No matter what Pippi is wearing, she always tops off her outfit with a princess dress — or apron in this case.
I personally think she ruins her outfits, but when I tell her that, she says, “NO…I beautiful now.”
Well then…
Always A Princess First
Nurse Navy
Micah had his whole area set up to recover from his tonsillectomy, so Navy can’t provide much as the ultimate care taker. But some hours, she just goes in and hugs the man of her heart. And I am pretty sure that slight smile on Micah’s lips is the first we have seen in days.
End of the Rainbow
It isn’t often, that you get this kind of loot at the end of a rainbow.
I’d say it’s our lucky day!
Starting Position
I bet you have never seen a boy who could bring a smile to your face at the beginning of each race.
Dash’s “starting position” totally helps him be a fast runner.
And we know he is a fast runner, because he is named “Dash”.
Obviously.
Morning Scripps
Just some post-black-Friday tired kids, listening to the words of a dedicated mom.
Jumping and Eating
After you build up a huge appetite from jumping/bouncing/climbing/dodging, there is only one place to curb your hunger.
Obviously Cafe Rio.
The Fuzziest Nigh-Night
Pippi LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her nigh-night. After her baths, she spreads it out, and wraps herself in it for 20 minutes. When she is sad, it is the first thing she grabs, and it follows her everywhere she goes. Therein, lies the problem. Her nigh-night has accumulated hair, tape, strings of all sorts and anything else that long fuzz touches. I personally find it disgusting, and even after washing it numerous times, it is still disgusting. I don’t have the heart to tell Pips, that her nigh-night is going to disappear pretty soon. I hope she doesn’t fall apart, but it has to happen. I’m going to do my best to replace it with another blanket that is equally as cuddly and comforting, but I’m pretty sure this is going to be an uphill battle for me.
Keep us in your prayers.
Thanksgiving ‘16
As usual, Thanksgiving was a blast this year.
The only bummer, is that Micah is down and out recovering from getting his tonsils removed.
Poor him, that he can not enjoy all of the deliciousness this day has to offer.
But we didn’t let his recovery slow the rest of us down!
We started with the Turkey Trot — where all of my kids ran.
Even Pippi, who ran her heart out whenever she would see familiar faces.
But she would almost die after her sprints!
Here is the running gang.
And here are the girls who are always outnumbered in our family!
Afterwards, we headed over to Auntie Gail’s house for our first turkey dinner.
And of course we got pictures with the grand kids and great grand kids.
It was weird that this was our first year without great grandpa.
After we stuffed ourselves here, we headed back home to another humongous feast!
And after, we were all at Pippi’s beck and call to entertain everyone else from the table top.
She even got Nonnie on top of the table to jump!
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Nothing beats family all together.
But family all together, while black Friday shopping is possibly the most top notch!
And because of that — the cool kids all headed out just a few short hours after our table top fun.
Cracking Eggs
Thanksgiving prep is so chaotic, that little girls doing things they shouldn’t, go under the radar.
When Nonnie had out all of the roll-making ingredients, Pippi saw a great opportunity to get some practice cracking eggs.
I think we would have all noticed sooner, but she was doing such a good job, we didn’t.
I think she was about six eggs in when someone finally pointed out what a good job she was doing!
And upon close inspection, there was not one shell in her eggs!
We were all so impressed, until Nonnie exclaimed that she needed every egg there was for her recipes!
Oopsies!
Scout’s Pumpkin Pie
Scout wanted to make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
So we looked up a recipe, and he nailed it!
He chose Pippi to be his sous chef.
He completed four beautiful pies.
He obviously needed a taste tester — and he approved!
On Thanksgiving morning, he decorated them to gussy them up!
They were a hit, and everyone agreed they were delicious.
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