Sunday, May 6, 2012

St. Patrick's Day and the Circus

I'm obviously still trying to catch up on my blog so I am finally just getting around to blogging about St. Patrick's Day and the circus. The day before St. Patrick's Day Reagan and I went to a potluck with some other mom's I've met in town. I brought the yummy fruit pictured below.
It had to be a rainbow of course. I wanted to lay it out on a tray, but didn't have one big enough and then I wondered what it would look like after transporting it in the car!
I made these yummy treats for us (thanks to pinterest for the recipe). They aren't as good as rice krispie treats in my opinion, but they were still good, and festive!
Of course John had to make Reagan shamrock shaped pancakes for breakfast on Saturday morning!
Reagan thinks they are yummy!

After breakfast, we took Reagan to get some Easter pictures done. Nothing like knocking out one holiday pictures on another one! Then after Reagan got a nap in we headed to the circus! We were attempting to see how much we could fit into one day!

Mommy and Reagan!
Daddy and Reagan!
Reagan enjoyed watching the elephants!
We thought they were pretty entertaining also!
The way too expensive toy we bought for Reagan to keep her entertained when she started to get restless. I'm pretty sure she has played with it once since we went to the circus. I think I'll just take it with us if we go back next year!
John and I were impressed with these two...Reagan not so much! Yes, that is the women holding the man up!
I guess this is as good as it gets when you try to take a family picture at the end of a long day!

Happy 1st Birthday Hazel!

In early March we headed back to Cincinnati to celebrate Baby Hazel's (as Reagan affectionately refers to her as) first birthday! Her Mom and Dad are our good friends Kirk and Paula and we just couldn't miss her first birthday!
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The birthday girl!
The cute banner Paula made!
Who wouldn't want to sit on a pile of gravel?
Opening presents!
Reagan thinking, "I will show you how to open these presents!"
That's our girl!
Happy Birthday Girl!
Blowing out the candle!
This little girl has a major sweet tooth!
Yummy! This was pretty much her dinner since she refused to eat any of the other food. Yeah, I'm a good mom!
The frosting was her favorite part of course!

Happy 1st Birthday Hazel!

Who Loves Beans......?

This little girl sure does! I should say at least she did on this day. Toddlers are so unpredictable. This day she couldn't get enough of them. She was even eating them off of our plates!
Yummy!
Is there any wonder why this child has to get a bath every night, or why our table and floor have to be cleaned after every time she eats!
So proud of herself!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday

Way back in the beginning of March the local community college here in town had a party for Dr. Seuss' birthday.  They had all kinds of activities set up for the kiddos. It is also apparently a very popular activity because it was packed! Reagan and I met up with our friends Megan and Kaylee. With two toddlers in a very crowded place, we didn't stay for a long time, but we stayed long enough for Reagan and Kaylee to have fun and Megan and I to feel exhausted after trying to keep up with them!
Reagan and Kaylee are checking out the display of books. We were unsuccessful in getting the girls to turn around and get a picture of both of them looking!
Reagan!
The girls were pretty interested in checking out what was in their goody bag!
Reagan is not so sure about the parachute!
Still checking things out!

Overall, we all had a lot of fun and are looking forward to celebrating again next year!