Fritsche Family

Monday, March 7, 2011

Donuts With Dad

This morning Ben's school had something called "Donuts with Dad." Thankfully Jeff was able to make it and here's a picture of them before the big event. The picture quality isn't great because I had to take it with my cell phone, but at least we captured the moment!

Ben showed Daddy around his classroom and they had donuts. Then the children sang a "good morning" song and recited the pledge of allegiance (Ben got to hold the flag). Then Ben gave Daddy a picture he drew of him that said "I love my daddy because he plays trains with me."

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Kate + markers

We left Kate, Ben and Elise alone to play together in the playroom. Kate found some markers and not only marked all over everything, but all over herself as well. The most damage was done to her arm, but her face also got some action. She thought it was quite funny.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Our Little Valentines

Valentine's Day was fun this year because Ben got very excited about preparing cards for his friends at school. He had a great time distributing them in class and getting cards and treats in return. He also mailed some princess Valentine cards to some special ladies in Zionsville, Indiana.

Getting his Valentine cards ready. He put heart stickers on all of the envelopes.

Kate modeling her new 'do.

Enjoying their Valentine's cookies with Daddy.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ben's 4th Birthday

Our Ben turned 4 on February 1st. In honor of the big day we had 18(!) of his closest friends to Monkey Joe's for a party. It was total chaos, but all of the 4-year olds seemed to have a nice time. It was fun to see all of them interact with one another - they are so big say the funniest things to each other. We were happy to create a mess somewhere other than our house! Anne, Adam, Babbie and Poppie came for the festivities.

The newly engaged couple came for the birthday festivities. Kate got to try on Anne's ring.

Playing with Ben's birthday balloons from Grammy.

The jungle cake that weighed around 20 pounds!

Monkey Joe's

Ben & Elise

Getting ready to blow out the candles. The nice lady at MJ's painted Ben's face...to look like a dog???

Chaos!

Winter Fun

January is usually a pretty long month but thankfully we had some fun things happen to keep us busy. Jackson and Amy came for a visit from Atlanta one weekend. Jackson came to play with Ben and Amy came to watch the Golden Globes with me!

We also had a big snow/ice storm that kept us trapped indoors (and Daddy stranded in NYC) for almost five days. Not very typical for Charlotte! Here are some pictures from January. Next up...Ben's birthday party pics.

Story time with Daddy/Jeff

Snow day! We don't have a lot of snow gear so we had to make due.

And finally...Kate got a baby doll crib for Christmas and sometimes likes to get in herself.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Holidays 2010

We were in Ft. Thomas for Christmas. There was lots of snow on the ground, which excited Ben and Kate. Unfortunately we don't have a great snow wardrobe so we had to make due!

Kate's snow wardrob - hat & coat on top of pajamas with Ben's Thomas rain boots!

Christmas Eve - waiting to open presents

Testing her new sparkly shoes from Aunt Anne & Adam.

Christmas Day in Springfield, Ohio

Checking out her new baby doll.

Cincinnati Zoo Festival of Lights

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Happy Holidays!

I realized that I haven't posted any pictures since Halloween, so here are some new ones from Thanksgiving until now. Ben is very excited about Christmas this year. Thankfully the nice people who own the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine material have made a new movie (Misty Island) with a whole bunch of new things to buy - the dvd, multiple train sets and new engines - so Santa has plenty from which to choose! Kate was terrified of Santa a few weeks ago when we went to see him, but since has learned how to say "Santa" so maybe she's warming up to him.

I'll post more after Christmas. Merry Christmas!!

Ben & Kate had their own Thanksgiving parade.