This might be it!

I think this might be the end of my catching up!  Unless of course I find something I forgot...

MOVIE NIGHT!  Every once in a while we sit down and watch a movie together as a family.  This was on April 11, 2012 and the kids just looked so cute, we had to take a picture.  Bella LOVES movies more than she should.  She constantly wants to "Watch Rella" (Cinderella) or "Punzel" (Rapunzel).  she loves the princess movies, but those two are her favorite.  Emma is starting to get bored with the younger kids shows, so it is getting more difficult to find something everyone wants to watch.  They had fun this time though.  After all, popcorn makes everything better!

Every once in a while I do something fun and creative with my kids.  This time, we decided to take a pretend trip to France.  That is where Grandpa Harshberger went on his mission, so we learned a little about it.  We learned how to say "I love you daddy, "Je t'aime papa!"  And we learn that a traditional greeting is to give a kiss on each cheek, called cheek  kisses.  We got to drive the airplane (top 2 pictures) using spools or ribbon as steering wheels.  We wore french berets and the highlight was when we made and devoured crepes.  The crepes were the kids favorite part, probably due to the fact that they had Nutella and whipped cream on them.  They have asked for crepes several times since then!  :) We had a lot of fun learning about France and eating the crepes!

More Catching Up...

I'm getting closer!  Hopefully Ill be caught up before our new little baby comes because I know I'll be behind again then!

This was in February this year.  Emma had a fascination with unicorns for a couple of months and made several unicorn horns to wear.  On this day, Matthew and Bella decided they wanted one too!  I LOVE Bella's little tiny horn, I think it is so darling.  She wore it for a while too.  They were so cute!

Bella's first time plying in the snow.  This was not her favorite experience.  :)  She didn't like it when she fell in the snow because she got cold.  The fact that she could barely move or walk made her falls frequent.  It was not a great combination!  So we all ended up in the back yard on the swing set.  She really liked that.  Emma and Matthew had fun the whole time though.  They love the snow!

Easter was on April 8th this year.  We had our annual Easter BBQ on Saturday the 7th.  We all had fun as usual.  I was quite surprised at Bella.  Both Emma and Matthew didn't do much at her age, but I guess since she loves candy so much, she was going to town.  She got almost as much candy as Emma and Matthew did.  Don't get between a girl and her candy!  :)

Playing catch-up

I'm still trying to catch up here, so these are still pretty old, but here they are.

At Emma's school they have a devotional for each grade which is basically just a class program.  Emma's class did a program about the pioneers this year.  She was so excited because her bonnet and skirt had little pink flowers on them and that is her favorite color.  She was a little distracted, but overall did great and had her whole part memorized!

Emma learned all about Abigail Adams in class and then they had a party where they got to dress up.  They also worked on their etiquette and perform a dance to the "Minuet."  It was so cute to see the boys getting food for the girls and then seeing them all trying to dance together.  Of course there are more girls than boys in Emma's class, and she got paired with a girl.  She didn't mind though and seemed to have a fun time!

The rest of December!

Here are the last few things we did in December last year...

Bella got her first haircut on Dec. 23, 2011.  She wasn't so sure about letting someone she didn't know touch her, but I kept blowing bubbles and that helped to distract her some.  She did great and it looked so much better when the girl was done!  I love the bottom right picture.  She was a little surprised by the hairspray!  :)

I didn't have a lot of Christmas pics this year as my camera broke about 10 minutes in, but here are a few I did get.  Christmas was on a Sunday, so we were very grateful to have 11:00 church rather than 9:00 church.  Emma and Matthew were SO excited and Bella was happy to get her very own babies as she had been using Emma's up till then!  :)

I am sure we did our annual "Newfy New Year" celebration, but I can't find any pics.  So we just celebrated the Newfoundland time for New Year's Eve, which is 8:30 PM our time.  That way we still get to celebrate without keeping the kids up so late that it is not fun!

Well, that is the end of our year, only 6 months late.  Here's to the rest of 2012!

Last Christmas...

Yes, I am still 6 months behind.  Here are some things we did last Christmas!

Bella was not anywhere near as excited as the other two were about decorating the tree.  she preferred to play with the ornaments rather than put them on the tree.  Fortunately, after the first few days she left the tree alone most of the time.  :)

We (read: the kids and I, but not Daniel so much) love seeing the lights at temple square.  It was beautiful as usual.  We decided to go up the first Sunday to beat the crowds.  Too bad that's what everyone else does so there were huge crowds.  Oh well, it was still beautiful!

Matthew had his first preschool program for Christmas.  Being up in front of everyone made him a little distracted.  He did sing and do actions a little, but a lot of the time he was looking around wondering what to think.  He sure was darling though.  We love him!

Bugsy Ballet!

Yes, I know that ballet is usually something that you put your little girls in.  However, ballet is a good foundational dance for every other kind of dance.  And, since we own the studio, Matthew can go for free, so yes, we put Matthew in a ballet class with a bunch of girls.  

He's okay with the dancing, but what he really loves is the fact that he gets to go with daddy every Monday and Wednesday.  He does like the running across the floor part though.  I could only get good pictures of the slower stuff, but he really likes running!

And yes, this is from last September, but I'm hoping I'll get caught up soon!

Bella's First B-day Party

Yes, Bella's birthday was 5 months ago.  Better late than never right?  ;)

Here are some pics of the celebration.  We did a "Belle of the Ball" celebration.

Here is our little princess.  She was a little shy as usual, and didn't eat much cake, but she seemed to have a good time.

We decorated with royal flags and a royal cake.  I was only up until about 11:00 the night before which is a lot earlier than I am usually done.  The cake took a lot less time than it usually does.  Notice the torch to light the candle, obviously you need a blow torch for your birthday candles.  :)

We all got to decorate our own crowns, had some lunch and of course since it was a ball we did some dancing.  It was realy cute to see the kids doing the "Hokey Pokey," "The Chicken Dance," and following me in  line dance.    They seemed to have a good time.  I was just glad we didn't have any big problems and I got to actually see the birthday girl during the party.  Simplifying can be a great thing some times.  :)