Lauren turns 3!

Lauren celebrated her 3rd birthday on Sunday. I cannot believe my baby girl is 3 years old! She is turning into such a big girl and is so great with Ella- my favorite is when they are off playing and I hear Lauren say, "No, no, sweetie. Don't do that." It is seriously so cute. We kept her birthday celebrations pretty low-key since there will be two more parties this weekend with our families.

Lauren's friend Leah turned 4 on March 1st, so we had a play date with them and the girls each blew out their candles. The cake was pretty simple since both of them love the color blue!

Lauren's turn!

On Sunday we celebrated at home. Dan took Lauren outside sledding and for a 4-wheeler ride and we did presents in the evening.

By far her favorite gift- a doll swing that actually swings and plays music!

Weekend in Dodgeville

While we were in Dodgeville for the weekend at Becky and Eric's we decided to take the kids bowling. I have been wanting to take Lauren for awhile now, and I am glad we did. They had a lot of fun and Lauren has been talking about it ever since. Even Ella took a turn at rolling that heavy ball!

Back at the house Leyton was kind enough to share his paints with Lauren! They had a lot of fun and then wanted to move on to Play-doh...


And Ella enjoyed some marker time!

Road Trip

On Wednesday the girls and I headed to my friend Megan and Scott's house and we were able to meet sweet baby Cecelia for the first time. We had a lot of fun, and the girls slept really well all weekend which is not the norm for them when we are away from home! Dan was in Missouri for work and met us Thursday and stayed the rest of the weekend. Megan took us to the Madison Children's Museum where the kids had a blast. Maddox was busy running and playing with all his favorites so I don't have any pics of him, but the girls preferred the activities that were a little less busy! Friday night we headed to Becky and Eric's and stayed til Sunday. That will be a separate post.

They loved driving the horse and cart!

Collecting chicken eggs was their favorite activity.

Lauren opening her birthday gift from Maddox- she loves her new hopscotch game:)

Maddox opening his big brother gift.

Thanks for having us Megan and Scott! We had a great time!