First Ride on Her New Bike

Lauren got a new bike at Christmas but because the weather has been so crazy here she hasn't gotten to ride it since she got it but today was a great day so we hit the park for her first ride, she did great and had a blast riding :) I got some great pictures on her swing set today also, I zoomed in on her so she is not posing that's just true kid joy and I love the happiness that comes through when she's not posed or posing for pictures.

Snow !!!

Yep, snow in March. I am ready for Spring to get here and for the weather to get warm but Lauren on the other hand loves the snow, she played in it until her face was beet red today with daddy. They made a snowman, built a snow fort, had a snowball fight and made snow angels.

Glamour Girl

Lauren was invited to a Princess party this weekend at Sweet n Sassy and she had a great time, they had their hair done in updo's, had make up put on them, walked a runway and dressed up like princesses. Needless to say my glamour girl was in her element :)

5 Year Old Portraits

I am late posting her 5 year old portraits but decided to go ahead and do it anyway, she did so good this year with pictures it was much different than last year and the drama that was the 4 year old portraits.

Easy Bake Oven

Someone sent Lauren an easy bake oven but she was very young still so we stuck it up in the attic until she got a little bigger, the other day a commercial came on for one and she said I want that so daddy went up to the attic and viola an easy bake oven appeared :) She had a great time doing it, we made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting and a cookie. It was a great way to spend a cold winter day.....

Homeschooling

I haven't posted lately but school is in and we are busy :) Lauren loves home school and we are having a great time learning and going on field trips with our co op and also she is in K2 chorus now so we are in the throws of education here. Monday we had a co op field trip to a local fire station and today we had a co op field trip to a local bread company. My camera battery died at the bakery so I didn't get any pictures but here's a few from the fire station.

Lauren still says she does not want to go to "regular" school and honestly we are fine with that, she is learning alot in home school with me and then we are also in a Christian co op with approx 180 other home school families from our community so she gets to go on alot of great field trips and then each Thursday she goes to co op for 3 hours and that's where she learns about her socialization as she is in a class with 11 other Pre K kids, I know homeschooling is not for everyone but for us it works :)

The Teacher

Lauren decided to play teacher after dinner the other night, she was teaching me and daddy Spanish and would tap the poster with the pencil to get us to pronounce the word correctly, she had her hand on her hip for a while but I couldn't get a picture of it. and no, she is still not wearing pants :)

Panda Lullaby

Lauren got a Wow Wee Alive Panda for Christmas, she named it Joy and tonight she sung her to sleep. :)

Birthday Party, Christmas, New Bike ( picture heavy)

We spent 9 days in Florida for Lauren's birthday party and Christmas. We had a great time and she LOVED her cake and her party at Chick Fil A. She also had a great Christmas as well and of course she was happy when she saw the bike under the tree that Santa left :) She also got to feed a stingray at Sea World :)

Look At What Santa Brought

Santa delivered Lauren's big present early so daddy could assemble it, we have it hidden in the spare bedroom under a blanket so we can put it under the tree once she is buckled in the van for Florida so as soon as we get home she'll see it :) And yes, that is a cage around our tree because Riley won't stay out of it, let's just say he thinks we brought the outdoors in for him to water and leave it at that :)

She's Going To Be Psyched !!!

We are leaving on Sunday for Florida for Christmas so Lauren wanted to have her birthday party at Chick Fil A there with her cousins and we thought that was a great idea so today I ordered her cake, I got it from walmart because it was $30.00 cheaper than Publix, yes you read that right $30.00 cheaper :) She is going to be super excited when she sees it the night of her party :) I knew I couldn't make this cake with being at the in laws house and all the busyness that comes with traveling so I was really happy to be able to buy her this cake for her 5Th birthday.

Meet Riley

We adopted an 8 week old Dachshund/ Chihuahua mix today from a local rescue group, his shelter name was Buster but we changed his name to Riley. Lauren loves him, he is cute and spunky and I am learning what life with a puppy is really like, he is not housebroken but he is neutered. Right now he is 4 pounds but he sure doesn't look it, it should be fun around here :)