Saturday, March 16, 2013

January

These girls were SO excited to go sledding with Grandpa on New Years day!  Look at those smiles.  I love Dan’s scavenged snow clothes from my parents’ closets, he’s such a good sport.  They all had a great time sledding over by the library.

01 01 13_dan soph tess gpa ready to go sledding 01 02 13_cousins dancing 2

We enjoyed some cousin time at the Chapmans, the girls all like to dance!  And they are all pretty good at it.  Elliott stopped by too, the kids all had a ball playing with the fun toys Nina has.

01 02 13_cousins dancing 3 01 02 13_elliott jacob tea party

These kids really cracked me up with their tea party, surprisingly good etiquette for children so young. :)

01 02 13_elliott slide  01 02 13_jacob elliott jaycee melody tea party01 02 13_jacob elliott tess jaycee tea party 01 02 13_melody jacyee laugh

Jonathan also came over to play some smash brothers with Dan, they are both so good at video games, it can be hard to find a worthy opponent. ;)  Jonathan is such a cute uncle to Elliott, she loves him! 

 01 02 13_jonathan dan smash bro 01 02 13_jon and elliott 2 

Great grandma Chapman came over that night to visit and she got her dream hat!  She asked for a musical, robotic  Christmas hat with lights last year and Nina delivered.  Isn’t she cute?  She’s a sweetheart who, despite us telling her to stop, insists on getting all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren Christmas and birthday gifts each year!  She’s so thoughtful.

01 02 13_gr grandma chapman cmas hat 2 01 02 13_gr grandma chapman cmas hat

Can’t believe this was the first time we made a fort with our sectional!  The girls kept it up for a couple days.  Jacob liked the idea of it, saying, “howse, howse, go howse.”  But immediately wanted out after we got him in the fort since the girls insisted on keeping the “doors” (blankets) closed, it was dark.  I love these kids!

jacob fort sophie fort