June 2011

Feeding Finn his first green beans, having to hold his hands out of the way- he's so messy!  All he wants to do is chew his hands WHILE he eats!

Yes, that would be green beans oozing out of his neck!

FUN, FUN!

Delaney at the skate park in Ormond...riding her pink Princess bike with all the hardcore BMXer's and skaters!

Finn in the girls old pool float! Poor kid!

Finn's 1st Sunburn- sorry dude!  You were covered!

Delaney doing Kenny's hair while he was trying to install our new dishwasher! Poor Daddy!

Finn helping Daddy water the plants!

Finn wanted to play Delaney's new DSi!

Our June was a crazy one, as always happens with Delaney's birthday month!  Finn started eating alot of different foods, summer is here, and we went on vacation to MA!  ALOT more posts to follow!

We have a FIVE Year Old!?!?!?!

Kenny and I cannot believe that our Delaney is 5 years old now and ready for Kindergarten!  She finished up her VPK at The Children’s Workshop with gleaming reviews from her teachers, Mrs. Adair and Mrs. Steele.  They say she is very smart, social, goofy, and well-rounded.  She can play “T-Rex” with the boys and Princesses with the girls.  Kenny and I think that is a great compliment!  She went to her Kindergarten orientation and seemed to fit right in.  She doesn’t appear nervous at all, but it does help that she’ll have at least 17 of her TCW friends at Pine Trail with her! 
Academically, she amazes us!  She’s reading already, knows all of her letters/numbers, writes her first and last name perfectly with proper casing, and knows the phonics sounds of all her letters.  She can cut very well, trace, and really loves arts and crafts.  She just recently learned to tie a bow on her dresses and sneakers...(I actually taught her while we were in a rest stop on our drive to NC to visit Rosie and Tim).  She comes up with the funniest expressions and quotes…and Kenny and I can’t really spell anymore around her because she figures it out.  So no more “Should we go in the P-O-O-L?”
Physically, she weighs 45 lb. (80th percentile) and is 43 1/2 inches tall (70th percentile).  Her vision is a perfect 20/20!  She just went to the dentist for the first time.  Her bottom right tooth is loose, and she is getting a 6 year old molar: it's broken through on the R side.  Dr. McDonnell says she is on the early end of the tooth spectrum!  Her teeth are all perfect, and she has good spacing, so most likely no braces in her future!  YEAH!  She must have gotten Mommy's teeth! She played soccer this year and was a STAR, scoring 4 goals in the first game alone!  She really got it and is a great athlete.  She is swimming like a fish: floating, backstroke, and now is diving to the bottom of the deep end to retrieve a dive stick.  She loves to dance around the house, sing (especially to the Tangled soundtrack), and play with her sister.  They use their imagination when they play and come up with the funniest scenarios.  They get married a lot around here!  HAHA!  Delaney took one of my prenatal yoga classes with me and was so good at it, she is really coordinated and studied so hard to imitate the teacher, which she did perfectly.
She loves doing hair and makeup, and can already braid and put a ponytail in her own hair!  She and I watch YouTube videos of how to do makeup and she tries her hardest to imitate them.  She still loves wearing her high heels and dresses all the time.  She really loves the Disney Princesses, especially Rapunzel.  We were at Disney two times this year, once in October, and once for the Christmas Party in December.  She rode her first rollercoaster, Splash Mountain, with Kenny and Nana and loved it!  Her best friends are Wyatt, Ava, and Sarah.  She still is very adventurous with food and will try anything!  We’ve let her start eating raw sushi and she just loves it!  Some of her favorite foods are yogurt, bagels, turkey rollups, sushi, pizza, and mac and cheese.  She loves anything sweet, like ice cream, candy, and cake.  We always get compliments on what a great and healthy eater she is.  When we were in MA, she even ordered chowder for her meal instead of chicken nuggets!  She is such an adult sometimes! 
Personality-wise, she tends to be reserved and likes to watch what is going on before joining in, but once she is comfortable, watch out!!  I took her to Renee’s mom’s classroom already so she will get an idea of what it is like to be in a big school and a regular classroom.  We try and prepare her as much as possible for situations, even getting places early so she can be able to observe.  She is definitely goofy and is developing a great personality.  She is starting to play jokes and loves planning a surprise.  There is a song on the girls’ Disney CD called “Hole in the Bucket” that Papa does not like…it’s become a standing joke that he groans every time it comes on in the car.  Delaney and Lucy have now started to sing it whenever he comes in a room just to harass him!  They even change the lyrics to make it even funnier! 
Delaney has impressed Kenny and I with how she has completely welcomed Finn into our family with such open arms.  They have such a mutual adoration of each other!  He just looks at her and laughs, and she does her hardest to make him laugh all of the time, with dances, goofy faces, and songs.  She reads to him, feeds him, burps him, brings him his binkies, whatever I need her to do, she will do to take care of her brother.  She always wants me to take pictures of the two of them together!  They are so cute…he has loved her since he was in my belly- he would always kick when he heard her voice.
For the second year in a row, Delaney had multiple birthday celebrations!  For her “friend” party, we invited her whole class (plus other friends) to our house!  We rented a pink and purple waterslide/bounce house castle. We had a castle cake that I made, with layers of pink and purple cake inside.  The kids all had a GREAT time, and we received a lot of compliments on what a fun party it was…the best of the year! Aunt Chris hosted a BBQ for Delaney’s when we were in MA on the day before her birthday so we were able to hang out with Annie and Jenna.  Delaney and Papa went to the store and picked out an Oreo ice cream cake for that party! Then on her actual birthday, we ate dinner outside at Nana and Papa’s and had a little pink strawberry cake that she had picked out when we went to the Price Chopper.  They have kid-size carts there, so Delaney was so excited she could put her cake in her cart and wheel it around!  Then, once Kenny was in town, we had a big family party with all of the cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents!  We had a great time…Aunt Linda out together a Rapunzel and Papa took us all out on the boat for tubing fun.  We had a giant Hello Kitty cookie cake for this party…the birthday girl loves her desserts!

Finn is 5 Months Old!

Mr. Finn is doing so well!  He easily weighs over 16 lbs, is starting size 3 diapers, and is wearing  9 month clothes!  He has bulked up to say the least!  Finn has started eating foods! Rice cereal, green beans, carrots, peas, squash, and mashed potatoes!  I made some homemade organic carrots, which he seems to really love!  The girls got to choose what food to start with and they chose green beans.  He is a big eater and leans in alot while sitting in his Bumbo.  He rolled over from his back to his belly for the first time on 6/10/11.  He reminds me so much of Delaney at this age!  They both have the widow's peak hairline, make the same motions, and look alot alike in the eyes...but he has Lucy's coloring- such a good mix of both girls.  He has gotten into this screaching thing, and it is ear shattering!  EVERYTHING is now going in his mouth- his hands, his feet, our hands, my hair, toys, the girls' hands, etc. We have so much baby stuff out in the house right now...swing, exersaucer, bouncy seat, jumperoo, walker, and Bumbo.  I know I will be able to start putting away some of the baby stuff, but I don't want to yet!  Finn has been loving going in the pool and went to the beach and got his first sunburn- whoops!  We went with the Deisings, and the babies were under the big tent the whole time, but it must have been the reflection off of the sand,  I felt so guilty.  He's not supposed to wear sunscreen until he's 6 months old, so we probably shouldn't have even taken him!  Finn even went on his first road trip to NC to visit our friends Rosie and Tim, and he did so great on the 9 hour car ride!  What a trooper! We love our little boy!!!

Delaney's 5th Birthday Party!

Delaney realizing she got her coveted DSi from Grammy!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Princess Cake for the Party- with purple and pink layers!

Flip Flop Favors

Party Time! The Bounce house/waterslide arrived 5 minutes before the party guests did!  Whew!

Delaney and Anna

Go Lucy!

Finn and Grammy

Happy Birthday, Dear Delaney!

Delaney and Wyatt

Trying to get a group picture! I love Maria yelling at her kids in the background!

Funny kids!

We had Delaney's 5th birthday party on Saturday, June 18!  We invited all 30 kids in her class!  We rented a bounce house/waterslide, had snacks, and a GIANT Princess cake!  Grammy, Grandpa, Nana, Papa, and Super-Papa were all in town for the celebration!  The weather was perfect, it started to storm at 4pm when the party was over, which was a good ending!  We all cleaned up, then Delaney opened all 800 of her presents!  She got so much, it was unbelievable!  We had a great day, and her friends and their families really seemed to enjoy themselves!  They all said it was the best party of the year!