Merry Christmas!!

Every year I am amazed how much more fun Christmas becomes now that the girls are getting older.  They both enjoy it so much and it makes it so fun for Sam and I!  Wynnie participated in the Christmas Eve play at the church where her preschool is.  She was a kittycat in the manger... :)  The service was absolutely beautiful and really got me into the real spirit of Christmas.  We sang Silent Night by candlelight (the kids had glow sticks) and it made me tear up at how blessed we all are by God. 

Wynn also participated in her class Christmas program and it was super cute!!  I have to upload the videos still so I will post those when I do that. 

 

Christmas day brought LOTS of presents, fun and family!  We went over to my sister's house and celebrated with my mom, dad, stepmom, sister, bil and my niece and nephew.  The girls had a BALL!!  Merry Christmas to all!

Birthdays and Pumpkins and Parties Oh My!

What a whirlwind this month has been!!  We've had something going on every weekend....starting with Wynnie's 5th birthday party! It was at a gymnastics center and she had such a ball!!  Her friends came to celebrate and she couldn't have been any happier. :)  She asked for a Barbie themed party, which I did, but because it was at the gymnastics center I couldn't do as much as I normally would have.  She could have cared less.   As long as their were friends, presents and cake she was good to go!

 

Barbie cake! Thanks Auntie Ade :)

 

Birthday girl!

The Cheese Pit!!

Princess wave...leading the parade

Blow out the candles!

Mimi and Wynners!

 

Our next big adventure was Wynn's Pre K Pumpkin Patch field trip!  It was NASTY weather that day but we made the most of it. :)  It was so fun to spend some time with my big girl just us two. :)  The kids were allowed to pick one pumpkin, two ears of Indian corn and three gourds.

 

Ready to pick!!

 

 

 

 

My sweet girl and I!

 

Last but not least was Wynnie's harvest party at Pre K today!  She has been DYING to be Ariel and was up at 6 am today wanting to put on her costume and wig.  Her wig is KILLING me!!  She wanted Auden to dress up too so I got them both in their costume and off we went.  I was really blessed to be able to volunteer to do a craft for the party so we made Frankensteins from toilet paper rolls (a la Pinterest, lol) so that was really fun!  Daddy as able to be there for her parade too so she was thrilled!  Her teachers dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2 which was super cute.  The kids did a costume parade around the church and even stopped by to show off their costumes to the seniors.

 

 Ariel!

 

Princess wave

 

 

My sweet little owl :)

 

Ariel and Owiel :)

 

Visiting the seniors and showing off their costumes

 

 

 

 



Happy 5th birthday sweet Wynnie!!

***I started writing this post on her actual birthday, which was Friday, and didn't publish it for some reason***

Happy 5th Birthday to my sweet Wynn Caroline!!  FIVE.  No matter how many times I say it it still doesn't seem real.  You are FIVE YEARS OLD.  This is going to be a big year for you sweet Beanie.  You are going to start kindergarten when you're five, you're going to learn to ride a bike without training wheels, you might even lose your first tooth!  It's all very exciting isn't it?  And it's surreal.  It's crazy to me to think that five years ago today we almost lost you precious girl.  That you were born healthy and screaming and weighing only FIVE pounds!!!  Little birdie.  :)

My sweet Wynn,
You are such a light in my life.  A shining star that never dims.  You are kind, sweet, silly, funny, tenacious, sensitive, and stubborn (like your mama) but still easygoing at the same time.  You are a most amazing blessing to your daddy, Auden and I.  Auden looks at you with such love and admiration and wants to be just like her big sister.  I am SO humbled every day that God chose me to be your mama.  You are truly the greatest gift (along with Auden :)  ).  I love you so much Wynnie Bean!  Happy 5th Birthday Biggie Smalls!!

Love forever and always to infinity and beyond,
Your mama :)

Pre-K!

Wynnie started her new Pre-K class on Monday and seems to love it!  She has two teachers this year and will be learning social studies, language arts, math, etc.  I'm super excited because she has it on Fridays now so that means I can take her and pick her up!!  I love things on Fridays because I feel like I get to be a real part of her activites/schooling since I'm off on Fridays.

 

Auden thought she was a big girl and was going to school too so she insisted on wearing her backpack and the second she walked into Wynnie's classroom she ripped off her jacket and threw her backpack on the floor and tried to join in circle time!  Funny and sweet but sad at the same time.  She wants to be with the big kids so bad!!

 

 

My sweet, big girl!

 

 

With her buddies, Dylan, Gigi and Auden sneaking in there....

 

NC Vacation 2012!!

We just got back from our week long trip to North Carolina and it was wonderful!  We went to celebrate my grandma's 90th birthday and had so much fun!  We had a surprise party forher and she was truly grateful.  Her face said it all!  It was so wonderful to spend time with my cousins and aunts and uncles that I haven't seen in years!  It was also wonderful to spend time with my dad and stepmom.  The girls had such a ball going to the party, the pool and running around with their second cousins!  After a few days we headed to Carolina Beach and had tons of fun there too!  It was so cool to see them play together on the beach and have such carefree fun!

 

 

 

 

Second cousins - Maddie, Wynnie and Auden

 

My sweet girls :)

My cousin Kristie and her husband Eric with me and Sam at my grandma's party

 



 

The AMAZING photo collage that my cousin JD made with pics of our whole family

 

Cousins!  J.D., Ashley, Kristie, me, missing my sister :/

 

The Stiebeling Family minus my sister and her family

 

My dad and I!

 

Grandma with four of her 6 great grand children

 

Carolina Beach boardwalk!

 

Papa Dean taking the girls for a ride in his golf cart

 

Chillin' at Hang Ten Grill

 

LOVING the beach!!

 

Wynnie and I

 

Auden loving the sand!

 

Sam and our girls :)

 

Loving the NC Aquarium

 

Booking it to the water!!

 

Building sandcastles :)

 

My love and I