Happy Easter!!

Arcadia started off the Easter celebrations by coloring Easter eggs with Richard's mom and dad and his sister and her kids. She colored a green one and a pink one. She was so excited to show us when she got home. Richard's parents also took her to see Monsters vs. Aliens. She seemed to have a great time. It is easy to make her happy when you give her popcorn and a treat. Thanks Steve and Jeanne for taking Arcadia! It was a great break for us and she had a lot of fun!! Easter pictures to come later!

Mekensy's nemesis....

THE BLUE BULB SYRINGE! (Ours isn't this cute and maybe if it was she might not mind it!) Mekensy has had a nasty cold for the last week and everytime she sees the blue syringe she starts flipping her head from side to side. I can't imagine that it feels very good to have all of your mucus sucked from your nose, but the alternative of not breathing is worse in my opinion. The poor girl is constantly being wiped and having something stuck up her nose. To make matters worse Arcadia thinks she needs to take care of her also and was caught trying to put a Q-tip up her nose!

Making Cookies with Rama Nene!

My mom had this "GREAT" idea to make sugar cookies with Arcadia the other day. We went to the store to get everything we needed and I think by the time we left the store she was already changing her mind. Arcadia was not being very nice to say the least. My mom started the cookies and I think by the time she had the first thing of dough rolled out she was wishing she could go back. For those of you who don't know Arcadia very well, she insists on doing everything herself. My mom had to deal with a determined 3 year old. I must admit I wasn't much help because I knew I didn't have the patience to deal with it. Needless to say they finally finished and the turned out great! Thank heaven for Grandmas because I would never have been so adventurous!

Party Time!!

We had Arcadia's birthday party on Saturday. She was so excited and she woke up that morning saying, "My birthday coming up?" I had been telling her that her birthday was coming up soon for about a week so she wasn't quite convinced it was really the day. She picked out her cake, which was of course, Disney Princesses. We had all of our family and a couple of friends over. She got lots of fun gifts. Of course most, or maybe all, of her toys were Disney Princess related. She got a new bike and helmet from Richard's mom and dad, and thanks to my parents a Barbie guitar and a CD player shaped like Cinderella's carriage, which included a microphone. Thanks Mom and Dad! Last year a darn goldfish that I have to clean up after and this year very noisy musical items. I must say even though they are a bit obnoxious she loves them. I certainly hope she was blessed with more of a singing ability that either Richard or I because she sure loves to sing. She loves watching American Idol, although she comments more on their clothing than their singing! Here are a couple of pics and of course I didn't get a picture of the cake!

Happy Birthday Arcadia!!

Arcadia turned 3 last Friday. Wow how time flies. I can remember the day I found out I was pregnant with her and it seems like yesterday, but here we are 3 years later. She started off the day with the tradition of waking up to balloons on her floor. My parents did this for me and I decided it was a fun tradition to do with our girls. We didn't have much planned for the day because Mekensy was sick and I didn't want her out. We hung out at home and played with some of her toys and watched movies. When Richard got home I took her to pick out a movie and some treats. Much to Richard's dismay she picked out "Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses". We then let her open her gifts from us. We made her close her eyes while Richard wheeled Mekensy in on the new wagon.

We then ordered pizza and watched the movie after Mekensy went to bed. Arcadia doesn't get to stay up late unless we are out so it was fun for her to stay up when Mekensy had to go to bed. She loved the wagon and insisted on watching the movie in it. And if Richard thought he would get out of watching the movie by falling asleep he was wrong. Arcadia kept checking on us to see if we were watching and if we weren't we were in trouble.

We hope she had a fun day and knows how much we love her. We can't imagine our lives without her, other than they would be much quieter. We love all of the energy she brings to our family and look forward to many more fun birthdays. We love you Arcadia!!

St. Patricks Day!

I am really late in posting this, but Arcadia thought it was pretty funny so I thought I should post the pictures. We had a fun St. Patricks Day. Arcadia enjoyed her GREEN breakfast. Complete with Lucky Charms in a green bowl, green milk in a green sippy cup and a green spoon. Mekensy also joined in the fun with green oatmeal in a green bowl, and her formula in a green bottle. Arcadia thought it was funny and every once in a while asks for some of her food to be colored. I have found it is a great way to get her to drink milk without chocolate or strawberry in it if it is a different color.