Daphne did SUCH a good job washing the dishes .….
we thought she was ready for more responsibility!
Washing the baby!
Meadow looks a bit concerned!
Daphne the camera ham
Just kidding!
Feb 192013
Jan 142013
Doesn’t she look like she should be smackin’ a big wad of Hubba Bubba
and speaking with a deep southern drawl?
Explaining the finer points of operating a big hulking lawnmower
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Jan 142013
I love it when the children take it upon themselves to help out 🙂
Daphne refers to herself as my “Good Helper”
Direct quote from Daphne
(with a dramatic wiping of her brow )
“Whew, I like hard work!”
While I did go back and touch up her work,
she actually did a really good job finishing up the dishes!
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Dec 242012
Unfortunately my camera did NOT cooperate and I missed/messed up lots of great photo ops.
The best being Uncle Rick having way to much fun playing with Daphne and Prairie and their new magnetic dolls.
Now THAT was funny!
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Miss Meadow getting some attention 🙂
I’m pretty sure the laughter was from her doing something decidedly unladylike.
Isn’t this precious !?
Uncle Rick had no trouble getting smiles out of the normally shy Thaddeus!
Thaddeus enjoyed one of his favorite foods….pasta!
Let’s just consider the messy eating a compliment to the chef, ok?
David and Daphne discussing fingernails.
Daphne had asked David for help
… unfortunately neither had enough fingernail to easily take the magnets off of the fridge.
Babies getting attention from Aunt Kathy and Kara
More magnet fun… Kara hanging out with the girls.
The much anticipated Happy Birthday Jesus cake.
As you can see, Prairie REALLY enjoyed it!
She scarfed it down and shared plenty with the carpet.
I inherited the beautiful fondant bow….
which will now grace as many birthday cakes as it can until it falls apart.
🙂
Two handsome guys relaxing after the long day.
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Dec 202012
*The Graduation*
Considering that we had four kids three and under to attend to …. I had trepidation about it for days before hand.
Really, who takes this many kids to a college graduation?
The children are pretty well behaved… BUT… at their ages ANYTHING can happen!
I had visions of diaper explosions ~ clothing malfuntions~ and projectile spit up dancing through my head.
Fortunately everything went remarkably well.
🙂
Kids unloaded…
Look for overflow area…
Turned away….
Make our way into the church….
Find out where to hide stroller…
Climb two flights of stairs…..
Plop down.
During the ceremony we were up in the balcony area …. which turned out to be the perfect place for us!
We were able to see the proceedings on the big screen and the children had the freedom to move around without disturbing anyone.
Well, almost no one…. Prairie very generously kept offering her snacks to a very patient lady in one of the seats.
So the ceremony went quite well!
We packed up and left once Davids turn was over.
Isn’t this a sweet moment??? I wish I could remember what they were talking about!
Our ONE bad moment.
Can’t forget the lovely Miss. Meadow!