Noelle found a Frisbee....which she called a Crispy!
For Family Home Evening this week we did a Nature Walk! We made binoculars and bug jars and then went on a walk around our neighborhood collecting flowers, not bugs. Noelle and Chloe had so much fun!
Before she even got to the bar she was ready to pirouette
And point your toes...
Lunch and cotton candy on the pier with Macady after class!!!
This is seriously the cutest thing in the world. The 3 and 4 year old ballet/tap class is now Noelle's favorite activity!! She had a ruff start because they stay by themselves and the parents are not allowed to watch, but now she is a champ! I get to stroll the main street shops for a whole hour sans 3 year old -which is a huge bonus! Noelle even gets to be in a recital!!! they are learning the cutest little penguin dance for the tap part (Noelle LOVES her tap shoes!) She comes home and tells me all about her friends... some of them are crying friends and some are silly friends! Haha
Ok I know, I know but I could not resist! A friend of mine told me about a cutest kid contest on REGIS AND KELLY so I entered Noelle and Chloe!! These are the pics I used!1 I think you have to vote on the website on March 9th Ill keep you posted!!
Abe and I decided we had no good pictures of ourselves lately so this is what we came up with! Isn't Abe HANDSOME!! I love this picture, and I love my husband!! ;)
SO CLOSE TO 30 I CAN FEEL IT!!! I had a great day. Abe made blueberry pancakes and I opened my presents from Noelle and Chloe -neither them nor I could wait!. Noelle went to pick them out with Abe the day before and she came in the door and said "Mommy we bought you some....TOYS" i was so afraid that she was going to spoil the surprise but she didn't, that is not right that second! An hour later out of the blue with no context of conversation blurted out "mommy - I got you a candle and chloe got you a candle and they smell BEAUTIFUL!"
Noelle went to ballet class and for the first time...didn't cry at all. That means every Wednesday at 10:30 I get to drop her off and shop along mainstreet for an hour with only one kid! So that was a great birthday present in and of itself. Then we had a family party at BJS Pizza! Kim and Aaron, little Hayley, Taylor and Little Aaron, Hayley and Brian, Ric, Rachel, and Macady, My mom ( and even DAD via telephone and spirit) and Shellie and Avery were all there with Abe, myself and our girls! I scored big time with all the gifts THANKS GUYS-LOVE YOU!!!
The Gardner Family- Abram Merivale Noelle Chloe Noah
Lovin' Life and Lovin' each other!
BEST CHEESCAKE!
GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST 4 tbls. melted butter 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (trader joes brand of graham cracker works best) 3 tlbs. sugar
CREAM CHEESE FILLING 3 packages of cream cheese at room temp. 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup sour cream 3 large eggs + 1 yolk 1 tsp. vanilla extract
-stir together crust ingredients -press into 10 in spring form pan -bake at 350 degrees for 5-6 mins -with an electric mixer mix cream cheese and sugar untill fluffy. -add sour cream, eggs (one at a time) and vanilla
pour into crust and bake for 10 mins at 350 then turn down oven to 325 and bake for 35 mins then turn oven off and open door but leave in for another 35 mins- then take out and let cool