Rock Star Baby!

Last Day of School

Thursday was Daniel's last day of his preschool/speech therapy. I am thankful that he will be able to be in this program again next year. He has improved tremendously since he started this program. I am so thankful for it. Thursday night I took the kids to his school for a picnic celebration. He played a ABC game that was like musical chairs, when the music stops they call out three letters and if you are standing on one of the letters you win. It only took Daniel three tries before he won. He was very excited about it.
They also had face painting. Daniel had a double scoop ice cream comb painted on his face.
We paid a $1 a piece to eat a hot dog, drink, crackers, and cookies! What a steal of a deal!


The highlight of the picnic was the Grand Rapids Fire Department came out to talk to the kids and let them play around in the truck. Daniel LOVED this. He got to sit in the drivers seat and pretend to drive the truck. He also got to sit in the back and see some of the equipment. We spent a half hour climbing all over the truck and having a great time learning about fire safety.





We had a really fun night! I love hanging out with my kids.

My Dear Sweet Son!

Daniel will be 4 years old next Saturday. The times seems to have flown by. He is my handsome sweetheart, and he makes me laugh on a daily basis. I do not know what my life would be like without him. The Lord has truly blessed us! (I went ahead and got his 4 year old pictures taken now because I want to make sure I have them back before we go on our Kansas City trip. )

Monica at the splash pad

Monica loves water! She doesn't even mind if she gets water in her face. It is very cute to watch her play! She is getting so big!

Daniel at the splash pad

Chuck E Cheese

On Memorial Day we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese. It was the first time I had ever been there. It was not busy or loud on this day so I think that I had a good experience. Daniel loved Chuck E Cheese, as I am sure all kids do. He won 232 tickets, so he got a couple of prizes he was very proud of.

Fun at the Park

We did a lot of fun this weekend including going to a park that had a splash pad, and a beach. Daniel and Monica both had a blast! The park is about a 15 minute drive from our house. We went there this past Sunday afternoon and spent about 2 1/2 hours playing there. After playing in the water and at the beach we walked over to the playground and spent a long time swinging, sliding and climbing. It was a really fun day!

Hey Mom....

can I have that camera pllleeaasseeee?????????????

Doggie

Brandon and I decided that we should get a dog! When our dog is around we do not have a Daniel. We have to call our doggie a doggie and say bye bye to Daniel until it is time for doggie to go home and Daniel to come back. Thanks again Sho Sho for such for sending this to us!

I LOVE Donuts!!!!!!!

One of Daniel's favorite special treats is a donut, can you tell????

Oh Lord! Help me seek your face! Why do I doubt that you are will show your face in my time of great need? Where is my faith? You alone are my strength. You alone are my comfort. O Lord you have shown your face to me in the darkest times, and yet I do not have the faith to look for you during this time. You are the God of Heaven. You are the Lord of life. You promise to provide for your children. You promise to always be there. Lord God of Heaven and Earth, give me the strength, give me the faith, give me the peace. Lord, I praise you in all things. You alone are worthy!

The Big Hill

Yesterday Daniel wanted to go ride his bike down "the big hill". I can see why he loves going down this hill so much. Just watching him reminds me of my own childhood and how I used to ride my bike all over the place. We had a lot of fun watching Daniel play Lightning Mcqueen and race as fast as he can down the hill. After riding down the hill at least 20 times he wanted to run up and down the hill. After he was worn out we took him home, cleaned him up and put him to bed, where he slept for 12 hours!

Reminiscing

A couple of years ago my sister and I moved to opposite sides of the USA. It has been really hard for me not to have her close by my side. I hate that I have not gotten to know Brennan and Autumn, and that she does not know Monica. As I was thinking about this today I remembered all the fun times Daniel and Madelyn shared when we were close together. Here are just a few pictures of the two of them playing together.

A day at the park

On Tuesday the baby sitting kids went home early, so I convinced daddy to neglect his work and come out to park with us. We had a lot of fun. Monica has found he favorite thing to do at the park is to swing! She laughs and smiles the whole time. What a sweetheart!



Push me daddy!



Daddy is getting tired of pushing! Thanks big brother!



Daniel held Monica and took her down the "baby slide". He is such a good big brother!



Let's swing together!



Let's ride together!

Daniel's first attempt to color in the lines

Daniel has been practicing his writing skills. We have been working on tracing and controlling the pencil. Today his activity was to trace the kites and then color the pictures. Normally when he colors he just scribbles all over in one color. Today I had him concentrate on staying in the lines and choosing different colors for the different parts of the picture. After he was done he said "here mom put this on the fridge", and of course that is where is belongs! He did a great job!