Wintery Lake Michigan...

My mom has been so fabulous coming over to help out often which allows me to have time to run errands, take naps and spend some special one-on-one time with Parker.  Today we headed to Lake Michigan to see all of the ice before Spring shows itself...which we hope happens soon!  Parker loved tromping around in his boots on the snow, in the sand and on the pier.  I love watching him experience new things as he looks around in amazement...he was most excited about the ducks that were still swimming in the water!

Parker LOVED the pier.  For some reason he has always liked the blue posts...I remember that from last summer too.  Today he wanted to play each one like a drum!  So down the line he went to the end of the pier drumming each one as he went along!

Splish Splash I was Takin' a Bath...

 Parker loves bath time!  He loves to stick the letters and numbers on the edge, play with the bubbles, shoot hoops and pour water on his tummy!

ABC's and 123...

This month Parker has stepped out as a singing machine!  He has always loved hearing us sing to him before he goes to bed, in the car and while we play during the day, but lately he has been joining in!  He now knows so many songs and sings along with us which is probably the most adorable thing ever in my eyes!  The ABC's is his definite favorite though.  He skips a few letters (E-K) in the middle but is getting better ever day.  He also is counting a lot too.  He can count 1-10 with ease and knows half of the numbers from 11-20.

Not only is he singing and counting a lot but also his dancing skills are improving and expanding!  More and more he asks us to turn the radio on so we can all dance.  He spins around, shakes his hips, waves his arms in the air and even tries to spin on his back on the floor!  When I watch him I am mentally fast forwarding time in my head and I am seeing him at his high school dances strutting his stuff!

Girl's basketball 2013...

Joel and I went back and forth for some time about if Joel should coach the girl's team this year due to the arrival of our baby in the middle of the season.  Since Joel taught these girls every year throughout middle school he really wanted to coach them so we went for it and decided to figure it out along the way!  Everything ended up working out perfectly, but I am definitely now enjoying the fact that Joel no longer has practice and games every night!

The team had a great season despite a few key players being injured.  They ended up winning their final tournament game which made the season end on a high note for everyone!

Parker loves nothing more than dribbling the ball on the court during half time.  His dribbling has improved a lot lately.  He now can run while dribbling and dribble up to 12 times in a row!  It is funny to hear everyone in the bleachers ohhh and ahhh at his skills!  He just looks so cute out there!  There are a lot of pics...I just couldn't choose!

Back to the game...