And the Christmas festivities have begun

We had a busy weekend after Thanksgiving!  We got up bright and early Friday morning to go see Santa at the Children's museum.  We followed that up with picking out our first real tree as a family (Matt's first real tree ever!)  Today, we brought out all the decorations and for the first time, the kids were able to help decorate the tree and they each wrote a letter to Santa about what they wanted for Christmas.  We also managed to name our elf.  His name is "Clarke".  Pretty creative if you ask me. 

Happy Birthday Ellie!!

My little princess has turned 2.  She definitely rocked the princess outfits this year but after her 2 year appointment, we determined she is not so little anymore.  She is 36 inches tall which means she could be a 6 footer!  Definitely catching up with big bro AJ...

Happy Halloween

We have had...

class parties, 

school parties, 

dance parties,

friends parties 

 AND trick or treating. 

The costumes are dirty, the kids are high on sugar, and I am exhausted! 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Fall

Aiden started preschool this year.
It makes me so sad to see my "baby" in school but he is doing great.
Ellie, on the other hand, has entered the "terrible twos"!
If she wakes up on the wrong side of the crib....WATCH OUT.
We are knee deep in potty training with her.
She doesn't quite understand how to "poopy on the potty" yet.

Halloween brings a firefighter and a Supergirl princess from our family this year.

A Busy Spring

There has been a lot going on in the Clarke house this Spring.
We have pictures to prove it...


Ellie in her Easter dress, searching for eggs at Mimi's!

The Mini-Marathon crew! Matt finished his first mini in 1:52!

Ellie is trying out Aiden's new grill. Thanks Solomon's!

All the kids at Aiden's 3rd Birthday Party!

Ellie at the zoo today!

Looking forward to a great Memorial Day Weekend with The Waelty's!!

First day of Soccer

Aiden started soccer today. It was actually everything BUT soccer. They drove a boat, played with a parachute, threw the ball and did a lot of running. Whatever it was, it was cute, they had fun and were definitely worn out when we got home! Especially Ellie.

More pics from Florida

Here are some pics from our most recent trip to Florida. We spent our time in the pool or at the beach.