Sunday, April 24, 2011

A very Happy Easter to everyone

Easter is always such a special day. Today was like all Easter days. We had such a wonderful time with friends and family. Juliette Had a visit from the Easter bunny and one more egg hunt to finish off the season. We had a big dinner at my parents house with the Hall's, my brother and his girlfriend Elizabeth, and my parent's neighbors the Miller's. It was so much fun and the dinner was delicious!


The bunny left a beautiful new basket of a bunny rabbit.
Juliette loves her "Ul"Nanny" and "Miss Lizabet"
Taking a break to check out the loot
Can you believe the bunny even hid eggs in Doh's tomato plants?

Juliette and Daddy
Wow was the Easter bunny good to me!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Look Auntie Toni what I got....

Today we opened our gift from you Auntie and boy were we excited! Thank you so much for all of your thoughtfulness. Juliette was wearing the apron today.



An Easter egg hunt at Middleton Place

We have been having a super fun Easter weekend with my parent's good friends'- the Hall's (Sarah we have missed you this time and hope you can join us the next time). We went out to an Easter egg hunt and all kinds of fun activities out at the plantation yesterday. It was so much fun and Juliette is just having so much fun picking up and looking for all of the eggs.


before the egg hunt with Sandy, Tessa and Mommy
Very busy looking for eggs or any goodies she may find
Relaxing in the tree with her very own homemade hat

Friday, April 22, 2011

The annual lamb cake tradition

Juliette helped make the lambs once again this year. She had a bit of a different approach though after they were made - she wanted to kiss the lamb!



Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Juliette's Easter activites at school

Juliette had quite an exciting day today filled with Easter songs, an Easter egg hunt, and a visit from the bunny. She is now officially on spring break for a week. We are looking for lots of fun activities going on for the week.





Sunday, April 17, 2011

The first ride in the boat

We continued to kick off spring with a ride in the new boat that we just got. We had so much fun but Juliette is still a bit hesitant. She kept telling Daddy to not go too fast - mind you we were not going fast at all and her perfect speed is idling. I think that we will have so much fun with it.

Also, we continue to find so many cool birds and ducks nesting in the yard. Today we discovered that we did not have a blue bird in our blue bird box but instead we had a nest of several chickadees. Juliette LOVES to look and peak at the baby birds in the box. It is quite an experience for her. We also caught the male wood duck out on top of the box this evebing where the mother and babies are. It is fascinating to watch nature.



Our new boat

The day or two old chickadees

Juliette checking in on her baby birds

The male wood duck sitting on top of his box

Friday, April 15, 2011

Spring is just so much fun along with a 2 1/2 year old...

I just love this time of the year - the birds are chirping each morning, the wood ducks are laying eggs in their boxes, the fish are starting to bite, the evenings are longer and the weather is just perfect! Juliette is so funny now adays. Today I was talking to my Dad on the phone and when I got off the phone I said "okay Dad I'll talk to you later." I hung up the phone and she told me "He is not Dad his name is Doh." She has become a rock start with the pottying. We went through a period of time where she would pull down her pants and poop everytime the dogs pooped right outside in the grass. I had this terrible fear that she would proceed to this at school on the playground. Luckily, the stage has passed and we are now happy to go on the potty. Everytime that she goes though she still asks us, "Now we can go back to Disney World?" We obviously had quite an amazing time that weekend. Here are just a few fun pictures of the last week or two


Still Looking like a baby to me...


Check out that nice redfish my Dad caught today


These are wood ducks that are nesting in our boxes tht we keep in our yard. Look at this beautiful shot Don caught of the male on top of the box where the female is sitting on the eggs




On the lookout for the "big bad wolf"! Nothing makes Juliette run faster than when she thinks she is being chased by him. Her imagination is really starting to run wild!

Monday, April 4, 2011

The future "Doggy Doctor"

Juliette had quite the exciting day today. She took Gypsy and Gracie to the "Doggy Doctor" with me. The vet is a friend of mine from high school and was so sweet to Juliette. She had quite the time! Dr. Chapelle let her help give them their shots - Juliette got to feed them little treats to distract them and also she got to hear their heartbeat. It was the major excitement of the day!