January
We rang in 2010 by having a sledding party with preschool pal, Maddie ....
.... and went sliding down the big hill at Parkview on January 1st.
The girls grew lots of babies ....
.... kept the birds fed ....
.... and had a blast with Grama and Auntie Jen at preschool's Ladies Night!!
We spent time at the nature center .....
February
We continued to celebrate the snow both outside ....
.... and inside ....
We had a winter picnic INSIDE and made bologna snowflakes ....
.... and we braved the cold temps and even colder wind chills, and saw sculptures made of snow and ice OUTSIDE ....
We celebrated Valentine's Day at home ....
.... at preschool ....
.... and had our first Valentine's Day party with friends!!
Grampa and Ella ....
.... Zoe and Dad ....
.... had a great time together at preschool for Men's Night....
We also had a great time visiting the underwater aquarium at the Mall of America ....
.... and seeing Grandma Della at the farm.
March
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day.
The girls learned how to eat with chopsticks ....
.... and they had lots of fun wearing new outfits for ballet class.
To top it off we saw babysitter Paige (in pink) perform in 'The Wizard of Oz'.
April
The girls learned how to ride their bikes.
.... and Zoe and Ella turned FOUR years old!!
They had a birthday party with friends at the nature center ....
.... and I couldn't give them enough cuddles ....
We celebrated their birthday with family the next day ....
.... and they got birthday crowns at preschool!!
May
We celebrated Tom's birthday with a birthday pizza ...
The girls danced in their first ballet recital.
They finished their first year of preschool ....
.... and I had a lot of fun taking photos of them in front of the lilacs ....
June
We saw big cousin Elise in her cap and crown before her graduation (with honors) from high school ....
.... and we celebrated with the McLain cousins at her graduation party.
We met new backyard friends ....
.... and we celebrated Father's Day with our two favorite guys!!
Zoe and Ella started sleeping in the big blow-up bed at Grama and Grampa's house ....
.... and watching them sleep reminded me of when they were babies and slept together all the time.
We also spent a very hot day at a park ....
.... for a Rupprecht family reunion!
July
Ella and Zoe celebrated the 4th with big smiles and blue nail polish ....
.... and we celebrated the beach with cowgirl hats, sunglasses and tank-inis.
The girls fell in love with convertibles ....
.... and with Elise's cat Quinn.
Ella and Zoe swam a lot in our backyard pool, with and without bathing suits on ....
.... and with their little froggy friends.
The girls started their first swim class .....
.... and loved their teacher Ms. Alyssa.
They also completed Summer Bible School at their preschool's church ....
.... and started their weekly 'sports class' (playing soccer, in yellow).
August
Ella ....
.... and Zoe rode the carousel (many times) at Como Zoo.
They learned how to play basketball in their sports class ....
.... and the girls learned how to play t-ball.
They also completed their first session of swim lessons .....
.... and loved every moment!!!
The girls also got silly with Grama before Grampa came home from the hospital.
They made me smile, a lot. Just being themselves.
They learned about tennis in sports class ....
.... and participated in Track and Field Day too!
September
Zoe ....
.... and Ella ....
.... made big splashes ....
.... in the pool, before the weather turned too cool to swim.
They met their new preschool teachers, Mrs. Charly and Ms. Yvonne.
They had one last hurrah at Como Town ....
.... and they became 'Butterflies' in the four-year old class at preschool ....
For my birthday the girls gave me this (it dispenses candy and even sings 'take me out to the ball game') ....
.... and they had plenty of snuggle-time with Grampa while he recuperated once home from the hospital.
October
Ella and Zoe spent time with their big cousin Jack ....
.... at the apple orchard....
.... and at Grandma Della's farm (watching their Daddy climb a silo).
We roasted hotdogs and marshmallows ....
Ella brought home Share Bear from preschool ....
.... and both girls helped make our fall scarecrow!!
Halloween-Time was fun with pumpkin shirts ....
Celebrating their half-birthday at Como Zoo ....
Carving pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns ....
Having a Mini-Halloween Party with pal Bella ....
.... and dressing up as Cheetahs for trick-or-treating!!
November
Zoe shined as the Star of the Week in her class.
We made a snow family after the first snowfall ....
.... and a snow fort, too!
The girls celebrated Grandparent's Day at preschool with their Grama Dianne, Grandma Della and our super special neighbor, Grandma Arlene.
We had fun on Thanksgiving with family .....
.... and Santa ....
.... and the girls wrote and illustrated their first book with cousin Brenna, their own version of 'Pete the Cat'.
December
Zoe ....
.... and Ella enjoyed every bite of their gingerbread houses they made in preschool.
They decorated (and redecorated) our Christmas tree they named Lily.
They saw Santa at the mall.
They were sheep in the Christmas pageant.
They smiled so big for our Christmas card photos ....
They had a super fun Christmas Eve ....
.... and they had a super great Christmas Day, too!!
And despite a very expensive new transmission for Tom's car and major computer problems both within the first week of 2011, we're already having a great year and look forward to continuing the adventures in 2011!!!
~ Jeremi
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4 comments:
this is super...what a great way to share a great year...it is fun to see how they grow though the pictures...good job, Mama Jeremy and Papa Tom.
Nice photo, i really like it.
I love seeing your yearly recap!! the girls will love looking back on this.
The toboggan party looked like so much fun!
Happy New Year!
This post was fabulous! I have to try that little snowman project with my daughter. Your girls are so cute and really show such a loving bond. Did you try Blog 2print yeat? It is a great way of having a journal for your girls and it does not take long to make. Have a great night!
Mama Hen
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