A visit to Seattle

Last weekend we had great fun visiting very good friends in Seattle and watching Hayleigh's big brother, Taylor, play hockey.

We stayed with my life long friend Trisha, her hubby (Jeff) and precious little boy (Josh). Hayleigh and Josh had fun playing all weekend long - it was great watching them play together :) Josh is 6 months older than Hayleigh...

Taylor did a great job at his games - it will be the last time that we have to travel until March (Hallelujah!) The team won both their games!

Hayleigh's First Day at Preschool

Hayleigh had a great day at her first day at Preschool! There are only 5 other children in her class and she is the youngest but she had a blast! God has blessed us again with this opportunity! I get to co-teach her class and it is every Monday!! It is a co-op preschool at the Community College here where the mom's attend along side the child and learns various parenting issues too. It is called CBC Parenting and Early Learning Program. When the boys were toddlers, we attended the class and I also taught it way back then:) I am REALLY excited about this opportunity and feel that it is truly a blessing on how it all worked out!

Most of the kids in her class are much closer to 2yrs but that's okay! She had fun following them around playing in the water table, painting at the easel (and getting painted on!), playing playdough, puzzles, snacks, climbing stairs, playing with balls and singing songs, making dot pictures and playing with bubbles outside! As you can see she had a busy morning and before i was even out of the parking lot she was zonked out!!

Tri-City Chinese American Association - Chinese New Year

Last night we ventured out to the local Chinese American Association New Year Performance. We had a great time! We felt like we were back in China - it was AWESOME!! Our kids dressed up in their Chinese outfits. We got there kinda late so our pictures aren't the greatest:( We had fun trying to figure out what they were saying - finally a sweet lady switched seats with her friends and began interpretting what they were saying:) We saw a traditional dance, kids singing, grandparents singing, a few chinese opera songs, an audience interactive game, ballet dancers, video of dogs (2006 is the year of the Dog - but we didn't put 2 and 2 together until today! - last night we thought it was kinda strange:):)), and a group sang a christian song in chinese - we know this because they had the english words on a screen... and the boys favorite part was that all of the kids were invited up to the stage to get a red envelope with $ in it. The grandparents gives this envelope to the children on New Years for luck! Both the boys got one and each had a $1.00 bill - they were thrilled!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

It DID Snow!!! Last weekend we didn't have hockey - imagine that! And it was Lance's Birthday! So we went to Lake CouerD Alene with hopes to find snow to sled and snowboard in. Saturday it rained alllll day,but the boys went tubing anyway! Then on Sunday, we woke up to snow - just enough to play in. Below are some pictures of our weekend. Hayleigh loved the sled - she really like going fast...

What we are up to...

Life is going just great for the Vickerman family. It seems that our fall was a blur and now that the Holidays are over we are finally settling into a great routine:) The boys continue to bring tears to my eyes whenever they kiss all over their sister or beg to be the one to get her out of her crib - God is soo good - we are so blessed that he has answered our prayer:) Below are a few pictures of what we have been up to - ENJOY:)

Hayleigh's friend Delanie came to play today - they are sooo cute!

Hayleigh LOVES to play under the Breakfast bar - especially when her big brothers are there!

Taylor's team had an awesome opportunity to join the Ams for the MDA skills challenge last weekend.

This is Taylor's favorite player - Taylor P........?????

Dadadadadadada.....

Guess who says dada now and guess who is VERY happy about that!! Hayleigh loves her dada - she lights up whenever he walks in the room. It's priceless:)




Hayleigh had her first bubble bath - she's not toooo sure about it!