St Nick's Day

Winning!!

A visitor said, "Your place is just so full of LIFE!"

I couldn't have said it better.  We love it!

Double Birthday

Samantha thoroughly enjoys having a birthday so close to Genevieve's.  This year her birthday fell on Memorial Day, so the family, and the whole country, celebrated with us!

Genevieve's gifts from the girls...

A box of tissues (behind her head) for her to shred at her will and a toy that she ACTUALLY plays with.  Watching her little arms shake while she holds the vibrating ball had everyone in stitches!

Practicing her new skills

I can tell from her head tilt that she's giving Kahlan the frown!

Sorry for the dark picture, it's all I got!

Chocolate cake!!!

She approved after a few suspicious bites...

BABY MILO EMERGES!!  And he's crawling and pulling up on things.  WHA???

New Snazzy Dress

Her favorite spot.  Stands and yells at her sisters.

Gift from mimi- color by sticker!

This picture just show how CLASSIC adhd she is.  She pulled out a fourth page to start and I asked her to finish one that she'd already started first.

"Oh, right".

Easter 2017

This year's (non-edible) Easter eggs were full of home-made flower clips:

And earrings- both real and stick-on.

Levi is SUCH an awesome almost-uncle.

I have now learned why the metal thing is important when dying Easter eggs.

Cousins!

And the best Easter gift was...

A Spirograph.  Which Samantha rocks at.

Valentines

This year I had a random moment of inspiration, followed by a weekend of enough energy and managed to put these together with the girls.  It helped that Sam could man the glue-gun, Charlotte could stuff balloons and put on stickers.  We really need to get a working printer again, though!

Hershey Kisses are in the balloon! 

My other minion who helped write all 200  labels!

Yai Yai's outfits

Yai Yai did good this year with clothes for the girls!  

Christmas gift

She opened her stocking and declared, "Mommy, I don't want to open my other presents, I just want to play with my monies."

She did eventually take a potty break.

Hilger Christmas

Lots of babies and superheros!!

Merry Christmas!

I've got some serious catch-up to do that I hope to get done over our (short) break.  In the meantime, I got my Christmas gift from my sister- our family photo shoot!  I told her ONE frosting-free doughnut for the girls to split.  She arrived and said, "Yeah, right!"

One of my FAVORITES 

Story of our life, right here.

Hot dang, is she beautiful or what?

Such a GOOF.

Attack of the Charlotte

Melt my heart!

All cleaned up!

Telling Amanda about her "antenna shoes" (Tennis shoes)

Queen of her kingdom

So handsome!

Attack of the Charlotte, take 2

Story of our life, take 2

Right at Charlotte fell...

So many tears!

What IS that?

Charlotte was still recovering.

Starting to come out of it to be silly...she can't resist!

How to calm Samantha:  Place baby in her lap.

South Paw

Book Worm

Cutest tushie on the block.  Don't tell Jeremy I posted this one!!

"Why did you put me down?...seriously, what IS that?"

This one makes it look like we live in a castle.

Merry Christmas!