Nap Time

Miss Annabelle turns 5

Sisters

Southern Snow

Here are some pictures from the "blizzard" that hit NC. Miss Faith stayed inside since she had a cold.

The Boy's First Real Haircut

The days of cutting Michael's hair in the kitchen in his high chair were long gone. He needed to go in for a real haircut and now that Daddy was home, he was just the guy to take him.

Michael did fairly well, with Daddy holding his shoulders and the man cutting his hair with a pretty firm grip on his head.

He looks much better now, and much older (which I am not too happy about).
He is thrilled about the cookies he got for behaving, he doesn't really care so much about the haircut.

Faith's 1st Birthday

The first time we celebrated Faith's birthday, she was not so sure about the cake. And even less sure about making a mess with it. She required some assistance.
The second time, however, she was clearly completely over whatever reservations she had the first time.
This time, cake was FUN....
... Squishy fun.
And she was even kind enough to share with George.

Playing Catch-Up

Yes, it has been a while. Over the next few posts, I will catch you up on what you have missed.

Merry Christmas

Welcome Home Captain Rogers

We couldn't be more proud of you and couldn't possibly be more excited to spend the Holidays together this year.

Grace's Concert

Sleepy Girl

Two of Michael's Favorite Things

Yes - it has been a long time. Besides the day to day craziness of four kids, one dog, and a deployed husband we have been blessed with every sickness under the sun (including strep throat, the flu, and I won't even tell you what we have going on now).

We had an unwanted visitor which made for some excitement when someone went to use the toilet. (In case anyone is wondering, I did make a real effort to remove the frog before I gave up and flushed him.)

We have had to replace a water logged computer. The guilty party is extremely remorseful, especially once they heard that a family trip to Disney would now not be happening because we needed to spend the money to replace the computer. Most effective punishment EVER.

So I guess I will reintroduce you to who you have been missing.

Miss Faith
Muckle giving his sister kisses.
Annabelle after a night with curlers in her hair.
Grace at her Thanksgiving Feast at school. Her teacher named her Chirping Bird, because she is always talking.

OK, so here we are.

It is kinda funny. Everyone has been complaining about not being able to see the kids and here I am with them everyday, almost always willing to ship one or all of them off to a relative.

Happy Halloween

Pebbles and Bamm Bamm
Fancy Nancy

Snow White

Cookies

Annabelle Lee

The Field Trip

Grace's class went on a field trip this past week to the Fire Station. For their last field trip, they went to a puppet show and I was unable to go. I told Grace I would try my best to go on the next one with her. Fire Station - here I come.

We were thinking that this would be fun for Michael as well. The Boy LOVES trucks. Loves them. And most of the time we would be outside anyways, so I decided to bring the little ones along (really, there was no option here. No sitter, therefore they come along, too).
As you can see in the picture, Michael was having a hard time from the moment we arrived. He wanted to run around. He wanted to scream. He wanted to do just about anything EXCEPT look at the fire truck.

Go figure.

So I was walking around with him, trying to get him interested in doing anything but screaming when Grace's teacher came over and told me she would be happy to drive Grace back to school since Michael didn't seem to want cooperate. (Hint Hint - please get the loud kid out of here as he is disturbing the rest of the kids).

So I took the little ones to the car, turned on a movie for them, and both Michael and Faith proceeded to cry for what appeared to me to be no reason whatsoever for the next 30 minutes.

I waited for the trip to be over and then I found Grace so I could at least drive her back to school. She was very upset. She was upset I didn't spend any time with her on HER field trip, but mostly she was upset because her brother continues to ruin her life entirely.

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

The Bangs Are Back

After a brief yet frustrating period of Grace growing her bangs out, she finally asked me to cut them. I could not have been more happy to do so, as it was getting quite tiring following her around with a clip or a headband to keep her growing bangs out of here eyes.

I was trimming Annabelle's the other night and she came in the bathroom declaring that she would like hers cut as well. I asked her repeatedly if she was sure, making clear there was no putting them back on once they were cut. She said she was sure. When we were done, she said, "you were right, Mama. This does look better."

Sweet victory.

No matter how small a victory, I will take it. I know this is just the first of many battles her and I will fight over the years. And I am pretty sure one of the few I will win.
And she seems quite pleased with herself.

The Boy