Jacob 11 Month Update

Jacob's 11th Month: 9/21/2013 - 10/20/2013

Let's see...what did we do last Fall?

We did our annual trip to the Plano Balloon Festival with the Seibold family:

We took some trips to the Arboretum for the pumpkin festival.

And, of course, our family favorite...a trip the the State Fair!!

We had great fun on a Billmeier family trip to Minnesota for Adam's cousin's wedding

And we a had a little bit of craziness including naps in the middle of the playroom floor...

And acrobatics in the Target shopping cart...

I went back and looked at some very basic journal notes I was trying to keep of these kids. Around this time, Jacob started waving "bye bye" and "hi" and telling us "all done" with sign language. He also understands words like milk, water, Rebekah, eat, more, all done, hi, and bye.

For more adventures of our 11 month old, including a couple of cute videos, click the album below.

2013.10.20 - Jacob Month 11

Oh, and Jacob and the Raccoon photos includes his 11 month pictures!

Jacob and the Raccoon

Rebekah's 3rd Birthday

So....last AUGUST Rebekah turned 3. I always try to make the actual birthday a special day, and her day was no exception. She loves loves loves art class at the Dallas Museum of Art. We go once a month and each month is a different theme. This month the art class happened to be on her birthday - what a treat! Adam took the day off and joined us.

We also love to go to Klyde Warren Park after art class, eat at the food trucks, and play outside for a bit. Our favorite food truck stop is The Butcher's Son, because a little slider sandwich is the perfect size for her! She loves the Dead Elvis: peanut butter, nutella, and bacon!

The dinner request was pizza, and her own pizza kit from Papa Murphy's was a big hit!

And, of course, cupcakes!

Happy 3rd birthday to our sweet Rebekah (who is now almost 4!! gasp!).

More birthday photos in this album...

2013.08.23 - Rebekah Bday

And, if you are feeling crazy, here are a few (261) highlights from 2 1/2 years to 3 years.

2013.08.23 - Rebekah 3 Years

Of course, the Bee photos were updated at 3 years also:

Rebekah and the Bee

Rebekah's 3rd Birthday Party

So, hey, it's been awhile. How you doin? Me? I'm good. I just realized I haven't posted since Jacob's 11 month post. And before that this blog had become quite Jacob-heavy! I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to structure this blog going forward, now that we are out of the monthly posts of the first year! For now, I need to go back and do some catching up. Sometimes I wonder why I even keep up with this. But...I'm a picture taker. I love taking picture. I'm not good at writing in baby books, but I'm good at capturing the things we do by taking photos. Which means I get a little overwhelmed sometimes at the number of photos I have to go through. But, I keep up with this blog to keep me on track with documenting my kids' lives.
 
                

Anywho, Adam and I spend a lot of time planning and preparing for our kids' bday parties. We love it. We kinda go all out. And Rebekah's 3rd Birthday Art Party was no exception. We transformed the living room into an art studio.

We had a painting station for the kids:

 

And places for them to color and stamp. The stamping and stickers were for them to decorate their own party favor bags!

All the kids got a smock, and small crayon holder with crayons, and a framed picture of the "musical art project" we did together!

And all the food was rainbow color themed!

We had a fantastic time! And Rebekah loved every minute of her Art Party!

More pictures can be found in our photo album!

2013.08.24 - Rebekah 3rd Bday Party