Happy Birthday Aleck

We had a great day at the park for Aleck's birthday. We love our play time with Aleck but when cupcakes are involved it's even better. The girls got kites from Aleck and they loved flying them for a short time, the attention span doesn't last long at this age. The dad's had more fun flying the kites than the children. We then headed to the playground and that is always a blast in Brooke and Presely's eyes. They could go to the park everyday if I would let them.
The card I made was the Tim Holtz technique I used on the last card. I love the look it makes, it is my favorite at the moment. Have I told you I heart Tim Holtz? Oh wait, I have and I will probably say it again. I love his style and can't wait to try more stuff from his new book.

Easter Cookies

I decided I wanted to make Easter Cookies with the girls and invited Clay and Josh to join in the fun. They had a blast. I found this recipe on All Recipes for sugar cookies. It was great except I made it the day before and put it in the refrigerator, when we were ready to make the cookies the dough was a little dry and crumbled. Thanks to Gary we revived the dough by adding a little water and it softened up. Presley had flour all over her as well as Brooke. Clay and Josh were a little neater with their rolling of the dough. The cookies looked great for first time efforts and for their age. What do you think? I might have to make this a yearly fun time event. I think it would be fun to post it every year and see how they have improved. It was such a joy to watch them roll out the dough and put the icing and the sprinkles on their cookies. Presley loves "Prinkles," as she would say. She was very upset when I put the sprinkles up, can you say temper tantrum. That is exactly what she did. Rita informed me that she has figured out 3 1/2 is the age when things get better. Not that I want time to move fast but definitely bring on the better and easier days. It was a good family fun time had by all. I have more pictures to post but will post those tomorrow. Happy Sunday!

Crawling

Here is proof, my little Brookie is crawling. She didn't get very far but she did it! She is really saying Dada all the time now. Daddy videoed her saying it while I was at Stamp Club last night. She sounds so cute when she says "Da da."

Hey There

My little Brooke is developing the cutest personality.
Her laugh is such a contagious one, you hear it and it makes you laugh right back at her.
Finally a tooth is starting to peek through. I swear today, when I was taking these pictures, I thought she was about to crawl so I ran to get the video camera and she never did make the move but was definitely on all fours a lot. I take so many photos and it seems she is always frowning or making other faces in the photos. She really does smile and it is the cutest cheeky smile, it is just hard to capture it in a picture. Brooke's newest thing is she has found her voice and I do mean voice, she is a SCREAMER and loud high pitch scream. It makes me laugh as I hold my ears. She is so adorable.