Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Bowling, Scavenger Hunts, and Sickies – February

we had the Dixon clan over for supper before baby Claire came. we were going to raid Gran’s house while s he was in ‘Bama again, but we locked ourselves out…so we just improvised at our house….

the boys eating together

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Lou always wants owen to hold him

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on the bar with syd

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playing dress up

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hanging out in the snow with my kiddos

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and winter time also means sickness…my little sicko Sad smile 

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her ‘sick tray’

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and then like that…she’s feeling better….making ‘pie’ and ‘soup’ from dry rice, beans, and macaroni

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when Gran got back from  ‘Bama – we all went bowling

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Syd also had a sleepover at church for Gems and invited a few friends along!

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they had so much fun!

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junk in the trunk…

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syd and kenzie have been loving scavenger hunts lately – so whenever kenz comes over – we have to do one…syd made this little note for kez

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and …in case you forgot…they LOVE To play with makeup!

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…meanwhile…the boys went out exploring in the woods

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turkeys!

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learning to read music…..

ACEG = A Cat Eats Garbage

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we went to a hotel for a weekend getaway with friends…and the fire alarm went off at like 10:30!

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the boys on their technology

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Christie with all the girls

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Claire is HERE

The anticipation for little Claire was almost more than Owen and Syd could take!

the night before Aunt Katy was going to be induced, Syd was laying in bed and we  could hear her singing from upstairs…she made up a little song cuz she couldn’t contain her excitement

getting to visit Claire for the first time after school!

papa loves babies!

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all the kids gathering around

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lou riding cars on moms legs

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syd getting to hold her

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lou and owen hiding

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sweet baby!

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proud proud cousin – she had to hold her again!

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Friday, February 2, 2018

Daddy Daughter Date

syd wanted to go to a daddy daughter dance so bad – but between being sick and then not signing up in time, we had to improvise…but she didn’t mind a bit!

we did her hair all cute and she decided to wear her easter dress from last year…

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Papa made a reservation at Boat Werks, took her to the Peanut Store downtown and then they went to see Peter Rabbit, which just came out in the theater!

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so cute.

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she even had a cute little corsage to wear

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i think the night was a success!