Happy Birthday Sarah!

Happy 3rd Birthday Sarah!!
The birthday celebration started out the night before with Sarah's first trip to the movies. We saw Princess and the frog and loved it! Especially the popcorn!

When I woke up in the morning I was 3!! Obviously I was quite happy about this.

One of the benefits of it being your birthday is you get to be chief taster while making cupcakes.

I wanted to go to Build a Bear for my birthday so off we went. I picked this multi-hued pink bear to be my new friend.

I followed the instructions and got his heart all ready.

The hardest part was picking a name for my new friend. I finally settled on Rainbow.

Next I opened presents. Claire got me this awesome pony. I have been wanting one for a while and my sister knew it. I love it!! I got lots of cool new gifts like butterfly wings and a Tiana doll.

Finally time to eat the cupcakes! The best part was we kept putting the candle back in and singing again because I thought it was so fun. I wonder if that means all the wishes I made will come true?

Well now I am officially 3 years old. All those toys with 3+ labels and lots of little pieces are finally mine!!

Christmas Happenings

Merry Christmas from Ohio. This year we decided to take a break from all that Christmas travel and stay home for a change. We have been having a great time relaxing, hosting family and enjoying the holiday. Last week Uncle Trevor & Miss Renate came to visit us. We took them to Wildlights at the zoo!

We got a little bit of snow so we had a great time playing outside, building snowmen and having a snowball fight.

Of course we loved opening presents! Giving a thank you hug.

The Christmas tree pose in matching pjs - version 2009.

See our hockey playing snowman. We pretty much used up all the snow in the backyard to build it.

We asked for fancy drinks on Christmas eve. Since mom was having one we wanted on as well. Ours was a mix of grapefruit orange and cranberry juices with a chocolate straw. Mmmm!

Not enough snow in Ohio that you can't find the mud!

Here is my new baby and stroller - an early birthday present from Uncle Trevor.

Looking cool on the carousel.

Each year we get to pick a new ornament. Claire choice this year - Star Wars of course!

Sarah and her three musketeers balloon from Santa.

Claire was loving the Polly Pocket gifts.

Rockin' out on Christmas morning.

My new best friend - wiskers the kitty. A gift from Aunt Michelle & Uncle Steve which I just adore!!

Whew, we are exhausted even staying at home. Christmas is hard work!! It is not over yet, both our grandparents are coming to visit and Sarah's 3rd birthday is only 2 days away!!

Hockey Night In Ohio

Hockey Night In Ohio has arrived! The Toronto Maple Leafs are my favorite team and they made their bi-annual trip to Ohio last night. Dad and I were dressed and ready. Thanks to Grandma & Grandpa C I had this awesome sweater to wear.

We went down to the arena early to see practice so we could go right down to the glass and get a close up look at the team.

Here we are right beside the Leaf bench. There are lots of Toronto fans living in Columbus so we had quite the cheering section.

Go Leafs!

At the end of the practice I was lucky enough to be given an NHL practice puck. I was pretty thrilled and immediately asked Dad for a hockey stick. I just know next time I go to Grandma's this picture will be blown up and displayed!

During the game I managed to consume an entire box of popcorn. Mmmm.

Faceoff!

We had a good view of the action and I made it through the entire game!

Good game - by the way, we won! Come back soon Leafs!

Still Travelling

After Toronto we kept heading north to go visit Grandma & Grandpa.

We got to visit with Great Grandma as well and had lots of fun playing with her.

Aunt Vanessa came over with her giant dog. He is almost as tall as Sarah. Claire thought he was great and was petting, Sarah wasn't so sure.

Grandpa and Dad took us to the park to look for wildlife. We saw woodpeckers, insects and a porcupine!

When tired, ask for a ride!

We had a great trip, but by the end we both had colds and were ready to head back home for a little R&R. Of course as soon as we were home the countdown to Christmas began....

Meeting Melodie

After the wedding we headed to Toronto to meet our newest friend, baby Melodie and play with our buddy Jules.

We both got to hold and kiss our little Melodie. We are in love already!

After snuggles the three musketeers went to the park to burn some energy. Here we are pretending to be dogs in a pet shop. Who wouldn't want to take them home.

Miss Melissa let us decorate our own cupcakes for desert!

Claire & Jules

We went to a local farm to visit some animals and decided to cover Dad with leaves on our walk. He is a pirate after all so we had to find ways to defeat him - he never saw it coming!

In Toronto the squirrels are very friendly and will go right into your stroller to look for snacks. We decided to help the problem by feeding them more cookies.

The funny part is Claire read a book about Christmas before we left that told her elves often disguise themselves as squirrels to keep an eye on kids who are being naughty. So she was talking away to the squirrels asking them to tell Santa she was being good.

Wedding!!

After months of anticipation it was finally time to head to Canada. We were so excited to go to a real wedding, stay in a hotel and go swimming we could hardly stand it.

We had a great time hanging with our family, posing for pictures and being cute.

Claire and her cousins.

Sarah and Grandma.

Claire and Darren having a tickle fest.

Of course we were all there to see the happy couple - congrats Amy & Shawn. Claire's comment was wow, she really is a princess!

We even managed to pose for a new family photo. Despite Mom's best efforts we were exhausted by 9:30 and Dad took us back to the hotel to sleep.