Madelyn's 3rd Birthday!!

Madelyn's three year old birthday party.  She is still obssesed with Mickey Mouse and absolutely loved her Mickey Mouse cake.  At one point she literally sat at the table and just stared at it for almost a 1/2 hour.  She wanted to invite Carly, Elizabeth and Allenah.  Madelyn's birthday party was themed after the original Firkus "man house".  Madelyn just LOVES to sing so we decided to have a singing party.  We gave Madelyn a karaoke machine for her birthday and Matt and the kids worked together to build her a stage for the basement.  It was a huge hit!  The girls dressed in costumes while the boys sat in a row in front of the stage for their "shows".  There was a lot of laughs by the kids and the adults who were watching the show!  She had a great time!

Even the boys got in on the action!

It is so hard to believe that our little baby is already 3. She has given up her diapers, her nuk, her crib -- but mommy is just not ready to give up her baby! Even though I can see her growing right before my eyes, somehow I think we are blind to them "growing up". I just know that I am going to blink my eyes and she is going to be in school and gone all day. I am cherishing every moment with her - okay most moments with her!  Happy Birthday Madelyn - We love you!

Here's a video to enjoy!!

1st game of Mite Jamboree

We started out the Mite Jamboree bright and early this morning, but the kids were SO pumped!  They got to play on the same ice that the varsity HS team plays on and even got their own locker room.  Win or lose it was going to be a great game.  We played this year's rivals - the grey team.  Throughout the entire game it was close....1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2 and on and on.  There was never more than a one point lead.  About half way through the game Collin got a break away and scored a goal!  They even announced his name, "SCORING FOR THE WHITE TEAM -COLLIN LEE".  We were so excited, and I'm pretty sure he was excited too!  That tied it at 5-5.  It continued to go back and forth until with one minute left in the game a player from the grey team scored to tie it up at 7.  So the game went into a shoot out.  Our players scored on the first 2 shots to win the game 9-7.  It was SO exciting - everyone in the stands was on their feet cheering!!  What a blast!  Here are some pictures and a short video clip of Collins big goal!

Of course - mommy couldn't be more proud!

photo shoot

Even though I've had my camera for almost a year now, I still have to practice ALL the time to figure out what the heck I am doing.  Usually I just take pictures of nothing, but Kelly had given me the idea of sitting the kids on the bed for photo shoot.  So I decided I might as well dress them cute just in case my "practice shoot" worked out.  What started out as a practice session with my camera quickly turned into a full-fledge photo shoot.  The girls were so cute.  Jumping on the bed, wiggling their toes together, telling secrets, laughing and giggling and being silly.  I resisted the urge to get "that perfect shot" and was able to capture the girls just being the girls, and still got a few good shots to boot.  The definition of "sister" is -a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring-.  Clearly it is so much more than that, I just pray that they will continue to be close all through life.  What a gift!  There is nothing better in life than a sister.

Madelyn's 3 year pictures

Here are Madelyn's 3 year pictures from our basement photo shoot.  I know there are a lot - but they just turned out so cute, I couldn't help myself!