End of Winter, Beginning of Spring

I know it's been awhile, but here are some of my iPhone pics from the last couple of months.  We are very excited that Spring seems to FINALLY be here!

We had a great time watching the olympics and then had a great snow day activity!

Yup, it snowed...a lot!

Piles are taller than the kids

Shoveling is done, time for fun!

The Beattie Olympics were a success

Valentine's Breakfast

We only got a little snow...

Valentine's Dessert!  Emily and I made the cake, it was delicious.

Will and Bea playing

Happy Birthday Beatrice!

Grammie loving every minute

Present time!

Now, that's a sleigh riding hill!

(Apparently Eddie and I are the only ones who say sleigh riding...perhaps you prefer sledding?)

Emily loving her time with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Carrie!

Uncle Eddie was the best sledder!

Happy Girl

Cousins

Emily and AC

Emily and her friends from school celebrating her birthday.

Happy Birthday Emily!

My Sleeping Beauty Cake

Karaoke fun!

5 year old ready to dance.

FIVE

Pizza time!

Birthday Ice Cream

Buddies!

Movies to see Frozen and Ice Cream

They have all been friends since they were babies!

Mike's Cake from Sussex Tech

Happy Birthday Daddy!

(Will fell asleep before cake)

Raincoat, Fleece, and sunglasses...

Perfect February attire!

Will got a potty watch!

He's doing much better with the potty lately, but still not quite there.

Love my sleepy boy.

Oh so ready for spring!!!

Beautiful day, but we still had snow!

Oh well, we had some snowy, muddy fun!!

My super boy

Mister Lucky

Emily's perfect St. Patrick's Day shirt!

Gotta find a way to make it mostly pink!

Kilt run!

It was my first official run and I had a great time!

Putting together Daddy's Lego train

All done!

Emily loves making her own recipes and making them.

Fun with Connor, Katie, and Megan

Ryan and Kathy at the Baby Shower

 The girls having their own fun!

Kathy and the Grandma's

Happy Birthday Bea!

No, I did not forget about baby Beatrice's first birthday.  Just finally playing catch up!  We had a great weekend celebrating Bea's birthday.  She is getting so big and had a great time playing with her big cousins.  Her cousins had a great time playing with her too!  It is so fun to see them interact and enjoy their time together.  Thanks for a great party Ed and Carrie. 

Here are some birthday pics...

Present time!

Hmmm...what is it?

Look Ma!!

No time for cards, Mom.  What's in there?

Pretty Girl!

Playing with some new stuff!

Silly faces with Aunt Molly

Pop Pop and the Big kids.

Happy Birthday to You!

Bea needed some help with the candle.

What is this cake thing?

My Baby is FIVE!

Where has the time gone?  My baby is growing up so fast!  I've definitely had my moments leading up to her birthday and thinking of Kindergarten, but I kept it together and her birthday was just a fun weekend of celebrating!  It's really hard to be emotional when watching Emily be so excited about every little thing! We didn't do a big birthday party this year, but ended up with several smaller celebrations!  We started on Friday with lunch with a couple of her girlfriends from school.  Then dancing on Saturday followed by a family dinner at Gia and PePa's.  Sunday we went to the movies to see Frozen with her buddies AC, Evan, and Grace.  They had an absolute blast in the front row of the theater!  Monday we celebrated with our MOMS Club friends, and finally due to all the snow on Wednesday she got to celebrate with cupcakes at school.  Emily is one lucky and very loved little girl! 

Emily is growing and maturing everyday.  She is super excited for kindergarten and reminds me constantly that she is 5!  She is on the verge of reading, always asking (or telling) me what letters words start with and starting to be able to sound things out.  She also just learned to count to 100 and beyond!  Everyday she gets a little further.  She can tell you exactly which number she made it to last...probably 123 or something random!  She loves ordering for herself at restaurants and wants to do everything herself whenever possible.  I was super proud to see her on stage at her dance competition.  She got called to the microphone to accept her team's award and except for not remembering the name of her dance studio talked and answered all the questions and had a great time.  The whole audience said Happy Birthday to her which she loved!  Yup, my little girl loves being in the spotlight.  She got a karaoke machine and the Frozen soundtrack for her birthday, so we have quite the singing sessions everyday.  Even William loves getting in on the action.  I can't wait to see what the next year with my little princess will bring. 

Here are some five year old pics...more on my phone of course!   I'll download them soon.

Birthday Breakfast

"5" and Princess crown pancakes

She looks so old here!

Reading her card

Easy Bake Oven!

Thanks Paige (and Aunt Erin and Uncle Jamie too!!)

Barbie Legos!

Thanks Aunt Jen!!

The posing princess with her gifts!

Sleeping Beauty cake made by Mommy

Pop Pop said I could...

Loving her cake!

(and being in the spotlight!)

The Happy Birthday Singers...

And the rest of the singers...

Silly Willy

Happy 5th Birthday to my sweet baby Emily!!!!