Thomas boy is 16 months!!!!!!!!!!

Oh sweet boy of ours! He turned 16 months yesterday!
Our Thomas:
weighs a whoppin' 27 pounds
LOVES playin' balls
loves to dance, especially to the "Sharing song" by Jack Johnson
loves to spin round and round and walk backwards
still a Mama's boy :)
is a champ at playing his stacking rings
thrashes the family room and kitchen in 5 minutes
likes throwing things away, even toys. Gotta keep a close eye on the guy
loves to "help" Mommy pick things up and fold clothes, etc..
going up and down slides
fits "Thomas the Tank engine" name
He is a total crack up, and his laugh is completely contagious
and the list goes on.....
I sure love you little buddy. We are so grateful you are ours! :)

playing pretend and treasuring the moments...

Emma is going to preschool this month. She is SO ready and I thought I was to, until the last few days. I know it's just preschool, but being my first this is a whole new experience for me. She's ALWAYS been with ME. I just hope and pray that Derek and I have taught her enough as she approaches this new stage in life. Of course, there is A WHOLE LOT more to teach her. But you know what I mean? I love her so much. I'll be honest, I'm a little sad to see her go (I know weird right? It's only 4 hours a week) but I'm also so happy for her. She is SOOOOOOOO excited. I think it was March when I registered her and she hasn't stopped talking about it since :) hahahaha. She is definitely ready.
So, as I've been thinking more of how precious my time is with my children since they are growing up sooo fast I have been trying to do better at sitting back and doing things with them. A lot of times I worry so much about keeping up with the house cleaning, getting dinner ready, running errands, etc....but it does make such a difference when I take more time in slowing down and kick back (even if I haven't showered:) to play with them. Here are some of our fun pretends lately....:)

playing Tea Party with the munchkins

I did have a special pirate hat for Thomas for the Tea party but it lasted on his head for about .5 seconds :)

Now 'Doctor' time on sick Mama! Emma had fun giving me plenty of shots all over including my nose and eye lids. CAN YOU FREAKING IMAGINE getting real shots there? Ow.

Here she is feeding me purple and pink grapes to get better. They were pom poms she was pretending were grapes. I kept spitting them out, she got a kick out of it.

Oh yeah..ssshhhh, don't say anything to Emma. I just got done making these felt cupcakes for her birthday next month. They are a present and I can't WAIT to give them to her. I think she'll have fun using them for her tea parties, don't you think? I took this class from the wonderful Liz Kartchner at Something Splendid