Panties on her head

Livi thinks it is hilarious to put panties on her head. She dances around and sings the "panties on my head" song. Such a silly girl!

Practically Perfect in Every Way!

Livi may give Mary Poppins a run for her money. This little girl is practically perfect in every way and she just turned THREE!!!! We were so lucky to have Grandma Cindi and Great Grandma here to celebrate with us. We had just spent the week in Germany, so her B-day was pretty low key, but she was as happy as could be. Livi LOVES birthdays. It is her favorite game to play. She wraps presents, makes cakes, sing me happy birthday with a little cha cha cha at the end, makes me blow out pretend candles, and then claps. But my favorite is when she hands me the "presents" to open. She says "wait mom, let me get the camera ready. okay go ahead." Then she takes pictures with her toy camera while I open the presents. She is so much fun!

So for her birthday she had a few requests. The only present she really wanted was a Big lollipop. I can handle that (much better than her Christmas list...a real pony)! For Breakfast, she wanted Donuts, she wanted a tinkerbelle cake, balloons, and pink ice cream with cones. We spent the day in Cambridge. and on the way home I asked what she wanted for her birthday dinner. I was expecting her to say chicken nuggets or pizza. But she requested pink soup. pink soup? I said I couldn't make pink soup and so she decided on carrot soup instead. I have no idea where she go this from, but I couldn't disappoint the birthday girl. We got home at about 5:00pm and I quickly threw together some homemade chicken noodle soup with LOTS of carrots. I was nervous that she wouldn't like it, but it was a huge hit! She said "This is the most delicious Carrot birthday soup ever!" She now asks for carrot soup every day. :)

At 3 years old Livi is very sweet and sensitive. She adores her daddy and cries if he even looks at her cross. She loves to sing and dance. She also has a great imagination and I love to listen to her pretend play. The only food she really eats is cereal, chicken nuggets, and orange french fries (sweet potato fries).

Livi is such a joy and we are so lucky to have her in our family. We love you llittle Livi Loo!!!Happy Birthday!!!

Birthday donut followed by a birthday bath

and some presents

a crown from brother

Now that she is 3, Livi can take the toddler ballet class on base. She was so excited for weeks to start ballet. She loved her first class and did such a great job following the teacher. She was really fun to watch.

Indoor Soccer

Drew played indoor soccer this fall and did such an awesome job! I was a little worried because during Spring soccer all he did was pull his arms in his long sleeved jersey and make the sleeves twist back and forth around him (often using them as weapons to chase his sister around the field and hit her with them). But he was focused and determined this season. He even scored a few goals!! He has decided that he wants to be a soccer player in the olympics some day. :)

Blake and Steve did such a great job coaching the kids

Germany!!

We were so excited to have Grandma Cindi and Great Grandma Squires come and spend a week with us. We decided to take them to Germany for a little sight seeing. We picked them up at the airport and headed straight for Dover Castle. Then we got on the ChunnelWe drove through France, Belgium,and Germany and finally arrived at Spangdalhem air force base. They have really nice accommodations for way cheap! It was great! We spent the week wondering around Germany and Luxembourg. It was beautiful and we had a great time! I thought the food was delicious too! Germany has the best salads. :) I just wish I had taken more pictures, but I was still suffering from morning sickness and not motivated to do much of anything. We have lots of good memories though!

Heading up to Dover Castle

Exploring Inside

Looking over the white cliffs of Dover into France

The Great tower

we spent a day in Luxembourgh and went to visit the American Cemetary and Memorial. The city of Luxembourg served as headquarters for Gen. George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army. General and hundreds of soldiers were buried here after WWII. It was a very peaceful cemetery, a beautiful monument erected in honor of those who fought for freedom!

One thing we learned there is that it is a Jewish tradition to place a white pebble on the top of the tombstone to show your respect. A nice gentleman gave the kids a few pebbles. Here is Livi placing her pebble.

The Toy museum

The hillsides were covered with grape vineyards. It was Gorgeous!

first day of school

The kids started school at Lakenheath Community Primary School. Avery started Year 3 (second grade) and Drew started Year 1 (Kindergarten). They are getting so big!

Avery's teacher is Mrs. Johnnson and she is in the koala class which is a mix of year 3 and year 4 kids

Andrew's teacher are Mrs. Secor and Mrs. Fancy. He is in the Owl class this year

Drew lost his first tooth

Drew lost his first tooth!! It is so fun to see kids different personalities. Avery constantly checks to see if she has any wiggly teeth. She will wiggle and wiggle them until they come out. Drew on the other hand is totally nonchalant about it. His friend Broden lost 2 teeth, and we were curious to see if Drew had any wiggly teeth. So we checked, and his 2 bottom teeth were totally wiggly! He didn't play with them at all and they both fell out with in a few days of each other. 

BFFs Avery and Remi wanted a picture too

A little Get Away

We needed some serious Sunshine after a really gloomy and rainy year in England, so we headed to the beaches in Lloret, Spain for a little R and R. We rented an awesome house with the Jones' and had such a blast. It was a great vacation. No sight seeing or schedules. Just relaxing in the sunshine!! It was so nice to feel those warm rays again!!!

The house had a pool which was SO nice. The kids would wake up and swim for a few hours while we got ready for the day. Then we would head to the beach and come home and spend a few more hours in the pool. Jumping off the edges was of course their favorite past time.

Avery and Remi loved to drink juice out of these "fancy" cups. They felt so grown up! They sunbathed and sipped on their juice every day. Cheers! :)

Lazy days at the beach. I had to point my camera carefully while taking pictures to make sure we did not get any unwanted topless shots. HAHA

One of the beaches we went to had a cool castle you could hike up to.

Hiking to the top!

Some cool views along the way up

This tree was growing off the edge of the cliffs

Half way to the top there was a stage  in the castle that the city performs plays on. The kids had a great time putting on a show for us and posing for a few pictures!

My little Spanish princesses

All the "jingersoll" kids

Drew and Broden