March 2012

March was an extra busy month here for us this year. We had some AMAZING warm weather and after winter, we were all anxious to get outside! It was a busy, busy month! The girls got to try out some of their new outdoor toys from Christmas. Braenna loves here new roller blades!

Mikaiya has been practicing hard at riding her bike. We had to upgrade sooner than planned due to the warm weather, so she got an early birthday present! She's so tall that her knees were almost hitting the handlebars on her old bike. The new one looks big, but she is handling it well and quite the pro on 2 wheels now!It was even warm enough to have a picnic one Sunday...in shorts and t-shirts...in WI...in MARCH! Hard to believe! The girls had a blast though!

This is one of my favorites. If I can ever get some photo editing software on my computer again, I will have to turn it black and white and frame it! They are too sweet eating their lunch together and looking out on the pond.

Jeff also got a new bike this spring and he is having a good time riding! A friend at work let us have their trailer bike, which attaches to his bike, so that Braenna can come along on bike rides too! And she LOVES it back there!!

We had a really nice month! In addition to all of this outside time, Jeff and I got to get away on a little visit to Milwaukee. We stayed downtown right next to Lake Michigan, hung out at the casino and toured the city. We had a really nice time! Thanks to Grammy for taking on the munchkins for us!

Here is the link to the rest of the pics from the month: http://photos2.walmart.com/walmart/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=7361235002/a=3342801_3342801/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=walmart/

Mikaiya's 6th Birthday Party

We had Mikaiya's birthday party right at the start of her Spring Break this year. Here she is all ready for her big birthday party that we had on March 31st. She is smiling as always even though she was a little under the weather for her party day:


Here she is with her cake at the bowling alley. She had 12 of her little friends in attendance.


Here she is blowing out her birthday candles with a couple of her closest friends (Natalie and Ellie). It's super cute to see what great new friends she has made since we moved here. Both of these girls were in her daycare/4K class and she is still very close to both of them.

Overall, the party was a success! Mikaiya has great friends and she had a great time bowling and being the center of attention for the day!

Kalahari Water Park Trip

We took a last minute impromptu trip to the Kalahari water park in the Wisconsin Dells at the beginning of March. This was the girl's first trip to somewhere besides Great Wolf and it turns out they loved it (suprise!). Here are the girls posing outside the water park in the lobby area:

The kids area at the indoor waterpark was really great. There was tons for the kids to do and we could easily see them from the comfort of a chair. Best part? No parents allowed on the structure (unless under 100 lbs, and we don't qualify!). It was fun to just watch them play though! Here they are looking too cute in their new swimwear:
There is also a HUGE indoor theme park. Braenna wanted to ride on the swings:

And Mikaiya went for the boat:

After a long day at the water park, Braenna was tired:

Overall we had a great time and hope to be able to return again sometime soon. Everytime a Kalahari commercial comes on the radio they girls yell out "Kalahari! We want to go!" I guess it was a hit!

February Photos

February came complete with a Superbowl party (and a football themed appetizer contest), Mikaiya's first dance team dance at a basktball game, Valentine's Day, a bounce house trip and the Daddy/Daughter dance.

Enjoy the photos!

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Daddy Daughter Dance

Mikaiya had her first Daddy/Daughter dance on February 24. It was so cute! Mommy got into it more than daddy or daughter...what a suprise! She got all dressed up in a pretty red dress, a new pair of black little girl "heels" and a sparkly necklace with her hair all curled. Here is our pretty big girl all ready to go to the dance with her daddy. She looks so grown up!


And daddy surprised his pretty little girl with her first rose! She was so excited...check out the look on her face!

And my favorite...my little angel and her handsome daddy. They are so sweet!

Overall, a great time was had by both! Glad they could enjoy their evening out together!!

Mikaiya's First Dance Team Dance

Mikaiya got to participate with the Sun Prairie High School dance team at a dance clinic on February 11. She was super excited about it...mostly because she was doing it with her BFF's Ellie and Kaitlyn. She had a blast and did so well! Here she is posing for photos before going to dance:
And here she is with Kaitlyn (far left) and Ellie (middle) right before heading out to dance. I'm pretty sure they're all standing on the same step...yep, Mikaiya is THAT tall! Notice the HUGE floor behind them...they performed at the varsity high school basketball game! Pretty good for Kindergartners!

And of course we cannot leave out little B! She wanted to participate too. Here she is showing off her "dance" moves :)
I have video, but I cannot get it to upload. I will try again later. If you want to see it, let me know and I can mail it to you from my phone!

January...as usual, not much!

January tends to be our slowest month of the year. You will see in pics that once again, that was the case. We were very sad to lose our sweet Bella kitty in January. But, we also brought a new kitten into our lives. His name is Niko and he is very sweet. He was about 8 weeks when we brought him home on January 7. He fit right in with our household and everyone adores him...well, except Nyssa who totally despises him. We are hoping she will come around eventually, but are not convinced. Niko reminds us a lot of Shaggy. He has a very low key personality and he LOVES to snuggle. The girls love him too!!

Enjoy the few pics we do have this month!

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