Two very special lil ladies celebrated their birthdays in February! Sophie turned 2 and Chloe turned 1, my how time flies by!!!!! Papa Bear and I are very blessed to have such lovely granddaughters to love!!!
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Our Granddaughter's have family living in England, Gramps and Grams and Auntie Deb-Deb...they sent the girls some lovely cards and pictures! : ) Above you see the girls and Auntie Deb-Deb. Sophie looks a lot like her Auntie!
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Here is Gramps and Grams!
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Sophie received a special gift from Gramps and Grams.....here she is working on her puzzle while skyping with them! Makes the miles not feel so far away.
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Sophie loves her puzzles!
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After naptime we treated the girls to some yummy ice cream.
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Grampy, DaDa and Mumma checking out what is the best thing to order....I think Sophie was checking out the decorations in the shop.
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Mumma and Sophie
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DaDa and Grampy, someone was enjoying his shake! ; )
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Chloe munching on some waffle cone
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Sophie checking out the "goods" everyone else had....we don't want to miss a taste now do we!
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February was a good month for baking bread!
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Yum!!!!
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We had a dual birthday party for the girls, the theme was "stars"
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Sophie was enamored with stars....her favorite movie was Tangled.....we called the lanterns stars: )
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Daughter in love had fun hanging stars and fairy lights everywhere
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We had a lil feast going on!
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Daughter in love made butterflies for Sophie
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Ladybugs for Chloe......they were quite delish!
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The beverage table
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Auntie Jess made the girls their cake
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1 for Chloe
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2 for Sophie
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We had some very special guests! Sophie and Chloe love them very much! They even braved the snow to come and celebrate with the girls!
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February was a perfect month for cuddles with our Uncle Pat Pat!
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Dan made some very yummy bread pudding with homemade brioche and a whiskey/caramel sauce! We enjoy the fact that our son loves to bake!
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February was a perfect time to take our first steps!!! Here Chloe is walking with her toy but she did take her first steps this month!
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February is the perfect month to learn to use our spoon! Sophie is telling her Mummy that she can do it! : ) She did a very good job too!
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February is the perfect month for snow! Uncle Pat's car under a night of snowfall......we really didn't get much snow this year.
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So we enjoyed the little bit we got!
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Chloe loved it!
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So did Sophie
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Mummy took the girls out for a little sleigh ride.
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Fun times
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Sophie preferred playing in the snow
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This Grammy made some special strawberry cookies!
February was a wonderful memory filled time with our kids and grandloves! Hmmmmm wonder what March will bring us!