Allergy Season...

This is what happens to Evie when her allergies flare up..



This was last Saturday and she was miserable! Now I think she actually has a cold anyway but her face and eyes itched like crazy..

She looks much better this week!! But MY allergies have taken over me!! UUUGH!

Monkeying Around

Today was Evie's Field Trip to Scovill Zoo in Decatur, illinois. She is almost out for the summer and will be a second grader soon! I wanted to share a few pictures of her friends at the zoo!

Saturday Fun

Today the kids, Joe and I went to a business fair at the high school here in Mahomet. They had alot of fun picking up little gifts, (pens, lightup keychains, frisbees, etc) from the local business booths, there were inflatable bounce houses, which Evan refused but Evie jumped around in for a while, and Evie got her face painted by the coolest and fastest artist I have ever seen!

They even had a cute display with kid sized exercise equipment next to the chiropractic booth.

Pics!!!

A New Ride

Evie and Evan got a present from Grandma and Grandpa Hoctor last week. It's a Jeep Hurricane Power Wheels. Evie is almost too big but Evan isn't big enough to drive it so she doesn't mind driving him around one bit. :o)
Here are some cute pics!

Look Mom! No Training Wheels!

She's finally done it!!!
Evie kicked the training wheels on her bike today! She attempted with our help yesterday.. got mad and gave up about after 5 minutes.. today, she hopped right on and insisted that she was going to do it alone.. and within 10 minutes, she was doing this!



YAY EVIE!!! Mommy, Daddy and Evan are so proud!

Happy 7th Birthday, Evie!

What a fun day!
Evie had her 7th birthday party today and it was a "fashionable" event.
We had lunch complete with champagne glasses filled with fruity punch, dancing to some of their favorite songs.. (see below for video), they designed their own flip flops that turned out beautiful, played a game called, "Pass the purse" where there were gifts for everyone, and got fashion makeovers! Makeup and hair was provided by myself, my friends Jessica and Hope plus my sister in law Katie. The girls left with cute purses filled with accessories.

A good time was had by ALL! Even Joe got a major kick out of it.. and the girls were AWESOME! Evie's got some fashionable, cool friends!

Hope took a massive amount of pictures for me, as always.. I'll post my faves!!!
Enjoy the video of the girls doing the "Cha Cha Slide" and the pics!

Easter 2010

Happy Easter 2010!

We had a lovely Easter at home this year. We woke up to find that our colored eggs were hidden around the house and baskets were left by the Easter Bunny. The kids played with thier new toys and hunted throughout the living room for eggs. This was the first year that Evan really understood what putting eggs in a basket were all about. He was such a sweety.. and Evie was nice enough to leave him the easy ones.
Then we went out to the park at Evie's school and had a picnic and although it was very windy and eventually rained, we were able to spend a good 2 hours out there playing. Evan used more words like, "Come on, Mommy" and "hold hands" was what he'd say to me when we'd go down the triple slides together. Joe and Evie explored the school grounds and played games. Then we grabbed some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and went home to relax. Joe's parents stopped by for about a half an hour to bring the kids gifts and then more playing and hiding Easter Eggs outside while the neighbor girl, Gracie came over to hunt with the kids.
We couldn't have asked for a nicer day! Oh... except Evan was afraid of the Easter Bunny this year! So it's just Evie in the picture.. but she looks so sweet!!!