, but Tiana assures me it will become addicting. I just want to figure out how to get the pictures into the middle of the post, instead of at the top. Oh well...

So, the past few weeks seem like they have been crammed full of stuff, none of which include cleaning up my house...First something funny that happened today...Nate and Dana were outside playing with a friend, and I was in the front room folding laundry. Kimmy was "helping" me, and then she crawled into the kitchen. She was in there for a suspiciously long time, and she didn't crawl out when I called her, so I went in to find her. This is what I saw:

Busted!

Note how she is almost armpit deep into a double tub of cake frosting!!!! Of course I had to laugh because she is just like her Daddy and Mommy, and loves treats!