Let me explain

 

Here is one more example of how animated three-year-olds can be. Notice the tilted head and the outstretched hands. He's quite the little communicator. 

I'm glad it's over

Hannah was finally able to relax a bit after her first orchestra concert was over even though they had to move to the hard gym floor. The students have only been playing for 3 months or so, but they did great, and we're sure none of the squeaks were from Hannah.
 
 

I'm dancin', I'm dancin'

One of the things we love about the kids' school is their affiliation with the U's dance department. This time it was Sam's turn to show his stuff; he did awesome! Notice how the girls all tower over the boys.

Sleeping buddies

 

The boys sure look sweet, quiet, angelic when they're sleeping. 

sisters, sisters, there were never such.....

The kids had a slumber party over at Grandma's house and Dad caught them being nice to each other. Those moments are one of the nicest joys of parenthood, I tell ya.  
 

pox, pox, and more pox

We were prepared for the other kids to get the chicken pox a couple of weeks after Sam came home with them since that is what all the literature said would happen. Unfortunately, the other three got worse cases than Sam--especially Hannah as shown here. This was day two. It got worse before it finally started getting better (today was the first day she wasn't clamoring to take her medicine before the allotted time had gone by). Now if we can just get Abby and Jonah to that point, we'll be doing great. Oh, the joys of childhood. 

Hang in there!

Don’t worry. Abby did not sustain any permanent damage while attempting this maneuver; and regardless of the look on her face, she LOVES gymnastics. She and Hannah are both doing marvelously well. They both enjoy the vault the best (Hannah also likes the floor) and are learning lots, having fun, and making friends. 

halloween

Sam couldn't go trick or treating this year because we think he has chicken pox (we've never seen them before, but that's what everyone is saying those blasted spots are). We thought he would be more upset, but he didn't seem to mind staying home and watching movies. Gratefully, he still got candy thanks to his super-nice siblings. We made him put on his costume (sans makeup) so we could take his picture. He would be a lot more scary if he wasn't so cute. 

cotumes

Halloween is here at last!
We have a 70s Groove Chick, a Corpse Bride, and
of course Batman! 

Bear 2

Sam loved this little bear cub, the cub however wasn't sure about the situation.

Bear

Jonah didn't know what to think of this cute cuddly bear.

Missing tooth

Sam has just lost his first tooth. Way to go buddy!

Big Sister

Hannah the awesome big sister helping Sam with his words. I think there is a teacher in training here. 

Clown

Jonah ( the clown ) wanted to get a jump on Halloween. 

Broken arm

Abbs gets the high honor of getting the first broken bone out of the family. Way to go Abbs.
Good thing it was only a minor brake and 2 weeks in a cast and Abbs was back to her normal rambunctious self. 

Tired!

One of those late nights that Jonah was so tired he fell asleep with this water bottle in his mouth. 

Boys

The boys just hanging out. 

Buzz

The girls are honing their bueaty skills. You can never statrt to young.
 

Tubbin

Loads of fun on the water. They've mastered the fine art of "faster, faster"

grizzly

Grizzly Adams returns