Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Tigers and Birthday!

My awesome cousin Donna got several tickets donated to Bishop Foley for the Tiger game on Friday.  Bobby’s school also go tickets, so we got to see a bunch of friends and family!  We kept Evie at Grandma’s since she was getting over a virus.  Maggie had a great time playing with one of her best friends and with her cousins.  She and her friend loved screaming and cheering, but started the night by yelling, “Go Lionsssss!!!”  It was pretty funny, but don’t worry, I corrected them.

Checking out Donna's office
(and using the very clean bathrooms!)

Tiger time

Snuggles with Sarah

Donna got the kids stuffed tigers.
 Maggie named her's "Maggie".

Sunday we celebrated my beautiful goddaughter’s birthday!  Claire turned 3 years old, and loved telling everyone it was her birthday.  Maggie just wanted to spend time with Luke as usual.  Evie and Sarah bickered over babies and strollers… but I think those two will be fast friends.  

Birthday boss
Cake!

Lunch at the kids table... I think each kid ate an entire one bite!

For she's a jolly good fellow!

This kid ate soooooo many goldfish

Duet

Baby Benjamin couldn't miss out on the party

Evie has her own baby to worry about

Jamie and Evie had a little bonding time at the zoo:

Daddy's girl

Turtle race
A few others:

Maggie is obsessed with riding... so happy to finally
see her coordinating the pedal movement

Dinosaurs with  Daddy

Grandma got the girls a golf set last week.  Maggie loves to play.  Evie loves to caddy.  They make a good team.
#1 Caddy

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Mother's Day 2017

This weekend we celebrated our moms (and also me)!  Maggie got me some mother-themed Llama Llama books, and Evie got me a fifth of gin… they get me.  Jamie also spoiled me with an Apple watch and woodblock print of the girls!

Mother's Day

Sunday we went to church and then headed over to Bobby’s for a delicious brunch!  The kids were entertaining as always.  Bobby and I wrote a really cheesy/silly song as a gift for our mom… to never be shared online.

Grammer!
  
Our mom is an awesome mom!

Full car

Love this lady...

...especially when she wears Spiderman masks

They speak the same language

An injured Spiderman
 
Protecting Sarah...


A bunch of grandkids

The ride home...

We all came home and crashed for an hour, then headed out to Fishbones for a yummy dinner with the Donoghues!  We got together with Amy and Rex earlier in the week to get photos of all the cousins as a gift for Grandma - it's really hard to get three young ones looking good at the same time, but we got some cute shots!

Loves

Hugs for days

Follow the leader

Sassy models

Evie. Not amused.

I just can't

Monday was Grandma’s birthday, so everyone went over to the Donoghue's to celebrate!


Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Somehow my kids got presents on her birthday...

Here’s some other photos from last week that I didn’t get around to posting:


We start driver's ed early

Morning snuggles

Jamie kept all the kids entertained while Bobby and I
worked on my mom's song...

Big helper

They had trouble taking turns... so it's a two-for-one ride!
   
Picking me a dandelion bouquet
  
Evie's favorite new look

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Girl time

We had a pretty quiet weekend around the house.  Jamie spent most of it at work getting ready for his annual student art show, so I spent a lot of quality time with the girls.

Acting very mature at the art show

Evie had her two-year checkup last week.  Everything looks good, and she's 28.5lb and 35" tall!  She was really angry about getting a shot, but quickly recovered!

Showing me her boo boo for the 1,253,502th time

Growing up fast!

Evie and Maggie have had fun playing dress-up with Evie’s new costumes.  They’re all too small for Maggie, but she finds a way to squeeze into them!

Snow White

Still working on that princess thing

An expert in all things princess

Going for a stroll together

 The girls like to help me cook from time to time, Maggie especially.  Evie likes to help too, but often ends up nibbling on whatever is on the counter!


Sous chefs

Also my taste-testers