Daniel's Birthday Celebrations Have Started!

Daniel came home to a box waiting by our kitchen door!

Turns out Great-Grandma sent a nice package of treats and even a few cool shirts and a card to wish him a happy birthday.  The fun has begun! 

Tomorrow he will get to celebrate his birthday at school when the girls and I bring in brownies and juice for his kindergtarten class...  Pictures to follow for sure!

Emily meets our Sweet Caroline

umm, doth mine eyes deceive me???

is that spud holding a BABY?

and he wasn't even freaked out that the baby was

"looking at him weird...."

:)

here's more proof that the dude can hold a kid:

and he looks good doing it, no?

 

 

We loved having you guys here!!!

Snow fun with Uncle Spud and Emily

Uncle Spud and Emily came for a visit last weekend.  We had so much fun with them!  Here are a bunch of pictures:

 

the beginning of a major sledding track

 

emily was course supervisor... 

"a little more to the left, spud.... keep up the good work!"  :)

 

spud chugging some much-needed orange juice

 

even was eli out in the snow!

 

daniel and haley were the first to get cold.

i made hot chocolate to warm everybody up.

YUM.

 

haley helped make the hot chocolate,

so she had on her apron nana gave her for Christmas

 

gulp.

 

whipped cream mustache.

or, as haley would say,

"whupped cream"

 

so good.

New PJs

Haley sporting the new jammies that Aunt Karin sent...

Boys wrestling in the snow

Sweet Caroline sleeping in my arms

I took this picture while Caroline was asleep in my lap this morning. She was holding onto my hand and I just had to share the moment with the family.

Sweet Caroline is resting in my arms.

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Snow Day Fun

The schools are closed today, so the kids had another day of fun. They played NERF guns and went sledding. Here are some pictures. One is sideways, I know... My apologies, but I cannot figure out how to flip the thing right side up for the life of me.

Haley by the front window

The boys attacking Haley's indoor "fort" with snowballs

Earlier today, the kids played with NERF dart shooters.

The sunglasses were required equipment due to one too many darts to the face...

But they didn't argue too much because they felt pretty cool sporting the shades.

The terrible trio. Look out bad guys.

Dylan strikes a pose, and Daniel does the same.