Wednesday, September 2, 2009

First Day of Kindergarten!

Lauren started Kindergarten on Tuesday, Sept 1, all dolled up with a new 'do! She is in Maestra Venegas' class at Zeeland Christian's El Puente. She is one of only 4 girls in her class of 15. As of her second day of school, she has already proclaimed she 'loves!' her teacher. Here are some pics of her first day...







Monday, February 16, 2009

Valentines Weekend in Chicago

We spent Valentine's Day weekend in Chicago with our good friends, Salli and Jason and their children Lillian and James. Salli and I took Lilli and Lauren to the American Girl Place downtown (they both received AG dolls for Christmas this year), where they both were able to pick out a new outfit, while the boys checked out the Auto Show. We had a great time!!

Getting ready to leave..Lillian with Natalie, and Lauren with Dorothy.



The girls talking to their Grandparents on the way, thanking them for Valentine treats!



Working on a Valentine craft...







Making the big decision...



Exploring the rest of downtown Chicago...





Resting after having so much fun!



The whole crew..together again!



The long ride home from Chicago...

Monday, January 19, 2009

Walking!

As they took a little while figure out crawling, the twins have also taken a bit longer to master walking. And much to our surprise, Aiden was the first to start cruising..on Christmas eve! So he got to surprise Nana and Papa who arrived that day from Georgia. The first part of the video is Aiden showing off his skills around Christmas. Audrey followed, a few weeks later, and today is cruising around, not quite at the speed of her brother who will soon be running if he has anything to do with it, but she's gaining speed and ability. So the end of the video is Audrey showing off, of course carrying her purse, and a mini Dooney & Burke one of course!

Bath Time

Here is Audrey and Aiden enjoying their baths. I'm not sure how much Audrey enjoys her bath..as she is usually drenched by Aiden's obvious glee when it comes to the bath tub..but she manages! And not to worry, Aiden was not harmed in the filming of this video--he barely got his hair wet on that little slip!