The girls and I on the porch on Mother's Day. Look at how tall the girls are now! They both look so big to me in this picture.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Summary Of Life In Dates
February 29th - March 7th: Disney World and Sea World vacation. This time it was fun and memorable but stressful and super exhausting at times. Vacation pictures here.
April 1st - 8th: Read The Hunger Games triology. Dave and I were reading the books around the same time. At least we finished reading the third book on the same night. We then watched The Hunger Games movie on our date night the following night. We really enjoyed all three books and the movie. I might have liked them a little more since I watched interviews and the making of the movie on YouTube, listen to the movie soundtrack, and I reread all three books a month after I read through them the first time. I think I'm done now ... until the second movie Catching Fire comes out next year.
April 6th: Easter egg hunt with 27 homeschool kids. A friend and I organized an egg hunt and a few egg relay races for the kids. It was a big turn out and a lot of fun! Lilly won first place for the girls relay race.
April 19th - 21st: Ladies leader retreat in New Jersey. 17 ladies stayed in a beach house, with 2 bathrooms, and studied the book of Philippians for 3 days. God really blessed the time of studying the Bible. Philippians is packed with so many great truths of who Christ is.
May 13th: Mother's Day. Dave and the girls gave me a new spiral bound journal, a bouquet of pink tulips and a Mother's Day balloon. Dave also smoked ribs and chicken for a big Sunday night dinner. Andy made a delicious gourmet mac and cheese. It was a treat to have both of the dads cook for our two families.
May 15th: Lilly was eating corn on the cob at dinner when she complained that it was making her teeth hurt. She said it was her bottom teeth. Sure enough, we took a look at them and her two front bottom teeth look like they've gone loose and crooked! Lilly's first loose tooth! She was so excited. She said, "I've been waiting for this!" We're excited for her too. So I guess we'll be waiting for her first tooth to fall out sometime soon.
June 3rd: Vacation! We're looking forward to a vacation to the Outer Banks, NC and then a two-day stop at Busch Gardens on the way back home.
November 7th: Baby #3's due date! I'm 15 weeks along and happy to be in the second trimester of the pregnancy. I felt pretty miserable the first trimester. I was definitely hit hard with the nausea and fatigue. Mid-June we hope to find out if baby #3 is a boy or a girl! We're all hoping for a boy. Dave's been calling baby 'he' and Lilly's been telling me she wants a baby brother. Of course, if we have another girl we'll be thrilled. Girls are what we know and we have plenty of girly clothes and toys for her too.
April 1st - 8th: Read The Hunger Games triology. Dave and I were reading the books around the same time. At least we finished reading the third book on the same night. We then watched The Hunger Games movie on our date night the following night. We really enjoyed all three books and the movie. I might have liked them a little more since I watched interviews and the making of the movie on YouTube, listen to the movie soundtrack, and I reread all three books a month after I read through them the first time. I think I'm done now ... until the second movie Catching Fire comes out next year.
April 6th: Easter egg hunt with 27 homeschool kids. A friend and I organized an egg hunt and a few egg relay races for the kids. It was a big turn out and a lot of fun! Lilly won first place for the girls relay race.
April 19th - 21st: Ladies leader retreat in New Jersey. 17 ladies stayed in a beach house, with 2 bathrooms, and studied the book of Philippians for 3 days. God really blessed the time of studying the Bible. Philippians is packed with so many great truths of who Christ is.
May 13th: Mother's Day. Dave and the girls gave me a new spiral bound journal, a bouquet of pink tulips and a Mother's Day balloon. Dave also smoked ribs and chicken for a big Sunday night dinner. Andy made a delicious gourmet mac and cheese. It was a treat to have both of the dads cook for our two families.
May 15th: Lilly was eating corn on the cob at dinner when she complained that it was making her teeth hurt. She said it was her bottom teeth. Sure enough, we took a look at them and her two front bottom teeth look like they've gone loose and crooked! Lilly's first loose tooth! She was so excited. She said, "I've been waiting for this!" We're excited for her too. So I guess we'll be waiting for her first tooth to fall out sometime soon.
June 3rd: Vacation! We're looking forward to a vacation to the Outer Banks, NC and then a two-day stop at Busch Gardens on the way back home.
November 7th: Baby #3's due date! I'm 15 weeks along and happy to be in the second trimester of the pregnancy. I felt pretty miserable the first trimester. I was definitely hit hard with the nausea and fatigue. Mid-June we hope to find out if baby #3 is a boy or a girl! We're all hoping for a boy. Dave's been calling baby 'he' and Lilly's been telling me she wants a baby brother. Of course, if we have another girl we'll be thrilled. Girls are what we know and we have plenty of girly clothes and toys for her too.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
We're Going To Disney World!
AND Sea World!
In exactly two weeks we'll be on a plane to Orlando, FL! It's been over a year since our last family vacation so we've been itching to do some kind of vacation. When researching different vacation places, Dave and I kept coming back to Disney World! I know we were just there last year, but it was such a good family vacation! We had a great time and there's definitely a lot for the kids to enjoy.
Watch the videos of us surprising the kids with the news of the vacation!
In exactly two weeks we'll be on a plane to Orlando, FL! It's been over a year since our last family vacation so we've been itching to do some kind of vacation. When researching different vacation places, Dave and I kept coming back to Disney World! I know we were just there last year, but it was such a good family vacation! We had a great time and there's definitely a lot for the kids to enjoy.
Watch the videos of us surprising the kids with the news of the vacation!
Happy 5th Birthday Lilly!
5 years ago, on February 3rd, Lilly was born at 7:27am. Wow, 5 years ago!!!
To celebrate Lilly's special 5th birthday we:
- Had a unicorn birthday party with 11 of her friends.
- The night before her actual birthday we decorated the upstairs and hung her birthday banner (we decorated a "Happy Birthday Lilly" banner) in her room.
- Dave took off work a few hours early so we could go to the mall in Virginia.
- Went to the American Girl store and picked out a new My American Girl that looks like Lilly. She also picked out a few outfits and accessories for her new doll.
- Ate dinner at Noodles and Company (her choice!) to enjoy some mac and cheese.
- Had dessert at Coldstone Creamery. She requested ice cream over cake, cupcakes, and frozen yogurt.
5 is a big birthday! Lilly has grown a lot in the last year. Well we discovered she grew 3 inches since last year. In school, her handwriting has improved, she's reading short sentences, and enjoys adding numbers to 10!
Lilly still has a joyful spirit. She loves to giggle and laugh hard. She's considerate and compassionate towards others. Lilly is nurturing and is a wonderful big sister. She says Mia is one of her good friends and is always watching out for her.
Lilly is a smart little girl who likes fun and adventure. She sometimes breaks out in loud operatic song and dance, but other times she's doing Kung Fu kicks or chasing us with play swords. Lilly says funny things and sweet things too. We love you Lilly! Happy birthday, sweetheart. :)
To celebrate Lilly's special 5th birthday we:
- Had a unicorn birthday party with 11 of her friends.
- The night before her actual birthday we decorated the upstairs and hung her birthday banner (we decorated a "Happy Birthday Lilly" banner) in her room.
- Dave took off work a few hours early so we could go to the mall in Virginia.
- Went to the American Girl store and picked out a new My American Girl that looks like Lilly. She also picked out a few outfits and accessories for her new doll.
- Ate dinner at Noodles and Company (her choice!) to enjoy some mac and cheese.
- Had dessert at Coldstone Creamery. She requested ice cream over cake, cupcakes, and frozen yogurt.
5 is a big birthday! Lilly has grown a lot in the last year. Well we discovered she grew 3 inches since last year. In school, her handwriting has improved, she's reading short sentences, and enjoys adding numbers to 10!
Lilly still has a joyful spirit. She loves to giggle and laugh hard. She's considerate and compassionate towards others. Lilly is nurturing and is a wonderful big sister. She says Mia is one of her good friends and is always watching out for her.
Lilly is a smart little girl who likes fun and adventure. She sometimes breaks out in loud operatic song and dance, but other times she's doing Kung Fu kicks or chasing us with play swords. Lilly says funny things and sweet things too. We love you Lilly! Happy birthday, sweetheart. :)
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
Last night we watched Kung Fu Panda 2 with the girls. Dave and I really enjoyed the movie and we think the girls did too. They were a little scared of the villain but they still sat through the whole movie. The scary moments in the movie were pretty short and broken up with a humorous comment or act by the funny panda, Po.
Lilly was following the storyline of the movie and asking questions like "Why did the peacock think his mommy and daddy didn't love him?"or "Why is he doing that?" But we weren't sure how much Mia was understanding. Then there was this one part of the movie where the mother panda has to leave and say good bye to her baby panda. It's actually a very touching moment that got me a little emotional! I could feel some tears in my eyes but when I looked over at Mia I totally lost it (broke out in full crying tears)! Mia's eyes were glued to the movie as she watched the mommy leave her baby. Mia's lower lip was out and then tears rolled down her face! Oh, little sweetie, understood that this was a sad moment in the movie! After that Mia kept asking what happened to the baby panda. She asked, "Where'd baby Po go?" We had to explain to her that baby Po is okay! He's now big Po! Just like Simba (from the Lion King) was baby Simba and then he grew up to become big Simba. I think she understood that.
At the end of the movie Lilly said she thought the panda was funny and Mia said her favorite is baby Po. Now Mia's found a panda stuffed animal and says his name is Po and Lilly has named her tiger stuffed animal Tigress.
Anyway, Dave and I laughed a lot throughout the movie and thought it had a good story. We'd recommend it!
Memorable Birthday Dinner For Dave
Back on December 5th, we got a chance to celebrate Dave's 31st birthday. We had a special dinner at Seasons 52 in North Bethesda. It's always special for us to share delicious food together, but the night was extra special for me to tell Dave how much I love and appreciate him.
I was in the middle of doing this 30-Day challenge of encouraging your husband. I tried to do the challenge without telling Dave about it. I asked him if he'd noticed that I was trying to give him extra encouragement over the past 24 days and he said no! Haha! Then he said it's been pretty busy. It was a busy month for us, but I pointed out that I thought it had been a good month too. I noticed that as I was trying speak positively and give encouragement to Dave, he would say something encouraging back to me! We also didn't get into any big fights/arguments that month and we weren't as snippy or short with each other. I think overall the 30-day challenge was very good for our marriage. I've been wanting to improve on encouraging my husband and doing the 30-day challenge was a good way to get me started. I received daily emails with good questions to think through and ideas for how to encourage my husband. I found myself constantly looking for opportunities throughout the day for me to sneak in some encouragement in our conversations.
So in case I missed a day to encourage Dave, I planned to type out my words of encouragement for each day of the 30-day challenge. And at his birthday dinner I read them to him. We only got to day-3 because Dave said he was already feeling so overwhelmed with love and gratefulness. He asked if we could space it out a few days. :) So now I have many more days of the challenge to read to him.
I love my husband and I'm thankful he chose me as his wife. I see his strong desire to lead me and our family. I see it in his words and actions. For the past month he's been waking up early in the morning to pray and read the Bible. Many times at breakfast or lunch Dave will tell me about his quiet time with the Lord. That blesses me in so many ways. When he wakes up early, it makes me want to get up early too, and it gets me talking and thinking about God and spiritual things.
Dave is also the best daddy to Lilly and Mia. He plays games with them like castle Legos. He'll help the girls make-believe that princesses have to fight off the bad guys or the evil dragon. Dave is teaching Lilly piano and makes breakfast for the girls pretty much every morning. Thank you for serving me in this way!
Dave, you're so special to me and the girls. We love you so much and hope you had a very blessed birthday!!! :D
side note: this is blog entry is posted by Lindsay, not Dave. :)
I was in the middle of doing this 30-Day challenge of encouraging your husband. I tried to do the challenge without telling Dave about it. I asked him if he'd noticed that I was trying to give him extra encouragement over the past 24 days and he said no! Haha! Then he said it's been pretty busy. It was a busy month for us, but I pointed out that I thought it had been a good month too. I noticed that as I was trying speak positively and give encouragement to Dave, he would say something encouraging back to me! We also didn't get into any big fights/arguments that month and we weren't as snippy or short with each other. I think overall the 30-day challenge was very good for our marriage. I've been wanting to improve on encouraging my husband and doing the 30-day challenge was a good way to get me started. I received daily emails with good questions to think through and ideas for how to encourage my husband. I found myself constantly looking for opportunities throughout the day for me to sneak in some encouragement in our conversations.
So in case I missed a day to encourage Dave, I planned to type out my words of encouragement for each day of the 30-day challenge. And at his birthday dinner I read them to him. We only got to day-3 because Dave said he was already feeling so overwhelmed with love and gratefulness. He asked if we could space it out a few days. :) So now I have many more days of the challenge to read to him.
I love my husband and I'm thankful he chose me as his wife. I see his strong desire to lead me and our family. I see it in his words and actions. For the past month he's been waking up early in the morning to pray and read the Bible. Many times at breakfast or lunch Dave will tell me about his quiet time with the Lord. That blesses me in so many ways. When he wakes up early, it makes me want to get up early too, and it gets me talking and thinking about God and spiritual things.
Dave is also the best daddy to Lilly and Mia. He plays games with them like castle Legos. He'll help the girls make-believe that princesses have to fight off the bad guys or the evil dragon. Dave is teaching Lilly piano and makes breakfast for the girls pretty much every morning. Thank you for serving me in this way!
Dave, you're so special to me and the girls. We love you so much and hope you had a very blessed birthday!!! :D
side note: this is blog entry is posted by Lindsay, not Dave. :)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Rolling in the Leaves
Rolling in the Leaves a video by Cheng Family on Flickr.
The other day I raked leaves outside. The girls "helped" me too. Lilly and Mia had fun jumping and playing in the leaves, but then Lilly decided that she didn't want to play in the leaves anymore because they smelled. Haha Well Mia didn't have a problem that! She jumped and rolled in the leaves, and she threw the leaves up and rubbed them in her face. Mia had a great time in the leaves, to say the least! When I said it was time to go inside Mia said, "Leaves. Fun!"
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