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Yesterday I had fun taking pictures of

Bennett and Annabelle at the Sharp's Farm.

They did awesome and we had a lot of fun options

to work with while being on the farm! Enjoy!

Crane's Orchard

This past Sunday we went with Jason's family

to Crane's Orchard to eat lunch and to pick apples.

It was hot, busy, and fun! Now I just have to bake

my apple pies and make applesauce!

Here we are at CityVu celebrating Lisa's birthday.

I don't many pictures of just me and Jason

so I thought I better put one up :)

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Mace with one of her crushes, Big Boy!

In Bumpa's fishing boat on Clam Lake.



Stylin' by Torch Lake.

Some serious stone finding.

Don't you just want to squeeze her?

Jason's two best students!

Mace with her buddies playing football at the game.

The clan.

"Do I have something on my face mom?"

I swear it was the brightest superman I've ever seen.

Blog Record Book

Kelsey at 18 months old:

Favorite foods: pasta, bread, yogurt, any fruit, and ketchup on anything.

Clothes size: 18 months pants, 18-24 month tops
Speech: mostly still one word at a time. Words I hear a LOT of, "mama" "me!" "eat!" "ssss" (sister)

Things she loves: Her Mama:) white blankie, Hi5 (tv show), dancing, doing EVERYTHING herself, copying Macey, eating, baby dolls, shoes, and taking walks.

Things she doesn't like so much: vegetables and sleep.

Potty training: For the last 3 months or so she's been interested and loves to go potty/poopy in her little toilet. She hates having a diaper on and is constantly pulling on it or refuses to get one on. She tells me when she goes to the bathroom in her diaper and wants it off. I tried for one morning to put underwear on her, but she had 3 accidents so I gave up. I might try again in a month so we'll see :)

Teeth: Right now she has one molar that has popped all the way through and is working on the other three.

We started time out with Kelsey about a month ago, but haven't done it much since she enjoys going to the corner. She is our stinker and does everything naughty with a smile on her face :)

She has such a fun and silly personality, we love her so much!



Here's a video of her repeating words after me. I love looking back at old videos like this to see how their voices and speech changes.

Macey at 3 1/2

Favorite foods: yogurt, any candy, fresh vegetables, salads, hamburgers, and waffles.

Clothes size: 3T-4T pants, just getting into 5T tops.

Speech: Oh my I don't know where to start. She talks a lot and questions EVERYTHING. She will start sentences with; "Oh dear.." "Actually..." "I'd rather...". She still isn't super clear on some sounds (s) (f). I just love her facial expressions when she talks and her tone of voice, but she has also learned to get some attitude in her voice, so we're working on getting rid of that :)

Things she loves: playing with her sister and bossing her around, sleep, Max & Ruby, Hi5, helping in the kitchen, going shopping, helping me pay, books, taking walks, gum, wearing her favorite clothes (Dora shirt, My Little Pony shirt, squishy pants (warm-up pants), and monkey shirt)

Things she doesn't like so much: being wrong at something or not doing something perfect, sharing her favorite toys, and loud noises.

Macey is our worrier. She worries if Kelsey isn't right by our side, if someone is doing something she thinks is dangerous, or if she thinks something is too close to water. (she has a fear of things falling in the water for some reason)

She has an amazing memory which she must get from her Aunt Brenda, because it's definitely not from me or Jason.

We love her curiosity and sweet personality! She's our mena-moo :)

Here's a video of her rhyming. Her good friend Bennett has gotten her into this new fun game :)

(notice the Dora and Boots stuffed in her two front pockets so Kelsey can't get them)

smile or not?

Things that have made me smile in the last few days......

-Kelsey's random leg hugs saying, "ahh...mama"
-looking into the fridge and pantry and seeing that they're FULL!
-while looking at my wedding album with Macey, she saw a picture of my mom and said, "Grandma! Oh Grandma I love you" and laid her head on the page to hug her.
-Kelsey bringing me her Cabbage Patch doll saying, "wet!" I asked, "How did she get wet?" She then pointed to the toilet. I could only smile...
-since Kelsey is teething with molars, she loves to cuddle before bedtime so we lay together and she just stares at me quietly.
-Macey was trying on jeans in the dressing room at TjMaxx and she could hear music on the speaker so she became an instant dancing queen in the tiny room we were in, laughing as hard as can be watching herself in the mirror.
-watching Macey being "tough" at the football game, playing with the boys.
-watching Macey draw Max from Max and Ruby on the new art easel I got for $8 at a garage sale! I should have a taken a picture, it would make you smile too :)
-beautiful weather!
-the girls sleeping in until 8am!




Things that haven't necessarily made me smile.....


-thinking about Jason going back to work full-time on Tuesday.
-seeing and hearing Kelsey fuss in her sleep and during the day due to teething.
-Macey trying on super cute cheap jeans, but they were too short. of course.
-hearing Macey say, "whoops!" while feeding her goldfish, then seeing a pile of fish food on the counter and all over the floor.
-Kelsey LOVES ketchup so at Steak'n'Shake tonight she thought it would be funny to put a fully covered french fry on top of her head. She had nice red sticky hair for the rest of the shopping trip.
-after waiting 45 min for our not so well working oven to preheat, I end up burning the pizza.

Kelsey 18 months

Can you believe Kelsey is already 18 months old?

No more baby left in her :( She keeps me on my toes!

Macey 3 1/2

Here are a few of Macey's 3 1/2 pictures that

I took this past week along with a few with her friends!

Enjoy :)

(I hope to post about what her 3 1/2 yr old life is like here soon!)