Catching Up

I've decided to do a post of a hodge podge of things. I just wanted to get caught up with a few little things that we have been up to so that I can start blogging a bit more regularly.

First off, Mia got invited to her first birthday party, and she had a wonderful time. The theme was Sesame Street, and the parents did a great job of decorating the park house as well as having a lot of nice appetizers and breakfast choices for both the parents and kids. In all honesty, we were hoping to leave about an hour into the party because we had a swim class after, but it was pretty clear after about 15 minutes that it would be better to stay. We also ADORE the birthday girl, so we wanted to be there to help her celebrate.

Eating some fruit at the sticker/coloring table. Mia chose to wear a Cookie Monster hat and Ten couldn't resist putting on an Elmo.

The parents also hired the music teachers from Mia's school to perform at the event. They sang some Sesame Street songs as well as the birthday girl's favorites. Mia was on the makeshift dance floor having a great time.

The party was a really good time, and they also got great little gift bags to take home. The parents did a really excellent job! It got me to thinking about what we should do for Mia's second birthday. In all honesty, she will still be at the age where she doesn't need a party with lots of people and friends....and her birthday is only a week after Baby #2's due date....decisions. 

In other news, Ten made two trips to Target/Aldi over the weekend. This is a big deal for us because we don't get to shop at the cheaper big box places....like rarely ever. Ten took advantage of his 4 day weekend and made two runs over to East Harlem to pick up some things.

Children's vitamins for Mia, an Elmo toothbrush for her stocking, some baking pans for Christmas, dental floss, and a Rapunzel towel. Mia loves all of the bigger girl's towels at swim class and is always pointing out the different princesses she sees so I'm sure she will love this....also being saved for Christmas.

We bought a few bottles of the Mott's Tots juices, some fruit snacks, two boxes of Bisquick, and some movie theater butter popcorn for movie nights.

More juice, vitamins, MiraLax for Mia's tummy, popcorn seasoning, and more...We got so much more, but I'll stop sharing here. 

Let's see. Mia and Ten like to play a new game which makes me super nervous....but they seem to think it is a lot of fun. Mia will walk along the back of the couch saying "ichi, ni, ichi, ni." She will usually say "dada" and point for Ten to come up too....and he does. I should get a pic of both of them practicing the balance beam.

Lastly, we finally got some snow! I have been waiting and waiting for it to finally get to us, and last Saturday it snowed all day and into the night. So, Sunday morning we woke up, ate breakfast, and got dressed to go play in our backyard (known to others as Riverside Park).

Having a much better time than last year. Mia really enjoyed it, and so did we.

Carrying around snowballs and then throwing them on the ground. 

Mia decided she wanted to walk down the snowy hill, so Ten went with her while I pushed the stroller down the walkway. Very cute picture.

Finally, Mia wanted to play in the park. She had a great time swinging and was pretty upset when we decided to head home. However, she was sitting in a big pile of water and freezing...so we had to call it a day.

Anyway, this is basically how we spent our last two weekends. We've celebrated a birthday, played in the snow, got some shopping done, did our swim lessons, wrapped Christmas presents, and much more.