First full day

Today was Hannah's first full day of summer vacation.  We celebrated by hanging out with friends, going to the fabric store, and having a playdate full of little girls.  Some friends of mine who are babywearers came over to go to the big fabric store a couple of towns away.  Then I offered that everyone could come here afterward because I'm the closest.  It was lots of fun, I got to touch a whole bunch of wraps I'd never even heard of, even using Li's new slate silk indio to wrap Norah for the whole thirty seconds she allowed it. 

Hannah and Norah had a great time playing with Sasha, and ogling Lola.  She's Sasha's baby sister.  I even got to snuggle her :)  She's not even 3 months old and still has that amazing baby smell.  They also enjoyed playing with Ebie, who is cute as a button with the most adorable curls.

If only tomorrow wasn't Thursday, I could do with more days like today.

Party at our house!

Yesterday the baptism went off without a hitch, so after church and pictures with Toto, we headed home to start cooking food.  Everyone stayed for a long time, and there was lots of eating and fun to be had.  Everyone finally headed out a bit before 8, and not too long after Daddy had to make another call to the tooth fairy.  Seems like we have a toothless wonder here.  They just keep disappearing.  So next weekend for the wedding festivities, there will be lots of toothless grins I'm sure.

It's funny, when they're tiny and they get their first tooth, you slightly lament the loss of that adorably gummy smile.  Then they have teeth and they're too cute and you get used to it.  Now Hannah's losing hers, and I'm not used to it again.

Rain

Raining too much here this week.  My kids are desperate to get out some energy.  They're driving me nuts, and with this lousy cold weather, I can't do much about it.  They wake up too early and are loud and crazy from the minute their eyes pop open.  I know they just need to run around and get the crazy out.  Hopefully tomorrow when it's nice we can do that.  Plus there will be a zillion people here for the after party from the baptism.  Someone can run them ragged I'm sure.

Yesterday Hannah had her play at the school.  She was the pig in the yellow hat, and all five kids were adorable and awesome.  I have a bunch of pictures on my camera, but I'll probably wait until after tomorrow to download it.  She was a fabulous yellow pig!  I am very proud of her.

The last day of school is Tuesday, and I know Hannah can't wait.  She is desperate to have the summer off to play with her friends and do fun stuff.  I don't blame her, I can't wait to do fun stuff either.

Summer Weekends

Starting this weekend, our weekends are FULL!  The girls are being baptized at church on Sunday, and then a huge barbeque here at our house full of family and friends.  They're excited to have a party and play with their friends and all the grandparents who will be here.

Next weekend we head up to NH to watch their favorite Auntie Sara and Uncle Zach get married (again!).  They are going to be the adorable, show stealing flower girls.  With pink, sparkly flip flops.  We have lots to prepare for that, including packing, getting food/flowers, and actually driving 3 hours away!

I thought we'd get a break the week after that, but Monday Hannah got an invitation to a gymnastics birthday party for one of her friends.  So of course she can head over to that, because she is good friends with this little girl.

And of course the weekend after that we'll try to celebrate my birthday, since it's a big one.  I was hoping for a party, but now I think I'll hope for a quiet weekend at home with ALL my family.

Crazy Kids!

Norah: When I don't live with you, I'm going to live with GOD.  All by myself!
Hannah: No, with your boyfriend!
Norah: I don't HAVE a boyfriend!


What on earth has posessed these kids?  Weirdos!


Speaking of Weirdos, Here is the shutterfly link to where all our photos are posted. I don't post photos here on blogger anymore because I'm afraid of running out of space before I run out of things to say!  I uploaded pictures yesterday from the weekend.

Busy Busy

Today was a busy day!  We got up before 7 and started getting ready to go to Grampy and Mimi's house.  There was a Fireman's Muster today in Holden, and we wanted to get there early so we could leave when we were ready.  After we got there, there was a lot of sitting and standing.  The girls were excited, and Steven hadn't ever been to one.  There was a parade with LOTS of candy thrown out, and all the races.  Even a race where each team had women firefighters shooting at targets, which isn't something I remember from watching as a kid.

Then when we were finished watching firefighters, we headed over to Landon's first birthday party, and the girls had a great time!  Landon is super cute, and actually looks just like Christopher did when he was little.  They were sad when it was time to head home, but a car nap perked them up.  Hopefully sleeping at 4:30 in the afternoon won't mess with their nighttime sleep too much. 

Daddy

The Daddy who lives here is someone special.  Someone who loves hugs and playing chase.  Who tolerates kisses from all sorts of messy faces.  He works hard so his family can have enough of everything they need, and some things they don't.  He doesn't mind having small people crawl into bed early in the morning for some extra snuggles.  Obliges late night kisses when he comes in after bedtime.  Loves to go and do fun things as a family, as well as staying home and doing nothing.  Or as close an approximation of nothing, since no one with kids does "Nothing".

Happy Father's day to one of the best dads I know.  The one who lives here.