the new pele?

Eliot Ann is a soccer player.  And by soccer player, I mean she chases all of the other kids around who have no clue what they are doing, either.  Welcome to three-year-old soccer!  The funniest, craziest thing you are likely to see.  Ellie really likes it though, and she wants to play in the next season.  I am proud of her for getting out there and trying so hard.  It is good for her to be able to play with other kids her age, even if she doesn't have one competitive bone in her body.

easter 2015

We started some new traditions this year for Easter... Breakfast and Egg Hunt at the Kane's, Dinner at my Aunt and Uncle's house in Pekin, and just some good old family time.  I am not used to breaking traditions, but it was much needed for this year and we did have a good time :)

Ellie wanted her piggies painted for church on Saturday night.

Easter service at Northside :)

Love my girls.

Sleepyhead didn't want to wake up to see what the Easter Bunny brought her.

A stuffed George!

The Muppets Movie... That bunny is awesome!

snow days!

Well, we thought we had gotten out of some major snow because January was pretty mild.  We were wrong.  We are now up to 8 snow days to tack on to our summer break.  Delightful.  Check out some of our snow day fun, though!

Nick got to play on one day, too!

The girls were loving it!

Check out the golf net.  They created a new game, Snolf.

Loving breakfast in bed with Mommy.

Winter naps with Mommy at home :)

potty training

Well, potty training is going.  Not overly well, but going.  We have now had to bribe and beg the little one not to poop in her pants.  Currently, what is working is the iPad every night at 9:00 so that she will go and we have also promised her a trip to Chuck-E-Cheese and to see the movie Paddington if she continues to try to go.  Here's to hoping!

zoo day in january!

Crazy, wacky weather!  We got to go to the zoo in January with such mild temperatures.  What fun!

a new member of our wolfpack!

Our wolfpack is growing by two feet!  Baby Kane will be here sometime in mid to late September and we are so terribly excited. I cannot wait to love on a little squishy again.  I will never forget my excitement the day that Cam was born and how much love I felt instantly for her.  Can't wait for that feeling again!

 

How we were told on a Pizza Friday.  Love it!

christmas 2014

Christmas was amazing this year, as always.  Ellie being two made it pretty magical and special.  We got to do some things that we haven't done before with her (go look at Christmas lights, begin our Elf on the Shelf tradition, etc.) and that was extremely wonderful to me.  We crammed a lot into a few weeks of the Christmas season, and with only one weekend of the flu bug getting us down (and a missed Polar Express opportunity :(), I would say it was an extremely successful time filled with family and friends!  We are blessed!

Ellie and Erin at our School's Christmas Pajama Party/Literacy Night (and the start of our flu bug weekend)

Cammie did so amazing at her Christmas Show!

Love this little girl to pieces!

 Rainbow had a bring a friend week and Cam brought E :)

Acting silly, of course :)

 

Look what mom found while she was Christmas shopping!  Ellie will be ready for our Disney trip next year in December!

About to go to church, eat dinner with Mommy and Daddy, and then go look at Christmas lights!

Of course we had to stop by Graeter's that night, too.

The last day of school before break, me, Amie, Marci, Jess, and Erin went to Nashville to see Justin Timberlake in concert.  We had an AWESOME time!!

Elle during our Christmas celebration with the Lawrence's.

 Christmas morning, Bailey got to put on Ellie's new Anna gown!

 

 

Aunt Caitie and Uncle Soon got Ellie a vanity.  How pretty!

The Lewis girls all together :)

Ellie had some awesome surprises from Santa!

She got a princess bike!!

Of course, Brohdi was exhausted from it all.