Easter Sunday

Sara, Henry, and Emily with Grandmother

I am sad to say that on Easter Sunday, I actually didn't get to attend church. While eating breakfast and getting ready for worship, Sara got a little sick. I am blaming the queasy tummy on the two boiled eggs she ate yesterday afternoon after playing egg hunt with them most of the day making them on the rather warm side!

She was fine once it was out of her system and promised that she could go to church. She even ate a Chocolate Easter Bunny from her Easter basket (thanks to Ben). But knowing that other moms would not appreciate the chance of a sick child in childcare on Easter Sunday, I stayed at home with her.

Ben, Henry and Emily went to church with Ben's parents. After worship, they came back and picked us for lunch. And yes, Sara was fine- she ate a huge lunch. Despite missing worship, the day was beautiful!

A Flitterbugs Giveaway

Clothes by Flitterbugs

Many friends have asked where I get my kids' cute clothes. I must be honest and say that most are presents from family or hand me downs. Occasionally though, I make a purchase when I find something super cute and not too expensive.

One of the clothing lines I stumbled across is called Flitterbugs. Julie handmakes ALL the clothes. They aren't too expensive. AND all the proceeds go toward their adoption process! What could be better? Cute clothes and helping a family bring an unwanted child into a happy home!

Right now, through Friday noon, Flitterbugs is offering a giveaway of one item or initial tee. Click here to enter!!!

Exploration Class Sharing

The girls began taking a heater class at the Greenville Children's Theater this February. It was a ten week class where the kids learned all about theater through exploration, play and movement. The class was taught by Ms. Tracie whom the girls LOVED. They looked forward to going every week.

On the fifth class, each child was able to dress up in a costume and perform in front of an audience (the parents and siblings).

The girls getting ready

Emily chose to be a princess. Her name was Belle and her beast friend was the Beast! She twirled and danced in front of everyone!!!

Here comes Emily, I mean Belle!

Emily and Ms. Tracie

Emily dancing

Sara was the fairy Godmother who waved her wand and performed spells. In the words of Sara, the fairy Godmother says "Bippily, Boppily, Boo"

Sara and Ms. Tracie

Saying she was a Fairy Godmother

Waiting on her wand

The class takes a bow

Henry hugging Emily

Henry was so proud of his sisters!

Emily and Sara

Henry, Emily and Sara

Reading Time

Just a fun night when Ben got to spend some time with just Sara and Emily since Henry was already asleep.

Emily

Sara

READING TIME!!!

Snow Day!!!

We had a great snow on Feb. 13. The kids had a blast playing, making snow angels, building a snowman, eating snow cream and more. Enjoy the fun pics of our kids and house covered in snow!

Sara

Emily making a snow angel

Henry

Building a snow man

Here's our cute little snow man!

And then...

No more snowman!

Oh well, they knocked the head off!

Sara and Emily playing in the snow

Sara playing on the snow covered table

Our playset covered in snow!

Henry trying to uncover the slide

without much luck!

Henry and Emily

Emily

Henry

Now that it is spring...

I thought it would be time to finally post some pictures from Christmas, snow, etc. I am so far behind!!! Hope to get caught up with pictures this week so I can actually post some current news and blogworthy stories. With three toddlers in the house, I do have some great stories to share!

Christmas Pictures

The Cox family Christmas was in High Point the weekend before Christmas.

Sara, Henry and Emily

Peek-a-boo with Henry

Cousin Ann teaches Sara how to knit

Sara with the new ironing board!

Opening gifts from Granddaddy

Sara and Ann

Cousin Bryan and Henry

Where Have I Been?

It has been almost 4 months since my last post. How is that possible? I thought I would have more time on my hands to update regularly now that I am a SAHM, but it seems that now my time is eaten up in different ways. And that is a good thing!

The family is loving Greenville, specifically we LOVE our new home. The kids each have their own bedrooms. I hope to post pictures of those soon. With each in their own room, bedtime is no longer a struggle, but a time for the kids to be in their own room with no one else. Henry has been stubborn about moving out of his crib, but has slept in his big boy bed for the past two nights and is now telling me to take his crib down. I guess that needs to be added to my to do list.

I will be posting pics soon, but now I am heading outside to enjoy the beautiful day with the kids, maybe pull some weeds and continue my pressure washing project! (I am pressure washing the playset and deck and plan to stain them later this week)

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We have a fake tree that already has the lights built in and for that I am grateful. Although the top of the trees lights don't work and some of the bottom lights are out also, I am really not worried or stressed about this as the tree is about the only thing in our house that is actually together. Moving three weeks before Christmas with three toddlers simply means that Christmas and the next couple months will be spent unpacking boxes and unloading the boxes the kids decide to pack after they were empty. It is a long road ahead to make the house be home. And it seems that the to do list and things we need grows longer daily, BUT in the midst of that, I did manage to find time to decorate the tree.

Well, I had three (make that four helpers)- my kids and a very curious cat. I had the bright idea of having the kids help with decorating the tree and it really was a good idea. Except I forgot that the plastic ornaments I bought after Christmas last year were on the bottom of the ornament box. So, we proceeded to decorate with all the sweet, more fragile, sentimental ornaments we have collected over the years.

And yes, many were broken. But luckily, I broke the first ornament went meant I couldn't scold or be mad at anyone else. I must say that I think my curious cat Cali has broken the most ornaments as she decides every night to crawl through the tree and undecorate it. This means things to do in the morning as we go on scavenger hunts for the ornaments the cat played with throughout the night!

All I can say is that no matter how messy or how silly our tree may look, we are together as a family. And it is a Christmas that we get to spent just enjoying each other. (It is the first time in 11 years that I haven't been in a Christmas Eve service in some way. And this will be the first time my family gets to go to a Christmas Eve service TOGETHER!)

Emily

Henry

Sara

Cali

Our tree...