squishy face

this is sloan's squishy face.

um, i love it and all of us can't get enough of it. 

i hope he does it forever.

sleepy

kale was tired today in church.

he was really asleep.  

brett took kale and sloan home.  i think they are all getting sick.

christmas sunday

I LOVE THESE KIDS!!

christmas outfits!

i made the skirts for the girls and ties for the boys.

off to church we go!

christmas candy

we made some christmas candy today.

nana give me some of her special yummy chocolate!

i had to hide it from brett and the kids to save for christmas!

yummy!

snow and windows

it snowed!

brett took the snowblower and made a small hill

for the kids to slide down off the trampoline.

the girls were out working on it.

sloan loves to watch the kids outside so i put him in his chair 

and let him watch on the table. 

 it's the perfect spot for sloan to watch the kids outside.

then i can get some stuff done!

no teeth mally

this girls is working on getting another tooth out.

she is the puller around here.

soon her christmas list will include her two front teeth!

we got a little gift from wyndham today!

a kindle fire!

we are all excited to play and read on it.

merry christmas!

love this little guy

sloan is such a happy boy.

he loves people and to be out and about.

we love having him in our family!

sick

my poor little buddy is sick.

he has only thrown up one other time in his whole life so this is a big deal.

hopefully no one else catches it!!

snow pile

the kids are sad because i wouldn't let them go sledding alone

so brett went out and made them a little hill to sled down from the trampoline.

hopefully it will do!  

elves at gardner village

we went to gardner village today with sally and gideon to see the elves!

it was kind of cold so we didn't stay to long.

it was so nice to get outside and get some fresh air.

at first sloan wouldn't let me tuck his hands in the blanket 

since i forgot gloves for him.

in a couple minutes he had snuggled them in since they were getting cold.

we even saw some ducks that hadn't left for the winter.  

we need to remember to bring some bread for them next time.

hairs cut

mallory has a little problem...

she loves to cut her hair.

i don't know why but she does it every couple of months.

she did it again today so i had to even her hair out in the back.

i had to cut off quite a bit but i think it looks pretty good.

blanket game

i play a game with sloan and the older kids love it.

when sloan is on the ground and i cover him with the blanket and slowly take it off him.

one or more of the kids usually comes to get in on the fun.

today all 4 of them wanted in on it!

i can't believe i'm the mom!!

big sister

liv is the best big sister!

she loves to help with sloan.

she will feed him, hold him and just take care of him.

it's so nice to have a third set of hands!

cookie helpers

baking is getting so much easier with these kids around!

mal and kale helped today with rolling the dough in sugar 

and putting the kisses in the done cookies.

they were such good helpers!

just dance

i rented just dance for the kids this weekend.

they played it all weekend long.

we will have to buy it for them for sure!

sloan was a less excited about the game and fell asleep!

cupcakes for brett

brett loves oreos.  so for his birthday i made some oreo bottom cupcakes!
i took them to work for him and his co workers. 

they were a hit!

we did eat quite a few at home.

happy birthday daddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRETT!

the kids made a sign for brett this morning all by themselves!

as you can tell by the "brithday".

i don't think happy brithday will happen again!

the kids came up stairs and walked brett downstairs with his eyes closed to see the sign.

my family by mallory

mallory drew this at school.

I LOVE IT!

the curly hair, brett having no hair, the dresses.

it's just adorable!