Updates!

Well, let's see...Liam is 21 months old! WOW!! He has been talking a lot lately, at least trying to I should say. SpongeBob is a new word which sounds like BumBob but we understand him. He's gone peepee and poopy on the potty a few times!!! The no more diaper light is shining at the end of the tunnel for us.

Jo, Charlie, Tanner & Brett came for a visit and we (especially the kids) had a great time. They are currently still in London touring around and my kids miss them so much. Had rain the entire time they were here so hope they are having better weather in London.

I just got my certificate from The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and I am now Officially a Member under my ancestor Paul Van Der Voort.

Will have to post some pictures as soon as I can.
Hope everyone is well.

Our Day in London....

We took a bus tour (day trip) to London. Liam was fine until the bus moved and then he cried almost the entire way to London, about an hour and a half! Once we got into the city...he fell asleep! Go figure.

It rained once we got there and we did the hop on hop off bus ride and the kids and Bud sat on top of the bus (no roof) and got pretty wet. Liam and I were on the first level where he fussed and cried some more!

It finally stopped raining once we reached the palace and it was a pretty nice day from then on. We didn't go through any building due to the time schedule but walked around a lot and saw a lot of nice place. We even got a boat ride which we missed our stop and ended up staying on longer and saw the Greenwich Timeline Building (where all the clocks are set to). That was pretty cool, although we docked for 15 mins and didn't have to get out and look inside.

Hoping to go back and see more next time!

Make a Smilebox postcard

Friday, June 5, 2009

We had to head South for some appointments so we decided we should visit the surrounding area and sight see instead of making the appointments and heading home like we have done a few times before. So we stopped in Cambridge and looked around and then went to the Cambridge American Memorial Cemetery. It was such a nice day and worth another visit...maybe when university lets out and the town isn't full of college kids. We also went to London on Saturday-look for another post on that soon.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Audrey's School Play

Audrey and her K/1st grade class performed "The Three Piggy Opera" for parents, siblings and grades 2 through 5. They were so cute!! Audrey had a solo as the Brick Peddler. She did a great job and hasn't stopped singing since.
Mrs. New asked the kids to not sing any of the songs at home so the entire opera would be a surprise to us all...and it was! We didn't even know that she had a solo! But now that it's over and we all saw it, she sings the entire opera from start to finish!
If I can figure it out I will try to add her solo on this site at some time.
In the meantime...enjoy the mini slide show.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Feb 2008

Audrey had an eye appointment and she needs glasses for reading, writing, computer play and other up-close task work. She has adjusted well to them and we think she looks darn cute!

Liam's First Haircut! 2-12-09

Well I did it! I had too, his hair was getting so long, but was so pretty, it needed to be cut and he needed to look like a little boy. The lady did save a cute curly from the side and a big bunch from the bangs. He looks like a big boy! :( So sad...at least he's still very cute!

He is also getting 4 molars at one time so he is cute and grumpy! lol

Check out the Daisy site...

We had a wreath Laying ceremony today. Check out the Daisy site to have a look. Click on the title to take you there.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Some Winter/Christmas pictures

Make a Smilebox photobook

Here is a link the Daisy Girl Scout Troop that Audrey is in.

Audrey belongs to Troop #116 and her troop just attended the Girl Scout Chinese New Year party (1-23-09). They had a lot of fun. Check out their site to see the slide show...make sure volume is on.


Just click on the title to take you to the blog.

Logan's 4th Birthday !!

We had a little party for Logan at his Nursery for his 4th birthday. What fun that was!! We took in American snacks, cake, ice cream and juice boxes! These little English kids have never had food like this before. They thought the juice boxes were pretty good and they were a bit nervous to try the Goldfish Crackers at first but after one they were hooked (no pun intended). They thought the ice cream was really good and I can't blame them. We have tried the ice cream here and it's nothing to write home about! They thought the cake and frosting (I think it was Betty Crocker) was too sweet. The cake that we have had here is not as sweet and most of the time it wasn't that moist so a big difference. But they all had fun!

Horseback Riding Lessons 12/13/08

Audrey went Christmas Caroling with the Girl Scouts on base and then she spent the night at her friend Kelsi's house. In the morning Kelsi went to her riding lessons and Audrey was able to take a lesson as well. SHE LOVED IT!!! Logan got to sit on Minty, he is too young to take lessons, you have to be 5 and he will only be 4 next week. So far the next few days we heard that they want to go riding and that they would like to get a horse! The crazy thing, it was raining that day and they still rode. It was around 2 in the afternoon when I took the pictures of Audrey & Kelsi. The sun sets here around 3:30pm, you can see how dark it was already getting by the time I took the picture of Logan at about 3:00. Love the English Winters...at least no snow!

Audrey riding Minty

Logan on Minty

Audrey's friend Kelsi on Honey

Thanksgiving 2008

We celebrated our 1st Thanksgiving here in England! It was so nice, our friends from Wales (Bob & Joanne, they are Americans working and living in Wales) came over for a visit and had dinner with us! We had the works, turkey, potatoes, stuffing, etc.
It's a bit late for this post...but better late than never!

Update on Liam

Yesterday, Nov. 17th Liam had his well baby appointment (and shots or jabs as they say here).

Here are his stats:

Liam is fine, he is in the 75 percentile for height and weight.
He is 30.5 inches long and 22.6 pounds.

He is the smallest baby I have had!!

The Dr said that he looks great, is progressing well and keep doing what we are doing!

He also cut another tooth on the bottom left, finally, he was lop-sided there for a while with 3 teeth on the bottom and 4 on the top. :)

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Halloween

It was a little dark in the gym so not that great with the pictures...but here we have it.
Audrey was a Fairy...in all pink! So strange, she doesn't really like pink and hasn't wanted to dress up in the past. But you take 'em when you can!


Logan was a super hero. He was one of the characters from The Incredibles. He wore this outfit last year...a good super hero can't be put away!


Liam was Piglet. He wasn't feeling too good, had a cold so he wasn't too happy to be in that outfit.


We went to the base Fall Festivities (not as good as Elvaton's last year I have to say!) anyhow the kids got thier faces painted (well, not Liam).




Pooped Piglet!

Guy Fawkes Night/Bon Fire Night

Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night (click on the name above to go to the site to read more about it).

This is something else...there have been fireworks in our village (right over top of our house) for the last three nights!! These people like to celebrate the failures of this poor guy (funny) Guy Fawkes. He failed to blow up Parliament! I went to the third floor play room of our house and looked out the window, in the distance there were several large bon fires on the hills...they are a few miles away so they have to be pretty big.

Just thought that I would share this interesting festive night with you. It's funny to see and hear large and loud fireworks not only above our house, but in November.

So go out and celebrate an English Holiday!

Liam's 1st Birthday Picture

Liam's 1st Birthday! Oct 15, 2008

The Birthday Boy!



Just a cake I made, doesn't look all that great, but tasted really good!


He really enjoyed that cake!!

After his cake and ice cream he (well mainly Audrey & Logan) opened up his birthday gifts. He got lots of money and lots of nice toys. It was good first birthday!

This is a great charity for Christmas. Easy to do!!

Long lost relative...hmmm?

Well, I did it I took the picture Bud and I kept saying we needed to take....he looks like this after he eats when he runs his hands all through his hair and after we clean him up and sometimes when he wakes up.
The Mug Shot of Liam Hiller...but who does he look like to you? Scroll down after Liam's picture to see, then let us know what you think.













(Nick Nolte) Scary isn't it!?!?