Lacey loves Papa

Lacey loves her Papa!

Ssshhhh, she loves Grandma too....but don't tell.  LOL

Rockin' Out

Kylie loves to sing!

Her latest project is she is 'forming' a band.  She has been very busy writing songs and practing her guitar.  Kylie loves to download her favorite songs and memorize the word and choreograph dance moves to the songs.

I am convinced this child will do something in the arts.  Whether it is singing, dancing, acting, drawing or some/all of the above I have no idea, I just know how creative she is.  It's amazing to watch her. She definately got her creative genes from her daddy!

Our back deck makes a perfect stage for her to sing her heart out. Its so fun to see her so 'uninhibited'!

Glamming it up at Grandmas!

This past weekend we went to Grandma and Papa's house to celebrate a VERY late Christmas.  It was a very short trip, arrived Thursday night and flew home Sunday evening.  Whew!

The girls had lots of fun with Auntie Shayla.  When I had a slight emergency to attend to, she was nice enough to step in and help keep the two older girls busy.  What better way to keep busy than dress up!!!  Shayla fixed hair, did make up and let them 'dress up' in her clothes.  They loved it.

I was totally shocked by how much OLDER Kylie looks.  In my opinion she looks about 10.

Shayla did an awesome job.  Kylie and I have already decided when it comes time to fix Kylie's hair for her First Communion in May Auntie Shayla is on duty!

My babies are just growing up so fast!

The debut of Greg Norton Music

Greg is getting back into singing!  He now has a youtube channel that he will be posting videos on.  Please make sure to subscribe to his channel to be updated whenever he uploads a new video!





Enjoy!

Kylie's 1st Reconciliation

Greg and I were fortunate enough to be able to go with Kylie to celebrate her First reconciliation.  Just the 3 of went, we left the little girls at home with a babysitter.  I'm so glad we did...it would have been much to long for them.

Unfortunately we did not remember to bring a camera with us so we had to use the camera on my phone.  Ugh!  The ceremony was beautiful.

Each of the kids came in carrrying their own candle singing 'Christ be our light'.  Then there was a short prayer and homily.  Then each child went up and said their confession.  Kylie was the last one to do hers.

After each child did their confession, they were able to re-light their candle from the large candle at the front of the church.  It was so awesome to watch each child come out of the confessional with HUGE smiles!

After the ceremony there was a short reception for the kids, it was great!

Happy Birthday Katie!

Happy 1st Birthday Katie!

Mommy and Daddy love you very much

you are the absolute PERFECT addition to our family.

Tik Tok

She created this hance hersolf!  While I don't necessarily love this song I do think its cute how hard she worked on her dance.

Kylie needs her own youtube channel

It's important that you watch these videos in the correct order. First:

Then:


I love how she just talks to the camera like its a person...so cute!

Pixie Dust

There are short little exchanges that happened between Lacey and myself.  They are so cute because she has been watching Peter Pan and really likes it!

Earlier in the evening around dinner time...

Lacey:   Mommy I need some pixie dust

Me: You need PIXIE dust, why?
Lacey:   So I can fly!

Just before bed...

Lacey:   Mommy when is Peter Pan coming to our house?
Me:  Well you have to go to sleep first.
Lacey:   Then he will come?!
Me:  Maybe so..

This morning..

Lacey:   Mommy I didn't see Peter Pan last night
Me:  You didn't?!
Lacey:   No
Me:  Well maybe tonight after you fo to bed
Lacey:   Yeah and maybe tonight, but I haffa sleep good!

Facebook

Some statuses from my facebook page...updating facebook is much easier than keeping this blog updated.  But I'm still going to try!

December 14, 2011: 
Note to self: When making the home remedy or apple cider vinegar, honey and water, a little vinegar is good...more is DEFINATELY not better!


December 27:
Lacey: Mommy what are you eating?

Me: it's stuffing
Lacey: It wooks wike puke! Are you eating puke?
Me: It's not puke
Kylie: Lacey when you were sick last week did you see mommy eat your puke? No! Mommy doesn't eat puke!


I found this little interaction so funny. I don't know what was funnier the fact that Lacey thought I was eating puke or Kylie finding the need to explain to her that I DON'T eat puke!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to  yours!

Gingerbread Village

The girls decorated their gingerbread village

I really thought they would have fun doing it for quite a while

I was wrong...

They decorated for about 10 minutes

before telling me they were done

They did, however, get a lot done in that 10 minutes

All in all they houses they decorated turned out cute.  I guess the main thing is they had fun!

Christmas Parties!

All three girls had their Christmas parties today.  It was so nice to be able to be at all 3 parties.

Kylie's was first, they each colored a puzzle piece and then all the kids put it together to see the 'secret message'.

Then they did a candy cane race, Kylie's team came in first!  And then of course there were treats and gifts to open.  I think all the kids had a great time.

Then Kylie and I were on to the little girls Christmas party at their daycare.  It was nice that the timing worked out so well!

Katie and her friends enjoyed some juice and muffins!  Then they were off playing with all of the parent that came into see them.  They had lots of fun enjoying the extra attention!

Kylie mostly stayed in Lacey's class enjoying the treats they had (theirs were better than Katies :)).  After Lacey's class enjoyed their treats they sang 2 songs for the parents that were there.  They had lots of fun opening their books that they exchanged.  Although some knew which books they brought and didn't quite understand the 'exchange' concept....their only 3, I guess that's what you'd expect!

All in all each of the girls had a great time, and so did Mommy!

11 Months!

Look who's 11 months old already!  It's hard to believe that in a month's time this little sweetheart is going to be 1 YEAR old!  Seems like she should still be the tiny helpless baby, but she is anything but helpless.  She tries very hard to keep up with her sisters and does an amazingly good job at it!  She took her first steps earlier this month but has not yet REALLY taken off.  Everyday I see her try to take more and more steps, won't be long now!  :)

Stripes

Check out the stripes on her belt!  Kylie earned her first stripes tonight at Karate!  She has only been going to Karate for 2 weeks!  They had a group of kids leveling up and those that are not getting another belt are able to earn stripes.  She was so proud of herself.

To earn the stripes she had to break a board with her fist.  She was able to do it on the second try!  She said afterward, 'Mom do you see how purple my fist is?  That is HARD work to break that board!'

We are so proud of her!  She LOVES going to Karate!

Random things heard around my house today

Kylie: Lacey do you even know what jail is?
Lacey: Uh, yeah
Kylie: Really, then what is it?
Lacey: Uh, it's kinda like a time out.

Lacey: Kylie did you write one this thing (foam magic wand)
Kylie: Yes, I did
Lacey: O.M.G!
Then when Kylie and I were laughing she looked at both of us and said 'was I silly?' Too funny!

Lacey: Mommy you've been very good, you get one skittle!

Traditional Christmas Pictures of all the girls together

The 3 girls together, the did a beautiful job.

Kylie and Katie...Lacey was having a bit of a hard time at that moment ;-)

Katie's First Christmas pictures!

Katie did such a good job getting her picture taken!

I really thought she was going to be the one that was the hardest to take since she is so busy crawling these days.  She did great, my only complaint?  She looks so much older that 10 months!!!

Kylie's Christmas Pictures

Kylie lost her two front teeth a couple of weeks ago so now she's sportin' the 'all I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth' look!

Love her, she is a great job as usual :-)

Lacey's Christmas Pictures

Lacey's Christmas, 2011