Friday, February 12, 2010

Abby is 2 years old!

Welcome to the wonderful world of peanut butter... obviously Abster thinks it was worth the wait!

We decided to celebrate Abster's birthday with the immediate family at the old homestead. Of course, an Elmo theme was the only choice for the cake decorations.

It seems that every child in America has to have their picture taken in a laundry basket! So here you go Abby.

Jackson is learning about Dr. Suess at school. He has to create a poster with a time line of the author's life and present to his class. Of course, he is going to wear The Cat in the Hat outfit for his presentation.

Snow was forecasted for Atlanta the night before it arrived. We quickly ran over to Publix and bought out all the bread and milk to prepare for the winter storm. All you can eat french toast at the Schwartzes!!! All the schools and roads were closed the night before the storm just in case... Of course daycare closed in anticipation of the snow.... I wonder if they will give us our money back for the day???

Once the snow starting falling, the kids had a great time playing outside and throwing snowballs at Stiv! They even taught Abster how to eat snow (see the video below).





Notice how unprepared we are for this type of weather. Catie does not have a true winter coat to protect her from the elements, nor does she know any better.


Jackson looks like he is up to no good with his huge snowball....


Thursday, February 4, 2010

Catie Cooper turns 5!!!

Once again, Catie and Bella had a joint birthday party. This year it was at 2 Crafty Chicks where they worked on a craft project. Due to space limitations, we had limit the party to a few friends from school. Sorry neighbors, hope no one is angry with the Schwartzes.

Ms. High Maintenance insisted on wearing a Chuck E Cheese crown and medal at the party.

Abster got her first haircut. No tears... she sat down and got right to business. She even talked the hairdresser into giving her a lollipop before the haircut instead of after!

Jackson sported his new shirt and tie for the mid-year academic awards. He got 2 awards... one for straight A's and the other for perfect attendance.

Catie enjoyed midnight bowling for a friend's birthday party... Thank goodness they had the gutter guards up!

We went to the Children's Museum and the kids loved it. They had a few new things since we were there last. Painting was a real hit. Below, Catie's picture of a lion.