Pretzel Man

I just did several posts and realized there wasn't anything about Ollie.  So here's one.
This is pretzel man made and photographed by Ollie.  Gotta love his creativity!

Claire Quote

It was raining and there was a loud thunder.  Claire looked at me with a surprised face and said, "Mom, it sneezed!"  :)

Help Mom!

 One day I heard Claire yell, "Help Mom!"  I went into the living room to find this.  She managed to get her leg stuck between the couch and the wall.   I'm not sure what she was trying to do but it seemed like a good picture moment.  Only after the picture did I help her get unstuck.  For that, I get the "Mother of the year" award.  :)

Puppy Lily

Lily went to a friends birthday party a few weeks ago.  When I came to pick her up she looked like this.  She loved her little dog ears and face!  We made sure we got pictures and she really wanted to "beg" in one of the pictures.  :)

Sharing food

 One day, I picked up an Oreo to eat... at least I thought I did.  As soon as it was in my hand it was grabbed by this cute girl who wanted to try it.  She was fast!

 So, I put her in her highchair and put a bib on her and let her go to town.

 She loved it.  She REALLY loved it. 

Don't you want to come kiss those darling dirty cheeks???

Child labor laws

 We don't believe in child labor laws at our house.  We say the younger the better.  :)  Also note that she is wearing a Cinderella dress.

Cinderella times two

 Claire loves to dress up!  She also wants Katie to dress up.  After they dress up we have to take picture, of course.  Katie is not too sure about it.

 She would rather taste the dresses to see how they would be to eat.  Claire does NOT want Katie to taste her dress.

 Claire would rather tackle katie.... 

But really, these two cute princesses are really good friends and really love each other!

Princess Hair

Our wild child loves to have fancy "princess" hair.  She will not let me do her hair unless I tell her that she is going to look like a princess and then she will hold still and let me do it.  I don't have any good ideas myself so I always look at other little girls at church and get ideas from them.  :)  Here's one style that Claire really likes and will usually last the whole day.

Eternal Families

We believe that marriage done with the right authority, at the right time, and in the right place (temple) can last after this life and into eternity (heaven).  One day I was teaching primary (children's Sunday School) about eternal families.  I wanted to show a representation of my family.  My parents were married in the temple.  The six married children have all been married in the temple.  Our family is bound together for eternity (thus the chain).  It was really awesome to see the effect two people can have.  Thanks Mom and Pops for our family chain. 
2 parents
7 siblings
6 spouses
21 grandchildren
That is a LOT  of   LOVE!!

Only Real Men Paint Fingernails

One day Papa took Claire into the bathroom to cut her fingernails.  He didn't know that cutting has to be followed up by painting.  He was a good sport and took good care of both older girls.  What lucky girls to have such a great Papa!

First Ice Cream

We went to McDonald's and got the kiddos ice cream cones.  Katie saw everyone else eating and wanted to try some.  I gave her some of mine.  When we got down to the cone I broke pieces off for her... and then I got it too close to her.  She grabbed the whole bottom section and down the hatch it went.  I was just glad that I had my camera with me.  :)

P.S.  She has her Grandpa's to thank for her beautiful blue eyes.

Coloring

One day we played color on Katie.

She really enjoyed it.

It turned into color on Claire.

And ended with color on Lily followed by baths.