Where is that turkey? I asked my daughter. She had to disguise him so he would not be eaten for Thanksgiving. Since she was an astronaut this year for Halloween, she decided to dress him up as an astronaut as well. This costume was so good, he made it through Thanksgiving without being eaten, my daughter was so happy!
We also took a trip to an art studio with her Daisy Troop. They followed a step-by-step painting of a beautifully colored turkey. They completed each step together and loved making the feather all different
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It was a day of art; our daughter was filled with joy as she enjoyed the activities in the children’s art studio. We went with our good family friends who also enjoyed the art activities. The children enjoyed painting a canvas of a painting of their choice and making colored slime. Our daughter selected a rainbow llama
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Our final Halloween celebration was a nice dinner with friends then a trip to a Jack-O-Lantern light show. Our daughter was so excited and in awe of all the light displays and animations. We saw many different types of jack-o-lantens portraying different emotions with various face designs. There were many pop culture displays
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WOW! Our daughter was so happy when she received the Grand Champion Ribbon at her last hose show on her favorite horse, Stevie. They make an awesome team and have such a beautiful connection. In addition to this great accomplishment, there was a Halloween celebration at the barn after the show. She enjoyed great decorations
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Our family had a great time at the Fall Festival. We met a friendly ghost and went through an interactive Halloween story display. Our daughter loved hearing the story and seeing the animated characters light up and make spooky noises. We enjoyed great fall foods, especially the street corn! We enjoyed playing with the fall
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Our family took a trip to Pennsylvania to meet Grammy and Grandpa for a weekend of fun. Adam and I enjoyed fly fishing in a beautiful creek where we each caught and released four stunning trout. Grammy and Grandpa enjoyed spending quality time with our daughter swimming in an indoor pool and having lunch. Also, we went to the
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It was a beautiful fall day to enjoy some great fall activities. We went to my daughter’s previous school and visited the petting zoo where she fed llamas, goats, ducks and bunnies. Then she picked a pumpkin and painted such a happy face on it with awesome hair. She enjoyed the bounce houses with friends and some fall
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Our family took a trip to Pennsylvania to meet Grammy and Grandpa for a weekend of fun. Adam and I enjoyed fly fishing in a beautiful creek where we each caught and released four stunning trout. Grammy and Grandpa enjoyed spending quality time with our daughter swimming in an indoor pool and having lunch. Also, we went to the
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Our sweet little girl turned 5! We celebrated all weekend long. It began Friday night when we went to our beach club with friends for dinner and cupcakes, butterfly cupcakes of course! The children played on the playground and enjoyed the sweet treats. Our daughter received her very own bike as a special gift from us and she
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Over the summer we went to the sweetest place on Earth, Hershey Park. We went with our daughter’s Grammy, Great Aunt, Aunt, Uncle and two cousins (close family friends). We enjoyed learning all about how the chocolate is made and how the chocolate bars are constructed. We met the Hershey characters: Hershey Bar,
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We had a great Fourth of July weekend! We had dinner at Auntie’s and Uncle’s house. We enjoyed games, a great meal and lots of laughs. The next day Gigi and Papa came over for an Italian dinner. Again, we enjoyed games and lots of fun memories. The next day we enjoyed the day at our beach club. I worked on the committee
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We took a trip to Grandpa’s house the day after Father’s Day to celebrate with him. Our daughter took a tennis lesson and loved every minute of it. She especially liked picking up the tennis balls with the hopper. She was extremely good at volleys close to the net and playing fun games. Then we went to the pool
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Happy Father’s Day to a great father and husband. We took my husband on a fishing trip with our good friends. My husband caught a fluke and so did our friend. The kids loved exploring the boat and enjoying various snacks. At the end of the trip, they enjoyed throwing the left over bait off the stern and watched all the
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Time sure flies when you are having fun! Our daughter graduated from Pre-K and has been at the school for four years. She has learned all the rudimentary academic skills to succeed in all of her future educational endeavors. She has made many friends who will be going to elementary school with her and may become lifetime
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Our daughter absolutely adores horses and she got to see them in a different light, performing. We went to a historical event in our community showcasing equestrian shooting, saber work among other performances. Our daughter loved watching the horses gallop around the corrals in costumes and seeing the men and women in old
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Our daughter danced like a dream at her annual recital, she was amazing. She did a cute tap number which she smiled and shined the whole time. She practiced really hard, and it showed. We really taught her that practice and hard work definitely pays off! She was so happy to be so loved by her parents, grandparents and
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We find fun wherever we go! On Memorial Day we went to a local fair to enjoy rides and games. Our daughter loved playing the nerf shooting game and won! After that, her dad won it as well. Our daughter got to take home two stuffies, a puppy dog and a pink raccoon. Then my daughter and I went on a super big twisting slide and
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“And the Yankees win!” Our daughter will remember when she thinks about her first Yankee game. We brought our daughter to her first Yankee game where she cheered, danced, and sang for our favorite team, the New York Yankees. She brought along her “baseball puppy,” who she used to place on first base when she
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Our daughter presented her artwork at her school’s Annual Pre-K Art Show. She had me enter the show with my eyes closed and led me to her artwork. When I opened my eyes I was filled with awe and joy. What a wonderful presentation. She had imitated some of the most famous painters including, Monet, Picasso, and Van
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We celebrated our fur baby’s birthday! He turned three and we have raised him since he was 2 months old. He is one of the family and he enjoyed squeaking his birthday cake toy and listening to us sing the birthday song. We all enjoyed ice cream and a it was a very happy birthday for our Tico.
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What an amazing process this has been for our family to watch! Our first butterfly came out of the cocoon last night and flew around the butterfly nursery. We quickly put a sliced strawberry inside for the butterfly to eat after a long rest inside the cocoon. Our daughter got to see the butterfly come out of the cocoon and
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What a ride! Our daughter has been practicing for a while, not only for the show but her horse care as well. She has learned to pick hooves, brush horses, and tack them up. She had a great ride at the show taking home a blue first place ribbon and two third place ribbons. She loves riding and forming bonds with every horse
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Our family celebrated Mother’s Day all weekend long! It started with a Mother’s Day Tea at my daughter’s school. The children sang songs, made cards, gave us planted flowers in beautifully decorated pots and sat with us to enjoy a lovely breakfast. The next day we went to Grammy’s house and enjoyed a
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I loved celebrating my birthday with my family and friends. I walked downstairs and saw my favorite, a bunch of balloons to start my day off right. My daughter and Adam gave me a few gifts, flowers, and lots of hugs. Then we went out to dinner with my best friend and continued with another dinner the next nightie with Gigi
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We took a trip to the Firefighter Museum over the weekend. We explored fire trucks from all ages, from horse pulled trucks to modern day trucks. We participated in numerous simulation activities that taught us all about fire safety. We learned what to do in an emergency and how fireman keep us safe. We also enjoyed pretending
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Our daughter absolutely loved going to her friend’s princess birthday party. It was a day of glam and fun. The girls had the nails done, hair styled and dressed up in gowns as princesses. They chose nail colors and accessories like purses, hair clips, and wraps. They all had a chance to walk down the red carpet and have
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Over the weekend, our family celebrated my niece’s (our daughter’s cousin) 4th birthday. We went to her gymnastics center where we participated in an obstacle course, jumping on the trampoline, jumping in a bounce house, swinging on bars, and dropping into a ball pit. Then the children enjoyed pizza and cake
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Our daughter loves playing with her dolls and dressing them, doing their hair, and picking out all sorts of accessories for every occasion. This was her turn. We took her to my salon for her first haircut. She was excited and nervous. Her beautiful curly locks were given a little trim which looked terrific. She was so happy
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It was a beautiful Sunday morning for our daughter’s fist town soccer game. She worked hard on controlling the ball, dribbling, and shooting the ball. She enjoyed being with some friends from school, dance, and gymnastics. We were so happy watching her get so excited each time she kicked her ball into the goal!
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Over the past weekend we spent lots of quality time with our family. We visited Grammy’s and Grandpa’s house for dinner. We enjoyed a sushi diner and then our daughter enjoyed playing with all of Grammy’s bunnies that she had as decorations for Easter. She enjoyed watching a movie with Grandpa. The next we went
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It was great day, Easter Sunday! We began the day in worship at Easter Sunday Mass. We sang our praises and our daughter loved singing along. Our priest gave her a special blessing as we received Holy Communion. When we returned home, we hosted an Easter brunch for our family. Gigi, Papa, Aunt, Uncle and her two cousins came
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A few days leading up to Easter Sunday our family participated in numerous fun filled Easter activities. We began with an Easter egg hunt at a fish hatchery where not only our daughter found all the eggs, she also enjoyed looking and feeding all the fish and turtles. She loved feeding the fish and watching them jump to the
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Our daughter has made a lot of friendships and attended numerous birthday parties over the past few weeks. They have ranged from bounce house parties, painting parties, and gymnastics parties. She loved each and every one since she loves dancing, jumping, doing arts and crafts and performing gymnastics stunts. We loved
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We enjoyed an Easter Eggstravaganza with our family and friends. The event was at a Children’s Museum and colored eggs were hidden within various exhibits and centers. Every time you found an egg you put a sticker on your map. After you completed the hunt, you turned in your map and received a prize. During the hunt
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Our family has begun preparing for the Easter celebration. My daughter and I always decorate our kitchen sliders with different holiday window clings, and we put up our Easter designs. My daughter filled an entire square with Easter eggs; she was so proud. In addition, we also colored plastic eggs with special markers and
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Sunday family funday was a first experience for our daughter- we went bowling. She really enjoyed learning to throw the ball down the lane and count how many pins she knocked down. We practiced cheering for everyone as they took their turns. Our daughter met “Luigi” (she named him) the dinosaur bowling helper and
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“The Luck of the Irish” became true when spending St. Patrick’s Day with family and friends. Our daughter took her first train ride to an Irish spirit filled parade with her three friends. All the children dressed for the occasion with green and shamrocks. We enjoyed bagpipers, numerous fire trucks and police
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I promise to be the best big sister. I will teach the baby to play with toys and share toys
I promise to give the baby my baby toys and everything I loved when I was a baby.
I promise to help feed and hug the baby.
I promise to sing to the baby.
I promise to love the baby.
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We promise to raise your baby with unconditional love always and forever.
We promise to provide your baby with a loving, safe, secure, stable home filled with joy, faith and laughter.
We promise to teach your baby about the beauty of kindness and generosity and the power of smiles.
We promise to share the story of you as
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Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine- Snow White
Don’t ever wish to be anything than who you are- Thumbelina
You mean more to me than anyone in this whole world- Peter Pan
Love is putting someone’s else needs before your own- Frozen
Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale- Hans Christian
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Castles, fire breathing dragons and a lifting drawbridge were all part of the fun. My daughter and I spent part of the day in medieval times constructing a castle with characters that sit in the castle. The castle had a lifting drawbridge by a pull of a sting that we connected to the castle. Our favorite was the dragon wagon.
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My daughter and I enjoyed doing numerous dinosaur projects together! We made a dinosaur costume, a Dino hat, and feet out of felt. She enjoyed wearing the costume to go on numerous Dino exploration adventures. We made two dinosaur fossils with instant dry clay and playing a dinosaur matching game, which of course she won. We
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Over the weekend we enjoyed a painting birthday party of one of her dance friends. Our daughter loved painting her plaster unicorn walking amongst the clouds. She was careful in each color she chose and its placement. She was very proud of her work, and we will hang it up in her room. After painting, she was so excited to
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Our family made a trip to the magical “Build-A-Bear” where new cuddle friends are born. Our daughter had so much fun selecting her friend and creating her from start to finish. She selected a bunny that resembles her personality, bright, cheerful and captivating. She has sparkly pink ears because in her opinion,
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We celebrated a friend’s birthday at an outer space play place. Our daughter enjoyed the giant indoor playground with a large slide and bubble machine. She enjoyed jumping in the bounce houses with her friends and throwing balls back and forth. We played basketball games, air hockey and, of course our family favorite,
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It was a Dino fun weekend for our family. Our daughter loves dinosaurs, literally everything about them. One of her favorite TV shows is “Dino Dana” and she loves learning all the intricate facts about each type of dinosaur and pretending to conduct her own experiments and creating her own adventures. We went to
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Our daughter has been doing gymnastics since she was in the mommy and me program and riding horses for a year and a half. She has fallen in love with both sports and works hard at each one. In gymnastics, she constantly works on her cartwheels, backward rolls and bridges. Our daughter is also beginning to steer her own horse
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Our family had a great time on a mini vacation to Florida with Grandpa! We visited a turtle sanctuary where hurt and sick turtle are rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitats. Our daughter loved hearing all the stories and saying kind words to each turtle. She enjoyed an animated coloring game of all different
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It was a magical cousin Sunday for our daughter. We started the day off with Disney On Ice and the girls dressed up as princess Mona. They enjoyed scenes from “Cinderella,” “Rupunzel,” “Frozen,” “Beauty and the Beast” and, of course, “Mona.” In addition, they saw the original Disney cast: Mickey, Minnie,
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Our holiday season always begins with the annual toy drive when Santa comes down each street in our neighborhood to collect gifts from boys and girls to give to children who may not receive many gifts. Our daughter loved to listen closely to hear Santa’s sleigh bells so she can run out with her gift to give
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. We spent the weekend celebrating the holiday season. My daughter and I decorated our very own gingerbread house. The house was a success despite my little one eating the icing as we were sticking on an assortment of candies and peppermint sticks. The next day my little
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We are so proud of our daughter for all her gifts and talents, and most of all for her sweet, kind and loving personality. She has achieved two accomplishments that she took pride in, passing level three in swimming and her first blue ribbon in her last horse show. Swimming and horseback riding are two of her favorite
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Fabulous, was the word our daughter chose to describe the “Disney On Ice” performance. We saw Frozen and Encanto, both magical performances that captivated our daughter with wide eyes and bright smiles for the entire show. She danced, sang and cheered for her favorite characters. We loved watching her
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Thanksgiving is a special time for our family. It is a time we share our gratitude for all of our blessings, especially the love we share with our family and friends. Our daughter explained that she is most thankful for “mom hugs, my pet, Tico and my whole family.” She also helped a turkey disguise himself
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Halloween was an exciting time for our family. We dressed up as characters from the movie, “Encanto.” I was Mirabel, Adam was Bruno, our daughter was Isabella and Tico even joined the fiesta. We began the spooky weekend with a Halloween light show where we viewed an array of amazing displays of
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An awesome ride for our daughter at her second horse show with her family by her side. She achieved a second place and two fourth place ribbons; we are so proud of her. She was all smiles the whole time while being completely focused on her performance. After the competition was over, we all enjoyed a costume
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More fall fun was had at another pumpkin farm with friends. We met our friends at the pumpkin patch for hay rides, pumpkin picking, pony rides and feeding animals. We made lots of different designs and shapes with the pumpkins in the patch and rode ponies with festive costumes. Even the baby llama was
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“Boo!” my daughter said cheerfully when she met the friendly ghost at the pumpkin farm. She absolutely loves Halloween and enjoyed taking pictures with “OTTO,” the ghost. She was very helpful selecting the perfect pumpkins that we are going to decorate with spooky faces. We spent some
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My daughter and I attended her Pre-K school field trip to the farm. We fed cows, sheep, goats, zebras and even camels. She was so excited to see and pet all the animals; she had a smile on her face all day. In addition, we took a hay ride out to a pumpkin patch where she chose two beautiful pumpkins for each
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Happy 4th Birthday to our daughter’s best friend. We spent the whole weekend celebrating with both families. We enjoyed a beautiful backyard Lego themed party with a bounce house, mini roller coaster, cake and many other treats. Then, the next day we traveled to Legoland. We went on numerous rides
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We took a long weekend with Grandpa to a great fly-fishing stream. My husband and I went fishing in the stream and caught various rainbow trout roughly 18 inches each. We also enjoyed dining out and eating delicious meals and, of course, our daughter loved her “mac & cheese.” While we were
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We began our fall family traditions this past weekend with visiting the apple orchard for apple picking. We went with one of our best friends who has become an auntie to our daughter. Our daughter loved finding all the apples from “baby” apples to large apples and putting them in our bag. We
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It was a special day not only for our daughter but for the family as well. We spent the day at our daughter’s first horse show and watched her smile with delight the entire time being with the horses. Gigi and grandpa came out to support her and share in her happiness. She took us all around the barn
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In mid August we traveled to a little spot centered around a big river filled with lots of fun things to do with the family. We had a beautiful dinner riverside and celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. We visited the aquarium where our daughter loved watching the sea lion show and touching sting rays. We
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I promise to be the best big sister. I will teach the baby to play with toys and share toys
I promise to give the baby my baby toys and everything I loved when I was a baby.
I promise to help feed and hug the baby.
I promise to sing to the baby.
I promise to love the baby.
Read more »
We promise to raise your baby with unconditional love always and forever.
We promise to provide your baby with a loving, safe, secure, stable home filled with joy, faith and laughter.
We promise to teach your baby about the beauty of kindness and generosity and the power of smiles.
We promise to share the story of you as
Read more »
Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine- Snow White
Don’t ever wish to be anything than who you are- Thumbelina
You mean more to me than anyone in this whole world- Peter Pan
Love is putting someone’s else needs before your own- Frozen
Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale- Hans Christian
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Tico is our adorable 2-year-old Shih Tzu who brings joy and laughter to our family each day. Tico is our daughter’s best friend- they spend countless hours playing tag in the yard, fetch and make believe games. Tico always continues playing no matter how tired he may be until she is ready to stop playing. Tico is the
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Meet our sweet, beautiful happy four-year-old daughter who genuinely loves all around her- family, friends and animals alike. She loves making people laugh and smile and lending a hand however possible. She has a big heart and naturally shows concern for those sad or hurt and seeks to comfort them. Our
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A Family Rooted in Customs and Traditions- Today’s Special Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories”- Aladdin”
As a family we love celebrating just about everything. Every fall we enjoy apple picking, pumpkin picking, trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and Halloween shows. During the winter we build a
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