Happy 8th birthday Melanie!

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Melanie!  

Eight years later!

 

First Birthday

 

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday - Spencer cut all her hair off the day before :(

 4th Birthday

 5th Birthday

 6th Birthday

 7th Birthday

Spencer and his glasses!

A few months ago, Spencer was playing around with MY glasses. When he put them on, he said, "mom, I can see good through these". I then started paying more attention to him, and noticed he squinted when he watched TV and played the Wii. I talked to his teacher and his teacher noticed the squinting also. So, we took him to an eye doctor and sure enough he is very much nearsighted (like his mother and about 5 or 6 other cousins on the Merrill side). I learned that nearsightedness is inherited! We are so lucky! So, we got him glasses today. We shall see if it helps him in his school work. Doesn't he look smart and handsome!

Never leave a sick child in the bathtub!

Chelsea has been pretty sick off and on with the flu this past week. On this particular day, she stayed home with me and we cuddled all day long! At one point, she needed to take a bath. She is 5, so she can and does give herself a bath. Well, She turned the water on and then when it fill up, she turned it off. I didn't hear the splashing and playing like I normally hear, so I went in to check on her (thankfully) and this is what I found. Chelsea was SOUND asleep in the bathtub! Sooo scary right? It took a few tries to wake her. She was like died weight as I lifted her out of the bathtub and into her bed. I will never leave her in the bathtub again! I didn't think one could fall asleep in there!

Happy Valentine's Day from the kids!

These were the kid's school Valentines this year. Last year, my sister-in-law Jen made them for one of her kids. When I saw them, I just had to copy. Thanks Jen for the idea!

Annual School Jog-a-thon

The kids ran their little heart's out at this year's jog-a-thon. This has to be our kid's favorite fundraiser of the year. They love to see how many laps they can get. The school only allows them to get "pledges" for 25, but they always try to beat that with a higher number. This year they did just that!  Melanie was 43, Chelsea (our kindergartner) 34,  and Spencer, well, he had a cough so he was only 26! Thank you to all who sponsored!  They will all earn a cool prize this year!

Chelsea's First Loose Tooth !

Chelsea's first tooth came out today! I say, "came out" because she insisted that I pull it just like Melanie has us do. So, it was pulled out! Weird children we have! It grosses me out to even think about it. Chelsea didn't know she had a loose tooth. She was smiling at me and I noticed that one was crooked. It was about to fall out and she didn't even know! She worried about it for the rest of the weekend. Every few minutes, she asked, "is it still there or did I swallow it"? She finally had me pull it!