Dinner

I really liked this post about family dinners from Mel at sisterscafe.blogspot.com
http://melandboys.blogspot.com/2011/01/creating-happy-and-nourishing-family.html

Sleep Training

Sleep training starts tonight and I am announcing this on my blog to show my commitment. More details soon.

Char = 4 months

My sweet, sweet Char is already 4 months old. She just started rolling over. I can get her to laugh when I tickle her neck. She loves to watch her sisters. The big sisters are great at "babysitting" for me. They sing her songs, put in her binkie, wipe her spit up, etc.

Here are a couple pictures of each of my sweet, sweet girls at about this same age. I thought at first Charlotte looked the most like Brooklyn but now I think she looks just like Mackenzie did at this age (chubby cheeks, little nose, perfect mouth). So fun for mom to compare :)
Char:


Kenzie:


Brookie:

Nice Night

A while ago I sat down to help Mackenzie with her homework and set Brooklyn up with her paints. Daddy was holding the baby and we were all sitting around the kitchen bar. We all sat there talking and working in peace for quite a while. Right as I was thinking it Robert said to me what a nice night it was. One of those times it just hits you how blessed we are to have these little ladies...and why we put up with the usual noise, fighting, and whining.

Christmas Festivities

The girls got 2 chances to make sure Santa knew that Mackenzie wanted a unicorn pillow pet and Brooklyn wanted a ladybug pillow pet. I would have hated to see Christmas morning had Santa not come through on that one.

Here are all my girls with Santa at the Winner School Christmas program:




This is a cute pic of Mackenzie with her carpool, preschool, and primary friend Rebecca Slade:

Hard to see pic of Mackenzie in her star sunglasses during their performance:


Here is Mackenzie deep in conversation with Santa at our ward party:

We had a successful night of gingerbread train kit making. They seriously looove this kind of stuff. I like the kits because they are super easy and the candy is gross so they don't go crazy on it.

Christmas Morning

Family Pictures

When we went home for Thanksgiving we had Kade Schank take our family pictures. There are tons of photographers here in Utah but I loved the idea of having them taken at my parent's house. They turned out pretty great despite the fact that it was 15 degrees outside.