Thursday, December 20, 2012

Catalina's B-day and Pre-Christmas Time


If you have not visited for awhile make sure to see the previous post. Right after Thanksgiving we got our tree. We elected to get a smaller tree do to our little one, Catalina, and that we will be leaving for Illinois on Christmas day.


Here is a photo just before we walked to the Christmas Parade 
at the beginning of the month.


Our baby turned one year old this month. In the morning Catalina opened presents with Griffin and Olive June.


Mama getting some one year old sugar.

She loves her new riding toy.

She also enjoyed some birthday cake.

Catalina with her friend Juniper who was born 
within a month of Cat's birthday.

Good ol' Bean. She is still a good sport with all of the kids.

The girls play on a colder day.

Catalina loves trying to climb up the side of our chair.

Funny drink face.

The other day we found some old 4th of July Sparklers. 
The kids had a great time playing with them.

Mesmerized.

 So much fun.


The next post will be in the new year. We hope you all have a great Holiday and the New Year finds you well.

Griffin's B-day and Thanksgiving

 It is still hard to believe that Griffin is now 7 years old. It is amazing how far he and we have come over that time. He got a Birthday Donut, instead of a cake, on his actual school day Birthday.


 He was very excited to get Angy Birds: Star Wars.

 He even let his sister help him open presents. What a nice brother.

For Griffin's Birthday Party we invited a bunch of his friends to class about snakes at the Athens Nature Center. All the kids had a great time learning about and touching snakes.


 Olive June at a shy snake moment.

Catalina had fun too.

 
 Griffin also enjoyed his actual Birthday Cake.

 For Thanksgiving this year we visited our friends, the Banyai's, at their home in Granite Falls, NC. It was so great to see them and catch-up a bit. We had a wonderful meal a few days together.


 Their girls loved hanging out with Catalina.

 Catalina riding a zebra.

 All the bigger kids together.

Back home Catalina loved getting a bath.

This is a pumpkin and flower that Olive June gifted to me.