Do I still start with Q?

"Am I 4 now? ... So I'm not 3 anymore? ... Do I still start with Q?"

Quinn's real birthday was a school day. She took purple fish cookies to class to celebrate, her friends made a card and sang, and when we got home, we headed to Parkton to play. We took Quinn's new fingernail polish - it was serious on lindys driveway. 

I love this pic of Emily and Elsie June. Emily looks just like her sisters! She's crazy about Elsie June.

We ended the night with hot dogs followed by cupcakes in the treehouse, and Popsicles on the bathtub. 

Where did 4 years go? We are so proud of our Quinn with her sweet heart. We are so lucky to be her parents.

Daddy's Palmetto 200

Landon organized 2 teams for the palmetto 200 this year. All from his work. It was a huge success. All the SW team dressed and celebrating. 

And it turns out our 3 fit right into the race culture. Afterwards, snacking on cookies and fruit and waiting on the runners. 

Fingernail polish as entertainment.

Preparing for the Easter bunny

Big E = Easter

2016 Shellpoint Easter hunt

For some reason I only have pics of Emily and Juliet. These two are quickly becoming best buds. 

With Mathew.

Cora's art: spring 2016

It's been a while since I updated art. Here's one of Cora's latest. That's our house. With black clouds and rain falling. I'm thankful the second pic is a little sunnier! She loves to make envelopes (often marked mom, dad, or "PRL GRL") and bring them home stuffed with art and cuttings. She also loves to make books. She isn't fully reading yet, but sounding out words fine. 

Cora's class did a whole project on the arctic. Cora was assigned the Orca as her animal. The first day, she made a poster with orcas for the hall. I walked in and saw the word right before Cora and immediately got confused. Had Cora misspelled her own name? Is that an early sign of dislexia? It took me a moment on that one. Good memories with these kids. 

Neighbor Juliet

Taken December 27. 

These two are wearing shorts. 

Juliet and Emily.

Millie time!

Alone time with Emily

The bugs are in KY. 

On the way back from KY Emily marched into a gas station, went straight to candy, and picked up a bag of dum duns. 

"If I'm going to sit in this truck for 8 hours, you owe me... Pay up."

Posing

Emmy screams for ice cream!

Ice cream dance

Quinn is Turning 4

Fish cookies coming right up! 

They were very into this task. 

Hanging out slow

I think Landon had a deadline. These pics were from early January. 

It was KC's birthday, so we made cupcakes. When we went to pick out the mix, Quinn saw the box for watermelon cupcakes by Duncan Hines, and a container of icing to match. We exclaimed "you can't see something that crazy and not give it a try!!!" So we did. Trust me and don't try it ;) so gross!!! But Kacie was a little thankful to have cupcakes in the house for her (the thought) but not being tempted to eat them. Best of both worlds!!!

Crafting.

We found ourselves downtown for Reese and Harper's party. Afterwards it was such a warm night that we played like tourists and strolled the harbor. I was reminded how lucky I am. 3 girls. They love to explore. With healthy legs to carry them. And an arm to drape around a kid sister who can't keep up. And a healthy smart city to stroll through. Happy Charleston.

Quinn loves selfies

I'm hoping it's a phase ;)

Crockpot night

The words we've said while making meals for our families. So lucky to have these neighbors. 

Girls weekend

Landon went to Florida for a weekend - Girls! Girls! Girls! All weekend. They are becoming great companions.

Dressed and ready

Landon was in Florida and I made it to church. With enough time to snap a picture. Winning.

See saw

See this horrible first black eye? (It was worse than it looks!) I'd like to say it happened with some dangerous story, or playing on that fancy see saw, but it happened while she was walking. I can't even feel guilty - short of staying in a constant hover, I couldn't have helped. 

Good morning Emily

A normal morning moment that I don't want to forget