Paigey's 1st Haircut

I just have to share pictures of Paige's first haircut, as she is just so adorable! This haircut just shows off her personality, it's really her and she was so excited to get it cut and just as excited by the outcome! She was giggly and giddy all day after the cut. Her twin sister got a little jealous, but did not want her beautiful long, curly locks cut off!

Happy Birthday Cosmo-Style

Wow, it's been over a month again since my last post! Where DOES the time go?! It goes to my three kids and the extra one I babysit!! lol In a nutshell, we've had one child fall and get 5 staples in her head, two baby showers and 1 bridal shower, another out-of-town scrapbooking party, plus PTO and PAC meetings for my son's school and the girls' school. It's been a crazy fall, but it's our favorite time of year! I love Halloween and the fall colors and the cooler weather! Although it's getting a bit cooler than I was ready for! It was 75 a week ago and today is 30! Yikes!!!

I've been doing a lot of hoarding lately of new stamps, now I need to find time to use them! I'm especially excited that I received my new Bellas today from Stamping Bella and can't wait to play with them! I got Tangled Stella, Tis-the-Season-to-be-Jolly Bella, Snowfight, and then 4 of the new Bittyblooms!!! They are so adorable! Anyway, I made a quick birthday card today with a Ghirardelli Chocolate Card Holder to go with it. I think it turned out pretty cute, this is one of my favorite color combos. I used red stickles on her shit and toes, because every Bella needs a good pedicure!

I also am posting a couple of pics of the kiddos from this weekend's Viking victory game!!! Yeah, go Vikes! It may not be pretty, but we have to take it where we can! This is how every Sunday is spent at our house during the NFL season! Everyone dressed in Vikings gear, lunch served "picnic" style in the living room watching the game, the kids with their trays, they love it! Thanks for looking!

My kids and our dog!

I just wanted to share these pics that my husband created with Photoshop. A little back history, since Parker was born, we have taken him, and then the girls too, to the State Fair every summer and get their caricatures done. We go to the same guy every year. I had put one of the pics on a shirt for DH for his birthday, he wore it the next time to the fair and the guy got a huge kick out of it. We think he does such an excellent job and has great detail. So this is all 5 that we have so far. It's neat to see the progression of the kids looks each year and what the guy sees in them each time. The next one is our dog, Loki, now 5 months, with a bunch of pictures since we got her at 8 weeks. She's grown from 8 pounds to 30!! She's such a beautiful dog and really coming along with her training and behavior, she's very smart! She loves to be with the family and cuddle. The vet said we should hook her up to a sled this winter and let her pull the kids around, she'd love it! I think it would be a hoot!

First Day of Early Childhood for the Girls

Here's a few pictures of my girls from their first day at the Multiples ECFE class yesterday. They had such a good time. I'm so excited for this class, when the moms split from the kids for group discussion, we will all have similar things to discuss!!! Good thing is that three other moms I already know from my Moms for Multiples group. I'm looking forward to a great year and we have some of the same teachers and assistants that Parker has had in the past and they are just wonderful! Thanks, have a great day!

Wow... what a week... yet still stamped!

Wow, what a week we had...first, Parker, my just-turned 5 year old started Kindergarten this week. The school is right across the street from us, our front door looks right at the front door of the school. Ever since Parker could talk, he's been saying that, "when I'm 5 I get to go to the big school!" So here are a couple of pics of him on his first day. He got a nice big hug from his sisters for good luck. Group hug!!! My mother-in-law was here all week to help out, my daughter, Paige, had an MRI to check on her Sturge Weber, which I mentioned before, to see if the area of her brain that is affected has spread, grown, or changed in any way. We have to wait 72 hours for the results... we are hoping for great news!! It's so hard to go to the variuos appointments all the time and see my little baby go through so much, but she's tough, and as you can see from the pictures, quite a trooper! She's all smiles waiting for her procedure! She's pulling the curtain open and shut to play peek-a-boo with the nurses and technicians outside her room. Isn't she darling?! We also celebrated Grandma's birthday with a special dinner for her and I made her an angel cake. She loves angels, wears one on her shirt every single day, so I made a cake in the shape of an angel and frosted and decorated it. Parker drew her pictures and I gave her the card I made for her, see below. She is so awesome and was such a help with everything we needed to accomplish through the week. I'm always sad to see her go. She's only 2 hours and 15 minutes away, but I wish we were only blocks away! Also, I spent the weekend getting prepared for my latest challenge to come! Tomorrow morning I am starting to babysit full-time for my DH's cousin's son, who is 14 months old. I know, I'm crazy, right?!! I just get one in Kindergarten and add another!!! But I think it will work out great for both of us, I'm actually excited and hoping my girls love the idea of someone smaller than them to play with (or boss around!)

Where does the time go??!!

Well I just don't know where the time goes, it has been a busy, busy spring! I have received two new shipments of Bellas and some from Stampendous and High Hopes and have not even had a chance to play with them yet. But I figured it was time for some updates on my kiddos and I also wanted to post this awesome Mother's Day card I received from Andi with a huge Thank You and also a huge Thank You to Terri for sending me some terrific Fairy images from Stamping Bella!!! She did such a nice job on the stamping, such crisp and clear images!

These pictures of my girls are from our annual Mother/Daughter tea held at my mother-in-law's church. This is her oppotunity every year to show off her only granddaughters! Also there are pics of Parker from his "graduation" program from Preschool today! I can't believe my baby is going to be 5 this summer and going to Kindergarten this fall!!! {sniff, sniff} They did a program where they sang songs and he was singing the loudest and would bow after each song ended. The teachers commented on how he likes to perform! Not a shy boy at all!!

Late Valentine's Day Post....

These little Tic-Tac holders I made were for my kids' preschool teachers, assistants, and office workers. One of our twins, Paige, has special needs and the school and everyone involved in her care have been absolutely wonderful and gone above and beyond in helping not only Paige, but our whole family with any and all educational issues and in helping to make our lives easier and more manageable! I made the Tic-Tac holders at stamp class and thought they were just so cute and were so quick and easy to make! I just wanted to show them all how much we appreciate and are thankful for them and all they do! We live in an awesome school district!