Max's 4th birthday Party

Sweet little Max- I can't believe he is 4 already Lucy, Halle, and Emerson- I hope that these girls will be life-long friends. I worked with both of their moms on the pedi floor. Emerson showing off her "pearl" necklace

Happy kids in the bumper cars

Catalog Living

I stumbled on this hilarious website today- thought I would share it. It is called http://catalogliving.net/ I love to look through catalogs-namely Pottery Barn for ideas. This comedian has made a website that gives the conversations behind the pictures. Definetly worth checking out! It made me laugh almost as much as http://peopleofwalmart.com which is hysterical if you have never looked at it!

Future stylist

Fashion rule #1- leggings are NOT pants!

She loves this outfit- the linen romper with her knee socks and boots- it was 40 degrees outside

We need to clarify the no horizontal stripes and vertical stripes in the same outfit rule! Fashion No-No- you do not mix brown and black- she usually picks the socks and shoes out first then plans the outfit accordingly! Hilarious- we had a friend to play the other day and she asked Lucy Kate if she wanted to come and look at all of her shoes.

Emerson has acquired a different taste in clothes. In fact, her uncle Josh calls her "Boots" because she wears her black cowboy boots with everything---I mean everything. She cracks me up with her taste in clothes. If I can't find her I always know she is standing in her closet finding something to wear. Kirt and I just laugh everytime she comes downstairs all dressed in her creations. I thought I would share some of the ones from recently- most of these are from the last week! And yes we "fix" them

On another note, she came home from school today and on the top of all of her papers she had written "EMMA". I asked her about it and she said "It is too hard to make the letter S- so I am going to change my name to Emma"

Sledding

Brooke and Emerson

Brooke, Emerson, Max

Sam

an actual snow day

Ice day chaos- there is no other word for it...

Day 3 of ice- it is too cold to play outside and not fun to fall on the ice. I have made soup, chili, enchiladas, and cupcakes. We will eat our way through this ice storm. I was cleaning up after breakfast (biscuits and gravy) and I found the kids sliding down the stairs in their sleeping bags- they were laughing hysterically. I let them do it a few times then I rolled up the sleeping bags.

Yes she was laying backwards on her head- she didn't go down this way- she was just relaxing!

Cabin Fever

The ice storm hit Tuesday so no school- we spent a cozy day at home making soup and watching a movie. The kids were so sweet and Kirt even stayed home from work. Caroline and I are both sick again so we took a nap and relaxed. THEN WEDNSDAY COMES.... not so cozy and cuddly anymore- between the rolling blackouts and eating our way through the day--they are destroying my house and every toy and crayon has been touched today! Then to top it all off (see picture below) Miss Caroline Rose has escaped from her crib. Really? of all days- TODAY? I think they know I am defeated. I am not sure I can handle another snow day tomorrow! I can't even try to sleep off my illness because there is no napping for these little monkeys! Kirt can't get home quick enough!

(And yes, I know Caroline is wearing a halloween shirt and polka dot tights but it doesn't even bother me at this point)