Don't want to leave out my other willing victims ...

er, I mean models.

I give you Miss Quinn, in her "I'm a supah-star" pose (actually, she's holding a car behind her head). I've been organizing and making my backdrops portable, and testing out some of the new ones.



And here is Mr. Griffin. He ASKED me to take his picture. I'm sure it was because he watched me take some shots of the twins and then Quinn, but still. He ASKED me to take his picture!!





So besides the photos, and the normal feeding/wiping off faces/picking up random toys that is part of a typical day, I also took the 4 little ones to town today to run a few errands. They were SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. Amazing, incredibly, "this-can't-possibly-be-happening-in-real-life-I-must-be-dreaming" good. It was awesome. I must have told them 20 times on the drive home that I was so happy with their behavior and that they had been fantastic. I love days like this.

And I cleaned the bathroom. I'll chalk today up as a success. :-)

Here's one parting photo - the twins in color. I don't think the red is really this obnoxious in real life, but maybe it is. Ha!



(Those are the sweaters I made them for Easter. Actually, I made them as little spring jackets, but if the weather from today is any indication, we are skipping spring this year and going straight from winter to summer.)

Not talking ...

but it sure looks like it could happen soon, doesn't it? These two have discovered each other in the last week or two. They both respond really well to people talking to them, and so when they see each other, one smiles ... then the other ... then again ... you get the picture. It must be like looking in a mirror, I guess.

Dance of the Easter plum fairy ...

or something like that. She was dancing and this is what Daddy caught on video.




NOTE: No children were harmed in the filming of this video. She does this daily. Seriously. And usually when she springs back up, she says, "I OK!" She doesn't need bubbles to have the most spectacular crashes.

a few Sunday photos

from today. It was beautiful here, and the kids were all dressed up because Griffin's preschool performed some songs at church.

All of them ... I'll give it a 6 out of 10. :-) And hey - no one is crying. Maybe that should be my measurement of success. No tears + over half of the kids looking at me? Ha!



Quinn in her dress ... another 6. But still a cute shot, right?



And this one. 10 out of 10. Look at this boy. He gelled his hair for church, and he looks SO grownup. And handsome. And adorable. And you get the picture. That's my big boy. :-)



Have a great week!

Eight.

That's how old Noah is, and that is how many cousins are in the family. Eight kids, eight and under. One eight-year old, and 7 that are four or younger.

Group photos? Not an easy gig. But this is by FAR the most successful attempt we've ever had, including the attempts made before the last 3 babies came.

Even more astounding is that we did this on Sunday night after most of them had consumed mass quantities of chocolate and sugar.

So without further ado, I present THE PHOTO. Hold your applause until the end of the show. :-)



Hope you had as wonderful an Easter as the Lessinger clan did!

Easter 2009 (mostly in pictures)

We spent Easter in SoDak this year. On Saturday night, we had Jackson's 3rd birthday party + egg dying in Grandpa Terry's shop. Talk about craziness and chaos!

First, Quinn thought you had to peel the eggs before you could do anything. She looked so confused as she peeled away and everyone else was dunking eggs into dye.




She figured it out, and then decided to dye a dozen eggs yellow. She didn't want any other colors - just the yellow. Then when it came time to clean up, she helped - by putting all of her eggs into the cardboard "egg-drying" box. She had at least 10 eggs in there before anyone realized what she was doing.



Jackson thought that the eggs were far too round, so he created egg mush. Either that, or he really wanted some scrambled eggs.



G had a blast. One hand was green, one hand was purple, and in between was a huge smile.



Turner got the most amazing colors - really deep and dark. I can't believe Grandma tried to help him in her white pantsuit. Seriously - who else but Grandma would wear white to a shop party/birthday party/egg dying party?!? And she didn't have a spot on her when she left.



Noah was serious about his eggs. He used a wax crayon and drew Star Wars images on them. As you can see, Dad totally approved. Ha!



The twins and Taryn were held and cuddled by everyone, but they didn't get to play with eggs. Next year should be fun. :-)

On Sunday, we went to church and then to Grandma and Grandpa's house for food, egg hunting, and more food. We threw in some candy-eating to break up the food.

Hope you had a great Easter, too!

At least someone is happy about all this snow.