This Child...

This Child...

is FOOD ALLERGY FREE!!

I recently took Aubrey in to meet with our Allergist to be tested. Since our middle son has had food allergies, one being nuts, she has never had any. So in order to go to Preschool in the Fall, she had to be tested to make sure she didn't follow in her brothers footsteps. (allergies effect what class your child is in) After chatting up the Doctor, she sat patiently waiting to be tested. I was so nervous that she would cry because I know that all the pokes in her back would not be pleasant. To my surprise she sat on my lap and didn't even let out one tear. I could tell as they were getting closer to the end that it was getting more painful and the tears would be starting soon if we continued. For now we are not having her tested for outdoor/animal allergies because they are not as severe as Lukas's. PLUS I didn't want to put her through that if we could avoid it at this time. This ended up being  a huge relief to Justin and I. One less thing for me to stress about once she starts school.

A Day Filled With Love...

Our days are filled with love all year long but, I wanted to make Valentine's Day a little extra special this year. I woke up and made these heart shaped cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

                                                                       Idea from Pinterest

 Made heart lunches for the boys to take to school. Strawberry Jam and Soy Butter heart sandwiches. Valentine pretzels. Strawberries (frozen that we picked from the summer. the store was sold out!) and heart shaped marshmallow peeps.

                                        Strawberries, banana and cinnamon rolls for breakfast

 A VERY special treat. Strawberry milk. Aubrey was the only one that liked it. I'm sure it was because of it's color.

                                           Their mail bags were filled with special goodies.

              This little lady even got a rose delivered from daddy. Can you tell how excited she was.

                 I made up these heart hand warmers for teachers and aides from the boy's classes.

                                              Here is the tags I made for them. (idea from Pinterest)

                           My special helper and I helped out in Lukas's classroom during the party.

                                            Lukas LOVED getting valentines from classmates.

               For dinner, we had heart shaped pink pancakes and bacon shaped like hearts.

                                                                Cupcakes for dessert!

December In Picutes Part 2

                                                          The kids got some fun new hats!

 We had our annual Christmas with some of our Miller cousins. This was our 9th year and I love the tradition.

                                                                    Aubrey's fun hat!

Mrs. Claus let us take a picture with her. We had already seen Santa earlier in the month.

                                                                    Our note for Santa.
           (Notice the note from Jaren, :( Yes it's our first year with someone in the house who "knows")

                                                                    Ready for Santa.

We enjoyed some wonderful Christmas Music.

December In Picutes Part 1

We had a wonderful December this year, but I'm glad our life is finally getting back to normal routine. Here is part one of some of our fun during the month.

                                                                    Lights were hung

                                                           Christmas trees were made.

                             Lukas let Aubrey help him make a Gingerbread house at his class party.

                                                                She really loved it!

                                                               Opening new ornaments.

       Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Rhino (Ryan) and two of their kids, Lilly and Finn came for a visit from Kansas

                                                                    Fort kits were made.

                                  Someone got a new lunch pail and lunch is now served in it daily!

                                                                    Fun new books.

                                                      Pure joy and filled with princess love.

                                                      A surprise visit from Christmas Ninjas!

                                 I'm now a huge fan of North Pole Smoothies. (recipe found off Pinterest)

                                                  A new baby joined our house. (Lucy)

                                           A new hunter will be joining his dad this coming Fall.

                                                              Someone finally got his DS!

Lukas goes to school...

It was so so hard for me to let Lukas go to school this year. I was NOT ready for him to leave me. He has been my company and entertainment since Jaren started going to school. I had already learned how fast time went by once Jaren had started school and I was not ready for things to change again. After many, many hours of crying I figured it was time to let go. Thankfully he only had to start off going half day for the first month. Now he just started going full day and I feel like I'm adjusting all over again. He LOVES school and everything he does there. Lukas has already started to advance to much and I love hearing all about his day when he returns home.

                                                          Group shot of Lukas's first day

                                                            His scratch and sniff shirt :)

                                                         A gift for the teacher (cookies)

                                                          Lukas, Grandma and Aubrey

                                                       Love his bag. It fits his personality!

                                                                      Lunch stick

                                          The best teacher a boy could ask for. Mrs. Seibert

                                                   He quickly made a new best friend.