Jace's birthday and photobooks

We celebrated Jace's 3rd birthday last week. He loved all the fun and attention, exclaiming at the end of the day, "I love having my birthday!" He's got a lot of energy and definitely has a mind of his own, but we love that he's part of our family. He sure gives us a lot to smile about.




I have decided to do away with scrapbooking. It was too much stress and I got so far behind after Gage was born. It wasn't really fun anymore and the supplies are so expensive. So...I have taken up making photobooks instead. They are fast (well, faster than scrapbooking anyway) and easy and I only have to do them once a year. They are a little pricey, but you can almost always find a good deal somewhere. Here's a great deal for anyone who wants to do one themselves. Picaboo is offering a free photobook to new customers until March 31. They are originally 39.99 so this is a steal! You only have to pay 8.99 for shipping. I haven't received mine yet, but I'm excited!

Bubbles...

We are so excited for spring...we can finally see our grass and we pulled out the bubbles for a little fresh air fun.

What we've been up to...

This is some of what we've been up to...

Inspired by a friend's blog I decided to do more than a little ponytail in Katie's hair every day. We tried some fun ones, but it all lead her to say one day, "I wish I could live in a house where they didn't do my hair!"

We had some fun visitors in February including Auntie Erica, who is always a good sport to crawl into tiny kid houses, and Auntie Tia and cute baby Dallas.

We had a fun Valentine's party for playgroup one day. The kids passed out valentine's and we decorated sugar cookies. Yum!

Everyone in our family was sick in February at some point. Poor Jace got it pretty bad. Don't mind the yucky looking dinner. The breadsticks were bad, but the casserole actually tasted pretty good.
Gage got his first black eye. He walks all over the place now and has many owies from falling...as well as some Jace and Katie induced ones.
This is my favorite face he makes. We all think it's funny, including him. I also think it's funny that many of our pictures of him are in his highchair. I guess that's where we can get him to stay for more than one second.
Legos have been a hit at our house with people of all ages. It is a wonderful toy!And as a last note, I just signed Katelyn up for Kindergarten. Yikes! I'm so excited, so nervous, and so sad all at the same time. It will be a big change for us, but Katie's so ready. It will be fun to see her learn and grow and make friends.