Happy 4th Birthday Mimi!

Mimi had a great 4th birthday!  Fun at home, a party at school and then a big friends party later in the week!

 The table is all set by Mommy and Hank…Mimi will come down and see all of this in the morning. 

 She loves Hello Kitty!  Thanks for the AWESOME backpack Uncle Tony!

 Birthday party fun at school!

 And then at home…. :)

 Then Grandma and Grandpa Van Acker came in town and Mimi got to try out her new hair salon on them.  Grandpa loves getting his hair brushed.

 And Grandma is getting her hair wet first to get  it styled :)

 Who doesn't love Grandpa Wayne's malteds…we LOVE them!

 Mimi and Grandpa chopping all sorts of stuff for the party

 The table is set - cupcakes are finished :)

 Gift bags are all ready (yes, we had more boys than girls at this party)

 FOOD!  Everybody loved taking a break from the bouncer to eat!

 Mimi also got to bring Scraps home from school.  He is the puppy that goes to each students house to spend time with them.  And scraps got to be here on birthday party weekend!

Family photo by the bouncer.  SO much fun!

Weekend Fun!

We have been keeping busy on the weekends.  Lots of fun stuff!

 We went to the Big Apple Circus!  Lots of fun!

 We saw jugglers and horses and dogs and tight rope walkers and lots of good things!

 We became part of the show!

 Then we went and saw the Lego movie...

 in 3D…it was awesome!  Just like the song they sing in the movie "Everything is Awesome"  which we listen to over and over and over now :)

 And we went to Legoland here in Atlanta!  Not as many rides as the one in FL but still lots of fun!

 Big Lego creations for us to try out...

 Mimi was excited because they had a Friends section :)

 And a big soft lego pit to jump around in with a giant palm tree and giraffe made out of legos!

 Enjoying a very bright sunny day!

 Hiking at the Roswell Mill

 Mimi is ready for the hike

 Walking one of the many hills and checking out the water below

Found a good 'ol tree to take a rest.  Beautiful day and fun hiking!

Mimi Starts Preschool!

Mimi is starting in a 3 year old class for a couple days a week thru May.  It will give her some more fun things to do during the day.  And her first day is a valentines celebration since they missed having one last week due to the snow.  So she has some good fun packed in her first day!

 Yay!  We went shopping for some new first day clothes yesterday! (Thanks Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed)

 All ready!  Lunchbox is packed backpack it on ready to head to school!

Daddy and Mimi posing at the school.  Mimi was very brave and only cried a little as we left…Mommy…not so brave :)

Here and Gone!

This is how quickly the snow came and left Atlanta...

 This picture was taken on Thursday morning around 9am…we had all sleet and ice on Wednesday and then wednesday night into Thursday morning it snowed and snowed and it was cold.  Hank and Mimi got to make their snowman!

This picture was taken the same day!  Thursday afternoon, around 3pm.  GONE!  Snow melting quickly in the 40 degree temps and we are supposed to be in the 60's for a good part of next week!  Thank goodness we live in the South!

Here We Go Again!

 So it started as rain…turned to sleet then it started to freeze up….This was from the first wave of freezy slushy stuff

 And here we are day 2 - not leaving because of the inches of snow that dropped last night onto the frozen stuff!

 But you don't hear Mimi and Hank complaining!  They love it!

 Snow angels and

Snow castles are now decorating our yard :)

SNOW MUCH FUN!

 When it all started…it was a nice dusting for GA...

 And when it all ended…it was a heavy coating by GA standards…not really by this NJ/Chicago family.  We have been waiting for this!

 Hank and Mimi got out there right away.  Nothing can stop them from playing in the snow!

 Hank's snow cheeks :)

 Mimi has the snow clothes...

 Hank does not have the clothes so we came up with this :)

 Day 2 and they are searching for snow as it starts to melt away fast!

Snow castles are still in the shade so they are still surviving…maybe another day?

What We Have Been Up To...

It's cold here…cold for GA.  We have had several days only in the teens…too cold for us!  But we have been keeping busy...

 Snuggling on the couch keeps us warm :)

 The extent of the snow we have received.  Really, if it is going to be this cold we should at least be able to enjoy more snow that that!

 Mimi loves all her new kitchen appliances, mixer, blender, coffemaker and a toaster…Hank even joins in…thanks Grandma Judy!

 When you are in town you need to swing by Mimi's cafe…open for business :)

 Hank is loving his Angry Birds sweatshirt…great find cousin Rene!

 Some of the days are really tough around here…really tough...

 Ready for action…Mimi is even dressed for it in her Belle heels...

 Hank went to an awesome birthday party for his friend Martin at Skyzone…

 Trampolines are everywhere…you can bounce off the walls.  Here is Hank in action…and blurry because he is moving so fast!

 This girl will mix anything.  Today was mixing paint...

 One of our nicer days…we walked home from school.  Hank and his buddy Eric.

 Mommy lets me help with dinner now.  Of course, we are very careful on the stove…but I get to mix things!

Another nice day we had we went mini golfing…and Hank got a hole in 1!