The Mouser Family

Friday, January 1, 2010

A Recipe for Happy Chaos

2 Grandparents

3 Sets of Aunts & Uncles

5 Small Children

1 Cabin in the Snowy Woods

Thursday, December 3, 2009

One of the best, new cabin traditions is the "big kid" trip to town with Grandpa. My brave Dad loads the girls in his trusty, half-ton Chevy pick-up (a.k.a. THE BEAST) and takes them to the booming town of Crouch for some candy. On the way they usually stop to visit the animals at the Rick's house. I let Sierra take my camera along for this last trip since parents are not invited. I have always been very curious about what goes on. Here are a few of the many, many, many pictures that she took:

Well, okay - I took this one before they took off. And they are in the 4Runner this time because the roads were a bit slick.

A view of the driver from the back seat.

A neighbor's snowman through steamy, blurry windows.

A stop on the bridge to see the ice forming on the river.

Rick's miniature horse and mule.

What you don't hear in these pictures is the John Denver CD blaring in the background. And, I guess that Sierra's hands were too busy to take any pictures of the girls eating their candy, but they each came back with chocolate around their lips and absolutely NO appetite for dinner.

Red Knees

You know what that means, right?! YUP! Valerie Joy is crawling all around and has been for almost 2 weeks now. Time to put all the Polly Pocket paraphernalia away!!! This girl puts everything in her mouth. She loves being able to get around on her own and has even pulled herself to a standing position a couple of times. She's growing up way too fast!

Tub time with her favorite ducky.

"Helping" Mommy with the laundry.

The fireplace was a novelty that she had to explore over and over and over.

Ai! Ai! Ai!

A Weekend with Annie

We had the great privilege of spending Thanksgiving weekend with Miss Annie-Cakes while her Mommy and Daddy were in the hospital with Riley. What a hoot! She had so much fun with her big cousins that she didn't have time to miss her own family too much. The girls played very well together. It is such a blessing to have cousins to grow up with.

Three silly girls on the Papa-Bear chair.

Just woke up and it's time to play!!!

Story time with Grandpa.
(By the way, if you're looking for a good Bible story book THIS is a great one. Highly recommended!)

Grandma made a very cool snowman that the girls affectionately called "Spikey."

"Val, Val....I hold you!"

Savannah is a very smart little cookie and she kept us laughing all weekend with her vocabulary. Most of her words are very clear, but our favorites were "Pee-Tot" (teapot) and "Hai-Moon" (ice-cream).

Kindergarten Feast

It was great fun to be able to join Sierra's class for their Thanksgiving feast last week. Several other moms and I helped to load the plates with goodies and then cleaned up the mess after the feeding frenzy. Sierra and her classmates were the "Native Americans" while the other K class were the Pilgrims. You'll notice the tie-dye shirts...that was another class project. They made for quite a colorful Thanksgiving!