Christmas, Valentine's and more.

  My post is very up to date, as usual. In a short synopsis...

 Kat lost her too front teeth. Just in time for Christmas.

 We visited Philadelphia and saw the parade.

 We cut down a Christmas tree,

 and then decorated it.

 Met with Santa. Jack was very serious about Santa this year. He somehow figured out about presents from the big guy and did NOT want to miss out.

 Gingerbread house!

 Craziness.

 Presents.

 Ali got glasses!

Valentine's love. The bear was from Ali's Valentine, but the flowers were from mine.

First concert

Ali has been learning the clarinet. Today was her first concert. Mozart and Beethoven watch out.

September, October and November.

 Max turned one!

In order to properly celebrate, I made sure to post this WELL after the fact. His birthday is September 30th, so this was a while ago. I made a collage of baby pictures. These are my one year olds. All four of them.

Can you tell who is who? 

I wish (looking back) that I had just strapped them in somewhere and taken a picture of just their face, but wishes and wants...

I also want to celebrate Jack's birthday properly, so I made sure to post this late too.

His birthday is Nov. 8th, so only a month and a half too late.

 

To make up for it, here is a picture of his fun party.

And just because my girls are so cute. This was taken in October, so now, with Max's birthday in September and Jack's in November, you are all updated on the Pulham happenings. Next post, December update.

Summer

 Summer has been great this year! Here is an overview:

We did lots of swimming in our new pool.

 Cousins came to visit!

 We took them to see Yale. (Dominic must be a Harvard man.)

We threw rocks in a lake.

 And caught some snails.

 The splash pad was lots of fun.

 We took loads of walks with popsicles.

 The beach.

 Karate.

 On our Boston trip we visited the Children's Museum, where I lost some children in this big net thing. Can you find them for me?

 Jack and Kat performed in a play

 And, of course, visited Jim.

 We saw some dinosaurs

 And discovered a waterfall.

For two of the weeks this summer, Ali and Kat spent some time in California...being spoiled.

 They loved it.

 They especially loved it because they love this family of ours.

 Oh, and Disneyland.

 Now back to the real world. School starts.

 I think they are happy about that. 

Ali is in 4th grade

Kat is in 2nd grade

Jack is starting Pre-K.

Last day of school and a bit of catch up

It has been a long time since I posted, and I kept thinking that I would just do one really long post about all the happenings since March, but instead I will just post a bunch of pictures. Also it is the last day of school, and I am very sad, and quite proud of my amazing girls at the same time. They really are such wonderful, bright, and beautiful children. I don't know how I got so lucky.

I will now post a large number of pictures with one word titles. Enjoy

Easter

Peas

spring

 Six

Seven

Eight

Ballgame

Wipes

Tooth

Murse

Pensive

Cheery

Interupting

Sisters

Hike

Sitting

Standing

Now that you are caught up with our lives, I hope to post more often. At least that is the goal, but you know, it's summer, and summer is crazy.