What We've Been Up To

I check my blog every day to see who had posted a new blog, but I haven't been in the mood to blog myself. Not sure why. I decided to sit here and do it, finally, so this part of my year isn't lost.
The big event that just past on Sunday was Tara's 2nd birthday. Ask her how old she is and she will stay say one. She holds up her hand with her pointer finger and thumb up to show two. We had her party last night, Monday, here at my mom and dad's house. Lulu and lula came, uncle Tom, Aunt Alicia and their 4 children, mima and papa and of course me, Siah and Gaber. I made her a Dora cake. It was one of those white confetti cakes with cream cheese icing. I don't think she liked the taste actually. (note that for future cakes). I made nachos, tatertot casserole and chicken fries for dinner. We also had a veggie tray and juice. Everyone had a great time. Tara loved her new boots from lulu and lula. They are blue and have hearts on them. They light up when she stomps. :) She also got a shopping cart full of food and a stroller. She loves everything! When we get back to GA I plan on buying her the kitchen set. I will post some pictures of that later, my mom took a lot of great photos for me since Jeff took my camera to Afghanistan.
Tara's fav foods:
-icecream
-cake (not white with cream cheese icing)
-cheeseburgers
-fries
-apple juice
-eggs
-bread
-toast with pb and jelly
-cranberry juice
-candy :)
-cheese pizza
-apples
-grapes
-strawberries
-and just about anything that is on mommy's plate.

Tara's fav activities:
-playing with babies
-playing outside
-playing with Gaber
-riding on backs
-peek-a-boo
-reading
-helping mommy in the kitchen

Tara also loves loves shoes. She loves to help. She loves to talk. She will be a good story teller someday. At the age of 2 she gets different stories all jumbled together, which is adorable, but some day I think she may be a great story teller. :) She loves her daddy and loves seeing him online. She tries to get hugs from him through the computer and tries to give him a drink of her juice. We both can't wait for him to get the real hugs.

Other than Tara's birthday, we haven't done a whole lot. The kids and I moved from Jeff's parents home to my parent's home this weekend. We are still busy with school. Josiah is working hard to get ahead for Christmas break. Gaber is almost done with his reading binders. In a couple of weeks we will be working on his advanced lessons in reading.
Yesterday mom and I took the kids to the library. They had a lot of fun playing on the computers and Tara had fun looking at books and toys. Mom and I picked out good books for them to read this week. Gaber already read the 5 books we checked out for him. :)

That is pretty much it here. Just preparing for Christmas and enjoying our time with family. Counting down the days until we see Jeff again. Ready to get back to our home and our normal again, for sure!