Room for New

We have been some busy little bees. The children have needed children's rooms. We switched houses almost two years ago and we'd done nothing to their rooms. So, we decided to undertake the project. Each child got to choose their wall color and their theme. Mazie chose Pink Raspberry and mermaids.
I must say the color Mazie chose made me throw up a little in the beginning. It is very bright and very pink. But now that the room is done, I love it. I think the girl's got vision and style. It is such a happy color and the room suits her great. And our little girl loves mermaids more than anything, and has for a while. She'll often put her feet together and tuck them behind her saying, "Mama, this is how a mermaid sits."
She is now the proud owner of a desk that H's dad build. She loves keeping her stuff in it. We hope Mazie has many hours of delight and relaxation in her bedroom.
Lucia was wavering too much in her (lack of) decisions, so we are giving her a little more time to decide on her room details. She has committed to light pink walls and lots of polka dots. She just can't seem to decide among princesses, ballerinas, fairies, princess ballerinas, polka dot fairies, or pink and purple fairy ballerinas. We will let you know what she goes with.
Elliott picked a fantastic blue for his walls and he wanted super heroes. I love how his room turned out.
I tried to make a lot of the elements of their rooms. Pinterest was a tremendous help. How did we function before Pinterest?

The posters over the bed have batman sitting on the left building and spider man swinging toward the right building.

My dad gave us this chalkboard several years ago. It came out of his office. For the past two years it has been on the back porch/play room. They didn't use it much because there was always junk in front of it. All three love playing with it. They love to draw with chalk and they love to get a paint brush and water and paint (or clean) it.
We hope Elliott has many hours of enjoyment in his new bedroom. He is our super hero.

Happy Leap Day!

Favorite Photos of 2011

Three Year Check Up

This week we took the three to see their pediatrician. She was very pleased with their language skills. They did fine counting. They are growing. The mamas got all their questions answered. It was a good appointment.

Below are their stats. The only real difference, percentage-wise, is Mazie's weight. She's always been below the chart; now she is at 10%. Yay Mazie! We are so proud of you, and your brother and sister.

Elliott
Height: 38 3/4" 75%
Weight: 36.6# 75%

Lucia
Height: 37" 50%
Weight: 30.2# 50%

Mazie
34 3/4" 10%
25# 10%

Strike Up the Band

Having three children at one time killed any sponteneity that H and I had. We must plan for just about everything now. However, this weekend we were crazy-spontaneous. We woke up Saturday morning and by noon the girls were at Nana's and Elliott, H, and I were headed to Auburn.
Elliott had a great time at the game. At first he played with his Hot Wheels car but then he figured out where to look to see the game. His told us his favorite things were: "the football, the flags, and the drums."
We are going to try to take all of us to a game before the end of the season. War Eagle!

On The Day

On their actual birthday, we stayed home and had a fun day. We played with some of our new toys. We ate breakfast outside on our new trays.
Grancy was here and she went with us down to the creek.



We opened gifts from family like the bike helmets from Grancy and the science kit from Cousin Avery.
When Avery came to see us last month she had this fun magnetic doodle pad. Lucia, Elliott, and Mazie each loved it. Avery was so sweet to get them each one for their birthday. I love his expression in this picture.
Look at him using his left hand. Lucia always uses her left hand; Mazie always uses her right hand. Elliott switches things up. We like to tell him he is ambidextrous.
Clearly he loves the helmet from Grancy.
She got them the helmets to go with the Big Wheels. I have so many fond memories of my Big Wheel. I hope the three love theirs too.
No, she did not get Elliott a pink one. Only one was put together on their birthday, so they had to share that one.

Here they are enjoying the gifts from NanaLin and Grandpa. The singing cards were a huge hit too.
Elliott loves his Buzz. I think Buzz loves him too.


The girls got doll clothes for their Bitty Babies. I can't think of a more perfect gift for them.




We had strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and vanilla ice cream.



We also had an impromptu bonfire and sparkler celebration.




For their school celebration the next day we sent strawberry cupcakes with sprinkles.

On their birthday we also had a video chat with Avery and her parents.

We had a wonderful day celebrating the precious gift of these three wonderful creatures.