Alexa's Birthday

Alexa turned 3 years old on March 1 and lucky for us, her birthday landed on a Sunday so she could actually have her birthday party on her birthday.

Alexa decided that she wanted to have a "Cars" party. Cars is one of her favorite movies besides Wall-e.

Breanna, Hayden and Lexie in her room playing.

Lots of balloons for this party!

Jacob eating some treats.

Dale and Darby

Lexie checking out her gifts from Mom and Dad.

Unwraping the supermarket from the Reids.

What little girl doesn't have a Lite Brite.

Telling some story to Breanna. Waiting for the cake to arrive.

Blowing out the candle.

I can't believe that Alexa is 3 years old already. It's so funny because before that, it seemed like she was still so little and now it's like once they turn 3 they're so old. Soon to be off to school and all that fun stuff. I think that I may be a little sentimental because we found some video of Alexa when she was just learning to walk and I couldn't believe how little she was and how big she is now. She's not a little baby anymore! Also this week, I managed to get her into the 3 year old program at the local playschool. When I went to check out the classroom I had a "moment"when I realized that this is the beginning of Alexa going to school. I was so excited for the possibilities and the adventures that I know she'll have.

LRT Adventure

So for our family day activity Brad came up with the idea of going on a LRT Adventure. Alexa is in love with trains and we thought that it would be a fun and inexpensive way to have an adventure. Cheaper than going to the movies! That's for sure.

Here we are just about to go down to the trains.
Waiting for the train to arrive.

At Rexall Place, checking out the sites. And a lunch and bathroom break.

Brad, Lexie and Wayne.

Harper enjoying the fresh air.

We rode to the University and got off, we checked out Hub Mall and had a snack. Then we went over to Rutherford House for a tour. It was actually really awesome. I had never been in there before.

Family picture #1.

Family picture #2

On the ride back to the car.

All in all, a fun time was had by all. There are so many cool things to check out so close to home. And little ones are amazed by the littlest things. Mind you, so are adults, when they allow themselves to have fun.

Lost the game.....

Well the board game last night didn't go so great. I was winning but then somehow I lost! And I have completely changed the layout of the blog now. Just not the background color, as was the change last night. Guess I can't make up my mind.

I think that Harper is starting to get teeth. She is so cranky today. Poor little baby.

Tonight I am going to my sister's house to play Wii Fit. That should be interesting. I guess you get to make a little Wii Me character and then when you put in your weight and height the game makes your character "look" more like you. Like a told my sister, "I don't need a game to tell me I'm fat!" I already know that. Lol! But it should be fun and I've been dying to try this Wii Fit out. Wish me luck that the Wii won't traumatize me.

Dressing up the blog

So I started to play around and as you can see, I have made some changes. I'm not sure about the background color but I'll leave it for now.

Brad is calling. He wants to go and finish our board game. Wish my luck. I need all the help I can get!

If you want a smile for the day.....

A little bit of everything.

Lexie's picture of our family. Some of those things actually look like people!
Another picture by Lexie. I'm just so happy that she's wanting to color because for the longest time she wouldn't. She was afraid of making a mistake or that it didn't look good. Now she just goes to town coloring all over the place.

Harper in the jolly jumper, dancing with Lexie. They both just love this thing.

Getting ready to go outside with Dad in the dark. My little worker!

Brad and Lexie.

Harper with her new hat. Thanks to Lexie, she looks like she's part of the Shriner's.

Harper relaxing. Her face is clearing up nicely now.

Lexie's Christmas Video

Christmas 2008

This Christmas season has been so much fun and also very busy for our family. Brad and I counted that we had gone to 7 or 8 different functions or had company over, just in the month of December alone. That is definitely a record for us. It was so much fun though, and we always enjoy getting to see family and friends.

Now for the pictures! You'll get to see our Christmas season in reverse because I always forget to put the pictures in the right order.

Our Christmas day must of been so much fun because Alexa fell asleep at the kitchen table right after supper.
I decided that I wanted something alittle different this year for supper and decided that Chinese food would be good. I got some of the food from M&Ms and then the rest I made from scratch. It was intense cooking for 2 straight hours as compared to all day cooking for a tradtional supper. I actually couldn't eat very much of it because by that time I didn't feel like eatting it. Leftovers were good though!

Christmas morning for Harper. This is at around 6:30 am.

Lexie with her waterguns. Santa had a hard time finding those in December! Ha ha!

Some other gifts that Lexie got.

More gifts!

Harper with her Santa hat. I made these this year hoping that we could make them a tradtion in our family. They managed to make it through this year.

The tree Christmas morning just before Lexie got to it.

Our gingerbread house and train. These were fun to make. The house was a little bit of a pain because of the icing and almost ended up on the front lawn but I managed to keep my patience long enough to save it.

Putting the house together the night before we decorated it.

Having a taste of icing.

Yummy! Not so much!

Playing "Catch the tires." Just like that other game "Catch the fish." There has been some screaming at this game and not just by Alexa!

Me in my Santa hat.

Brad in his Santa hat.


Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and New Year's and that 2009 is a great year for everyone. May you be blessed in everything you want to accomplish.