The Mattila Update

Last night we went to Holly & Joel's to celebrate Gabe's 3rd birthday. We had a nice time--complete with Coldstone ice cream cake! YUM. Gabe is getting SO big. They are going to be putting him in ice skating class soon so that he can begin little kid hockey once he completes it. Neat.

I'm looking into preschools for Berlin. Some are pretty expensive around here. I'm not so sure how worth it preschool is--I don't think playing with paint is worth $3000. So I'm trying to find one that is at least half that or under if possible. James and I spend time teaching her things but I think it might be fun for her to be in that environment. Besides the expense, I've been debating whether I'll enroll her this fall because school starts like 14 days after I'm due with baby 3.0. Not sure how great I'll be at getting things together to take all the kids. I have a hard time now getting out on time! So we'll see... either way, I'd like to check into some group classes she can join so she gets that sort of environment. Now that she will be 3 and potty trained, I can put her in those things. I was in ice skating and swimming at a really young age. I still remember the ice skating (my skates were so cute!)...it was fun :)

We cut Elijah's hair last week. I like it! He still has curls after a bath if I let it dry without combing. But I think it makes him look more boyish.

Little Cutie Pie. She is excited to be turning 3!

:)

First Haircut.

Attempting to distract him with goldfishies didn't work so we moved onto Thin Mints.

By far, the hardest haircut I've done.

Doesn't he look older?!