Babysitting

Shannon had inventory to in the church library so I got the wonderful task of watching the kids. We made pancakes for breakfast and mac 'n cheese (Lydia's favorite) for lunch. It was just fun to play at home all morning!
Lydia was adorable with her baby. It went everywhere we did. She even put it down for a nap while she was watching Cinderella. She is taking after her Aunt Stacey in that way. :) Joshua loves to watch Lydia. As soon as she came into his eyesight he would light up!

I got him to laugh today while playing on his floor mat. It was so fun to hear him! It was hard to get a picture while he was laughing since I was the one he was laughing at.

Lydia played dress up with all her dress up clothes. I think she put on every combination she could. It was fun to see her imagination.

I loved having the morning with them! I know I am with kids all week, but being with them is completely different!

Ribbon Cutting

Today was the ribbon cutting for the Ryan Jury Center. It was so much fun! Even though it was at 10:30, which is right in the middle of the infants nap time, they all did very well during the ceremony. I am sorry I didn't get better or more pictures but I was a little busy trying to keep kids quiet. :) It was really nice to meet the family of Ryan Jury (the boy that the center is named after). He died of cancer at age 2 over 20 years ago. This is one of our toddle classes trying their hardest to sit quietly. They did a great job!
There were so many people there from the hospital, family, community and others that have been involved in the project in some way. Since it was a little chilly outside we had it in the activity room. By the time we fit all the kids and teachers, there wasn't much room for others. I still think everyone enjoyed it!

What was really funny is that as I was walking to the activity room trying to get the big buggy through all the people and I saw my friend, Michelle's, dad. It was a huge surprise! If you look closely he is standing behind the guy in the green shirt. He was there representing Kids Around the World.

So even though it was a long day of people touring the building and peaking their heads in our room, it was fun to celebrate the new building. I am so lucky to have a place like this to work! If you are interested in seeing the footage the news did on it go here and click on the click on the little video link about the picture. The baby sleeping in the buggy is a baby from my class. :)

Cookies and fun!

I got to go over to Shannon's house tonight and help/watch Lydia decorate pumpkin cookies. It was so much fun and she was wonderful at it. I thought she would only sit long enough to decorate one of two cookies, but I think she did 4!!

This is the shirt that Shannon and Josh got me for my birthday after Lydia was born. I had to get a picture with Joshua!

Working hard to make it just right. The funny part was when she dumped almost a half a bottle of green sugar on it! :)
Enjoying her good work
Learning from mommy

Even daddy got in on the fun
She enjoyed decorating and eating the cookies!
Joshua just watched
After a much needed bath she decided to sing us a song. Shannon and I couldn't figure out what the song was but she had fun anyway

Dinners with the Nordgrens

I know it has been a few weeks since I last posted, but there hasn't been to much to share. I have been going over to Shannon and Josh's house for dinner one night a week the last fer weeks for dinner and to spend some time with the kids. I love my time there! These are a few pictures I have taken.

Joshua with his favorite bib! Guess who got it for him :)

Lydia being a good big sister
We were trying to get him to laugh but all her would give us were some big smiles
I just thought this was really cute!

Trip to Ohio

This weekend Shelley, Grandma, Bella and I took and road trip to Piqua, OH to meet someone from the group that Shelley is planing on going to the UK with (if you would like to know more about that, check out her blog). It was about a 8 hour drive so Shelley and I took turns driving. Bella did great in the car. She loved being with all of us the whole weekend. I made her a little bed in the back seat and she snuggled right in. She also did great staying in her first hotel. She is such a spoiled little dog...but I can't help it!!

This was our hotel. It was great because it was connected to a little mall that was nice to go walk around in for awhile. It had a few places to eat around it so we never really left the parking lot.

We didn't have much time to do anything since we got there Sat. evening and left right after Shelley's meeting, but we sure did find a good place to eat. We went to BobEvens for dinner on Sat. night and had a great meal so Grandma and I decided to go back for breakfast this morning while Shelley was in her meeting. It was a good weekend, but I am glad to be home!!

Girls Night

My friend Melissa invited me to a girls night for a bunch of girls from church and it was so much fun! We decided to make s'mores over the gas stove. It was a interesting way to do it but it was great to laugh over. It was nice just to get out and be goofy for the night!
After we were done making s'mores, someone started a marshmallow fight. It was a nice way to keep clean but still have fun.

Bath Time

Sorry it has taken me a few weeks to update. I forgot I had these pictures on my camera until today when I went to take a picture. These are when I went over to Shannon and Josh's house and had a wonderful dinner and got to help with bath time. It was the first time I got to see Lydia help bath Joshua. Then I got to have a few cuddles from him while I got him ready for bed. I love these kids!!!

The last few weeks of work are going great! We are still getting used to the babies as well as them getting used to up, but so far there have been no problems that were a surprise. It feels so nice to have a full class and not have to worry about getting pulled to a different room like my old center!