January 21st , 2010 → 9:33 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Tonight was a scary night for us. Our oldest, Micaiah (7), misunderstood me when I told her she could go down the street and play with one of our neighbor friends. I was about 30 seconds behind her, as I was grabbing my coat, and I couldn’t find her when I walked out the door. [...]
Category : Our Journeys / Our Kids / Parenting
December 14th , 2009 → 9:02 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Micaiah sang a small solo part of Away in a Manger at church on Sunday. She is really funny! I love watching her wiggle and shake, scratch her leg, wink, and all other manner of things during the song. All the kids were adorable. Sorry about the video shaking so much…we were fighting heads in [...]
Category : Our Journeys / Our Kids
December 7th , 2009 → 12:37 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
There is no greater sound than hearing your children say “I love you” in there tiny little voice with sounds that only you as the parent can interpret! I love how we as parents hear our kids stumble over words as they are developing and half the time the rest of the world can’t understand [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 25th , 2009 → 10:35 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Today was the day of “firsts.” We got our first pet today and Micaiah got her ears pierced! I was really amazed at how brave she was. She looked pretty wide-eyed but she never flinched or cried! I was so proud of her! And her earrings look so cute!
Micaiah didn’t cry, so Eden had to [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 25th , 2009 → 9:28 am @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Happy 7th Birthday Micaiah! You are so big!
She started off the morning with love notes down the hallway to the breakfast table, where her birthday cereal was waiting for her. She picked it out last night from Kroger.
Then it was time for the big surprise! Micaiah has asked us every day for 2 years [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 20th , 2009 → 8:13 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Eden’s favorite thing to play with is Groovy Girls. All the grandparents contributed to her collection and she was thrilled! She decided to turn a plain old box into a Groovy Girl Mansion! We started with pink, of course, and then added the details! This was a fun afternoon project. Boxes are so much fun [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 20th , 2009 → 7:27 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
We had so much fun tonight with all of our friends playing silly games and celebrating our two daughters birthdays.
Eden wanted another shot at it…
Then we played The Blob!
Then we roasted marshmallows over the grill and made smores instead of the conventional birthday cake! Eden’s real birthday is Nov. 6, Nathan’s is Nov. 18, and [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 6th , 2009 → 9:55 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Eden Grace turned 5 today! This birthday seems like it was a really big deal to her since she is the “little sister.” She feels very grown-up now that she is officially 5.
Her day started with a trail of love notes. This is something I do for the girls on every special occasion. The tongue [...]
Category : Our Kids
November 1st , 2009 → 8:28 pm @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
Asher had so much fun with daddy before bedtime tonight! We try to make it a priority to laugh before we close our eyes every night. This seems to help everyone’s frame of mind, no matter what kind of day we have had. I’m sure to a 21 month old, there is nothing better than [...]
Category : Our Kids
October 30th , 2009 → 9:10 am @ Nathan & Jenni Oates
I CAN”T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!!! Kids grow up so fast! When we as parents are hit with new scenarios, sometimes we feel caught off guard. You are going along in your routine, and then all of a sudden, you step into a whole new phase of life with one of your children, with new [...]
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