Josh Choir

Josh had another choir concert.  I'm pretty sure he lip syncs most of the songs, but he still looks good doing it.  I love that he still will sneak a little wave in to me when he walks out on stage.

Owen wanted to come watch his big brother Josh.  He got a little bored, and had to entertain himself by taking selfies on my phone.

I love these two handsome boys!

Nutella

Kate's new favorite food is Nutella sandwiches.  I can't blame her, they are pretty delicious.  But she can't eat them without making a chocolatey mess of herself.

Shoes and Umbrellas

Nate needed new shoes.  His feet grow so fast these days.  I had promised him I'd take him shoe shopping a few weekends back, but the weekend went by too fast, and on Monday morning, Nate cried as he had to put on his too small shoes again.  So when he came home from school, I told him we were going shoe shopping.  Of course, I had a few kids that insisted on tagging along with us.  I ended up coming out of the store with umbrellas for all the younger kids and shoes for Nate, Aaron, Savannah, Sara, Kate and Owen.  It was a little more than the one pair of shoes that I had intended to buy, but I had some really happy kids because of it.

 

Ninjas

Sara is my creative child.  She thinks up the funnest games to play with her younger siblings.  One night it was ninjas.

It was such a hit, that it had to happen again the next night.

Basketball

Sara is playing basketball through the YMCA again this year.  She played two years ago, and loved it.  Last year I "dropped the ball" and didn't get her signed up, so this year I made sure I watched for the registration deadline so I could get her signed up.  She is a great player, and is lucky to have height on her side.  She gets almost every rebound and makes a good majority of her teams points each week.  It is so fun watching her play!

Owen

At least 20 times a day Owen whispers in my ear, "I love my toys very much, but I love you the most". And it melts my heart, every single time.  I never get tired of hearing it.  He is such a sweet, thoughtful, compassionate boy.  I love that I get to spend my days with him.

Best Friends

Every girl needs a best friend, and Kate has gotten an early start with hers.  Zoey lives next door, and is just 4 months older than Kate.  The minute Kate wakes up in the morning, she starts begging to play with Zoey.  They are so cute together.

Teenager

Every now and then, it hits me that I have a teenager. Savannah grew up way too fast, but she has turned into such an amazing young woman. Her friend across the street had a glow in the dark birthday party, and Savannah came home having had a blast.  This girl of mine is beautiful, inside and out. 

Wendy's

One of Owen and Kate's favorite things, is going to Little Gym on Mondays, and then getting Wendy's on the way home for lunch.  Kate thinks she's big enough to feed herself these days.  On this particular day, I think more of the frosty ended up on her and the table than in her mouth, but boy was she happy.

All Girl

Kate is all girl.  She loves all the pretty dressups and hair dos.  She loves getting her fingers painted, and begs for Savannah to do it for her.

And she loves to help me with my makeup.  She stands and watches me as I do my makeup and I have to pretend to put it on her too.  But lately, she's decided that she can put makeup on by herself, and whenever I find her a being a little too quiet, I know to check my bathroom.  She gets my liquid eyeliner, and uses it as lipstick.

This time she got into my eyeliner and my mascara.  What am I going to do with her?!