The Ice Skating Party

Well we did the ice skating think last night.  My kids have been dying to go ever since Christmas break.  Then we went to a friends Hockey game at the end of January and they wanted to go even more.  Marsha invited Molly to Morgan's birthday party and they were going ICE SKATING!!!!!  I knew that I had to take Emmett or he would make me miserable for the whole weekend.  So we let Emmett invite a friend and come friday we headed to BGSU!

Here are a few of the AWESOME pictures!!!   They turned out horrible.  The lighting was so bad in there and I don't know enough about my camera.  So this is what you get! 

I can't believe I even have a picture of Emmett using the "walker".  He used it the first time around and was on his own from there.  I was surprised how well he did for his first time!  He was on the ice the entire time. 

Max was sooooo much fun.  I didn't even think they would have skates to fit him.  But they did!  They even had smaller ones.  He LOVED it and skated almost the whole time.  His new obsession is Hockey!  He wouldn't skate without that stick.  Chad & I both (mostly Chad) had fun taking him around.

Molly was so excited to go too!  Her outfit was so perfect.  She almost looks like she knows what she is doing with that "professional" looking outfit.  Leave it to Molly to always have the "perfect" outfit!  She didn't last as long as the boys, but still had a great time!  That's Rudi's friend Mallory helping Molly go around without the walker....Thanks Mallory!!

Emmett and his friend Kaden!!

Kaden whizzing around!  He did awesome too.  This was his first time also.

I just can't get over such a little guy wearing ICE SKATES!!!

Molly and the Birthday Girl!!  Morgan was so good too!!  This was her first time ice skating and she acted like an ol' pro.  We joked that Morgan and Emmett should become a figure skating pair!  I think she had a wonderful Birthday party.

And...the woman of the hour!  Marsha did such a good job putting this together.  I think I heard Emmett thank Marsha for setting this up so he could FINALLY go ice skating.  I think there were nine kids that went and they all had a great time.  These are the childhood memories that will last a lifetime.  Thanks Marsha!!!!  (I don't think she knows I took this picture ; )

 

Happy Birthday Party Morgan!!

Today  is my neice Morgan's birthday party!  She will be turning 9 on Monday.  She is taking some friends (&Molly) to Mcdonalds to play, ice skating, and then a sleepover.  I don't know who is more excited?  Morgan or Molly?  Molly has had a countdown since there were 17 days to go.  The present has been wrapped since about day 16 and we made out Morgan's card earlier this week.  I am not usually THIS on the ball, but apparently Molly is making me be!

Morgan and Molly are buddies.  Molly really seems to look up to Morgan and wants to be around her all the time!  They definately have a special bond.  Not only do they look ALOT alike, they could play for hours and hours and never get sick of each other.  We have a new rule for Molly when she goes over to Morgan's house, Molly cannot cry and throw a fit when it is time to leave.  This is obviously a problem!

 Here is Morgan and Molly meeting for the first time!

 And once again Morgan holding Miss Molly!

 This was one Sunday before church.  Morgan and Robyn had spent the night and they all looked so cute and they wanted their pictures taken.  This was probably Morgan's idea, she is known for liking to get her picture taken.                                                                                                                                    

Molly's 3rd birthday!

I have so many pictures where Morgan and Molly are right beside each other.  Where there is one, the other isn't far behind.

I am so grateful for ALL the wonderful cousins my kids have.  They have 13 in all, 1 on the way and I am sure they will be a few more after that.  Cousins are instant friends!  I I love to see the bonds that transform.

So have a wonderful Birthday Party Morgan!  I know it will be lots of fun and lots of people to help you celebrate!  You are such a wonderful little girl to have in our family and Molly looks forward to all the fun she get to have with you

Mogan at three years old!  (isn't she adorable?!?!?)

Photo by Bryan

Yes...This is a picture of a hotdog.  This is what happens when you leave your camera laying around at a Perry household.  We have had a lot of fun with other's cameras!

Sad, sad day .....

Well it's official!!  We have taken down Max's crib.  This is the first time in 7 years that we haven't had a crib up in our house.  We put up Emmett & Max's bunk bed last saturday.  The kids absolutely LOVE them.  They belonged to Chad and Bryan when they were little.  A little red paint and they are like new!!  Max slept in his bottom bunk from the first night.  He had been running a fever so he usually found his way down to mommy and daddy's bed sometime during the night.  But by about night 4 or 5 he was staying up in his bed the entire night!! 

We kept the crib up for a week just in case Max was having a hard time transitioning.  (i think mommy and daddy were the ones having a hard time with the transition ;).  But he did just fine and never wanted back in his crib.  So yesterday...IT CAME DOWN...(*tear*)

Here it is completely assembled.

And here it is without the bedding, looking very empty.  Kinda like the way I was feeling on the inside.

Here is my baby...I mean BIG boy "helping" take it down.  Notice the tools.  It's a wonder that Chad even needed to go to the garage to get his !!

And I was doing Ok until Molly turned on the baby aquarium, which sounds like this!

I did tear up a little bit, followed my lots of hugs from Molly.  This is a sound that will always remind me of a newborn baby.  I would go into Emmett's room before he was born and turn this aquarium on and dream of bringing home my little baby.  And I would do the same when anticipating the arrivial of my other two children!  And it has been on this crib for the whole 7 years.  This is a very familiar sound that I will always associate with  the crib and the babies in it!




And this is what a room looks like with NO crib...

...and lots of kids running around!

It's kinda nice to have the extra space in the kids bedroom, but I still can't believe that I have THREE kids.  None of which are "babies".  I mean, Max is still in diapers, still takes a pacifier and we still rock him to sleep.  But he is over two and I have no idea where the time went. 

Only time will tell if that crib will make it out of the attic.  But for now, we are a cribless home!  I am going to try my best to take advantage of ALL the fun things I can do with my BIG kids without a baby slowing us down a little!  (You know...like starting a Blog!)  I love my three kids and I am definately enjoying the journey!!

Well it has been six months since I have started this blog and this is only the second time I have been back.  It is too much for me to try to figure out.  But since we have been snowed in 3 times this week and it looks like today is going to be the same, I thought I would give it another go! 

My sister and I were talking the other night about a friend of our's...Becca!  She has a very cute blog that I believe she uses as a journal also.  I have so many wonderful things going on in my life that I am NEVER going to remember.  My sister, Shannon, said "you need to start a blog!".  Well I have, I just need to start posting on it.  I enjoy sitting in front of the TV with the laptop on my lap at night after the kids have gone to bed.  So I thought that would be a good way to journal AND unwind !!!

So here are a few things that have been going on around here this past, very snowy week !

Shoveling!!

Shoveling!!!

And More Shoveling!!!

And Lots of Plowing!



We are very blessed to have lots of help with our snow removal.  Uncle Bryan came over right away in the morning and removed the first dose of snow.  Then after the second snowfall Uncle Kyle was there with the loader to remove snow AND give a few tractor rides!!  We also have a neighbor with a snowblower and he has been there everytime in between.  Chad comes home from work and there isn't much left for him to do!!!

Then we baked some cookies!!!

...and Ate some cookies!!

And, of course, there was lot & lots of playing in the snow!!

We even managed to fit in a little bit of school.  Molly had Pajama day at pre-school on Thursday.  Her Pisanello's Pizza field trip was cancelled on Tuesday and reschelduled for next week.  Emmett is going to be celebrating 100th day of school on Monday, but with 2 days cancelled it will on be the 98th day of school!!  But it was nice to get back to a little structure!!

Well I suppose that is enough for one post.  Hopefully this all upload to my blog and I may even tell someone about it!!  That wasn't that hard, but I can tell I have ALOT to learn!!