Poetry Tea Time....

 Today is the first of March and we are getting a fresh dusting of snow. We have about 3 inches and it's still snowing right now. Ahh, spring in Michigan.

 I included this one as proof that I really do Therese's hair, she just never keeps it in.

 The kids and I have been doing tea time once a week, it's awesome. We go over manners and we read poems. They are all in the process of memorizing a poem as well. They love it and it's been a nice way to deal with the afternoon slump that is so hard to handle in the winter.

That's all for now.

Christmas ( a little bit late)...

 Now that Christmas is over I finally got my act together enough to get some pictures up. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve mass and then a quiet relaxing Christmas day. For Christmas dinner we made a big ham dinner and invited another family that doesn't have any family in the area. It was really nice.

 It has been the warmest most wonderful winter but I was really hoping for some snow for Christmas. We didn't have any but a few days later we got about 8 inches and it's been snowing off and on ever since. The kids love cross country skiing out in the yard even Patrick has skis this year. This makes me love being in Michigan again for sure.

Thanksgiving

 We drove up to the U.P. for Thanksgiving and spent some time with my family. It was such a great time and the weather was great. Although it is hard to travel with 5 kids it was worth it to spend time with everyone. We were able to visit with my grandparents and my aunt who was visiting from Madison. We also saw my mom's whole family on Thanksgiving, all my aunts and uncles and cousins that I havn't seen since this summer.

The kids had a great time with their cousins and spent the whole trip home talking about how they wished they lived closer and when were they going to see them all next.

Thanksgiving was wonderful with lots of food and the kids even put on a cute little play for everyone. It was super sweet.

My sister and brother in law were great hosts and we enjoyed seeing their beautiful new house. It was really a great vacation.

 Blaise got his first haircut ever in time for Thanksgiving. He didn't cry at all!

 Blaise sporting his new haircut.

Our Crazy Week...

 Sorry these pictures are out of order, the bowling party was supposed to be last, don't know how that happened.

 Every year this is "Crazy Week" at our house. We have 3 birthdays and Halloween and All Saints day all in one week. Not to mention we had 2 dentist appt. and an eye doctor appt. this week as well. It was crazy to be sure. I did my best to get pictures of everything.

Therese and Patrick had a great birthday. Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (of course). Then presents then Mass. After mass we went bowling with some friends and had pizza and cake. It was a super low key day birthday which is what is needed the day after parties and trick or treating. 

Hard to believe that my sweet kids are 5 and 3 already. Time really does fly.