Happy Birthday Lydia!

Lydia's 3!


The birthday girl and her birthday cake.
Ella and her empty plate.
Time for her birthday gifts. Lots of princess gifts for this little diva.
Ella's content with playing with the paper and other gifts after her sisters have moved onto unopened presents.
Here is the birthday girl at dinner. She spent the afternoon playing at the hotel waterpark. (Pictures to follow at a later date since they are on the other camera and I am not ambitious enough to get up and download them right now).

Birthday Breakfast

We start birthday celebrations early in the day. This year, for Lydia's birthday we woke up at Grandma and Grandpa Borneman's house.

But sticking with tradition, Lydia had 3 candles in her pancakes. Happy 3rd Birthday Lydia!

More Valentine's Day

Grace couldn't have had a better start to her Valentine's Day. Dance class with 9 of her favorite dance class friends.

10 little princesses decked out in their cutest reds and pinks to celebrate the holiday.
3 beautiful sisters chilling and reading books.

Someday, I will get a picture of all three girls smiling AND looking at the camera. Until then, you will have to settle for the pictures that you get.

Valentine's Breakfast ( a little late)

So aside from the short post yesterday, we've been a bit slow about blogging the past week. But I am a bit determined to catch up a little.

For Valentine's Day, we made heart shaped cinnamon rolls and decorated them with pink and red sprinkles. (Yes, you read that right, I gave my girls a lot of sugar for breakfast).

Here they are making sure Ella is buckled in tight. I love the way that these three beautiful girls love each other and work together.
I am amazed more and more each day as Ella wants to do exactly what her big sisters do.

Mini Mommy (and Daddy too)

Just in case you haven't had your annual dose of pictures of Grace and Lydia dressing up in my clothes, here's more.



Somehow Grace and Lydia taught Ella to wear momma boots. While Grace and Lydia tend to prance around the house in my shoes and boots, Ella has taken a liking to wearing Grace and Lydia's boots. Now I just need to post those pictures...

First Time on Skates

It's not every weekend that we have no plans for an entire Saturday. But on a given Saturday in February we had a wide open schedule. On top on not having plans, the temperatures were supposed to be above 20 degrees.

So I suggested ice skating or sledding. Grace and Lydia unanimously voted for ice skating. Paul thought I was crazy, seriously crazy. I'm not exactly sure why he thought the entire idea was crazy, but he did. (Then again, I am used to bringing three little girls with me almost all the time. Why should a little ice be a hindrance)?

So we picked out skates, put them on and headed to the ice.
Within seconds of being on the ice, both Grace and Lydia were skating on their own.

Lydia was thrilled to be skating by herself.

So was Grace!
Finally Paul and Ella make it outside.
Obviously Ella didn't get skates of her own, but she was content running around the ice in her boots.



We can't wait to go back!!

Reading with Grandma

Grandma Pedersen was kind enough to come down for a morning visit last week. The girls did crafts, read books and played Barbies with Grandma. These three little girls definitely kept Grandma on her toes! Although I am sure she enjoyed every minute of it.