Tangled Party

For Anellina's 3rd Birthday, she had a Tangled Party! They had all kinds of fun activities.

Coloring pictures from Tangled.


Stockton pointing out "Tangled."


Being a little rowdy.


Loving Poppa!


Opening presents.


Then RAPUNZEL CAME!!!! Aunt Holly and Jace dressed up like Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The kids loved it!


She read the story of Rapunzel.

And played fun games with the kids.

So fun to have celebrities at the party!

Then we played "Pin the nose on Flynn." Stockton did pretty good!

And we enjoyed "Tangled" cake. It was such a fun party and the kids had a blast! Happy 3rd Birthday Anellina!

Lina's back in town!

Anellina and her family came into town for a few days. Lina and Stockton had tons of fun together. They loved watering and picking flowers outside.


Running around.


Playing on the helicopter.


More running around inside.

They rode around on the deck for a while. Anellina figured out a way that she could get a ride on the back of Stockton's trike. She had to stick her legs straight out, but they had a blast doing it. Anellina kept telling Stockton to "Drop me off here, at the airport." And he'd let her off by the back door.

One evening we went swimming at Jace's house. It was a bit nippy, but so fun! Stockton and Daddy went down the big slide together.

SPLASH! Notice: no nose plugged and eyes wide open. Yeah, it was a little traumatic for Stock. He told me later, "Next time I go down that big slide, I'll close my eyes."

Holly and Lina played cute together.

And Grandma Shawna was there to give a helping hand, too.

We had a BBQ and then just as we were getting ready to leave Stockton got sick and threw up in the car. Little did I know that it would turn out to be a HUGE deal. He threw up the whole way home... and kept throwing up for 6 days straight! The poor little guy was so sick and we think he picked up some nasty bug at the splash park. It was so sad. And sadly a lot of the family caught it too :(

Zoo!

RoShawn and her kids came to visit for a week. Poor Anellina broke her foot the week before they came. So we were in search for entertainment that didn't require her to walk. So we packed the kids in the stroller and away we went!

Stockton had had enough of the stroller, but insisted on walking backwards.

Roarrrrrrring like the dinosaur.

Of course the playground was a hit.

Taking a rest with Grandma. What a fun day!

Let it Snow!

Last week Anellina stayed with Grandma Haider for a few days after her baby brother Carsten was born. One night she came over to play with Stockton. It had just snowed a few inches so we decided to go out and play!

Brady took them for a ride on the four wheeler.

Then he pulled us on the sled behind the four wheeler.

Then we decided to build a snowman! Here's the bottom layer of the snowman.

The snow was so wet and heavy that Brady collapsed after lifting the second snowball up unto the base of the snowman.

Anellina helping to roll the snowman's head.

The finished product! That's one tall snowman! We didn't get a chance to put a face on him or anything because of a much needed potty break. But, we had snow much fun!

Quick Visit from Anna

Anellina came for a quick visit a couple of weeks ago. They only had a little while to play together so they got right to it!

They were screaming and havin' a blast together!


Pretending to be airplanes.


Loving being with Grandma.

Talkin' on the phone to each other.

These kids LOVE each other. It's so much fun!

Cousins!

Lately we've been able to baby-sit some of Stockton's cousins. He's loved getting to know them better. My sister's boy, Brock came over one day.


Stockton and Brock loved crashing trucks into each other.


And who said trucks are just for boys? Anellina came to play the last couple of days and these two have had a blast together!

Rolling around on the floor just laughing so hard. Who knows why?

Hot Diggity Dog from Rachel Haider on Vimeo.

They both love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. They got so excited with the Hot Dog song.

Watch it over again! from Rachel Haider on Vimeo.

Anellina was pretty adamant about watching Mickey again.

They wandered off into the laundry room and I found them both in the laundry basket.

Cutie little cousins on the front porch.

Grandma Haider came to pick up Anellina and both kids were loving being with her.