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".

If You Give a Child a Box...

Our monthly Amazon order came one day.

And quickly became the evening's entertainment.

I may or may not have loved doing this as a kid.

"WE HAVE OUR OWN HOUSE NOW!!"

-Charlotte

Eating breakfast in the "new house"

And then it was promptly forgotten about. 

That is, until I said I was taking it down:

One last Hurrah!

Water Play x3

My girls are water BUGS.  Seriously, this is their top "mom can we pleeeeease" activity.  I save it for when I have to get a lot of grading done. This time G joined in.

SO proud of her balancing act.

WHY do they insist on pouring water on the baby's head??

G LOVED it and annoyed her sister's to no end with her non-Elsa playing ways.

Using her third hand

To come inside

This-along with Charlotte's nasty splinters over Easter- was the day I vowed to re-finish the deck.

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.

Spring "Snow"

Samantha and Charlotte came RACING inside, begging to go play in the "snow" across the street.

She HAD to go get the Wesley's.  So they joined in.

Life as an observer is fun too!!