Decorating

Easter eggs

Fantasy dtaft

One way to use a chair

Latest cuteness magnitude report

Me to Mara: "How cute are you?"

Mara (holding up one hand with fingers spread): "Five!"

They made it

With a little help from grandma.

Ride

Climbers

Trail exploration

Just off the beaten path in Nebraska.

Rocks

Ready for tossing in the lake.

Calvin?

With an old drill that looks like a ray gun, he's the spitting image of Spaceman Spiff.

Bernadette is in K.C. Isaiah is doing schoolwork. Mara is taking a nap. Mama turned on my favorite music for me. I think I'll just sit here in the glider for a minute...

Hi

Morning fire

"Wanna play with my hair?" says Bernadette.

Mama, the cheater

Kateri: "Are we on the highway yet?"

Mama: "No, we're still on the gravel roads."

K: "What are the gravel roads?"

M: "What we're on."

K: "That's cheating!"

Liz practices for two

A compliment from Kateri

"Mama, those flower pants look good with that smiley face you've got."

So pleased

Yesterday Isaiah made his First Confession and finished his First Communion rosary. He chose all the pieces and did the stringing; I just did the tricky parts.

Pencil exploration

Morning cuteness explosion

The following will be read aloud at Bernadette's baby shower someday.

Bernadette to Kateri: "Let's play Mama's having a baby. I'll stand here and puff my shirt out, and you tell me how fat I am."

Morning stroll

In an older child's shoe

Don't take your guns to town, son

Bedtime fashion

Pancakes, yum

Jan. 31, 60 degrees

I have to agree with the boy on this one.

Bernadette: "Stop, Isaiah! You smell like juice bugs!"

Isaiah: "How absurd!"

Snow fort

Donuts

Lessons

Pond hockey

Kateri gets the phone

Isaiah's advice to Bernadette

"Never try to start a conversation with a man who is trying to start an engine."

When you've been sick ...

Morning cereal

Thoughts from the girls

Bernadette (passing the dolls in the toy aisle at Walmart): "Oh, Mama! Magnificent! Magnificent!" (Then, noticing an Elsa costume): "Oh, Mama, look at all the glory!"

Kateri: "I can do anything, but when I run, my pants fall down."

More Christmas

Walk