milliron moments

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

A friend of mine, who is crazy talented, took pictures of my kids in their Halloween costumes. I love the way they turned out. It was a great experience - thanks to Volcam Photography !

Sheriff Douglas . .

Josh, the real Batman . .

Super Girl Sarah . .

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Douglas participated in the 3rd grade Olympics. He worked really hard to prepare for it too. He did sit ups, push ups, pull ups and ran laps in the backyard. He did that everyday for almost a week. He was ready to sweat ! Sadly his expectations were way too high ( and he didn't pay attention to what his teacher said about the Olympics ) and he learned the day of the Olympics that it was more of a " mind Olympics " instead of a physical one : ) He did lots of math, measuring and guessing. It was a lot of fun and he ended up enjoying it. I think he was just a bit disappointed though. I explained to him why we don't have expectations with these types of things. We just do our best to enjoy it.

Josh, Sarah and I went into Douglas' class and watched him and his class mates compete. They started off by reciting the Olympics oath they memorized ( it was basically a " no whining if you lose " type of oath : ) ) and then the games began . .

Josh was excited to see Douglas and his class. Sadly he fell and kissed the carpet on his way to the classroom. He had a nice bruise on his cheek

Douglas all ready to work !

The 3rd grade Olympics

FALL

This is the time of year when I love living in Arizona ! It's so beautiful outside. It's not cold but it's not crazy hot - it's perfect. Granted I would be in heaven if it snowed year round ( I love snow and I love being cold, but my Husband continually reminds me I only feel that way because I have never lived in snow ) I decorated for the Fall / Halloween season. It's a pretty pathetic job, but having 3 kids and a puppy now, I just don't have time or energy to do a ton of decorating. I think less is more ; )

A NEW ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY

I have 2 crazy boys, a baby and now . . a puppy ! Yes, I am nuts : ) We're so excited that sweet Ella has joined our family. Tyler and I debated about getting a dog but in the end, we felt like every kid needs a dog at least once in their life. Ella is such a sweet puppy. She is an 18 month old Cockapoo. She is very calm and happy. She's is a puppy by age but acts more like an older dog. She is the perfect addition to our family. She loves the kids and will happily run and play with them - but then she will calm down and snuggle next to you. We have enjoyed taking her on walks and look forward to many more years with this sweet girlie.

Getting Ella groomed

Here's a great video of us surprising Douglas. We got Ella while Douglas was at school. When we got her, her name was Bella. But we liked Ella better, so we changed it . .

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5 MONTHS

Sarah is 5 months old ! She is growing so fast. Here are few things about Sarah right now . .

1. She has learned how to make hilarious facial expressions : ) I seriously crack up when she does this. It's the best ever !

2. She is eating baby food. Her favorite so far are Banana's, Pears, Apples and baby Oatmeal. We're working on veggies - but right now, she just spits them out

3. Sarah has found her super cute toes and she loves to chew on them

4. Sarah loves to talk ! She makes the cutest cooing noises and if you talk to her, she will talk back - well, in her language anyway : )

5. It's no secret that Sarah adores her big brothers. Now that she's getting bigger, she makes a bigger deal when Douglas and Josh hang out with her. She flails her arms and legs, screams ( a happy scream ) and smiles from ear to ear. She loves Douglas and Josh to pieces !

6. Sarah has been scooting for a while but she is getting much faster now. And she has another new trick : She is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth ! She will be crawling very soon