Fun with the Finger's

Monday, February 6, 2012

Cohen's Art Birthday Party

This weekend was the big birthday celebration for Cohen! I know everyone says this about their own child but I CANNOT believe my first baby girl is 4! Time flies so very fast, I feel like I just had her. Cohen is such a joy to me and I have loved every minute of the last 4 years. She has taught me so much about life and what is truly important. I never knew 1 person could bring everything into perspective but she certainly has. I love her more than I could have ever imagined loving someone and now Kate too. To celebrate the big 4, Cohen had an art party. This was our first birthday party away from home and it was so nice! We had her party at the Franklin Co. Recreation Dept. and I think everything went really well. We counted about 72 people so for that many people we had a great time and it wasn't too crazy :)
We had face painting, finger nail painting and I bought canvases so each child could paint their own picture. I love to watch their creativity run wild! Cohen really had a fun time and that's what matters most. I love birthday parties so I always enjoy planning it out. We appreciate all our friends and family that came out and celebrated with us. You truly helped make her birthday special and she has told me quite a few times that she has had the "best birthday ever." Here are some pictures from the party...

art cookies!

#4 cookies

Cohen's favorite-Oreo and Nutter Butter balls

Goodie buckets

Cohen & Josie

Little princess enjoyed the party too

Colorful drinks

These were my favorite

Jessica was the best face painter

Kate Kate was our nail tech and the girls really loved this!

Taylor creating his masterpiece

Precious Baylor

Kate & Denny having fun

Annie & Kate

Cohen painting her picture (a birthday cake)

proud of her nails

Cohen & Will...I am told they're getting married :)

Singing "Happy Birthday"

The Yummy cake from 211- it was rainbow to match the party

The girls had so much fun

all tired out afterwards, even Kaden kissing her wouldn't wake her up! :)

Ashton & Kate were the sweetest babies all day!

Grandparents Day

I have so many blog posts to catch up on since we have been having a big birthday weekend! To start with though I had to post about Grandparents Day which was Friday at preschool. All grandparents and special people in the kids lives are invited to attend and the kids get to show them around their room and eat muffins with them. They also made a special picture earlier in the week to give each set of grandparents. Cohen had Sug & Pop and Suzy & Denny there to celebrate with her. My mom was out of town on a cruise so she wasn't able to be there but Cohen has a picture for her to welcome her back with! She really enjoyed coloring at the table with Sug and LOVED Pop telling her a story while she colored. When her picture was colored she grabbed another one at the spot beside her and started coloring that one...all in between eating muffins of course! It was a great turn out with all grandparents and I know the children really love this day at school. Grandparents are just so special in so many ways!

Cohen & Pop

Cohen with Sug and Pop

Cohen & her Suzy

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Last Week of Being 3!

Sunday night I was talking with Cohen and telling her that this week would be her last week as a 3 year old since her birthday is next Monday. I asked her what things she would like to do this week and I think her #1 thing was color which we do EVERY day. I don't think that she mentioned starting her week off at the Dr's office but that is exactly what we did. Monday at around 6:00 am, just before my alarm was going to go off she woke me up complaining that her ear hurt "really bad done in the hole". When I felt of her I knew right away it had to be an ear infection. She has never complained about her ears and only had 1 or 2 ear infections her whole life but she definitely had a fever. I gave her 2 Tylenol and she went back to sleep. I think everyone else must be sick too because we took the last appointment of the day at the Dr. and I took both girls in. Cohen had the croup last week that has now turned into a cold and Kate was lucky enough to catch it too. What bothers me with her is that you cannot give any medicine and I worry about the cough getting down in her lungs. At the Dr. though she checked out great and was determined it was just a nasty cold but hopefully it will go away soon! Cohen did have a left ear infection but was so excited to know that Dr. Hendrix said she had "the prettiest right ear she had seen all day and that flowers were down in there and a bunny rabbit!" Cohen was also excited when I told her the medicine she would be taking was always my favorite "pink medicine" when I was a little girl. She has offered to share hers with me all day today. The way I have felt, I almost took her up on it! We have spent all day today inside trying to start feeling better. Hopefully tomorrow will be better for Kate too! Cohen is back to her normal chipper self already. She is now looking forward to enjoying her last week of being 3 and counting down to this weekend's birthday party!!

Sunday night before the sickness really kicked in...I wanted one with both my girls

Love my babies!

Showing me her Pretty Ear

Poor baby girl still gave me a litte smile even though she feels so bad

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Preschool Winter Olympics

Today Cohen had Winter Olympics at First Friends. The 3 and 4 year old classes compete in different games like the sack race, skipping, running in and out of cones, carrying an egg on a spoon, walking backwards, and racing on the small scooters we have. They also get a chance to perform any trick that they choose. We pull out the big mat and everyone does a "trick". Some do fancy jumps, some do flips and cartwheels and some do things I'm not sure what it is but its cute! :) We have been practicing with the kids over the last 2 weeks off and on. Each child also makes an Olympic flag that they carry when they march in. They say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing "God Bless America". Its super cute to watch them. Cohen had a ball even though I was worried she didn't feel very good today. This crazy weather has left a lot of us with sinus problems. Her favorite races were running in and out of the cones ("zig zagging" as she says) and the egg and spoon race. We had a great turn out from all the parents and grandparents which is always nice. I had Kelly snap a few pictures of Cohen since I was busy helping. At the end of the Olympics we give medals out to each child and they are very proud to show that off! Cohen has wore hers all day, even during her nap. I'm very proud of my little Olympian!