growing and learning

We had a weekend packed full of fun! Friday Patrick headed out of town with his brother Michael to do a little goose hunting for next year's hunting season (I know a year early is weird, I agree), so the girls and I just hung out and relaxed. Saturday morning we headed to do a little shopping for Caroline's classroom auction, the library, and ended with a fun picnic in the park! Daddy joined us later in the afternoon and that night we celebrated Valentine's Day a bit early to beat the crowds! Patrick and I went to dinner and to see THE VOW (good, but bad ending), as always it was nice to eat without chasing kiddos around! Sunday we headed out of town to celebrate Patrick's Aunt's 75 birthday, and then home to host our friends for dinner! WHEW....lots of fun to be had!

This little lady is growing SO fast! This weekend she found her toes!

AND.....she hit the 5 month marker! WOW!

more toes pics, I love those little piggies!

and before church on Sunday, these days pictures are impossible with both girls!

we've been busy, but we're ALL SMILES!

we LOVE our bathtime

we LOVE our SISTER time

and we LOVE eating babyfood!

Weekend Cabin

We are so lucky to have generous friends with a super cool cabin in the mountains! When they invited us to join them this weekend, we jumped at the chance to play in the snow! We had a wonderful time hanging out, cooking, juggling all the babies and kiddos, going for walks and to the park, playing games, watching movies, and enjoying the cold weather!

Ella, Nina, Caroline and Scarlett getting ready to go for a walk

all the kiddos (Caroline, Scarlett, Nina, Ella, Colgan, and Mia)

Caroline loved the "soft snow" and wanted to make lots of snowballs

S and I

these two were buddies

While making dinner Friday night we looked over and found these four in a conga line around the coffee table

snowballs on the porch

making cereal necklaces

working out in the movie theatre (there was an elevator too, so cool!)

me with the babes (Colgan is 6 weeks younger, but much bigger!)

C and I

cute girls and I

making snow angels

licking the brownie bowl

the kids dinner table

Scarlett and Colgan (her future prom date:)

all the kiddos

WHAT A FUN WEEKEND! Thanks for inviting us Jim and Jen!

rub a dub dub........

we love a clean baby out of the tub!

monkey see, monkey do

Caroline has really been enjoying preschool and has brought some really fun new additions from school to our home, namely "playing teacher". She makes Patrick and I sit "criss cross, applesauce" with out hands in our lap, she makes us put Scarlett in the Bumbo seat and we listen to her read stories to us. Here is a quick pic I snapped:

We are so thankful she is enjoying school and we love that she is learning so much and is ready to share her day with us when we all get home!

What's new

Now that I am back to work full time, finding time for anything these days seems impossible! So, blogging has been put on the back burner! A few things we have been up to.....

Scarlett started eating rice cereal

Caroline got a cute new haircut (since by the time she got home from school her hair was one big MESS)

Patrick lost a good friend to cancer this week, so we have been morning that loss, and counting our own blessings

Our house has been filled with lots of new preschool crafts and we are enjoying the new prayers and songs Caroline has been singing nonstop when she gets home

We have been working on a special gift for Caroline's teacher and making her first Valentine's for her classmates

We are enjoying our new normal as a crazy family of four

she was not sure what to make of the cereal, but ate it great

Caroline's cute new "do"

our happy preschooler

4 Months

She's 4 Months and such a JOY!

Her stats:

weight: 14lbs 6 oz (60%)

height: 24.5 in (50%)

head: 16in (25%)

This month she has started rice cereal and ROLLED OVER!