A few more Liam pictures...

I realized that I forgot quite a few Liam pictures in my post about our spring break week.  Ashley had sent them to me but they hadn't yet made it to my picture file when I wrote that post.  They are too cute not to share.

He loved hanging out with the girls but definitely preferred more personal space than they were willing to give him.  He was forever running and they were forever following him.  

They introduced him to Angelina Ballerina episodes on the Kindle.  

 When he was with all the cousins in Reno he was really struggling to do his own thing.  At one point the bigger girls had him by the torso and I heard Audrey shout, "Grab his legs!"  Poor boy.  Look at his expression!

Once we got back to our house life got a little more mellow for him.  He had more space to run around and a friend of mine loaned us a bunch of car and truck toys for him to play with.  Not only are our toys dangerously small in nature now, but they are all exceptionally girly.  It was fun to see dump trucks and car carriers on the floor for a change!

He used our baby stroller to give his trucks a walk.

And he showed Scarlet some love.

On the toilet.

 And he rode around in a big booster seat, 

facing forward and feeling like a big kid.

  So fun to have him here.  You, too, Ash and Paul!

Come back!

Home Means Nevada

I gave a presentation in one of my classes this week about my culture as a child.  I decided to teach my class the song, "Home Means Nevada", as I remember singing it in school every morning after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.  But I was not about to sing a solo in front of 50 adults so I took a video of the girls singing the song and played that for my class instead.  It was a hit!

For some reason the girls were dressed up like Victorian ladies out for tea at the time but it that really only added to the cuteness of the video!

Calling the Tooth Fairy!

Audrey lost her first tooth yesterday!!  She has been wiggling it for some time now.  A few weeks ago we thought it would come out any day but then it got lodged in a snaggle tooth position and seemed to get less wiggly.  But just in time for spring picture day today, out it came last night during dinner.  She was slightly freaked out but mostly very excited!

 This morning she woke up to a note from 

the tooth fairy along with a little bracelet 

and a silver dollar...

which she calls "a really big dime!"

While we can't believe our baby is 

starting to lose the teeth that seemed to 

arrive just yesterday, she has been waiting

three whole years for her own visit from 

the tooth fairy.  She was just 2 1/2 when 

Natalie had her first visit!

Whirlwind Week!

What a week it's been!!  The week after Easter the girls had their Spring Break.  I still had my classes, and mid-terms to boot, so I was extremely thankful that my village of awesome girlfriends took the girls, fed them and entertained them most of the week!  Thank you, village!

On Friday we hit the road to Reno to celebrate this lovely lady's 90th birthday!  

We celebrated the Nevada Wolfpack's College Basketball Invitational Championship win on Friday night with cousins of all ages.  Such an exciting game to the last seconds of overtime!  Fun to be part of all that Nevada energy! 

We found Nevada-wear in our house for her

but she chose to wear pink and green instead...

and pink sequined ears to match. 

Then we picked up Ashley and Liam at the airport on Saturday morning and partied with our gorgeous nonagenarian GGMa all afternoon.  

On Sunday we celebrated some more and then hit the road back home, with Ashley and Liam in tow.  We had a great couple of days together watching the girls follow/hover/smother Liam all around our house.  Audrey took him to school on Monday for her weekly sharing.  And then he joined her and her kindergarten classmates on the rug for story time after his debut.  It was as priceless as priceless gets.  It was a great week and we hated to see them go back home.

So fun to see all of these adorable cousins together.  Liam is the only kid I know busier than Audrey so every picture I have of him is blurry.  I need a better toddler camera setting. We had such a great time, though!

Hair by Emma!

Posing with a Liam that doesn't look at the camera on cue!

A very grown up John.

The cutest little foursome!

And the "little kids" of yesteryear! 

Love you all!!