Fun with Dad and Family Fest at Lakeside

Daddy taking Aubrey for a ride

Is it my turn again daddy???
Yeah!!! We're riding together!
Allie is watching the magician at the Family Fest at Lakeside LHS
Allie takes a shot!
I'm kinda too short to feel what's inside

Aubrey goes in for the slam dunk!
Allie is fishing...a little tricky!
Allie is sitting so still while she gets her face painted!
Allie's blue flower
Aubrey's turn to sit still!

Aubrey's purple flower
Making Daddy's day!! Future cheerleader??
Allie is working on her cross
Aubrey gets a little help from Grammy Bauer
Hand in hand with my Uncle Nate

What a fun weekend! We got to watch Uncle Nate's basketball game--it was a good one! And then we spent the night at Grammy and Papa's house with our cousins! In the morning on Saturday, Papa took all of us out to McDonalds for breakfast before we headed over to Lakeside for Family Fest and games!!
This week is shaping up...Aubrey decided that she no longer wanted to wear a diaper so we're working on potty training. She's got pull-ups on and has yet to actually "make a tinkle" in the potty. She is super excited to run in there every little bit to try though so we're hoping it'll happen soon! Allie is working on her spelling this week. Her words she can spell so far: Allie, Allison, Aubrey, Corey, Daddy, Mommy, Bauer, and Go. So fun to watch her learn!

TGIF!!

Aubrey is really into Uncle Nate's game...can you tell?? It was a good one, Lakeside beat Prep 52-50! Always great to beat Prep!!!
And this is why babysitting Hannah is such a piece of cake...the girl is an angel (most of the time!!) I hope Gouda is this good to me!
Hi!!
Future movie star??

Trying to walk with blankey
Peek!
My little ghosts....who would have thought blankets could be so much fun!

Snow Snow and more snow!!!

Crazy Aubrey!!

The snowstorm....view from our "sun porch", can you tell which direction the wind was blowing?
The picnic table...
View out our front window...yes, Josh had to scrap it off so we could see out! It was covered in snow and ice for most of the day!
Spending time indoors....
Still jumping!

Our driveway from out of the front door
Our front step...notice the snow goes up and over the level of the step!
The wind created some neat effects on the roof....

The sidewalk towards the church next door...they didn't make it out to shovel at all which shows just how much work Josh had to do yesterday to keep up!

The poor lilac bush along our driveway
The picnic table...I'm thinking that's about 13-15 inches??
Good Morning!
Engrossed in Mickey Mouse....
Our driveway this morning...I should have Allie stand by the curb to show just how high it really is!

The snow finally stopped around 9 last night...the wind kept up for a little longer though so the drifting was bad. I think we ended up with around 15 or so inches? It's hard to tell since so much of it drifted. Good thing we had a snowblower!

Valentine's Day Photo Shoot

Happy Valentine's Day (a little early!!)

Daddy's Birthday and Waterpark fun!

Allie...all prettied up for Daddy's birthday. Her fashion skills are spectacular!
I'm excited for Daddy to get here!!
Making birthday cards for Daddy

"Aunt Befaney, where are you???"
There you are!!!
6 of the 9 Bauer cousins together for Daddy's birthday!
Here we come...enjoying the water park at the Inner City Retreat!
The girls couldn't get enough of these boats and the trips down the slide tunnel!

Can't wait to go down the slide again! We love this place!
Here we come!
Yeah...it looks like it would hurt but she thought it was great and couldn't wait to go down again!
Getting sprayed by the sprinklers
The big bucket got Allie...and she got soaked!

Hey there cutie!
Aubrey is heading up to go down the slide again!
Here she goes!
Daddy and the girls walk the long trek up to the big blue slide
What a fantastic time at the Country Inn and Waterpark! Every year, there is a very generous donation made for all the inner city teachers to spend an evening out for dinner and drinks...this year they included all day waterpark passes too! The girls had a blast!