The Baier Blog

1/24/15

A FROZEN day in Appleton...

Elsa and Anna stopped by Barnes and Noble. The girls enjoyed meeting their favorite Frozen princesses! They also got to read a story with them and color, lots of fun!

Lauren was a little shy but after saying hi asked Anna if she could sit next to her and color!

The girls couldn't stop staring...they were quite entertained!

Storytime...listening to a "Frozen" story

12/18/14

Happy Holidays!

Lots to talk about...:)

Lauren at her daycare Christmas program

The girls are really getting this cut-out cookie thing down!

Ella at her pre-school Christmas Readers Theater - Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

Fall - Well, we skipped that....

The weather turned cooler quickly and since I was behind on my blog, I will just add some random photos before Winter officially begins!

Addison went to the Little Farmer on a field trip with her class and Dad chaperoned:)

Silly girls on Halloween!

My high school friends painting adventure date!

Addison loved soccer

My "Mom's Group" friends

Mulberry Lane Farm

Packer game fun!!!

Lauren's official last time in her crib (when I came in after her nap climbing out!)

Appleton Christmas Parade

Sledding in the backyard...I guess Winter is fun - wait, this was early November, not Winter yet!

I have to say I'm so sorry I am SO behind on our blog! I believe I went back to school and well, here I am three months later catching my breath...Better late than never...

My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in mid-September! It was a gorgeous fall day that we spent together as a family with my parents, brother, sister and their families. We all went to church, then had our family picture taken and went out for a delicious brunch. Then celebrated with them for the afternoon.

It's hard to believe they have been married 50 years! I remember my grandparents 50th anniversary like yesterday...serving beer (I have a photo to prove that!) We couldn't be more lucky to have them as such great parents. What an awesome milestone:)

9/6/14

Celebrating 6 years Hawaiian Style...

Addison has been "planning" her birthday for the past 10 months. She wanted to have grass skirts, a beach cake, tropical music, the limbo and drinks with umbrellas...

She had lots of fun and everyone experienced a little bit of Hawaii...the weather was perfect during the afternoon, so it even felt like Hawaii for a few hours.

In her words, "That was THE most awesome birthday ever!"

9/2/14

A New Chapter Begins...

KiNdErGaRtEn!!!!!

Addison was pretty excited to head off to Kindergarten. She met her teacher at Open House and Ms. Schumacher hit it off!

Fast Forward to today...
I dropped Addison off at her before school care site (Little Inspirations daycare) and Addison "reminded" me to give her a hug (like I needed a reminder or something:) From that point, she had a 30 min or so bus ride to school.

Larry made my day when he said he would be able to drop off Lauren and Ella and then head to her school to take pictures and videotape Addison getting off her bus. He said Addison looked a little embarrassed he was there (like paparazzi) but Larry said he was so glad he got to be a part of her day (and saw lots of neighbors there too!)

The best part was Addison filling me in on ALL the details...My personal favorite "story" was...

"Mom-I met this boy and got to help him. He speaks another language-Spanish I think. Well, his Dad speaks Spanish but his Mom speaks English so he can speak BOTH!" Well - I spoke with him in SPANISH to help him."

Me: "Really? What did you say?"

Addison: "Hola! Como estas? Then I counted up to 20 - (uno, dos, tres, etc...)"

This story makes me giggle because she thought she was "helping him" and because I'm really hoping he was indeed speaking Spanish. Last time she overhead someone talking with an accent, she assumed it was a different language and thought it was Spanish!

Looking forward to many, many more stories and fun ahead this year!