...and all this has happened, as well.

Stella lost her first tooth.

Her second one, too.

We had a 2nd grade music program.

Pumpkin carving, Macy’s first birthday and Halloween happened, too.

 

FUNBall basketball started.

We got to spend Thanksgiving with family. Lots of family.

I even got to take pictures for my parents with their grandkids.

A pair of 5's

My babies are five. Five! How and when did this happen? It seems as if my younger two are getting bigger at a much faster rate than their older twin brothers. I'm not liking it.

Stella and Isaac turned five on January 02. It was a fun day. They woke to their birthday tables decorated with presents, party hats, and cake. The kids (all four kids) got to have as many pieces of cake for breakfast that they wanted. If you know me, you know how hard this is for me to allow. But, hey, we only have kid birthdays two days a year.

Stella and Ike had preschool on their birthday. I've never had a child have to go to school on their birthday before. Who knew it was so much fun? They took birthday treats of homemade suckers and Batman cupcakes to share with their classmates. Later that night we went out of for dinner then came home to open one more present that the UPS man delivered right as we got home.

The following weekend the kids got to celebrate turning five with their friends. We went to Pure Entertainment, an inflatable jump house type of place. This was the perfect place to let the kids run like crazy and get all hopped up on sweets. Thank you to all who came to make the birthday party extra special and so much fun.
  

       

We Shall Play

While their brothers are at school the Littles will play. The days have been perfect. It's been so hard to be inside with weather like this. So, while the older boys are at school the Littles play all day long. The swings have been a huge hit. It's not uncommon to find Stella and Isaac swinging and talking for more than 30 minutes straight. They truly are best buddies.



  

A Little of This

I'm not sure where June went. We kept relatively busy in June. Here's a glimpse of how we spent our days.

The month started off with swimming lessons. I was so amazed with this year's lessons. I took the kids to a different place this year. The results were amazing. In a nutshell, we started lessons with one child terrified of water, two that couldn't swim a lick and two kids that were good swimmers. We ended our session with two excellent swimmers and two additional kids who can now swim all on their own. No one is terrified of water.



The kids all attended Bible school. What a great experience for them! The "concert" the put on at the end of the week was so much fun!
 
This is just Carson's and Owen's group.


There was the morning where snails invaded our driveway, basketball camp for the three boys, PeeWee golf for Carson and Owen, and Father's day was somewhere in the mix, too.


We also spent a lot of evenings and an occasional Saturday morning at the Tball fields. Go Honey Badgers!



The kids and I also squeezed in a few days at the pool.