So Competitive Already

Lauren and Steve played The Ladybug Game last night before bed and Lauren lost twice, well when she got up this morning she whined to Steve" You won 2, I no win, we play again, I win" Ha. she had to play that game again right after breakfast to try and win. I cannot believe she remembered that she had lost the night before and she was not happy about losing. She is already so competitive.If you don't have the ladybug board game, it's very cute. I got it at target and it was invented by a 6 year old.

Happy Easter

We had an Easter egg hunt after church today, the kids had a great time. They also had an Easter party during church with crafts and cupcakes so of course Lauren loved that, she showed me her blue icing tongue proudly :)

Bike Riding Then and Now

We took Lauren out to ride her bike last night, check out the pictures from when she first got her bike until now, she can now reach the pedals. :) Steering is still a work in progress but she'll get it.

Easter Egg Hunt

We went to an Easter egg hunt today with Lauren's friend Sarah, the girls had a blast and even sat on the Easter bunny's lap for a second :) Check out the field of eggs, they didn't know where to go first there were so many of them to get. Lauren got a prize egg and won a cow flashlight that moos, she couldn't be happier about it.:)

Oh Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say

Ever heard this Sunday school song ? It also says be careful little ears what you hear. Well apparently I need to watch my tone and my words around miss L now, she told jake tonight " You get down right now, you hear me,I said right now, no Maam Jake".

Holy cow, that is me all over the place but the No Maam part cracks me up. She is so funny at times, I do need to watch my tone since it's now coming back to bite me.

Hide & Seek

This is Lauren's new favorite game to play with daddy, they play it every night. The funny part is she counts 1,2,3,5,10, here i come , then if she can't find him she'll whine and he'll come look for her. How trained is he :) The first picture is her counting, can you see where she's peeking in between her fingers. HA

Class Picture

Here's Lauren's current class picture, she is going to start at a new preschool in the fall, she was supposed to start her new school in April but if we wait until Fall she will be in Noah's class. She is really excited to be going to school soon with Noah, the only catch is she MUST be potty trained by then and she is not interested still, hopefully this summer she will really get busy so she can go to her new school.



*It's a little grainy, it didn't scan well. She is also getting a new teacher on Tuesday, so we'll see how that goes. :)

The Three Muskateers

We had a playdate today with Lauren's best bud Noah and his new little brother Jeremiah. Jeremiah has been home a few weeks now from Taiwan and is the prettiest little boy I have ever seen. :)

Lauren's Imagination

Apparently we have crocodiles in our living room, green and yellow ones. her imagination has just soared lately, the other day she was in the tub and all of a sudden said "I need to get out, I need to get out", I thought she had had an accident in the tub but apparently there was a crab in the tub and he was after her. :) Please excuse my coughing and voice as i have bronchitis still.

A Fresh New Look

Just wanted to say a quick thanks to Kina for the beautiful new blog she designed for me, if you need a new blog look, she does a great job.

Lauren and Jake

We haven't had Jake a month yet

but he is Lauren's dog already,

she can pull his tail like in the

picture below and he could care less.

She also will grab his mouth and open it

and tell him to " say ahhh"

he never nips or gets annoyed with her

he just wags happily :) I tell

you he has been a great

asset for us, he starts

"doggy school" in March

so hopefully it helps him

become an even better dog. Pulling on Jake
Getting Doggy Kisses

The Sick House

Sorry we haven't posted lately but Lauren and I are both sick with the flu, please keep us and daddy in your prayers, Steve has been a great nurse but we hope he doesn't get it also. :)

The Princess and Her Purse

Lauren wanted a purse to carry like

Mommy so when we went to the store we

let her pick one out and surprisingly she didn't pick Dora, it's a

princess purse. Here she is showing it off.

Lauren's friend Annslee has this shirt also, thanks for telling us where to find it. It's daddy's favorite. Big shock, I know.

Look at how grown up she is holding it on her shoulder
This is a mid air jump of purse excitement

* I got my new battery so I am back in picture taking heaven:) Also, Congratulations cousin Heather who has been accepted to the University of Florida, way to go....

Happy Valentine's Day

Sorry no pictures but my camera battery is dead and my new one hasn't come in yet. Lauren was excited to get her bag of goodies this year. She got a new Dora book, Dora candy and a big flower balloon from daddy and mommy. Mommy got flowers. This was the first year she picked something out for daddy and she got him a football filled with chocolate, we also got him his favorite movie on dvd " National Lampoons Christmas Vacation" and yes I know it's not Christmas but Steve loves this movie and has been watching it on vhs for years so he needed an upgrade :) we are going to Chili's for dinner tomorrow night so we stayed home tonight :)

Hope everyone had a great day and I hope to have a camera battery soon. :)

Save the Drama For Your Mama

How can someone this cute

be so dramatic, some days

I feel as though I am in a really

bad soap opera. 2 was a

breeze compared to 3. :)

CNY at the Chinese Community Center

This was a very cool event

and it was packed full

of people, it's at Chinatown

in the Dunwoody area.

We were buying paper

cuttings to frame for Lauren's

room and the lady asked me

where Lauren was from

I told her Hubei and she

said "ooh hard headed and

also Americanized, you have

lots of work ahead". HA

The Lion dance
The Dragon dance
Lauren not impressed with meeting the Dragon
A Chinese garden
Her loot, the rat lights up, she picked out all of it.

The lady was selling the paper cuttings for $1.00 each,

look at the detail on it. this is the colored one we also got b/w

cranes to represent Hubei ( yellow cranes)

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Our celebration tonight was

short lived as Lauren

didn't nap today so she was

ready for bed before 7:30,

she also refused to eat anything

except peanut butter on a spoon.

she's a Hubei chick, what else can I say ?

This Saturday is the New Years Event at the Chinese Community Center in Atlanta so I'll take lots of pictures of the celebration and share those.

Art of Jake and Molly by Lauren

It's a yucky, rainy day

here today so Lauren did art.

This is her rendition

of Jake and Molly.

Go Diego Go !!!!

We took Lauren to the
live show of go diego go
yesterday, she absolutely
loved it, she didn't even
move through it, she was
mesmerized for 90 minutes :)
Wearing her baby jaguar mask before the show starts



* Sorry the pictures are so dark but you weren't supposed to take pictures in there :)

Always in Motion

This is a glimpse into life with Lauren and Jake, you'll see Jake run by chasing a ball, then Lauren breaks into a song of twinkle, twinkle, little star and then starts to spin. Poor Molly just stands around like where am I and how did I end up here? :) Hope you enjoy.

" just ignore my singing on there"oh, the stuff on her face is cupcake icing.