Elizabeth's Big Nite!

Elizabeth did some BIG things tonight.  First, she sat at the table in a booster seat and fed herself!  She inspected her new plate!

Took her flower off so she could get down to business.

And went for it!

She ate and ate.  She did not want any help!

 

After dinner we all went into the family room to watch some of the Olympics.  While Lane and Marlee fought, you'll see what I mean if you watch the video, Elizabeth took her first steps!!! 

 

She was exhausted by the end of the evening!

January Fun

It has been a cold month!  We've had lots of fun playing inside and outside!

 The bigs love their little sister!

 Lane was invited to a swimming birthday party and got to bring his sisters.  It started snowing as we walked into the party.  Swimming in a warm pool was a great way to spend a cold afternoon! 

 Lane was out of school for some snow days.  A favorite snow day activity?  Eating snow of course!

 Elizabeth and I stayed in while L & M played outside.  Elizabeth is NOT a fan of the snow!

 Pallets are always fun to hang out on.

 Elizabeth clearly had no idea it was freezing outside!

 We went to some High School Basketball games.

 And built a lot of fun things!

I love seeing my babies playing together!  It looks crazy and possibly painful, but if E wasn't happy she would let us know! 

Birthday Fun

Clint is dangerously close to a milestone birthday next year!  We celebrated this one with a cookie cake and dinner out.  You know, like any elementary aged kid would love!   We had a great time celebrating Clint with our family!

 Dad and two of his cuties.

 G & G, aren't they cute!

Aunt Sarah and Unc Tyler, and some goofball... 

Sweet little Elizabeth

Lane ate his desert with his napkin as a hat

 

 
 

Proof he did eat his dinner like a big boy!

Elizabeth cozied up to Grammy for some ice cream



Jake!



When Lane was in Pre-K he became obsessed with a  Pirate Ship his teacher had in her class.  For his 5th birthday I tracked down the same Pirate ship for Lane.  Then he discovered Jake and ever since, he LOVES Jake and the Neverland Pirates, on Disney.  He loves pirates so much that he was a pirate for Halloween and he still pulls out his costume to dress up in from time to time. 

When I saw that Jake was coming to Tulsa I immediately called Clint to see about getting tickets.  Marlee loves anything that Lane loves and thankfully Sophia was also on the trip so I knew Marlee would love the show too.  We kept our plan a surprise and didn't tell the kids until we got them up to go to Tulsa.

We were super excited for the show to start.  Can't you tell - Marlee looks sooo happy!  Just kidding, she was in a great mood, you just can't tell by looking at the picture.

 During intermission some pirates came out to meet the kids.  So exciting!

The kids also got snow cones as a treat.  I think that was the highlight.

Happy Pirates!

 We got home just in time for bed.  Lane couldn't get into his Jake jammies fast enough.

 And was sweet enough to share his extra pirate jammies with his Sis. 

They both slept with visions of pirates in their heads all night!

Ice Skating

We went ice skating for the first time with the kids last night.  We bundled little E up like an Eskimo! 

Lane and Marlee were super excited.  We told them we were going the night before we went.  All day Friday Marlee kept asking me if it was time to go ice skating yet.

Lane got his skates on!

Grampy got his on!

And Marlee got hers on!

Grammy took a group picture of us before we headed out.

We all had so much fun!  Lane wanted to skate on his own!  He fell a lot, but he never complained.  He would fall and get right back up to keep going.   He was so determined, and he really improved while we were out there!  I was so proud to skate next to him.

Marlee wanted help from her Dad.  I started out with her, but I wasn't strong enough to skate and hold her up. 

We can't wait to go back next year!

Grammy's B-day!

We spent the day in Tulsa for Grammy's birthday.  We did some shopping and went to Sarah & Tyler's for appetizers and then went out for dinner. 

 I love this picture!

 I'm not sure what Lane was getting his sisters to do at dinner, but they were following along!

Grace and her Son's in law. 

She did not seem to enjoy their kisses!

The other side of the table.  Sarah had the camera so she didn't make it into our pictures.  As we get older, more and more people tell us how much we look alike.  People have been going on more and more about it lately, so when our waiter mixed us up, we both said we were twins at the exact same time.  It was a little freaky!

 Isn't she beautiful!

My little performer.

Christmas Day

Lane and Marlee were gated off at the end of the hallway to wait for everyone to get to our house Christmas morning.  It was a long wait for them!

Checking out Santa gifts.

We take a long time to open gifts!  We all go one at a time in a circle.  The kids get to play with their new things or help open gifts as they wait their turn to go again.   Elizabeth just had fun crawling around the packages.

 G & G with big smiles!

Clint got a big gift!  A fancy ladder that I already have big plans for! 

Aunt Sarah and Unc Tyler got E a little chair.  I think she loved it!

I sat the kids down for a picture at the end of the day.  I love the see them loving on each other!

And this is what you get when you add a screaming baby to the mix.

Good night all!