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03
Apr
10
bluebonnets
27
Mar
10
Ella’s first soccer game!
Finally Ella had her first soccer game! She was ready to play and put on her game face!
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Ella is on the WildPfire team with her best friend, Anna Richardson. Aren’t they precious?
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| bffs |
With a little bribe from daddy, (if she doesn’t cry she gets to have ice cream!), our little girl ran the field with gusto!
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| Watch out! Here comes Ella! |
She even took a hard, face-planting tumble!
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But she held in her tears! (And took a break with Uncle Jeff to pick her nose.) 🙂
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| We were so proud of our Ella! |
And poor Asher and Caden, (Anna’s little brother.) It’s torture to hold toddler boys back from running around grassy fields with a ball! But alas, Jeff managed quite nicely!
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| I want down!!!!!!! |
24
Mar
10
new room
The girls got their bunk beds yesterday! They were so excited and James said that he still remembers the day he got bunk beds to share with his brother. A very exciting day! Rilyn got to sleep on the top last night and we will flip flop for awhile until the girls get tired of switching. Here is their new bunk bed, complete with drawers, desk (on the right side not seen in pic), and a book case ( which is ‘in the cave’ as Ella calls it, not seen in the picture). What a space saver!
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| From March 2010 |
And, I just made this picture to hang in the girls’ room! 🙂
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18
Mar
10
all aboard!
The girls left for San Antonio on Tuesday evening via Amtrak train! They were so excited as they waited for the train because their Oma and Papaw were already on the train waiting for them to board! (They boarded in Fort Worth.) What an exciting start to their spring break trip! The girls will be getting home Friday. I can’t wait to hear about all their adventures!
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| We are going to ride that?!? No, freight trains are a little uncomfortable! |
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| So excited while waiting! |
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| Rilyn can’t believe how long and loud the train is! |
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| Sporting her conductor hat from last year’s spring break train trip with Oma and Papaw. |
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| Finally! Here comes their train!!! |
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| Notice Ella’s hands…Rilyn is excited though! |
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| All Aboard! |
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| And this is what I did while they were gone! Asher’s new big boy bed (and carpet!)
The girls’ bunk beds will be delivered next week! |
16
Mar
10
changing seasons
As the weather starts to change around Austin, life in the Paquette household will be changing too. (That sentence sounds way more serious than what this post is actually about!) For almost 6 years, we’ve had a crib in our house. I remember the day we bought it like it was yesterday, full of excitement and new parent nerves! And now tomorrow, we will take it apart and move on to the next season of our life. It provided warmth, comfort, and safety for my three babies and I’m honestly sad to see it come down. (Now there are certainly some things about raising babies that I will NOT be sad to see go-I will throw a party when my last diaper is bought and I don’t have to carry around a diaper bag anymore!) Please humor me as I take a trip down memory lane with our beloved crib. But rest assured, our crib will ‘live’ with us still…we thankfully bought a convertible crib so it will be ‘reused’ as a full size big boy bed for our ‘baby’.
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| Rilyn’s nursery looked exactly like this but with the “Rilyn” over the crib. 🙂 |
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| From February 2005 |
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| Rilyn |
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| newborn Ella |
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| Ella |
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| sisters playing in the crib before Asher was born |
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| last night in his crib |
03
Mar
10
ella’s turn!
Ella had her first soccer practice! Her still unnamed team has four boys and two girls! Luckily, her one girl teammate is her best friend, Anna Richardson. Ella’s first game isn’t until March 20th so she has lots of time to practice. She told me before practice that she was going to win and beat Anna. She obviously has yet to understand ‘team sports’!
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| teammates and best friends |
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| the girls running with their coach |
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27
Feb
10
fishing in February with family
Uncle Ben, James’ brother, came to visit this weekend. We enjoyed a beautiful day at the park and Ben was able to give the girls’ their first fishing lesson! Nothing was caught, but Rilyn seemed to really enjoy throwing the line in and reeling it back! Ella, well she just wanted to feed the duck her crackers! What we love about Ben-he is such a kid at heart and the kids always have the best time with him!
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| Uncle Ben teaching Rilyn |
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| throwing the line in |
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| Fishing that way will make your arm hurt fast Ella! |
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| Hello down there! |
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| Ben makes Rilyn push him! 😉 |
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| It’s the girls’ turn! |
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| hanging on to uncle |
24
Feb
10
snow day
Finally, Austin got some snow! Granted, in Manor we didn’t have a whole lot compared to other parts of central Texas, but still…snow fell from the sky and my kids got to see it and ‘play in it’! They were all so excited today. The girls were both at school so I didn’t get pictures of them when the snow was actually falling, but Asher got lucky!
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| From February 2010 |
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| the mini blizzard |
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| From February 2010 |
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| From February 2010 |
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| From February 2010 |
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| As soon as Rilyn came home from school she wanted
to make a snowman. Well, she got as far to make a snow head. Most of the snow had already melted! |
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| From February 2010 |
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| Snow melting off our slide in the backyard like an acordian! |
16
Feb
10
tea party and tongues
On Valentines Day, we had a Valentine tea party at Grandma and Grandpa’s house complete with pink heart cupcakes and red punch ‘tea’. James said he felt like ‘he was turning into a girl’ by attending this pink and red heart filled event. He sure loves his girls!!
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| tea time! |
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| Apparently, Ella needs to work on her table etiquette. Chewing with her food
half out of her mouth is not very lady like! (Showing how different these sisters are, Rilyn is next to her ‘dabbing’ her mouth with her napkin that was on her lap!) |
Asher was napping during the tea party and so he got his Valentine cupcake treat when he woke up. I think he liked it!
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| mmmmm…what’s this?!? |
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| yum! |
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| Just need to get this frosting on top of my lip… |
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| oh and some on the bottom… |
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| can’t forget the frosting on the side! |
15
Feb
10
celebrating love
Our Valentine’s Day was full of love, pink heart cupcakes, presents, and of course, cute clothes!
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| Grandma’s house on Valentines Day=
Grandma’s house on Christmas |
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| marshmellow pop! |
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| Rilyn gets a Strawberry Shortcake coloring book! |
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| Rilyn can hardly contain herself…AND a Strawberry
Shortcake movie!!!! |
More on the pink cupcakes later…
the paquettes 