Friday, December 19, 2008

Dishin'

Tanner's first band concert at the school "holiday" party, which consisted of one song: "Jingle Bells." Feeling rather proud of his performance, he and a friend hailed their own encore, which was nixed by the instructor, but hey, nice effort!

Kalli dancing with her friends at the school party. She was a little shy to start, but quickly ramped up and jigged her way into the groovin' 200+ kid mosh pit.

This picture is worth a quick study. Notice, first, the staggered effect of Kate and her friends' height. Also notice the electronic equipment being used. These are sixth graders crashing a K-5th elementary school dance party. Their cell phones kick my cell phone's trash.

Tucker gettin' a kick out of the limbo.

Tanner and his good buddy Lincoln.


My sweet kids.

Three of the four little spawn at Snowflake Lane at Bell Square. Notice Tuck with no coat. Again.

Katelyn reminding me with a stern expression that she's still on hiatus from photo ops. My bad. :)

Notice here what Tucker is doing. Yes, my coatless third child is standing in a pool of water. Look at Kalli's expression. She's thinking Tuck's idea is ingenious. Fortunately, I nabbed her before she hit liquid!
FINALLY. Kalli wiggled her first tooth free a few weeks ago. She insisted we make a sticker that says, "I lost my first tooth today" so that, in case her mouth was closed, everyone she came in contact with during the day would know the good news.

I bought this hat in San Fran as a joke, to be donned by whatever child may be having a meltdown on any particular day, purely for my own entertainment. Tucker has claimed it his own and wears it whenever possible.

6 comments:

Jen said...

Cute pictures Mara! And great hat, I need one for my kids melt downs.

Sara said...

I'm feeling much better now that i've had a dose of my favorite Washington clan! Looks like things are crazy as usual. Love ya.

Susie said...

Love all the pictures too much FUN and exciting stuff.

Melanie said...

That Alcatraz hat is the best!

Pacefamily said...

I loved hopping on and catching up on all the things you have been doing! Congrats to Kalli. Claire has yet to loose one, so you can tell Kalli she has one up on Claire! Your kids are so cute and take such fantastic pictures. After reading your blog it always makes me want to be a better writer! I miss you and our chats. Merry Christmas!

shelby said...

Thanks for the adorable Pics! I just cannot believe how fast they all have grown.