Emmerson, Claire, Audrey and Caroline Bloede

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Jolly Days

On Emmerson's December early release day we meet Anna and Owen at the Children's Museum to visit Jolly Days.

Ice skating was what they were most excited about.

The ice castle was perfect for playing Elsa and Anna.

Ice fishing

Visit number 2 with Santa. These girls LOVE seeing him!

Audrey wasn't real excited about sitting on his lap!

Making some cookies

and of course we end with a few trips down the slide.

Advent Concert

St Thomas had an Advent Concert. Each class sang a song.

All ready for her first performance.

The kindergartners signing The Little Drummer Boy.

Claire has made some new friends at St. Thomas too. Some of Emmerson's new friends have 3 year old little sisters that Claire loves playing with.

Broadripple Tree lighting

We went to the Broadripple tree lighting the Saturday after Thanksgiving to kick off the Christmas season.

Our first visit of the season with Santa. The girls were so excited.

There were crafts

and cookie decorating!

We even stayed for the parade.

November FUN

Another month has come and gone. Time is flying by and though we wish we could slow it down we are just trying to make the most of all of it.

This baby girl knows how to relax! She makes herself comfortable where ever she is.

Audrey can officially keep up with the big girls now.

The other night we walked into the big girls room before we went to bed and this is what we found. Emmerson asleep on the floor and Claire so lost in her bed we couldn't find her!

Her favorite hiding spot!

Meet Rapunzel

Really?!? playing is hard work!

Audrey loves to cuddle with Emmerson. She walks over to her and asked to be picked up all the time.

Audrey has found the doll house and loves to play with it.

Audrey loves playing outside now that she can get anywhere she wants.

Daylight savings time is tough. Audrey fell asleep in her highchair during lunch and stayed asleep while I changed her diaper and put her down for her nap.

We found Claire asleep while still holding her purse.

Sick baby cuddles are so sweet.

The little girls and I keep pretty busy while Emmerson is at school.

Thanksgiving weekend was a busy one for us. We decided to take a girls trip to Evansville to visit the Selms and our Emmerson family. Somehow I forgot the camera so we only got a few from pictures from our phones.

All 5 girls at the Selms. We stayed at their house the first night. These girls have known each other their whole lives. It's so fun to see them all together.

Makenna has always had a soft spot for Claire.

Aubrey and Emmerson have so much fun together. They both love crafts.

On Wednesday we moved to a hotel and got to spend time with all of our cousins.

Baylee is the best!

Our girls love all the big girls.

Claire and Emma are so cute together.

The whole crew. The girls loved playing with their cousins.

After dinner we went back to the pool. Audrey got in on the action.

They were happy to be back in the pool.

We packed up after breakfast on Thanksgiving morning to head home and meet Daddy at Grandma and Grandpas. We missed the Thanksgiving meal due to traveling but it was still worth it.

Emmerson and Claire talked the whole way home about how much fun they had and how we need to go on more girls adventures!

Living the kindergarten life..

Kindergarten is still going GREAT! Emmerson LOVES school. Here is some of the day to day stuff that comes along with her first few months of kindergarten.

Crazy sock day

Claire needed crazy socks too!

Once a month Emmerson has an early release day. We always try to do something fun. This month we went to the Childrens Museum. It's a fun treat to be there when it isn't too busy.