first bike ride

Caroline had her first bike ride tonight when we all went to DQ for ice cream after dinner. Sam rode his bike, and the twins rode in the bike trailer. I'm sure this will be the first of many bike rides this summer!!! She loved it!

Princess Caroline

Eric decided to dress Caroline up this morning. She didn't seem to mind!

(Yes, she's playing Yahtzee...she's quite advanced! :))

Not sure what this face is all about, but it's funny!!!!

Caroline is 11 months now and has 12 teeth!! Only a few more weeks and we'll be having a birthday party for her! Crazy how fast this year has gone.

sam turns six

This weekend we had a few birthday parties for Sam. A small friend party with a few kids from the neighborhood on Saturday morning, a party with my family today after church, then another tonight with Grandpa, Gramma, & Aunt Hope.

We had a "Donut Party" yesterday. Sam loves donuts from Tim's Bakery, and I was looking for a simple party theme. So, complete with "Pin the Donuthole on the Donut" game and the "Donuthole Toss" (aka, tossing little bean bags into a pool intertube), it was a very easy party!! Oh, and Uncle Ben did his famous balloon art....always a huge hit with kids!

For Sunday's party, Sam insisted that I make the same farm cake I made for his 3rd birthday. That was fine with me because that's a yummy cake from scratch, and very easy to decorate....actually, Sam & Lora were the ones to decorate it.

Happy #6 Sammers!!!!!!

toe jam

Yes, you read it correctly......toe jam. Eliza is obsessed lately with her toe jam. And, if she sees any of us (including Caroline) without socks, she quickly tries to clean between our toes. Of course, I do NOT let her clean mine!!!!!!! YUCK!! The boys (including Eric) don't seem to mind. WEIRD!! A funny story for the future though! :)

Sam's loses his 1st tooth

And, as you can see, the other one is more than halfway in already.