Dakota Week 9 - 2 Months Old

Yesterday marked Dakota's 2 month birthday.  Momma has these pictures to share with everyone to see how she has grown...

Dakota Week 9 - Happy Easter

This week was a big one for my sister Sierra.  It was her very first Easter Egg Hunt - hosted by Aunt Janet.  So of course we had to practice this week at home.  Momma found our easter baskets and set out eggs.  Even Daddy helped with the egg hiding.  Then the big day arrived.   Fortunately it was beautiful out.  Sierra did a great job finding the eggs with me.  Take a look and see...

I was did a good job too... finding the majority of the 30 eggs that Aunt Janet hid around her front yard.

Dakota enjoyed watching from her car seat.

After the Easter Egg hunt it was time for Easter dinner.  Sierra was ready early and enjoyed every last bit.  The ham was my favorite.

While dinner was finishing cooking Momma took an opportunity to take some First Easter pictures of Dakota.

And of course - any trip to Aunt Janet's would not be complete without a lacrosse lesson.  Sierra did a good job for her first time!

 I showed how well my skills had progressed over the last year!

Pretty impressive don't you think!

I hope you all had a great Easter too!

Dakota Week 8 - Jump If you Love Soccer!

This week marked the start of my soccer career - Momma and Daddy both hope it will be a long one!  I took my first practice at a park in Washington Crossing.  It was a mixed group of girls and boys ages 3 - 5.  Momma had a great time taking pictures - of course =+)

We practiced dribbling skills...

and other ball control skills.

Sierra took notes from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, Dakota slept.
Sierra had so much fun at soccer that she just couldn't contain herself when we made it home.  So she turned into a bouncing Tigger jumping all over the house!

Sierra wasn't the only person getting excited this week about new skills.  Momma and Daddy had a great moment when Sierra grabbed my hand as we were playing outside and convinced me to play ring around the rosey with her.  If you've ever been to our house you know that a kid can outlast an adult at ring around the rosey any day of the week...

Not to mention we had a good game of chase...

tackle daddy...

and airplane flying.

And since Dakota isn't quite mobile yet - Momma took these pictures of her to mark the week.

Amazing to realize she will be two months old next week.  And on a side note from Momma - Dakota had her second night of sleeping from 10:30pm until ~ 6am.  This too excited Momma.

Dakota Week 7 - Social Smiles

This week has been all about the smile...  Smile-wise it was a big week for Dakota.  No more gas induced smiles for her... our newest family member has learned how to smile.  Momma caught this snap shot.

Dakota wasn't the only one smiling this week... Sierra has found the joy of the sit-n-spin.  This brought many smiles to her face.

Not to mention she can now climb up the ladders in the play house.

It wasn't just the girls who were in the smiling mood this week.  With all this nice weather I found my smile for Momma's camera.

I hope your smile found you too!

Dakota Week 6 - Spring has Sprung

I don't know about you, but I am so excited that spring has finally arrived.  As a little kid spring means more time to play outside.  If you know me and you know Sierra you know there is nothing we like more.  Fortunately this week mostly cooperated and Sierra and I made it outside a lot.

Daddy and I started practicing my soccer skills in preparation for my up and coming "formal practices" with other kids my age.

Sierra started her strong man training...

She was pretty proud of how far she could pull the gator!

Daddy started his lumber jack training...

And I also working on my climbing skills by conquering the rock wall at a new playground that we visited.

Meanwhile Dakota supervised all of this great outdoor activity...

When we weren't in training we were visiting with out guests.  This week was a busy one, as Nanny, Grampy and Uncle Chris came to celebrate Momma's birthday.

And later Aunt Janet and MaryAnn came over with their "babies" - Nicky and Budgie.  After a bit of settling in we all had a great time playing together.

There was of course some quite time mixed in with our first living room blanket tent...

And the weekly Dakota photo session to mark the end of another week.

Tazz and I of course had to get into the action...

As you can tell it has been a busy week around here, we hope you had as much fun this week as we did!

Dakota - Week 5 -The Five P's

This week was all about the five P's... what are the five P's you ask?  Well it is Puppies, Pepperoni, Pony, Pig Feet and Play of course!

This week started with Sierra and I doing one of our favorite chores - walking our Snoopy puppies from the front of the house to the back of the house and then back out to the front.  This game can go on for a good twenty minutes.  Our puppies make a great noise and they love to race.  They are fast Foys you know.

You might recall that a while back Sierra demonstrated her genetic Foy-ness by chewing on a piece of fake bacon.  I had my similar moment this week.  Without any prompting or prior conversation about this type of sandwich I asked Daddy to make me a "Pepperoni" sandwich for lunch.  What is the big deal about Pepperoni sandwiches you ask?  Well I have since learned that Daddy spent years eating them for lunch when he was in school.  Seems this apple did not fall far from its tree!

And so Momma wouldn't feel too left out, Sierra showed her Surrette side.  She has become quite enamored with pony rides.  She really has fun on Dusty who lives in our basement and her rocking horse in her room.  Ride 'em cowgirl!

Little Dakota demonstrated her love of pork in the most unusual way this week.  Momma realized that Dakota will happily play on her play mat if there are some pigs feet to eat...

And Sierra and I have found that there are some really fun games that we can play together...chase tops our list.  What is your favorite game?