Friday, May 27, 2011

Sarah Kate--Two years old!

Happy birthday, Sarah Kate!  She is such a big girl now!  We are planning a birthday party for June when I am home, but we had cake and opened a few gifts with Aunt Amanda, Asher and Uncle Jamie when they were in town the weekend before her birthday.  She got a dollhouse from Grandma and Grandpa and it totally overshadowed the high chair we got for her dolls!  :)

Sarah Kate has definitely become quite the talker, and we can actually understand most of what she says now.  She also loves to sing!  She usually sings "Holy, Holy, Holy," the ABCs, and the Imperial March from Star Wars.  (Yep, she's got two older brothers!)  She can't sing the words to the hymn or the letters correctly, but you can definitely recognize the tune.  She has also learned two catechism questions:  "Who made you?" (God) and "Where is God?" (everywhere).  She loves to sing the second question with Mommy, and it is so sweet to hear her little voice sing her two-year-old interpretation of the word "everywhere."

We haven't seen a lot of tantrums yet, but we have definitely seen some attitude!  When you tell her "no," she will pout and turn her head away, refusing to look at you.  Noel and I have to turn away and try not to laugh while we are disciplining her!  It's hard to discipline someone so cute, but we know she needs it, even if her rebellion sometimes cracks us up.

Here's some photos of our big two-year-old!








Thursday, May 26, 2011

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter this year!  We spent time before Easter using the Resurrection Eggs to talk about Christ's arrest, trial, crucifixion, burial and resurrection.  All the kids loved singing "Christ Arose!" after each time we used the Resurrection Eggs.  Even Sarah Kate would sing along as best she could!

The weekend before Easter, we had our friends over for our annual Easter egg hunt.  The kids hunted for eggs and feasted on pizza and cupcakes.

When my last round of chemo was cancelled, I was able to unexpectedly be home for Easter weekend.  Aunt Amanda, Asher and Uncle Jamie were in town, too!  It was a wonderful time of family and celebrating Christ's resurrection.  He is risen!