Larkin and Paxson's Blog

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Morten Arboretum

We had a great Labor Day at the Morten Arboretum with Grandma and Papa. Check us out in the stream, we got to climb on these huge rocks.

First Day of Ballet

Don't you love my new tutu?? Grandma bought it for me from the American Girl Store!

We found out that the first Saturday of every month is kid's building day at Home Depot. This was our first trip and we got to make these cool football tables. We also got these "manly" builder's aprons and every time we finish a project we get a new pin to put on it. We can't wait until October when we get to build fire trucks!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Why Do Birds.....

This is the song Mommy sings to us every night at bedtime. I sound pretty good, huh? In case you don't know, it's "Close To You" by the Carpenters. She used to sing it to us when we were in her belly.

Grandma/Papa Day!

Every Thursday is Grandma/Papa day and we love it! They come over to play with us while Mommy and Daddy go to work. Here we are having some cheese and apple sauce downtown Geneva and then we went to their house to play in the dirt!!

Amanda's Wedding

Check out how cute we look at our cousin Amanda's wedding. We had such a great time and danced the night away! Well, I danced with Mommy all night and Paxson would only dance with Grandma =)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Play for Maeve 2010

Every year we go to "Play for Maeve" in honor of Maeve McNicholas who's life was cut short in 2004 by a brain tumor at the age of 2 1/2. Her Mommy Denise is one of Mommy's good friends from college and we want to do all we can to show our support. It is always such a wonderful, memorable day. They have a great park, a sprinkler to run through, kids games, jumpy castles and check me out on the huge inflatable slide. Paxson did this about 20 times, he couldn't get enough!!

Everyone, kiss your children every single day and no matter what life brings you, as hard as it may seem, tell them you love them and show it! Life is too precious and so are our children!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Yo Gabba Gabba Rocks!!

Here we are singing "There's a party in my tummy"!

Deer Park

Check us out feeding the deer at this way cool Deer Park in Wisconsin Dells! Auntie Mary and Uncle George took us there and we loved it! We had such a great time with them! We love them very much!

More Dells

Wisconsin Dells

We made another great trip out to the Dells. This time we not only stayed at the Wilderness with Auntie Carrie, but we then went to Auntie Mary's house. It was so much fun!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

1st Trip to The American Girl Store

1st train ride..checking things out with Grandma!

Aren't Mia and I adorable in our matching outfits?

Lunch with my bitty baby and puppy!

Wow, what a weekend!! Mommy, Larkin, Grandma, Mia, Aunti Dem and Grammy Sharon all had a girl's trip to Chicago. We went for our first trip to the American Girl Store! We wore our matching outfits with our bitty babies in their matching dresses. We even stayed overnight in a hotel. We had so much fun and love that we got to spend this special time with our Grandmas! We love you and can't wait until next year!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Swedish Days Parade 2010

Boy was it hot but Mommy and Daddy picked out a great spot and we had a nice little tent to get some shade. We had fun with Grandma, Papa, Aunt Becki, Uncle Jon, Abbey, Mommy and Daddy!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Beauty and the Beast

Today after lunch we went to the mall. Larkin had said that for Father's Day, she wanted to take Daddy on the merry go round. On our way back, we stopped in Von Maur and our favorite piano player lady was there. She helped Larkin play Beauty and the Beast with her....it was so pretty it made Mommy cry!

Happy Father's Day 2010

We took Daddy to Old Towne for his Father's Day lunch! He had a great weekend...it started on Saturday with some fun swim lessons with us, then Mommy planned for him to go on a pond tour with Uncle Richie and then a wine tasting. Today he got to sleep in and we gave him his present (a Wii...we are so excited) and then he got to go out birding and finally, we met him at Old Towne and treated him to lunch. He deserved the best day ever because he is the best Daddy ever!!