The Christensen's Second Annual Halloween Party!

We had our Annual Halloween Party the day before Halloween and it was a blast! I have to give a shout out to the costume and scavenger hunt winners!

I know Luke's eyes are closed but it was the best picture of us in our costumes! By the way, costumes were required and everyone looked awesome!

And the winners were...

Happy Birthday Emma!

Tribute to Emma!

Emma was always a very easy going and sweet baby.
Emma was (and still is) a VERY active little toddler. She just goes and goes and goes. She wouldn't slow down for anything. She didn't want to be held much. She was/is too interested in exploring the world!

I think I noticed the biggest change, developmental wise, between her second and third year. She went from my sweet little toddler to a littlg girl! She is just so independent and smart! She can say or do anything and just cracks us up all the time!

Here are some of the things she currently enjoys doing:
Dressing up as a princess
Playing with her princess barbies
Playing in the back yard
Drawing on her chalkboard and just drawing and coloring in general
Saying her prayers
Helping mommy cook, especially licking the spoon when it is anything sweet
Putting bandaids on any and every boo boo
Playing rough with her Daddy
Singing at the top of her lungs
Giving lots of hugs and kisses
Calling her friends on the phone
Playing with her imaginary monkey, kitty cat, and doggy
Sitting on mom's lap whenever she is on the computer
Playing with play dough, making cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer
Talking about her grandparents, etc.

She is SO much fun and makes us laugh on a daily basis! We feel so blessed to have her in our lives and cherish every moment with her!

Happy 3rd Birthday Emma!

Emma turned 3 on October 28th. She had a couple friends over and had a little princes party. Her mommy even mad her a princess barbie cake! She had a blast!

We told them to all do a pose and this is what they came up with. Emma is doing the serious, straight faced, pose. Not quite as cute as the others but I think it is hilarious!

October

October was a crazy busy month! We had several little birthday parties, went to the pumpkin patch, had several Halloween parties including Emma's preschool party, trunk-or-treating, a little toddles party with some friends for Emma, Our big Halloween party and then of course Halloween which entailed trick-or-treating at the mall and our neighbor hood. Emma was really into Halloween this year and had a blast! She got her Sleeping beauty costume for her birthday and is in love. She wants to wear it, and all the accessories, ALL the time! Little Eli dressed up as a football player, helmet and all! :)

Grocery Store Musical

Luke found this last night when on the Internet. It is So Funny! This improve group does silly things all over the country. We went to their website, http://improveverywhere.com/, and watched "mission" after "mission."

Here is a little bit about them: Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 85 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.

I would suggest going to their site and watching some of their stuff. It is hilarious. Our favorite ones so far are the Grocery Store musical and the The Mp3 Experiment Six. (both below) ENJOY!

Michael Jackson Medley

A lot of you have probably seen this video but I just had to share it!

This guys is so talented! It is one guy singing all the parts. It's amazing what you can do with editing capabilities these days! The medley he does it great too! I think it cuts part of the video off on my blog so click on the video if you want to see the full sized video.

Helmet Update

Eli has had his helmet for 2 1/2 weeks now and Luke and I have already started to notice improvements! I took Eli to the pediatrician for his 6 month checkup yesterday and the Dr. said she can notice a change for sure. She said whereas before it was moderate to severe now it is only mild to moderate. We have had to have it adjusted because it was rubbing too hard in one area but it is assumed there will be adjustments over the first couple of weeks. He wears the helmet all day and all night minus one hour before he goes to bed so we can give him a bath and clean the helmet. We have gotten so used to seeing him with his helmet on that it is almost strange when he has it off.

Random Pictures and Fun

Here are some random pictures/fun stories from the last couple of weeks.

Doesn't Emma look SO old in this picture!

Luke gave Emma his old "Mammals" book. They are learning all sorts of fun animals together.

Aren't they just precious!

This is Emma's doing her super model pose while sporting her Halloween Hairdo that Luke created.

Emma was one hip diva with her glasses upside down.

I love that the weather is cooling down a bit so that we can enjoy the outdoors again without having to be in a pool.

Family picture at the Zoo.

Here is Emma, "making cookies for Santa." We celebrate Christmas year round in our home. :)

The other day I told Emma the clock said 9:40 and she said "No mom, the clock doesn't have a mouth!"