Birthday Girl!

French Toast
Birthday dinner!

Claire picked out a 'Puppy Surprise' for her sister,
which Stella loves!

Stella is 7!  Her birthday was mid-week, but we celebrated over the weekend, so it felt like the birthday that kept on giving!











These are some twinsies shirts daddy bought the girls for Christmas.

QT's!

Every morning, before they leave for school, he tells them to "be awesome today".  These shirts are super hero themed and say just that.  He couldn't resist.   

For Stella's birthday celebration we took a trip out of town to the Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park.  It was such a wonderful weekend.  We opted for a Klub Moose room, which had a playhouse with bunk bed built right into the room.  The kids had a separate area to play and sleep.  It was awesome, for all of us!

In addition to the indoor water park fun, we took advantage of some of the other activities happening at the resort: candy bingo, sand art, painting with Frankie the Fox, a dance party in the lobby with Oakley the Bear, story-time with Scooby before bedtime, and a visit to the arcade.  This was a great winter getaway for us and an awesome way to celebrate Stella's good health, growth, and happiness!

Deciding what our plans would be

Welcoming 2017

 We wrapped up our holiday break with a visit to Uncle Ryan's, some Christmas gift crafts, a trip to the movies to watch Sing, a morning at Grammie and Pa's, and a New Year's celebration!

Shoes from Grammie Stella could color!

Aunt MJ gave Stella a DIY felt quilt for Christmas that you tie.  It's a lot of ties!  We've worked on this blanket several times and will post another pic when it's complete.

Helping Mommy shop @ IGA in Potsdam

Silly Lily!

 On New Year's Eve we played a kids countdown video we found on YouTube around 10pm.  The girls wanted to stay up late but we figured we'd count down early just in case they couldn't make it, which they didn't.  Neither did Mommy!  Claire tried, hanging out on the couch with some Pirates Booty but eventually gave in and curled up with her daddy to fall asleep.


Stella turns 7 this week!  We can hardly believe it and are looking forward to celebrating.