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Alternately titled: We finally have the keys!!!!

Fall Break 2010

Gabe's on fall break this week so we are visiting my family in VA while Nae is on a business trip. Today we took the kids to the Crab Orchard Museum. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a good time running around looking at the log cabins.

Will eating a little pepperoni for lunch.

Grandmama and Alena looking at something exciting.

Another attempt at a good sibling/cousin shot.

Now that Eden has figured out how much better it is to walk on two feet she's unstoppable.

Lastly a sibling shot in age order me, Carrie, Chrisa, and Emma.

Party time

After rainy weather postponed Mya's party earlier this week we were finally able to have it today. She, of course, wanted a ballerina party which really just amounted to everyone wearing a tutu since we had her party at the park.

Here are all the girls with everyone pretty much looking at the camera. Don't they look so cute with their tutus on?

Mya chose her icing color and decorated her own cupcakes.

I think we can declare the celebrating of Mya's 5th birthday officially over now. Here are this years answers to the "Birthday Questionnaire"

How old are you today? five

What is your favorite color? yellow

What is your favorite food? sweet potatoes

What is your favorite book? ballerina books

What do you want to be when you grow up? a famous ballerina

Where is your favorite place to eat out? Chuy's

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? help get things ready

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? help him build stuff

What is the best thing about having Gabriel for a brother? he can help me

What is the best thing about having Alena for a sister? she plays with me

What is the best thing about having Eden for a sister? I can play with her

What is your favorite thing to do with your friends? play at the park

What can't you wait to do when you get bigger? go to school

Where is your favorite place to visit? Grandmama's house

What do you love about going to Mathu and Pathu's? we eat there

What do you love about going to Grandmama and Grandaddy's? we get to sleep there

What is your favorite thing to play? ballerinas

What thing do you most dislike doing? playing with Alena when she doesn't want to play what I want to.

What is your favorite part of the day? in the afternoon because we can play

What would you do if you could stay up all night? play

Where would you go if you could go anywhere in the world? ballet class

What makes you happy? having a birthday

What makes you sad? not getting to do what I want to do

What do you wish you could do? stay at ballet class

What made this the best birthday ever? Ellen got to come to my party

It's GREEN!

Eden at 14 months

At 14 months, Eden is walking some of the time but still crawls a lot. I love to see her toddling along.

She makes lots of babbling noises but we can understand, "All done" "No" "MaMa" and "DaDa."

She finally has two teeth on the bottom and we can see more on the way.

She also can throw a royal fit, as seen here, when we dare to do something she doesn't like or don't understand exactly what she's trying to tell us.

14 months is such a fun age. Everyday it seems she is doing something she couldn't the day before.

Mya

Today is a big day for this little girl who turns 5!

Happy birthday sweet girl. We hope you have a terrific day!

Caught laughing

A couple evenings ago when I took the pictures of the girls in their new skirts, I also got these of Gabe and Mya after Alena had gone inside. It is difficult to get a natural picture of Gabe so I thought these of him laughing were cute.

Little girls with twirly skirts

Thanks Grandmama for making these cute skirts. We love them!