Santa!

This was the best Santa ever! We got there right before a line formed too so the timing was perfect! Olivia was scared so I held her and a sweet woman offered to take the pictures so Tim could be in them too. I love my little family!

So Smart!

My kids are so darn smart!!! It was so fun to watch Gracie learn to read and write last year and now Lindsey is reading up a storm and started writing too! Here is her latest composition: Funny Lindsey Book.

I love how she attached a picture of herself.

Notice the lines separating each word in the first sentence? "I like to play with Olivia. Sometimes I like to play funny jokes. I hope you like it." Sooooo cute!

Gracie's Field Trip!

I was so happy that the first graders had a field trip so that I could go with Gracie too! Their field trip was to the Children's Museum and I guess there is a limit on the number of parents who can go along, so I was so glad I emailed Mrs. Worlow right away to get one of the spots!

Gracie was so sweet and shy! Here they are watching a puppet show.

Listening to a story from the talking tree . . .

It was too dark to get a good shot of the whole group, but here they are wearing reindeer antlers.

They all went crazy in this playroom! They were having a blast!

At the end they all got to decorate a hat with elf ears.

I'm so glad I was able to go on a field trip with both of my school girls this year! They are growing up too fast!

2 Year Old Baby Girl!

I can't believe my baby is two years old already! She has been talking and saying more and more words so much recently. It always throws me off guard when she rattles off new words. My favorite is when she's bossing her sisters around and says, "GIRLS!!!" Ha! Even though she's the littlest in the family, she thinks she is in charge! We love her spunk! She still has the most contagious grin I've ever seen and my favorite is when I hold her and she pats or rubs my back. She is such a loving girl! We can't get enough of you Miss Olivia! Love you!

She was with me when I bought her a new swing. The "baby" one we already had broke and this one was on sale for $13. She was so excited about it until she was actually swinging in it. Little goof! Frustrating, but maybe she'll warm back up to it.

We ate dinner at IHOP because I didn't want the stress of figuring out what to make for dinner and then having to clean up before cake and presents.

Since the other three have bean bag chairs, but we haven't been impressed with how immediately flat they've gone, we decided to try an upgraded one for Olivia. So far we like it! And it was only $25!

Cooper said, "Mom can you take a picture of me with Olivia, since she loves me?" Haha! Too cute.

I bought Frozen cupcake toppers, forgetting all about the Minnie stuff I already had, but oh well, the kids loved all of it, even if it didn't match. :)

We didn't want Cooper to put a bow in his ears, so we taped his on his shirt.

Most of the gift opening pictures were a blur, but she loved everything! I didn't realize how active she was until I tried to take her picture all day. Haha! She always gives me a perfect pose, but it only lasts a split second and I can't snap pictures fast enough.

Thank you so much everyone for always remembering my kids on their birthdays and giving them gifts, cards, phone calls, and skype visits. It means so much to us!

She gave her money to Tim saying, "Here Daddy!" Thanks Livi!

Love these pictures of her Skyping loved ones!

She was so thrilled to get a sleeping bag so that she could finally be like her siblings!