Pre-school Birthday Celebration

Jaxon's pre-school class celebrated his birthday today. I was asked to bring his favorite book, treat, and picture. He had so much fun decorating & eating his own cookies and of course blowing out his candles.

Omar, Salma, Grace, Jax, and Egamon

I love how focused he gets while painting.

Jaxon's 2nd Birthday

We had a few of Jaxon's friends over Sunday night to celebrate his birthday a few days early. It was so entertaining to watch him while we sang Happy Birthday. He was so excited!!

My cute and ever so talented neighbor Alicia came over and helped me decorate the cake. Jaxon has been obsessed the past couple months with trains or "choo choos", so I was so excited when another friend on campus, Jen, had the train cake molds. I think it turned out so cute.

Sheldon, Jax, and Maddy

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a fun Crimson Kids Valentine's party this morning. Jaxon helped me make his Valentine's earlier this week. I got this idea from my friend Chelsea's blog. They are mini match boxes covered in paper with a little ribbon. They are the perfect size for a little kid and a fun treasure box too. Jaxon kept wanting to open all of them once we were finished - they were mini presents to him. He kept holding them up to me saying "open, open" - I finally had to start hiding them after having to re-tie the ribbon on a few. He had so much fun handing them out to all the kids.

They had so many fun things for the kids to do - cookie decorating, Valentine's crafts, stamp "wall art", face painting, snacks, and a toy car race track. Jaxon especially loved the cookie decorating and stamp wall.

We had a yummy dinner last night at the Cheesecake Factory. It is fun to have so many close by and to be able to show up at 6:00pm on a Friday night and get right in.

Lake Winnipesaukee

We had a fun weekend in New Hampshire at Lake Winnipesaukee. I have been obsessed with this lake ever since "What About Bob" - one of my favorites!! Although I was very disappointed to learn the movie wasn't actually filmed here. It was such a gorgeous weekend. It had rained a few days before, so the lake was so smooth - it usually is covered in snow, but with the rain it made for a perfect ice skating rink.
We stayed at Archibald's amazing home - so pretty. I love the layout and design. It has so much character.

Michelle, Kristin, Alli, me, and Laura enjoying a nice lunch without the kids at Lydia's Cafe

I had never been on a frozen lake before. It was a little scary. I took Jaxon out with me and I kept wondering what I would do if the ice broke through, but then I saw a jeep drive by, and I figured we were fine. Here are a few of us ice skating.The water by the dock is not frozen, because they have fans below to keep it from freezing over so it won't ruin the dock. It freaked me out a little bit when stepping onto the water.
The boys playing ice hockey until it was dark

Their place really is amazing.

game room