Christmas and more

Colin Andrew...oh the 4th child!:)

The 4th kid.  He runs our house.  How is that possible?  We out number him!  It's like business.  The client who fusses the most gets the most attention!  It is backwards, but true!:)
When Abby was 2 we listened to the Itsy Bitsy Spider and watched Barney.  Now we watch Elf and sing "We are NEVER EVER getting back together" while in the car.  Oh, Coli!

You are such a funny boy.  You are very particular, which cracks us up!  You have an opinion about EVERYTHING, even though you don't talk much:)
You love your "neigh, neigh", which is what you call your pacifers.  You like to hold them, switch them, play with them, ride them on trucks, and mommy loves to hook them on things to make you laugh!!  You have to wear certain things ...really??  You will fight me about what you wear to bed...typically you HAVE to wear your Thomas Train Jammies under your footed jams.  In the morning before school, you are always particular about what shirt I put on you.  VERY frustrating for mommy.  You LOVE your backpack, and want to take it everywhere with you.  You LOVE to do whatever your Big Brother is doing.  He is your best friend!  I can't imagine how sad you will be next year when he goes to Kindergarten.  OUCH!  I can't imagine how sad I will be when Cart goes to Kindergarten:((((((
Was TOTALLY ready for the girls to go, but not a BIT ready for my Carty Jamie to go.

Too many updates to give a title!

Among their many make believe "stations" in the house, the kids LOVE their classroom in the basement.  Abby especially loves her classroom and her overhead.  She has had a "class" in her bed since I can remember.  So sweet!

Below is what happens when you turn your head and let your 2 year old play in the classroom!:)

 

 I love this pic below.  Abby is teaching her "class" and Colin is teaching his!

 CARPET BALL!!

BEST THING EVER!!

The kids LOVE playing carpet ball at church.  Ken (the most amazing, handy, wonderful Dad) made the kids one for our basement.  We had a mini pool table from our gracious neighbors, and he used those little pool balls.  BEST game ever.  The kids play it like Crazy!

Hours of entertainment!

Fall Break II

Halloween 2012

Ally kept saying she wanted to be a teacher for Halloween.  We decided we needed to deck her out in a few obvious items!  She made apple earrings out of pipe cleaner and foam glitter paper.  LOVE my little crafter!  We also hung her eye glasses with yarn and beads.

 Teacher Ally and Pirate Abby

This was NOT a Halloween pic...maybe the day before?

Colin playing with the girls, and being BUZZ.

 Best Friends and Cousins!  Al and Lily

Carter as the Dark Knight.  He COULD not decide what to be for Halloween!  He has SO many dress ups...spider man, power ranger, policeman, fireman, superman, hulk, green lantern, cowboy, gladiator, pirate...the list goes on and on!! 

 Coli and Cart "swording"

COUSINS!!!

OK...this is just FUNNY!  Abby and I were at Walgreens one day visiting the take care clinic.  After our clinic visit, we decided we should browse the Halloween isle.  We saw these masks, they were SO FUNNY, and we couldn't pass them up!

Ally as President Obama..

Ken as Mitt...or Mitt Govenor...as Cart calls it!

Colin was SURE he needed to pull the wagon that we only brought along in case he needed a ride!  Oh how much patience this required!