Doctor

The children were playing doctor.  They even had little J all dressed up.

Fun with Grandma

Busy Bee enjoyed playing princess with Grandma!

Big Books

Little J adores his big brother and wants to be just like him.  Part of being like Big J is reading books.  And according to Little J, not just any book, but BIG books like his BIG brother.  

He doesn't even want me to read a basic board book to him,

it has to be one of these big books.  He calls them all his BIBLE!

He loves to look at the pictures and ask me questions.  

Right now every person is a BOY!  If you try to tell him

it is a girl, he will have quite the debate with you

and repeat over and over again that all people are BOYS!

Baby Love

Our girls just adore their baby dolls.  

Busy Bee keeps telling me how she cannot WAIT until she is a mommy.  

She wants a real baby so bad.  

Purple Girl also adores babies and her baby doll.  She took her baby to school with her.  She loved how she could work and still have her baby Belle close to her.  

I know how she feels.  

I also can't wait to carry our new little 

one around while I work in my Ergo!

Movie Night

Baby

36 weeks 4 days

The bump just keeps growing...it is official 

I am the biggest I have ever been pregnant.  

We are all getting very excited to meet our

new little one.  Another month or a little more to go!

Outside

With the temperature in the 40's and 50's we made sure to get outside.

Daddy's Helpers

Daddy had his two favorite helpers on Saturday morning while reloading .223 ammunition.  

The intention was for it to be daddy and Big J's time together, but as Little J watched the 

boys head to the basement, he just couldn't be left behind.  So, daddy found a job for him.

Little J's job was helping put ammunition in boxes.

Big J was using the press to install the bullet tip into the shell.

Family Photos

Back in October we had family photos taken with Nathan's family.

Trip to KC - Arcade

The hotel also had an arcade, so before we left, we enjoyed playing a few games.

Trip to KC - Story Time

In the evenings the hotel had story time for the children in the lobby.

These pictures were from earlier in the day.  Sometimes mom would sit and wait for Big J while he searched for items on the scavenger hunt.

Here are the story time pictures.

Purple Girl was exhausted by night two.  She had swam for two days

and hiked all over the hotel with her big brother.  

She was falling asleep at story time and actually asked 

to go to bed.

Trip to KC - MagiQuest

The hotel also had a scavenger hunt that the children could do.  You purchase a wand and then follow all the clues to find certain items around the hotel.  

After you complete the hunt, you fight the big dragon.  

Big J really enjoyed this.  

Purple Girl enjoyed all the treasure boxes and

seeing the jewels inside.

Fighting the dragon.

TRIP TO KC - Swimming

The hotel we stayed at had an indoor water park.  Of course the kids loved to go swimming.

They had much bigger slides than these with tubes and everything.

The two oldest loved the bigger slides with daddy -

I just didn't get any pictures.

Trip to KC - Lego Land

Before the baby comes in February, God willing, we wanted to go on one more family trip.  So, we packed up and head to Kansas City for a couple days.  

First stop - Lego Land!  

The kids had a great time exploring.

Daddy and Big J built a race car to race together.

The girls had fun playing in the Lego kitchen area.

And this little guy met a friend his same height.

First stop - fun!

Visit to Great Grandpa and Great Grandma's

We were blessed to take a trip to visit Great Grandpa and Great Grandma.

The kids always enjoy playing games with Grandma.

Everyone enjoyed some special time with her.

                                           

This Little guy enjoyed

sitting on Grandma's lap and listening to her

sing some songs and tell some stories.

He had plenty of kisses for her too.

Straws

The children received a fun Christmas present that was simply straws and some connectors to put them together.  They have already enjoyed building a house together.

Christmas Part 4

Our final Christmas celebration was at GiGi's in town.  It has become a tradition that the whole family goes to GiGi's for dinner and a Christmas program we put on for GiGi and her friends.  I am not musically talented, so I sit back and enjoy the show.  But the rest of the family participates.

The children put on a Nativity skit.

This year we had a shepherd, Mary and a sheep.

We also had an adorable little donkey.

The entire cast.

Mary got to sit with Baby Jesus. 

Busy Bee ended up being quite the 

entertainer of the show.

At the end the family band plays.

Busy Bee was getting tired towards the end,

so she found a nice resting place.

We were blessed to have a very 

Merry Christmas and wonderful time

with all the family we got to spend time with.