Pics from Christmastime

We have a picture somewhere of my dad with M4 in almost exactly the same position as this: A pretty cute pic of this trio:

M4 and some new Playmobile dinosaurs that like to eat Wampas:

M3 enjoying her big present (of course, I'm already worrying about her damaging her hearing. Thanks, Santa!!):

Said Wampa and a happy boy:

Happy New Year!

Sorry to have been lax for a while...celebrating the holidays you know! Hope everyone had a great holiday! We went ice skating in KC. Here are the kids with Aunt Noelle. M4 did really well his first time out on a single blade! It was over 50 degrees out...it's nice not to skate in a parka.

And here is our sweetest, cutest baby cousin V! She was the source of much entertainment, whether she was sleeping, burping, filling her pants, kicking her legs like a marathoner, or (the best part) smiling and laughing at us. She was definitely the feature attraction this holiday!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A bit late...

We are having a nice time in KC! Christmas was lovely, and we are especially enjoying playing with our newest family member, V, and watching her make funny faces. Pictures soon!

Hope everyone is having a happy, peaceful holiday.

Scenario

Crash!!

"M4!"

Silence. Pitter patter of feet.

"M4, come in here!"

Silence.

"M4?"

From the other room:"Huh?"

"What was that?!"

"The door."

"What happened to it?"

"I ran into it."

Snow day!!

Sick day/snow day

M4 is home sick today. He just has a cold, but he is coughing a lot. I thought I'd let him get some extra rest. I want him to be well before Christmas so he doesn't have to wear a mask around his new baby cousin!!

School is getting out two hours early anyway in anticipation of an ice storm later this afternoon. Noooooo!!! Snow, I'm OK with...ice, not so much. We've already had one early out this week due to snow and one real snow day (was that just last week???!!). I wish I could post my favorite snow day song...it's on one of my favorite kids' albums:

Also on this album, Cake sings Mhana Mhana (sp?...y'know, The Muppet Song). Sweet!

Little fish

Here's our little fish in her 50 freestyle event last Saturday. Grampa brought his cool mini digital video cam. Thanks, Grampa! She got first in her heat but fourth out of 13 overall. In her 50 backstroke, she got second overall out of 11. She is in the lane just to the right of the cone.