Sissy is 4!!!!!

Our Molli-magoo turned 4 last week!!  So funny, someone recently asked her how old she was and she almost said 3!!  We are all trying to get used to the fact that she's 4 now:)  It's often said, kids get too big too fast!!

Molli had such a busy day on her birthday.  After we dropped off brother Max at Safety Town, we went to our new library for the first time.  She picked out some princess books, of course.  Then, mommy was busy making cupcakes and pasta salad for the party later!  After we picked-up Max, we played at the park for a little bit and then stopped at McDonald's for a special birthday lunch!!  We had to be out of the house for the day (because a sump pump was being installed in our basement - another story for another time!), so we took our lunch over to Nanie's house.  During lunch, Nanie came up with a grand idea - to walk to the ice cream store!!  So Nanie, Max, and Molli set off for their long walk to Snookies for yet another birthday treat:)  Mommy stayed behind while Miley napped!  That night, we had mommy's side of the family over for a cookout!  Man, mommy's exhausted just typing this all out!

It was such a special day for our 4 year old 'princess'!

Moving Day

Well, we finally did it!!  We have moved into a more spacious house for our family:)

The move started last weekend and we had SO MUCH HELP!!  I have the best family in the world - LOVE them!  It was a rainy day, so that stunk.  But because we had so much help, the move didn't last too long.  The 'guys' helped load and unload the moving truck and cars, and the 'ladies' helped clean the old place and put together the new place!!  Brother Bill documented the day's events:

The damn bus!  Almost left it at the old house - what a chore to get it out!

 

And she's EMPTY!

The guys are calling it 'quits'

WELCOME to our new home!  Come on in!

Living Room

Sun Room

Kitchen

Molli's Room

Max's Room
Buddy Lee (Mike's Dad) - Professional Blind Installer

Miley's Room

Basement Play Room
Oh, if only the basement could be this clean all of the time:)

As soon as I feel more 'settled', I'll give a photo grand tour of the house, furnished!  Or, better yet, come and visit us!!!

Preschool Graduates

Well, summer has officially begun at the Young's!!  Max and Molli both finished preschool last week.  We celebrated their successful year with a class picnic for each of them!

Molli with her teachers, Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Pigott

Max at his Graduation, diploma in hand, and his teacher Ms. Kreiman

Well, now we have 4 year old preschool and Kindergarten to look forward to after summer is over:)

15 Months

 Little miss 'thing' is growing, growing, growing!!  We are slowly but surely entering the toddler stage.  She recently had her 15 month check-up, and here's how she looks:

Miley's Stats

Height: 30 inches (37%)

Weight: 20 lbs. 14 oz. (21%) - the doc was very pleased with this:)

and here's what she's doing:

Fun Facts

~ 8 teeth (4 top, 4 bottom)

~ no more bottle:)

~ one nap a day

~ shows attitude when she doesn't get her way by laying on the floor and kicking

~ talks all of the time!!  you typically can't understand her, but she is constantly carrying on a conversation, maybe with someone, maybe with herself- who knows!

~ says many words, some more clearly than others:  momma, dadda, sissy, Nanie, Papa, Batta, bye, hi, oh man, hat, ball, outside, mower, boot, book, eye, ni-night

~ has an attitude already

~ loves being chased by brother and sissy

~ is a Daddy's girl

~ loves to play outside

~ will not eat any sort of veggie:(

~ eats any and all of fruit she is given

~ enjoys listening to music

~ has a very dramatic attitude (I feel like I've mentioned this before?!?!)

~ thinks she's a big girl sometimes and 'walks' down the stairs - she is quickly re-routed to turn around and go down on her belly!

~ likes to try-out/wear all styles and sizes of shoes

She is such a cutie patoot!  Miley tests mommy's patience more often than not, but I know this is just a stage:)  Before we know it, she'll be out of a crib, out of diapers, and speaking sentences (that are understood!).

Early Mother's Day Celebrations

At school this week, Max and Molli's classes had special Mother's Day celebrations!  It was so nice to be able to attend, by myself, and be one-on-one with each of the big kids.

Molli's Mother's Day Tea was on Wednesday.  Molli and her classmates walked into the classroom wearing the gift they made for their moms!  TOO CUTE!!!!  They sang 3 lovely songs, of course all about mommies!  Molli was the loudest singer!!  After the serenade, we had tea, strawberries, and muffins!  Molli poured my tea and served me the muffins that the kids had made a couple of days before at school.

Max's Mother's Day celebration was today.  He sang a couple of songs and then he gave me my gift and we enjoyed cookies and juice!  He was really excited about the party all week.  Max was a really good secret keeper because I had no idea what his songs were or his present.  Both kids did an excellent job keeping things a secret!

I LOVED having this separate time with my big kids!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the special moms out there!