Christmas Review....

Someone has told me several times recently {aka Danielle} That I am not keeping up with my blog.

Which is true.

 So starting of a New Year, a few days early, I am going to be more regular with posts {Also no more Credit Card Dept & get the house organized}

Okay, back to The Christmas Review.

This is the 1st year we had to hide the gifts & hide them good. Christmas Eve everyone {aka our 4 minis} went to sleep well, except for Sterling {surprise, surprise} Once we finally he was asleep we went to work like the busy elves we are. Putting together, taking out of boxes & setting the stage...so it was perfect for when they would 1st look over the loft wall in the morning.

The morning was amazing. Smiles, laughter..memories being made. As a parent that is all you are trying to do, making amazing memories they will remember for ever. It was a success.

Grandma & Grandpa might just be better then Santa. We are {blessed} that they are in our lives, they made our Children's Christmas, simply amazing.

Around 2pm we hit the road for Cleveland.

13 cousins 4 weeks to 8 years. Making Memories.

Caught this when no one was looking.

Sister in laws. We are kind of...amazing.

So if you ask my kids, I am sure they will tell you....Christmas was amazing. We are blessed with a wonderful family & made memories we hope they will remember always.

O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining.....

It has been a long time since my last blog. A long, long time. Pumpkins were my last topic!

It the last 2 months have been my busiest selling months of the year. I am 'oh so tired' & ready for the upcoming holiday spent with my mini me's!

The house is decorated, the presents are bought & now the Christmas programs have begun!

Today Mark took the morning off. The 2 of us drove all 4 kids to school. We dropped off Ellen, then drove to preschool. In we walked Grace, Sterling & Ruby to MMO. We did our duty in the carpool line, ran an errand & surprised Ellen at her school by taking her into her library book fair. Then it happened. We drove to the Preschool Christmas performance, sat down in the row & were able to watch a show just Mark & I. It was wonderful. We had no kids with us, as they were all in school. We did not have to remove anyone because they were talking or crying. We got to enjoy & listen to our beautiful children sing with their classes & it was bliss.

 

Oooooh la la pumpkins........

One of my favorite family outings, yes.....even more then apple picking. Finding the perfect family pumpkin. It is the smell in the air, the chill...yet sunshine, & oh yea...the pictures. Oh, how I love pictures. I know every parent thinks their children are beautiful, but mine really are the apple of my eye. I love that we are making the memories that they are going to forever have in their minds...& when they forget, the picture will be there. Every year going to the same pumpkin patch, taking our big wheel barrel loaded down with children out to the fields only to load it down with pumpkins. Watching them wander the field till they find the perfect pumpkin. We might of had crying fits about who could not find there shoes or who touched who in the car, but when we get there all worries are gone. As we go pick out 'the big one'. And did we ever this year too....the one we are always looking at & taking picture with..yep we bought it. Hope they remember that too! ;)

Mrs. Brothers Baby Shower

 What a great afternoon spent in Ellen's 1st grade classroom! All of my ideas for the baby shower seemed to go off without a hitch! I love Mary, she has been a great friend for so many years & I am happy that I was able to do this for her as we await the birth of Baby Brothers! She is loaded up with diapers & books...hopefully they will both last her a good long while!

 Love me some cookies made by Sugar Chic in Dublin. She make amazing creations!   http://sugarchicbydawn.blogspot.com

 We did 2 art projects. 1st everyone gave their best advice for taking care of a baby & a name suggestion for baby Brothers. They colored a picture on the bottom & this is being turned into a book at Kinko's for her! 2nd we gave her a scrap book & each child made a page decorated with baby stickers for her to have a brag book at school! The kids had such a great time!

We can't wait to meet you Baby Brothers!

Matilda Jane

 I am so in love & overly obsessed with this line of clothes. So much so I think it is almost worth selling all their clothes in their closets to take that money & then to buy them a Matilda Jane wardrobe!

 EVERY time they wear it the get compliments...constantly.

Ruby & I hit the Coffee shop, post office, bank & library hour before picking up the kids from preschool. The Ooooo's & Ahhhhh's were non-stop. 

They just look cute, I think they know it too. When they wear it, it must make them 'feel' pretty. Ruby twirled & danced thru every store!

Trunk Show at my house! Great outfits for family pictures & 

would be so cute in outdoor fall photos! 

Flat Stanley

Someone showed up in our mailbox yesterday. 

A small, flat man. 

Flat Stanley aka Walker Browning. 

All the way from Raleigh, North Carolina. 

 

He met a flat girl named Ellen, she decided she wanted to travel with him!

We showed Flat Stanley a great night taking him to see Walkers old Neighbors.

Visiting the old house where Walker lived. (that was fun explaining to the new owners that I wanted to take a picture in front of their house with a paper doll!)

We went to the Horseshoe to see where the Buckeyes play.

& we even saw Bruits!

Flat Stanley is soon going to be on his way to Florida, the kids were happy he came to visit. It was good, free entertainment for the night!