Happy birthday Merry

 Happy 11th birthday to our sweet Merry.

It is hard to believe she is already this old.

She is a bookaholic and is constantly reading. 

Her favorite color is turquoise and she loves to cook but not clean.

She is a great big sister and helps entertain her younger siblings.

Foxes are her favorite animal so this is my attempt at a fox cake.

What a glowy cake.

Blowing out the fire hazard.

Surprised by the presents, which included a lot of books.

Happy birthday may your 11th year be excellent.

Adam and Eliza

 Eliza is quite appalled that I wanted to take pictures of her after church.  

This is her I am so offended face.

 Fortunately Adam was there to show her how to properly model.

Adam we don't model shirtless.

Eliza's attempt at being cooperative.

Thanks to a couple of youtube videos Eliza has given up sucking her finger.

The first was an Asian man who told her how gross it was and then yelled "Asian people will not like you if you suck your finger."  The second showed a close up of bacteria in petri dish and then a cartoon boy puking.  Eliza is sure that the bacteria are worms.  Laying in bed the other night she told Brian that she wished she had a faster car to get away from the worms so that she could suck her finger again.  Maybe the lack of finger sucking has led to this sassiness. 

Happy 2017

Happy New Year's Eve.

We spent the day in Lakeland visiting Grandma Stott and David and family.

We went to lunch and then a fun center and played arcade games until we won a Gator's basketball that only cost us like $40 dollars.  

Then we can home and spent the evening at home playing Risk.

A picture of the revelry.

Poor bottom of the human tower.

 We then went outside and lit Chinese lanterns and watched our neighbors fireworks.

 Until we almost caught our neighbor's tree on fire.

Happy New Year.

Christmas Eve

 Christmas Eve, the acting crew for the Nativity.

The role of Mary was given to Eliza this year.

Adam was Joseph, Grace and Jacob were shepherds and wisemen.

Merry was the angel and a wiseman.  

Brian was the donkey.  I was the narrator and Papa was Herod.

Ready for Christmas Eve in their new PJs.

Happy birthday Eliza

Happy 4th birthday dear Eliza.

 Don't let her sweet face fool you, she is full of spunk.

 See Exhibit 1.

 See Exhibit 2.

 Oh look there are some ducks.

 She loves all things pink and anything about mermaids.

 She is pretty sure she is going to be a mermaid when she grows up.

Maybe I should take her to Weeki Wachee Springs to see the real mermaids.

 More looking for ducks.

Eliza and her birthday cake.

Huff and puff.

For her birthday we went to build a bear and she picked batman and batgirl costumes for her stuffed animals. 

 

2 weeks before Christmas

All snazzied up in our Christmas wear.

 The cute kiddios.
Our front room is under construction so our festivities had to be move to the back.

  Jacob still is about the same height but his feet keep on growing.

Merry, Merry.

 A lady from church told Grace that she looks like a British soldier in this dress.

I have to tend to agree.

 Adam showing off his 2 front teeth.

Last but not least, little Eliza Jane.

A visit with Santa

 What would Christmas season be without a visit with Santa?

Santa said we had both been extra good.