Christmas Program at GiGi's

Due to illness in December, we postponed the annual

 Christmas program at GiGi's to February 18th.

Farmer J was a Wise Man

All the cousins dressed up for the nativity skit.

This sweet little cousin sat on Tiger Lilly's lap

through the whole program.

Tiger Lilly was a cow.

And then the cousins singing Christmas songs.

These two were a little distracted

during the singing.

All smiles now.

These two cousins hit off and were having fun...

maybe a little too much fun during Jingle Bells...

they were hitting their bells together.

Great Grandkids with GiGi

And 18 Grandkids with Grandpa and Grandma

Baby Dolls

Her school day is not complete

without her babies joining her!

Valentine Crafts

Valentine Day Crafts

Big J made me the

Best Mom Award!

It was sweet of him.

Cousins Over

Our cousins from Nebraska were over this past week.

Lots of love for this sweet little girl!

Puppy J is so gentle and sweet with her.

Happy Birthday

We were blessed to be able to have a birthday for Puppy J 

on the 17th and ALL of his cousins who live close by were able to attend.  

That means 20 children 10 and under!  So much FUN!

Earlier in the day we made his excavator cake

and decorated the basement for his party

We sang his Excavator song

Sang happy birthday to him

Blowing out the candles

Enjoying his cake

opening presents

Such a fun party celebrating 

such a fun guy!

So thankful for this little man.

Love him so much!!

So thankful for family who live

close by and made time

to come over and celebrate with us.

Chugger Boy

Ms. Tiger Lilly sees cardboard and an idea comes right to her mind.  

We went to Costco and when we got home we had boxes.  

She is instantly in our pantry with scissors and tape creating something for her brothers. 

 This time she made a train.

She dressed Puppy J up in his train conductor 

costume and they were off.

Puppy J was saying "chug-a-chug chug-a-chug"

"I am a CHUGGER BOY"

Happy Birthday

Our Baby Boy is THREE Years old today!  How can it be?!  

We made pancakes for breakfast and put candles in them to sing Happy Birthday.  He blew the candles out before I could take the picture.

Then we opened a few gifts.

You may observe a theme through 

his birthday posts.  This young man is

all about EXCAVATORS!

So when I found a shirt that read

"I'm Digging Being 3" 

I couldn't resist getting it for him.

He got one excavator from Aunt/Uncle and cousins.

Helping me make the cake.

Due to big sister having basketball 

practice tonight, we are having his party

tomorrow.

Grammie stopped by to wish him

a Happy Birthday.

And who knew,

another excavator shirt.

Pretty soon he will have an excavator 

shirt for every day of the week-

which would make him quite happy.

We are so thankful for this little

boy.  He truly is a joy to have

around our home.

On his birthday questionnaire this afternoon, 

I asked him about some of his favorites:

Color -Blue

Song-Amazing Grace and I'm An Excavator (yup-there is a song)

Animal-Puppy

Toy -Excavator

What he wants to be when he grows up - Excavator Man

What trip would he like to go on - To Dig a big hole [with his excavator]

and then I asked him if he saw a bear in the woods, 

what would he do?

He said, "I would kick him.  I would protect YOU mommy!"

Melt my heart!   

Every Mom

Should take her baby to school with her.

As long as baby Daisy

or any of this little girl's multiple 

children don't distract her from her school work,

she often brings them to "school."

Snow Fun

Had to entertain for the picture.

Just like big brother

Backward fall

With a little help from dad,

The kids had fun going down the hill

Big brother made sure they didn't

end up in the trees.