Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas!! The girls woke up excited to see what Santa had delivered. Watching them experience Christmas morning was the best gift. The holidays are so bright when seen through the eyes of children. 

We spent the morning at our house with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Athena, Uncle Aaron, Auntie Emily, and Trevor. We then headed up to Great Uncle Ed for an amazing feast. We hope your Christmas was filled with joy, happiness, and good health.







Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve 2013

We spent Christmas Eve with Mormor and Morfar at "the farm." We had a great time eating, baking cookies, eating, playing, eating, opening gifts, and eating. It was a beautiful winter wonderland outside. We were happy to cozy up to the fire and enjoy the day together.









Saturday, December 14, 2013

Keeping busy


Evelyn loves to draw, color, paint, and generally keep busy this cold winter creating lots of artwork. Here are some of her latest creations...

Lion

Grandpa Olson



Saturday, December 7, 2013

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Evelyn is 4

As many of you know, I have been taking pictures of Evelyn routinely in the cozy rocking chair with the orange bird pillow. It has been so much fun to watch her grow in comparison to the bird, which surprisingly has maintained it's shape extremely well. She is used to the routine of the "bird picture" and typically climbs up into the chair and gives me a big smile. Sometimes, as you can imagine, things get a little silly and sometimes down right out of control. I am happy if I get one quality picture out of the photo session. Today I got many.





At 4 years old, Evelyn...

loves to color and paint.
enjoys building extravagant "cakes" out of legos.
changes her clothes at least 3 times during the day.
likes to wear dresses, dance costumes, and fancy shoes.
loves to bake cookies and banana bread with her mommy.
attends preschool and loves her teachers and friends.
likes to stay up late at night singing to herself well past her bedtime.
enjoys dance class and swimming lessons.
wants to be a teacher, mommy, singer, and dancer when she grows up.
loves to play with baby dolls and is a sweet little mommy.
writes her name and a few other words (mommy & daddy).





Happy Birthday Evelyn!

For Evelyn's birthday this year we...

1. Took her out to dinner. Just Mommy, Daddy, and Evelyn. She chose to eat at Noodles and Co. and ordered the Wisconsin Mac & Cheese. Of course.

2.  Then off to a play at the Children's Theater. It just so happened that this year's holiday play is Cinderella. She couldn't have been happier. 


Thursday, November 28, 2013

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Evelyn's 4th Birthday Party

Evelyn is 4! She had 10 little girls over for a ballerina party decked out in tutus, leotards and ballet slippers. They were adorable!




Little ballerina craft activity

The party favors: pink velvet hair clips





4 going on...




Sunday, November 3, 2013

Autumn beauty








Autumn is our favorite time of year. We spent a gorgeous fall morning hiking around Afton State Park. Simply lovely.