Tumble Bus

We had a busy November and beginning of December to say the least. The weekend after Thanksgiving/Teagan's birthday, I had to work but then we went to the Wildeman's for dinner to catch up and relax a bit. I took a little family photo shoot of them. The next weekend we all drove up to New Hampshire to the Powers' for Carrie's fourth birthday party... the Tumble Bus!


Isn't baby Mason adorable?!


Oh the Tumble Bus! Who knew you could cram so many kids, adults, and gymnastics equipment into an old school bus? Owen was so excited when we pulled up to their house. "It's a real bus Mama! I get to play on a bus!"

The kids loved it as you can see.

Carrie the birthday girl.






Even Teagan tried to get in on all the action. Owen is very protective of his little sister and ran over to help her up the cushioned stairs even though she was doing just fine on her own and climbs up and down our stairs at home everyday. He is too funny.





After the Tumble Bus drove away it was time to move the party inside.

Teagan loved being at a house that has two little girls that live there. She quickly found the babydolls and all the gear that goes with them.

Owen had no problem making new friends and even started putting on a little show with finger puppets they got in their goodie bags.

Teagan playing ever so gently with baby Mason.

Tat getting a feel for what it would be like to have two little ones.

When the party was over, the Wildemans, the Willards, and another family all stayed over for the night and had our own little party after we put all the kids down. But before we put them down, we thought it would be fun to take a few pics.



The next morning Teagan couldn't wait to play with the doll swing again.


Thanks again Power family for having us over. We had a blast!

Santa & Christmas Trees

We had one last day to spend with Nana and Papa before they headed home, so we decided to see just how much we could pack in one day! First we went to Four Town Farms, where we go strawberry picking when they are in season, to get our Christmas tree.

They have a very nice farmer's market there too.



Then we went to the mall for an appointment to get pictures taken of Teagan wearing a dress that I had my one year pictures taken in. {I'll post that picture/story later.}
After that it was time to see Santa. Owen came up with a list of questions he had for Santa during the car ride over. Not surprisingly, he walked right up to him and started to ask his questions. "Excuse me Santa. Can Mama put a bell on Marker's hat so we know when he comes?" [Marker is our Elf On The Shelf. If you don't know what that is I highly recommend you get one for your child.]

Teagan on the other hand wanted nothing to do with Santa, which resulted in the classic picture of older sibling in smiles and baby in tears. I think the picture would have been adorable either way.

Nana and Papa were staying the night at The Westin in Providence so we went there to freshen up before dinner at Flemmings, which is in their lobby.

Both of the kids were exhausted during dinner, so Nana took them back to the room while the rest of us finished our delicious dinner. Here's what we found when we got back to the room...

Thanks for a fun filled visit like usual Nana and Papa. We miss you!

Teagan's Birthday Bash

Teagan had a wonderful low key birthday party with lots of desserts. In fact, I think I made almost ten different desserts including a couple types of cookies Nana brought all the way from MI. Friends and family came, we snacked on all the yummy food Mimi and Nana helped me put together, kids ran wild, and Teagan was her fun, loving and silly self. It was a simple and sweet birthday party, just like a one year old should have.

A couple of pictures of Teagan welcoming her friend Cassidy...

Mimi and Joyce checking out all the food.

Baby Kaia all partied out.

Amanda trying to get Teagan to show how she takes a few steps, laughs, and then sits down right away. She'll walk one of these days. By the way, Teagan is wearing the exact dress I wore for my first birthday. I know, I can't get over it either the amount of clothes she has that were mine. We definitely wore our dresses a little shorter in those days.

Then it was time for the birthday cake. Teagan didn't really know what to do with the candles, so big brother Owen ran over to help her blow them out.

But then she had no problem knowing what to do with the rest of it...


I gave my camera to AJ, Cassidy's mom, so she could take some pics for me while I brought the cake out etc. and she got some cute ones of Teagan getting just a little messy. Thanks AJ for taking pics. {Nana's pics will be posted later, when I get them.}

I came over to get a photo with the birthday girl, and she slimed me with her messy hands.

An attempt at a family photo above. Owen was being a little resistant, so Riley said he would be in the picture. It was very cute.

Then we tried to get a picture of all the kids together. This always makes for a good laugh.

I made three different icecream cakes to add to the "pretty cake" club. Aren't they beautiful?!

Teagan and Cassidy playing with her new cradle that Grumpa made. Everyone was very impressed with it of course.

Owen passing out the party favors, candy jewelry, to his friends.

Thank you everyone for making Teagan's birthday so special. She is a very lucky girl to have so many friends and family to adore her.