Birthday celebrations

  Jeremy turned 3 last week.  He had many celebrations and enjoyed every minute.  On the morning of his birthday he woke up very excited.  On his birthday, we went with Grandpa and Grandma Ficklin to Union Station to see trains, ate at Fritz's for lunch and then played at the new animals trails and tails exhibit at Crown Center.  After that we headed home for nap, which he didn't take, and then we went to Chuck E. Cheese.  After that Grandpa and Grandma Steffens came over to play for awhile and we sang to him and had cupcakes.  The next morning he brought his Thomas cupcakes to school for his birthday and Valentine's Day party.  Then Saturday was his big birthday party with friends and family.  Pictures from that will be posted very soon.  Jeremy had a great time with everything and Haley seemed to really enjoy herself too.  He was singing to himself and practicing blowing out his candles in his bed in the morning even before I went to get him for the day!

First dentist appointment

This past week I took Jeremy for his first cleaning, x-rays and dental checkup.  He was excited and did a great job the whole time.  He loved the fish tank and games in the waiting room.  He also enjoyed brushing a stuffed dinosaur's teeth while waiting to see the dentist.  He and Haley both loved the soft serve ice cream they give them afterwards.  They both had a great time, too bad we only go every six months!

Watching "Bolt" while waiting to get his teeth cleaned

Time for x-rays

Feels like spring

  We haven't had much of a winter here so far, so we have been able to get outside and play. Earlier this week we went to the zoo and then to the park to play and have a picnic.  The weather has been wonderful, altough one day of snow would make Jeremy happy.  He wants to wear his boots and play in it.

A few more pics

  Here are a few more pictures from before Christmas at Union Station, one of Jeremy's favorite places.

The end of the holiday season

 We always host New Year's Day at our house for our family.  We had a great time watching the Chiefs game together, eating chili and steak soup and playing cards. The kids all had fun running around and playing together.  Jeremy and Haley always love to spend time with family and friends.  The rest of January is pretty quiet. The next two gathering are in February when we host Super Bowl with friends and then Jeremy's birthday party with friends and family.

Jeremy with his cousins Owen and Blaire

Jeremy LOVED playing with his Great Aunt Patricia's Ipad.  He has talked about it a lot ever since!

Haley watching the Chiefs game with Grandpa Ficklin

New Year's

For New Year's Eve we went to our friend, Marty and Emily's house for our annual gathering. The kids played great together and we did an early countdown at 9:45 for them before sending the three youngest upstairs for bed. The three older kids stayed up for another 30 minutes and then headed upstairs too at 10:30. The adults then played Family Feud that Marty had made for us using power point. We had done trivia in the past years and he wanted to change things up a bit this year. It was a lot of fun! Jeremy fell asleep quickly, but then all of a sudden at 12:30, he came downstairs ready to party. He told me the next morning he "wanted to see mommy play the game". He sat with me and was very happy considering what time it was and no other kids were awake. Jeremy and Haley were sharing a bedroom and he did a great job getting out of bed and joining us without waking her up. He ended up going to bed at home at 1:45 am, luckily he slept until 9:45 the next morning.

Yummy cake

Waiting patiently while mommy takes her turn at Family Feud

Happy as can be at 1:04 am with all the adults

 

Santa

Cookies and milk for Santa

Lebowski waiting for the kiddos to come up to see what Santa brought