PAUSE!

Since I haven't posted in months, I think it is time to officially hit the PAUSE button on the blog.  I love posting here, but I just haven't had the reserves available to do a decent job. 

We'll be back - hopefully before the kids go to college!

More Pre-Christmas fun - Round 2

It is hard to keep five kids ages 7 and under happy or even relatively entertained for an entire week.  One day, we thought a trip to the zoo would be a good idea. 

 

The bundled up kiddos had fun for about 5 minutes.  Here they are looking out of the meerkat tunnel.

 

This is the face of a woman who regrets terribly her recommedation of making a trip the zoo in 35 degree weather.  (And also a cute photo of Finn being really excited by a goat.)

Did you know that flamingos don't mind freezing cold weather?  Did you know that I will put pink gloves on Finn's hands without even an iota of concern as to what people think of a boy wearing pink gloves?

Somehow the triplets (and the rest of us survived).  I am still cold just thinking about it.

We girls took a trip to see the Rockettes! We actually had a really great time.  Annie joined in the dancing toward the end, which was a surprise, because I thought she would try to rush the stage with excitement during the very first act.

SNOW!  Perhaps even as much as a centimeter!  Regardless, the triplets loved snow - this may have been their first experience with it.

Annie and Hannah enjoyed acting out the Rockettes performance for all the boys.  Repeatedly. 

 

More to follow!

Uncle!

Despite my best efforts at gender neutrality, Annie chose from the library four books about ballet and Finn will only read books about animals or trucks, with a definite preference for trucks. Sigh.

Christmas fun - 1 of many posts!

We certainly had a very merry Thornton/Cooper Christmas!  Bill and Ms. Sam braved 14 hours in the car (each way) with three 7 years olds, and I am so thankful that they did.  It was so great to see them, and my kids are totally enamored with Hannah, Tristan and Travis. Here are some highlights from the first 24 hours!

 

Taco night! These kiddos very clearly had a serious case of the sillies.  It lasted pretty much the entire week.

 

What's more fun than tacos?  Hiding in the closet after eating tacos!  Why not?

And Uno!  Uno is way fun!  Ms. Sam was SO sweet to let Annie "play" on her team.

Photo props are way fun!  In fact, they were so fun that we adults were always too tired to actually get them out and let the childred play with them, so this is the one and only photo-prop photo from the week.

Tours of fire stations are way fun!  And they give uncles a way to show off their skills and expertise! The kids really enjoyed it, except for the part where Toby blew the horn when he didn't realize Tristan was standing right in front of the truck.  I gave him a very severe version of the the "look" for that.

This is one of the few photos of the cousins that Finn managed to get in. 

But he always has time for photos with Mommy!

See any evidence that Annie idolizes her big cousin?

Hats are WAY fun!

Going to the park with hats doubles the fun!

Hannah can swing terrifyingly high.

Slides are uber fun!

Okay, this is about as much fun as I can handle for today.  More fun to come!