Ok, my blog is so messed up. I cannot get anymore pics to show up on here, but hopefully soon.

Christmas in July...

Ok, this is an update to my original post.

I have already purchased the crayon wallets for all three kids. My mom bought organizing shelves for both the kids, but we would still like to have a toy box or two for the larger stuff.

Emerson will be wearing 4T pants, 3T or 4T shirts. He still has alot from last year that will still fit, but he needs some short sleeve undershirts. Just plain T-shirts. He really likes dinosaurs, and anything like batman, spiderman, superman. He also likes to have story books that come with cd's. He doesn't play with his train table that much anymore, but a new train or something might spark his interest again. Athalie likes to play with it too. They both like coloring books, we have plenty of crayons. Please no markers until Athalie gets a little bigger.

Athalie will be wearing 2T pants and shirts. She does not have much that still fits from last winter. She loves anything pink (yuck). Both the kids could use new pajama's, (I would buys a size big for pajama's, they usually run too small). I would like Athalie to have a little radio for her room. Doesn't need to be something specifically for toddlers, I will put it on the shelf so she can have music or stories at night. She is really into Dora, and farm animals right now. Also, dress up clothes would be fun.

Both kids like puzzles. They would probably enjoy things like "Little People" by Fisher Price. Emerson has mentioned wanting that new Moon Dough farm thing. They would both like a pillow pet (I say both, they would be fighting if we only had one.

That is all I can think of for now. We have not bought anything yet, but if something needs to be taken off the list, I will make sure to update. Let me know if you bought something and you want me to let others know. Three sets of Grandparents, and lots of other family, I'll try to help you all not duplicate.





Here is a heads up for those of you who might be Christmas shopping for my kids.

I would like to have a toy box for each of their rooms. I have seen some good one's on craigslist. I don't care if they are new or not. Here is a pic of one that I really like.

If someone buys one, please let me know and I will relay to others that the item is off the list.

I would really like to get some educational toys. I am not really sure what, but I am going to try to start really working on school type stuff with Emerson. Organizational stuff would be ideal.

We are overloaded with toys right now and don't really need much, but we will need to start weeding out older toys, so if you do get toys, make sure they are durable. These two are really rough with stuff. Anything that does not require batteries would be good. I would like the kids to have some kind of mirror, they love to dress up and look at themselves, but they have to climb up to the bathroom sink and look into that mirror.


I am really interested in unique stuff. Etsy.com is a great place to find unique handmade stuff. I really like these ISPY Hide and Seek bags. Just click on the link and check them out.

Big floor puzzles are great too.

I'll let you know if I think of anything else.

Just found another idea on Etsy. Go to etsy.com and search for crayon wallets. Super cute fabrics. I think these would be great for waiting on anything. Dr office, restaurant, etc.

Check out this etsy site also. Custom Kid's
They have Chalk board placemats.

Summer Pics 2010

Spring 2010

Peaches Peaches Peaches, we can't wait.

Here is our mystery Garden. Peppers and the Heirloom tomato plant on this side along with some cucumbers, spinach, and carrots.
Down here we have the rest of the tomato's, cilantro, green beans, corn, radishes, and onions. Some stuff is planted on top of each other, we will see how that works out. Other stuff is growing wherever Emerson threw the seeds, and under the closest tomato plant, I had to dig out about thirty bean sprouts, we replanted them elsewhere. I guess that is where the rest of the seeds went. I knew they would turn up, I just didn't know where.

This spring we have done a couple of fun things with the kids, it doesn't seem like much when I spend so much time with them in the house, but here are some photos to prove we have been out a little bit.

We went to the Split Creek Goat Farm. Emerson and Athalie really enjoyed this. There were lots of baby goats, and tons of big goats, chickens, roosters, cats, dogs, pigs, and I think we even saw a duck.

Emerson found an egg in this pile of hay. He almost stepped on it.
These little guys loved Emerson, his pants at least. Everytime Emerson got close, the baby's were chewing on his pants. They were about three weeks old.
Athalie letting Grandpa hold her. I think this made Grandpa's day.

Here are some pics from the play park near Aunt Amy's house. It was such a great park, I wish we had something like it where we live.


Amy helping Athalie on the swings.

Easter Pics

We had a great Easter. This kids had a good time finding Easter Eggs, and they looked adorable in their new Easter Outfits. The Easter Bunny brought Emerson the movie, "The Princess and the Frog." Athalie got new big girl panties (Which she has already Peed in.) and they both got coloring books and lots of candy.