Daddy’s Helpers

Bailey’s Rapunzel Party with Emma and Gracie!

Bailey wanted to have her birthday party back home with her two best girlfriends, Emma and Gracie (sisters :)).  We set the party up to be very low-key since she had already had 2 family Tangled parties!  Bailey loved the “floating” lights, balloons and all the girls loved the party favor crowns.  Emma and Gracie bought Bales a trunk full of Princess dress up clothes to go with the princess shoes we had bought and the Rapunzel hair :).  They all had a blast watching Tangled and playing Princesses!

 

Halloween Playdate

Rapunzel (Tangled) and Ariel (Little Mermaid)

So sorry for not posting very frequently!  I feel terrible that I still haven’t blogged about Bailey’s birthday almost 2 MONTHS ago!  That is on my to-do this week :).  Today we had a SS Halloween playdate and the girls had a blast!  Not sure if we will “dress” up again or not so decided to go ahead and post picks of my cuties.  Big props to Mrs. C, my wonderful MIL who made all the costumes!

Rapunzel locked in the tower!

All the cuties!

 

Bailey and Taylor fell in love with Sydney (8).  Bailey thought it was so cool that she was Rapuzel too!

Flying in style

Always, always travel in style :). Takes talent to sleep holding onto your purse!

The Patterson Clan

We had a great visit with my family one of the days we were in Alabama.  Aunt Natalie and Uncle Travis came over for the day to celebrate Bailey’s (and Travis’s) birthdays :) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Mom and Dad witht he girls.  I think Bailey looks just like my dad and Taylor has several features that remind me of my mom (especially her hair!).

 

The birthday girl all pooped out.

 

Suprise!    J/k :). 

Sweet Tales with her Papa.  (and yes, Bailey is wearing a Rapunzel dress and Taylor a Christmas dress.  We took “Christmas pics” as a family just before these and Tales didn’t want to change into her other clothes.  Bailey doesn’t wear normal clothes anymore.  She changes outfits every hour these days…")

Country Club Pool Alabama style :)

While visiting Jonathan and Lindsay, the girls needed some outside time during the day.  (AKA…it had been raining for 2 days and stopped to barely a drizzle…everyone was going crazy inside :)). 

We stripped them down and plopped them into the pool!

Bailey wanted to go without her panties, but I said even in Alabama you have to draw the line somewhere!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cellon Clan

All the Cellon Clan went to Alabama to stay with Jonathan and Lindsay over Labor Day weekend!  We had tons of fun.  I have more pics of the girls playing, but wanted to get the family pics up!  Mom C and Dad C have been blessed with FOUR Grandgirls after having 2 boys :).

Grammie and Papa with their Grandgirls :). (Alice was not. having. it. that day!)  And yes.  Bailey wears dress-up clothes all the time now. sigh.

 

Tales and Ada

Taylor LOVED meeting her new baby cousin, Ada Payne over Labor Day weekend.  She was so loving and caring and always wanted to hold Ada.  If Ada cried, Taylor would say, “pacie, blankie!” (Taylor uses her pacie/blankie to comfort herself). 

Here are the 2 littlest Cellon’s loving on each other

Taylor trying to comfort Ada and letting Grammie know she was still a baby too!

 

Aquarium Day!

I decided to take the girls to the aquarium today for something fun! I feel like the past few weeks have been busy, busy with travelling and school.  We decided to ask Emma to come along!  I was super proud of all 3 girls as they behaved very well for me at the aquarium and for lunch at Yana’s a 50’s style deli in Swansboro.  What fun memories :)

Here are all three in the car (Thank God for the dvd player!) and looking at the sea otters.

 

big…………………………………………bigger…………………………….

 

biggest!!!!!!!                         

sea otters sleeping.                             sea otters sleeping :).

 

They had a new exhibit that was a screen on the floor that moved like water when you stepped on it.  The girls loved it and we played there for a long time!

First Day of Preschool 2011

     

Today both girls started preschool for the 2011-2012 school year!  Bailey is in a T/TH class and Taylor goes just on Thursday mornings.  We ate oatmeal with raisins and a few M and M’s for a special breakfast (by request from Bailey :)).   They both had a good first day!  Bailey said her favorite part was catching 5 roly-poly’s during recess.  The PMO teachers said Taylor was the “boss” in the class.  She is now one of the oldest ones and I think she must enjoy finally being able to tell someone what to do! ha!  They weren’t very cooperative this morning with the pics, but you can see how much they’ve grown!  I can’t believe in a few days I will have an almost 2 1/2 yr old and a 4 yr old~  my babies are so big now.

Working out with kids

While in VA beach, my friend Kelly (and co- BOQ occupant) went to the “stroller” aerobics class on NAS Oceana.  We joined her a couple times for a fun and crazy workout.  I think it is so good for children to see their parent’s putting their health as a priority.  Whether it means you run with them in the stroller, do push-ups together in the backyard or they just know that going to the “gym-school” means that Mommy is running to be healthy.  They know it is a good thing to exercise and can almost outrace me at this point!

Here is Taylor, Nora (who is a couple days younger then Tales) and Bailey. 

Kelly and our other friend Jenna.  Kelly is due Oct. 1st and Jenna was 36weeks pregnant with her 3rd.  They are a-m-a-z-i-n-g.   What great examples!

Kelly showing the girls good form.

All of us after a great workout!  The kids loved using the 1lb weights, chasing around the gym and just generally running around like crazy children :).  We went to Jason’s Deli afterward and loaded up on healthy food!