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November 16, 2011

Just some happenings...

Hannah, being a dalmation...
and then a pretzel...she sometimes will sit and watch TV like this!

Lizzie is still a boy....it's been almost 2 months now.  She picked out this spiderman toothbrush, and continues to raid Isaiah's closet for clothes.  She also asked me to cut her hair short "like a boy's"....so I did!

 Clara dressed like a boy, too, to be one of the brothers in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers....I LOVE that my girls want to watch this movie all the time, just like I used to with my sisters!
It had been a while, but we got out the popcorn popper again recently, and the girls think it's magic!


 Clara must have gotten a hold of my camera, and some of the random shots were pretty cute!


Co-op on Wednesdays is exhausting.  We have to leave the house by 8:15, pack snacks and lunch for everyone, and keep the 3 little ones who aren't taking classes entertained and out of trouble for 4 hours.  So, instead of dropping out and realizing my limits, I let Clara add another class for the 4th hour time slot, and Hannah gets to join her.  It's ballet, which is going to be integral to their development and bring lots of money in college scholarships, right? ;)  They started today and absolutely loved it!  Hannah was so excited to be taking a "class" with Clara and packed her own backpack this morning (with coloring books, workbooks, and her leotard!)  Sweet Eliza was devastated that she couldn't be in the class, too, but was a good sport and participated from a far!

 It actually went quite well today (which I do NOT expect to happen every week!).  Isaiah took a later nap in the Ergo, so he hung in there until the class got over at 2:00, and he had lots of practice crawling backward down the carpeted stairs in the theater room.  He also enjoyed eating cheese puffs and drinking out of his sisters' water bottle :)
 Their teacher was super sweet, and let Eliza participate with the bean bag dance at the end and go up on the stage with them....Eliza was so happy!

November 11, 2011

ten months...

is sounding too old!!  Isaiah has changed quite a bit over the past couple of weeks....new climbing, talking, exploring, eating, playing, yelling, demanding, arching, screaming, waking in the night....never a dull moment!
He enjoyed "helping" me make brownies...

 He loves to open this bottom drawer on the stove and play with the muffin tins, and he has discovered that if he reaches up and grabs the oven door handle, he can climb up onto the drawer...
 and reach the stovetop controls!!!  We might need to do a bit more baby-proofing than we have in the past!
 This boy loves his gadgets!  We've given him his own remote with the batteries removed to avoid the constant channel changing and annoying of his sisters!


 3 teeth poked through...all on the top!
 Playing with his sisters...he follows them everywhere, trying to be involved in their games.  My mom swears that he "colored" with them the other day while I was gone....but that is coming from a Nana, so I'm not sure just how much he really participated ;)
 Clapping, waving, pointing to everything.....If he hears the front door open or close, he immediately starts waving "bye, bye"!
 Getting into Clara's schoolwork...
We are enjoying the joys and challenges of this busy boy!

November 8, 2011

Clara's end-of-the-season soccer party at Dairy Queen...so many sweet girls!!
 2 of her favorite people, Kenzie and Kayla :)
 We managed to make it through the season with only one rainy game day, and it really only sprinkled....I'd say it was a successful season! ;)

I heard some noise in the girls' room a while after they had been tucked into their beds, so I went back to investigate....apparently this "nighttime workout" takes place frequently, with all three of them up on Clara's top bunk, following her lead of various exercises!


 I had them quiet down a bit so that they didn't wake up Isaiah, but they were having such a fun time together....making memories....


November 2, 2011

Happy Halloween!

What a fun group of friends!



 Our little turtle got his first chance to climb stairs, and LOVED it!


The kids had so much fun trick-or-treating.  The parents had a hard time keeping up with them!


 The girls carved pumpkins with Daddy on the afternoon of Halloween.  I have to say, I wasn't too sad to miss out on that "fun".  I'm not sure how he managed 3 big pumpkins and 3 eager little girls with sharp tools.....there was only one injury, though, so pretty successful!

October 28, 2011

The girls found some of Joe's pre-wrap tape, so he made them into mummies!



 The girls like to watch the clothes spin around during the first part of the wash cycle, and today Hannah and Eliza played "I spy" with the clothes, reaching in to grab the correct clothing item before it disappeared back under the water....
 It kept them entertained for a good 15 minutes!  They are all still pretty good at finding ways to keep busy, and I have only heard the dreaded "I'm bored" a couple of times....I love these "busy" ages, although someone to follow along behind and clean up after them would be nice!

Pumpkin patch

We spent a fun afternoon playing around at the pumpkin patch with our good friends!  The kids visited the animals, climbed around the hay bale tower, and trekked all over the pumkin patch, while Kate took some great pictures of the fun...
The "big kids" at the top!


  Isaiah and Emma trying to get each other across the big pumpkin!

 Happy Boy!



Classic Eliza with a sly smile and a twinkle in her eye...


The kids had a great time at the pumpkin playground!