Robin-isms

Oh, the middle child. Not the pioneering oldest; not the adorable baby. Forgotten in all the hubbub of the newborn...

Not Robin. She won't let you overlook her.

Robin is her own beast. She wakes up with a mischievous sparkle in her eye, and she spends her day tearing around, laughing, dancing, singing. Her exuberance will crack you up and drive you crazy, but you will never be bored.

She talks nonstop, and there's no telling what she'll say next:
- We were ice skating and she came to stop, looked at the ice, then up at Daddy: "Daddy, why did the ice stop moving?"
- Playing on the mulch-covered playground at nearby Nolte Park, she whipped out her wit: "This isn't 'Nolte' Park, it's 'Mulchy Park'!"
- Mommy was trying to get Robin to finish her kugel, so she tried to use the Aaron trick: "Robin, Aaron wants to see you eat your kugel!" Robin didn't miss a beat. Taking a huge bite of her much-preferred sweet potatoes, she quipped: "No, Mommy, he wants to see me eat my sweet potatoes!"

Not to be outdone...we also have a three month old

WE LOVE AARON!

Getting a kick out of getting his picture taken.

What is going on with my two crazy sisters?

Happy #5 Miriam!

We have a five year old in our house (and we're not just talking about how Daddy acts sometimes)! That's right -- Miriam is five years old! She was so excited for her day, and she made the most of it. The day started with chocolate-chip-pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. Then, Daddy, Robin and Aaron visited her nursery school class with chocolate chip cookies and an intense reading of Otis and the Tornado. After lunch, Miriam Skyped with Grandma Jean and PopPop and opened her present from them -- an electricity experiments kit that she played with until dinner. She picked a delicious menu of tomato soup, toasted cheese sandwiches,mashed potatoes, and cantaloupe. Nana came for dinner too, bringing grapes, robusto cheese, presents, and delicious birthday brownies. Oy, so much chocolate! Miriam is such a thoughtful, caring, tough, adventurous and fun kid. We are so happy to have her in our family. 

Baking chocolate chip cookies for Miriam's class

Miriam the photographer--she took this picture of Aaron. He was not amused.

Birthday dinner with sunflowers from Nana.

Birthday Brownies

Opening presents...this took literally 2 minutes for 4 presents. We were lucky to get any pictures at all.

Settling In

It's been almost three months since Aaron joined us, and we're getting used to having him around. He seems to like us, even though we rarely give him time to nap when he wants to. Sometimes he looks a little bit confused by his sisters' zany antics, but we think he likes the craziness....

Hanging with Daddy

The Jungle

Three in the bath

Daddy and the kiddos posing turned into....

Tackle fight! It's never too young to start rumblin'...

Chilly Camping!

Daddy and the girls got their last camping trip of the year in last night. It was chilly! Lows were in the mid-30's. But thanks to hot chocolate, hiking and a roaring fire, they stayed warm. What better way to spend their extra hour than sleeping in a tent?

Oatmeal for Breakfast!

Without the Derecho, we wouldn't have such a great stack of firewood to burn.
Thanks for splitting it all, Daddy!