Pinewood Derby

Please do not get me started on the inequality in our church in regards to girls and boys activities. That said, here are pictures from the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby. This was Logan's first, he named his car "Pitch Black".



Brent and I felt that it was unfair for only the boys to do the Pinewood Derby, so our girls made a car too and they raced it against Logan's after the derby was over. Logan won.

Baby Logan turns 9

When we were shopping for his sisters' presents Logan spotted this football and Brent went back to the store for it. They've had so much fun playing catch.


Clothes, yeah he's so excited!


I asked Logan what kind of a cake he wanted for his birthday. Because we'd just had so much fun decorating pinewood derby cars he said "Flames". I did the best I could.

Avery's 7!

My Avery loves her Hello Kitty gear.


New sheets, not very fun, but her princess sheets were so faded and these look really cute on her bed.



My Ellie really knows how to dress for a party!

Ellie's 5th Birthday

We didn't do a big party for birthdays this year. Every child chose what we would have for dinner and dessert that night and we just celebrated as a family.

Opening presents.




For every grandchild's 5th birthday Grandma Hart makes a special birthday quilt. This was Ellie's.


Wearing her new clothes.

Christmas

Somehow I managed to schedule myself to work the three days leading up to Christmas. This included Christmas Eve which meant I didn't get home until 7:30 Christmas morning. We didn't get very many pictures because I was passed out through the afternoon, but we did get some.



You know there are too many presents when halfway through opening them Avery quits and goes to the table to play with what she's already got.
Ellie didn't feel the same way though. When everything was opened she looked under the tree and, finding nothing left, stomped her foot and began to pout.



Pop Pop and Logan decided to have a Nerf gun battle while the rest of us chatted and ate oh so many DELICIOUS things that my mommy made.




Santa really came through this year and the girls got plenty of makeup and nail polish. The Hart cousins gave each other silly socks and books.

The Princess and the Pea

This is what Ellie does when her brother and sister are at school.

Tongue Twisters

On our drive to church one Sunday we decided to say tongue twisters. We broke out the great ones: Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, Sally Sells Seashells, How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck, etc.

Me: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Silence

Avery: 7.
Me: What?!
Avery: 7.
Me: How do you know that?
Avery: I saw it on Dora.