March Sprouts, Under the Sea Adventure

Baby Liam's first Sprouts! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Notice Rory's hat! Go Celts!

Raise your hand if you like St. Patrick's Day!

We really like St. Patrick's Day around here! We love to dress up for the day. We started out our day at the YMCA this year. Daddy came along so that made it extra special. 

Cecily got to wear her "Irish Princess Dress." I wore this very dress when I was in the "It's a Small World" dance in ballet class when I was little. (The theme of the dance production was-- Let's go to Disney Land... I still haven't ever gotten to go on that ride... someday!) My mom saved it for me, and Cecily loved wearing it! Between watching Celtic Woman and Riverdance she knew just what to do when she wore it. It was really cool because we ran into Beth Lane, a friend who has know Rory for a long time. Cecily did her Riverdance for Beth and the ladies at the desk. It was super cute.

The tee shirt that Rosemary wore was historic as well. My sister Cara sent that tee shirt in a package when Cecily was born. I remember pulling that shirt out of the box- size 24 months and thinking "This shirt is huge!" I held it up next to my tiny little baby and wondered how on earth she could ever get this big. Cecily wore the shirt on her first birthday. I am pretty sure she wore it the next year too. Then Rosemary has worn it the past two years. Time to retire it, at least until the next little one---  as in cousin comes along. 

Her happy place!

Rosemary LOVES her classes at the YMCA! It is a miracle that I was able to snap any of these shots, and almost unbelievable that any of them are in focus! When she get's in this wide open space full of things to throw, knock over or climb through-- She's in heaven!! She goes from one spot to the next and ends up just running around in circles! This particular class is suppose to introduce the kids to different kinds of sports. So far she has been a natural at soccer. She loves to kick the ball and even runs while kicking. it. So far she has tried to kick all the balls. Daddy is still holding out hope for a little basketball player. We'll see! All I know is that this kid will want to do dance and sports! She just wants to move! 

Belle Birthday Ball!

Special Friends

 We got this adorable dress from our friend Amber. Once I saw it, I knew we had to wear it to the Library!

This is her posing face-- she told me to take the picture and then made this face!

Of course all the cutest shots are blurry!

We love the Library!

On Tuesdays we have gotten into the routine of going to Story time at our local library. Then the girls get to spend some time in the children's area. They both take turns having computer time. Rosie loves the puzzle in the library (her Auntie G got her one for at home too!). Cecily get's to pick out five read along stories that she listens to during her rest time. 

It's a fun little weekly routine that we all enjoy. (Tuesday is Rory's day off, so sometimes he comes. But usually the girls and I need to get out and he needs some time at home!)

Happy Birthday Cecily!

Daddy prepared the breakfast, found the flower and put up the special birthday decorations. What a guy!

 We just can't believe that our baby is four years old! I know that everyone says this, but it really does just seem like yesterday she was born! We are so happy to have her in our lives. She is such a blessing and we marvel at all the little things that she says and does. It is such a wonderful gift to watch her tender heart unfold!

 Over the summer while I was recovering Grandma Pam, a family friend helped us with the girls. She told Cecily all about how in their family on your Birthday you get to be woken up with breakfast in bed. So for our wedding she and her husband gave us this tray so that we could carry on the tradition. We have tried to do this off and on, but Cecily latched right on to this tradition! She has been waiting for her day to have breakfast in bed!
Daffodils are her special flower because they always come up right around her Birthday. Last year I told her that she would know it was her Birthday when the daffodils started blooming. So when I told her it was her Birthday she said, "Oh are the daffodils up?" So this year we wanted to wake her up with a daffodil! She loved it!

She was so happy!

All she wanted for her Birthday was for Nanny to make a Belle dress. We ended up buying her one. (By the way, a Belle dress was surprisingly hard to come by when we were looking for one.) She was a very happy little girl. We enjoyed spending the day as a family! We went to the library and to Burger King to celebrate.