Katelyn Grace turns 2!!!!

It is hard to believe but our baby turned 2 this week.....where has the time gone??? I am always happy and excited for our kids when they celebrate birthdays but I have to admit that w/ this little one, I am a bit bittersweet as she is our last baby and it gives Mama a twinge of sadness to see her growing up so quickly! Of course, given the cold/flu season this year, she ended up getting something late in the week so she spent most of the time during her party on Saturday being cuddled up on someone's lap and just hanging out. She has run a fever the last couple of days so needless to say, she didn't feel much like partying! ; ( But after the Tylenol kicked in, she did perk up some and by the time we had cake/ice cream, she seemed to be having fun! We are always so thankful and amazed by all of our family who take the time to come over and help celebrate with us for our family birthday parties. If you ask me, there is just nothing better than getting together to eat some good food and spend time together to celebrate! Now, if we can just get this sweet one to get back to "normal", that's what this week will be about....recuperating ; ) from the party and getting our sweet 2 year old back on track! Ready for the "awesome two's" to begin.....not to be confused with the "terrible two's"! ; )

The day off and a trip full of fun!

The girls had the day off on MLK day and so did Mommy from her home bookkeeping job so we decided to spend it having some fun! Call me crazy (as so many have done before!) but Mommy decided that since The Childrens' Museum was free on that day, we would go. Now the really crazy part of this is that we still have a yearly membership there but I wanted to take advantage of the free day since ours had just recently expired and I hadn't renewed it yet. Hey, why not take advantage of something free while you can, right?? The only problem was the insane and absolutely extreme crowds...HOLY COW! Unbelieveable how many people will take their kiddos to a museum when you mention the word FREE! But we still made the best of it and had a ball. And, since Mommy was on her own w/ all of the girls since Daddy had to work, I was a bit nervous as to how everyone would do w/ it being so crowded but after a quick "pep talk" in the van before going in, they all did fabulous and stuck close together just like we talked about before hand....way to go Team Massey! They really enjoyed the new Barbie exhibit (even Katelyn got into that one!) and we also liked the Egypt exhibit that we have seen before but still enjoy time after time! This day we were able to enjoy that exhibit with a special musical concert and all three girls loved that part. After our museum excursion, I got really goofy and decided one bargain was not enough for our fun day so we called Daddy and talked him into meeting us for lunch at The Incredible Pizza Place since they were running a 1/2 price special for lunch. He was able to do that so we all enjoyed a delicious pizza buffet before he had to head back to work. Which left Mama w/ the 3 girlies again for the really fun part of this excursion....playing all of the games at this fun place! Once again, our girls did a great job and showed me why I wanted to take them for this fun day in the first place, they really behaved well! We had a great day off and talked that night after bedtime prayers about how fun it was to spend time together just being silly and enjoying ourselves! Ahhhh, life is so sweet!

Kicking off the new year with a bit of snow fun!

Well, the new year has begun....let's hear it for 2010! We have put away the Christmas decorations (sniff, sniff....I always hate this part!) and are back to our "normal" routine around here. One great way to begin the new year was being able to have a couple of days of "2 hour delays" for school and some good snow to play in! We live on a big hill, which comes in great use when we get snow, makes for an excellent sledding hill! The girls usually end up having atleast one friend come over to enjoy it with them. This year, Lauren wanted to go down by herself, which is a milestone for her. And Katelyn was very eager to just get outside and play in the snow since last year she wasn't too much into it. And, boy did she love it this year! She cried when we told her it was time to go inside. Daddy pulled her down the hill or she went with one of her sisters and she screamed (in a good way!) and squealed the whole time! Think we have another daredevil on our hands! ; ) All in all, we've had a great start to our year and have been enjoying spending time together after playing outside....we get snuggling and toast with hot chocolate and marshmallows......NICE!