Happy 3rd Birthday Sweet Girl

My Dear Sweet, Smart, Beautiful Girl, 

Today you are 3! I can't believe it. You are growing into such a beautiful, smart, little girl. We have been so blessed with you and your sweet spirit. You are easy beyond belief and just a joy to have. I laugh because of how silly you are everyday.

I can't say I am ready for you to be 3! It has come way too quickly. I can't wait to see how much you change even this year. You are not that same chubby little girl we brought home from the birth center. 

You have grown into the rolls and chubby cheeks. You have kept your beautiful blue eyes for another year and the curls that I so wanted in a little girl. 

 I couldn't be more proud of you and how loving and caring you are. You love to bake, help me clean, play dress up, and of course dance your "ballet." It is fun watching your personality come alive. Your fierce love for your brothers is wonderful to see. They are lucky to have you as mom and dad are lucky to have you.  I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!! 

Happy Birthday my SWEET Girl! You are LOVED!!

Enjoying Winter

The last couple of weeks have been warmer. It has been nice. Warmer I mean 20 degrees out. I should laugh, but it makes a huge difference. The kids can go out and play and enjoy all the snow we have gotten.  Eli has burned off a lot of energy and would play out in the snow for hours if I let him. Sadly, it is still cold so he can't be out for hours. 

Last week we built a tunnel in the snow. He has asked to be outside in that tunnel every day since. 

It is hard to believe the snow is waist deep for these guys.

We played for a long time and they loved it. Anthony spent time throwing them into the snow. That was fun to watch. Ari would sink into the snow when that happened. 

The icicles are a bit long this year. It is supposed to warm up this week and rain. We might be in for a big mess. It is getting warm so I can't complain!!

 

These three monkeys have been working on chore charts and helping with more chores. It has been a success so far. I am glad I finally was able to get organized and get them done. They like having a set of things to look at so they know what they have to do before they can play etc. It has also taken some of the burden of cleaning up after them, which I desperately needed. 

Since it has been blah outside I have been working on inside light and black and white photos. Anthony kindly let me take some photos of him. These are special to me even if he hates them. This month I have pretty much taken photos with the thought of converting to black and white. It is a project a group of ladies and I have been working on for our 365. It has been fun. I have a few favorite so far and these probably hit the top. 

I even did a couple of their Valentine's photos in BW.

The last one is Ari's view on Valentine's Day. 

I can't believe how big they are getting. This sweet girl turns 3 tomorrow!! I can't believe it. I am off to do her photos. She has picked out a pink/purplish background and outfit for herself. I will just go with it. It is not what I would choose, but she loves it so we will enjoy it.