Great photo shoot for the cousins

Saturday the girls and I kidnapped Melisa and Robbie for a photo shoot. I hadn't gotten Liesl's pictures done since she was 2 and a half and Jeannie's since she was born. I felt it was about time to get them done. I am so glad we did. The Oma's are super excited to get hold of the pictures of the grand kids. Although the photo shoot was like herding cats. As soon as the kids hit the floor there was arms and legs and fingers everywhere. There were some great moments captured and some hilarious moments captured looking at the rest of the discards. I am excited to get these on the walls and shared out. Last night we went to the fire and ice festival in Rochester last minute and hooked up with our friends Jason and Tina and their 3 girls. Liesl was so excited to be meeting up with her "girlfriends". All the girls except Jeannie got their faces painted and they all came back for princess movies,popcorn and hot cocoa. We have 5 girls between the 2 families with all of them super close in age. It was a blast watching the older 3 play dress up and the younger 2 in the baby play area together. Can't wait to go skating at their house soon. We also met up at Sandi's this week when Dee came in town with Grady. It was nice to watch the kids play with their new tea set. Thank you Sandi for everything. The kids had a great time and it was great visiting. January has been filled with fun times including the Great Wolf Lodge. Had so much fun there splashing around. The water slides were amazing, kiddie hot tubs, lazy river, splash zone, character visits, magic quest was super fun allowing Liesl to interact with the hotel and make things talk and respond to her. Can't wait to go again. It is our new fun spot. Jeannie is all over the place. She has been climbing like crazy and loves climbing the stairs at Oma's. She still hasn't gotten even close to getting any teeth in. I am thinking she is going to be walking before that even happens. She still doesn't have much of a vocabulary, it is all momma, momma. We missed her 9 month appointment . I really need to reschedule this week before she is already 0 months. Bad momma! Liesl has been really getting into audio books and her Nabi. She does a lot of reading on there and listening to books. Today she read squirrel road on a road sign. Good job girl. She asked us why we were taking the secret squirrel way.