St. Nicholas Day - Dec. 6th

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day so the children all put

heir shoes out the night before for St. Nicholas to leave

them a treat. It's a holy feast day in memory

of St. Nicholas' death.

I.C., C.H., and T.H. all line up before leaving for school to

show off the Bakugon key chains that were left in their shoes!

Trouble Makers!!!

I think there may be some pictures of Mommy

looking very similar to this pose in a

State Farm Insurance cap about 36 years ago...

L.C. showing off those pearly whites!

J.T. showing off her tonsils : )

It doesn't look like J.T. is enjoying being
captured for a picture by C.H.

GiGi Meets Her Birthday Present!

GiGi holding her "little" birthday present for the first time.

C.M. appears to be enjoying his GiGi's undivided attention!

Christmas Card Photo Session

We opted to use the picture of just the kids

on our Christmas cards this year since this was

the best family picture we could get!

Our beautiful children!!! This was a very rare

moment we captured where everyone was "kind of"
looking at the camera and "smiling".

Three handsome boys doing their very best to make
Mommy proud by wearing "church" shirts

(this means the shirt has a collar!) and smiling for the camera.

As the photo session wore on the number of participants

would grow and shrink as the smiles faded
or the diapers needed changing.

T.H. is probably the most loving and tenderhearted
of all the kids. He truly enjoys being a big brother!

L.C. and J.T. just look like they have some
kind of mischief on their minds!

I.C. and His Musical Debute!

I.C. earned a "black belt" on the recorder.

His music teacher came up with a fun way for the

4th graders to learn increasingly harder songs

on the recorder so I.C. worked his way up from

beginner to advanced and became the first 4th

grader to ever achieve the level of "black belt"!

I.C. plays along with his classmates before playing the final

TWO songs of the program as a SOLO!

He did such a wonderful job and didn't appear to be a bit nervous!!!

Royal Knight Out

Our 3 knights went with Mommy to "A Royal Night Out"

fundraiser for the non-profit side of Mommy's workplace.

She was very well protected by

these handsome and brave knights!

While the adults listened to a guest speaker

the children were treated to "royal" activities

including a huge play area and lots of fun stuff!

Angel Baby - 4 weeks old

C.M. is a wonderful sleeper! This was taken

after Mommy subjected him to an hour+

long photo session : )

All wrapped up and ready for gift giving!

Our special delivery arrived on his
GiGi's 86th birthday.
What a wonderful present!!!