3 Year Pictures

Christmas 2010

We were blessed with another amazing Christmas season. The kids were very excited this year and were a little to into receiving presents. One thing we had decided on before we had kids was that we wanted to have them believe in Santa as long as they understood the REAL meaning for the season. When we went to visit Santa with Grandma and Grandpa the kids through a FIT.


We had two weeks of whirl wind parties. Luckily we were not sick over Christmas I started the flu bug on a Sunday and by the following Sunday we were finally all over it just in time for
the festivities to begin. It was so sad seeing the kids sick with the flu!!Another reason we love the Holidays is because it gives us the chance to catch up family that we don't see often and Owen and Kennedy love to play with their 2nd and 3rd cousins.
Christmas Eve we celebrated with our family of four. We decided to give the kids 3 gifts for Christmas just like baby Jesus received from the three Wise men. They have become a bit ungrateful and very into presents....we hope this will change quickly! Their big gift was a Leapster 2 it is for ages 4 -7 but they are always playing games on our phones so we thought hey would enjoy these learning games. Kennedy LOVES it and plays it often Owen tries once or twice and then is done.

Owen's first gift a race track for his cars

Kennedy a puppy that walks and barks (Check out Kennedy's lipstick!)

Submarine Diego

Kennedy very exited because she got the mermaid she has been asking for

Opening their Leapsters

Happy with their gifts

Christmas morning when they saw "Santa" ate the milk and cookies and left them some stocking stuffers!

On Christmas Day we went to my parents house with my parents, brothers and my grandma's. We had a delicious dinner of prime rib!! We had a great time ;playing games all day and opening gifts. I forgot the camera!!! I took a few with my moms camera so hopefully I can upload them soon.

The Day after Christmas we went to Church for Christmas service which was WONDERFUL. We then headed to Jeremiah's aunts house for his moms side of the family. We had a great time as usual unfortunately I only have a couple of pictures.
They were the entertainment for the party playing Ring around the Rosies


Kennedy Loved helping Aunt Cindy hand out the gifts

We had a great Christmas and Hope you all did too!

Bean Bags

With a gift card they got for their birthday we decided bean bags would be a good gift. I always intended to get them those very cute Pottery barn chairs but they are expensive and I feel they are almost grown out of them by now so bean bags will do;) They came to the store with me to pick them out. Owen wanted the ones with a few sports balls on it and Kennedy wanted PLAIN pink she didn't want anything on it. They played on the for about an hour. Here are just a few of the pictures.

Smile nice

Kennedy put your glass down

Owen not a silly smile

Owen.......not a silly smile please


And for some reason this looks sillier

And they are done

Birthday Celebrations

Friday was Owen and Kennedy's 3rd Birthday. Since they LOVE the water Jeremiah and I decided to take them to an indoor water park / hotel not to far away. We let them open their gifts before we hopped in the car. On the way we stopped to Applebee's for lunch. We went to Red Robin for my cousin Amy's Birthday in June and Owen and Kennedy thought it was pretty cool that they sang to her so we thought it might be fun to have them sing to them. They received a birthday Sundae as well so that was a treat! The kids slept well in the car on the way up and after we settled into our room we put our bathing suits on and headed to the water park. We had a lot of fun playing in the water. They didn't have whole lot for kids their age but Owen and Kennedy just like jumping in the water anyway. We did do the lazy river a couple hundred times and the wave pool, toddler pool and splash zone. After a good 4 hours in the pool area we went to dinner and the server mentioned that they each got cake for their birthday....little did we know she brought them each A cake. Yup, two exhausted children in a new place on a complete sugar high.....not a great idea!! We let them eat part of their cake and went to story time where they were the only kids and they loved it. We drove around awhile hoping to have them fall asleep and transfer them from the car to the bed. Unfortunately, that always sounds easier than what it is. Kennedy ended up being awake until about 12:30! Then she woke up at 1:25...really fun times! The next morning after a few successful hours of sleep we went to the water park again for a few hours before heading home. We don't have very many photos of the water park because our lens steamed up so the photos we do have our from our phones.


Opening presents. They got Pj's, a fun towel and Owen got a dump truck and Kennedy got doll house furniture.



Kennedy did not like crossing the bridge

Owen loved squirting daddy on the tube

The morning before the water park we took advantage of the jacuzzui tub in the room. Jets make a lot of bubbles with shampoo (we didn't have bubble bath, ha!).




On Sunday we had a small birthday party with grandparent and great grandma's. Owen wanted a Lightning McQueen cake and Kennedy wanted a princess cake.





Owen got a bit shy as we were singing








4 Generations of Aardema's


4 Generations of Little's (Owen wanted No part in another picture)

3 Years

Owen

You are such an energetic and goofy kid. You love to rough house but also really enjoy sitting quietly reading books. You LOVE books!!! We recently moved you to a toddler bed since you have been climbing out of your bed often. You are incredibly stubborn and very focused. We have recently started having to lock your bedroom door to keep you in your room at night. You no longer enjoy sleeping and fight it at nap time and at night. You are still a very sound sleeper when you get to sleep. A few weeks ago you did not want to go to bed so you stripped off your PJ's and diaper and covered yourself in your blanket and zonked out. A few hours later I went down to turn off you light I found you completely naked in your bed....you are a stinker! You are full of personality and quite a funny kid. You tend to be a bit more abrupt than you should be and push the limits often. However, you are also very loving and concerned when someone gets hurt or does not participate in an activity. Your favorite things right now are lightning McQueen and trucks. Your favorite food is sweets of any kind but when we are out to eat you also choose a burger and fries. You are a pretty good eater and are not very picky. You like fruits and vegetables and LOVE milk. Your favorite shows to watch are: Dora, Calliou and Curious George. You have seen one movie start to finish and you loved it......Cars with your favorite Lightning McQueen. You are now potty trained and only wear diapers at night but are dry pretty much every morning when you wake up. You are so smart and remember everything it is unbelievable what you can figure out. You blow me away daily with your memory and understanding. I love you so much and am so thankful you still enjoy cuddles while reading books or when you are tired. I am so honoured and thankful I was chosen to be your mom.

Love you xoxo Mom

Kennedy

You are such a sweet and loving girl. You can be a bit temperamental at times but you are full of love and tenderness almost always. You are constantly saying "I love you momma" and blowing me kisses often....I just eat it up because I am sure that will end soon enough. You hate to have your hair combed and scream and cry but you do not want it cut. You still sleep with your bear and take it almost everywhere. You are so full of personality and we laugh at things you say several times daily. You and Owen started children's worship a few weeks ago and you seem to really enjoy it. Today you said to me "mommy I was just a little bit scared but I had fun" All day you have been telling me you were just a little bit scared. You are mostly potty trained but you sometimes tell me you have to go after you have started going. You love all things girl and are really into princesses. You are very good at sharing and are very concerned about Owen often if he is sad or having a temper tantrum you want to console him. You love the water and I catch you playing in the bathroom sink nearly daily. You are very shy and don't do very well in large groups of adults. Even if you know everyone well it takes you a bit to warm up in a big group of people. Some of you favorite things are water, dolls, babies and make-up. Your favorite food is cheese and fruit. You love nearly almost every vegetable and food but we recently discovered your disgust for green olives. Your favorite television shows are Dora, Ruby & Max and Calliou.
You are a very sweet and sensitive girl and I am so blessed to be your mom. I LOVE you!

Mom

Thanksgiving, Christmas and Birthdays

For Thanksgiving Sonya (Jeremiah's sister) and her husband Marc came into town to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and Birthdays. We had a great time spending time with them. The kids were so excited to see Aunt Sonya and Uncle Marc again.


4 generations of Schrumpf's


My brother Brandon was also in town so we celebrated Owen and Kennedy's birthday on Friday with my family.

Kennedy opened this and said "Barbie" had no idea she knew of Barbie.

Uncle Marc helping Kennedy put stickers on her Barbie car.

We had a very busy but very fun four days! Today we had a birthday breakfast with the Little family to celebrate Grandma's birthday on the 1st, Uncle Marc's birthday on the 2nd and Owen and Kennedy's birthday on the 3rd! Crazy that three days in a row there are 4 birthdays!

Halloween Party and Halloween

All the kiddos


Kennedy loved this black crow

Owen loved carving his pumpkin all by himself!

Kennedy enjoyed cuddle time with Crew


Tom took all the kids on a nature hike...look how far apart they are...ha!

Owen needed to hold Tom's hand the entire time:)

On Halloween we tried to make the rounds a bit....we visited Grandma Little, Sandy (babysitter) and then went trick or treating.

Here are our little pirates visiting Sandy's condo. Owen walked right in with barely saying hello.

Kennedy and Sandy posed very nicely for several pictures but this is the only one we have with Owen's face in it:)

At Grandma's house daddy took the kids for a ride on the riding mower...they loved it. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture with grandma in it.

Before trick or treating with our friends the Vera and Finn. They live in the perfect neighborhood for trick or treating....we had so much fun! Look at those cute dinosaurs and pirates!!! Thanks for having us.