January's end

I'm not kidding. This is how her hair looked when she woke up in the morning. Serious fuzzhead!

I took the girls out in the snow.  It started out well for Evelyn but slowly went downhill.

Sylvia making snow angels

Evelyn became happier when she helped herself to a giant cookie.  Who wouldn't?

Christmas part II

Christmas part 2:

Ok, so maybe I should have posted this in 'part 1.'  These are the kids playing in the first snow of the season.  They had so much fun!

Evelyn watching from the inside

Sylvia dressed up like Mrs. Claus, thanks to cousin Dayana

Silly Sylvia with her new pj's

Andrew and Isaac having fun getting their hair wet and making funny hairdos.  Isaac's hair worked a little better for this game :)

More fun in the snow

New Year's Eve with the kids.  We watched a few countdowns thanks to Netflix.  And we watched the ball drop from last year thanks to Youtube.  We had sparkling grape juice (aka 'kid wine') and the kids were in bed by eight.  I think Ryan and I were in bed by nine.  Oh the joys of having young kids!

Christmas part I

It's been a long time since I made a new post.  So long in fact that I must divide it into two posts but they both include lots of Christmas pictures :)  We had a great Christmas.  It's the only time of year that the whole Huizinga side gets together.  No one got sick, we had snow to go sledding, and the kids got along so great!

Sledding is fun with or without a sled

These next few pictures are courtesy of my brother Matthew.  Evelyn is almost 11 months here.

The whole Huizinga clan

The Huizinga grandkids

The Huizinga siblings

My beautiful Sylvia

Almost Christmas

Can you believe this cutie is 10 months old? She is 21 lbs of chunk and is following in the footsteps of her siblings by weighing and measuring in the 90%. I love every bit of her!

Andrew made a gingerbread house with his 3rd grade buddy at school.  He was so proud.

Keeping up the tradition of looking at the trains set up at Breton Village

Andrew was angry at me and this was his way of showing it :)

Making brownies...can you tell?

Celebrating Christmas with the VanderKamp cousins.

Checking her email...starting early

November's end

Evelyn loves to stand against things and is just starting to cruise. No sign of crawling or walking yet.

Andrew telling his Dad about his day

Sylvia trying on winter gear

Evelyn all smiles on Thanksgiving Day

Ryan taking the kids out on the first snow of the season

Sylvia's first drawing of our family.  Apparently we all just saw a monster and that is why we look scared.

Evelyn just loves her jumper.  She has a unique way of jumping that we call the jump, jump, swing:  2 jumps forward and then swing back.  She does this over and over!

Trying out her first riding vehicle

Andrew just loves crafts.  This is how he spends most of his day, making his own creations.

I just love that scrunchy smile :)

Trying my best to get a picture with all three kids.  This one is the best :/