Museum of Discovery (November 19-22, 2014)

Some of my favorite times are in the morning with the girls. Both of the girls are morning girls. They wake up glowing and love having a nice long breakfast. We then have a great time getting dressed and playing. It means it takes about 3 hours from waking up to get out the door when we are going at a normal leisurely pace, but just wonderful times.

Here is Chloe maniachally plotting to overthrow her parents

... just kidding, she's just adorable

 ... and so is her sister

These are the two different responses when I ask to take a picture of my two girls: Lily "no wanna picture!"

meanwhile, Chloe just lights up

Then it was outside to play in the puddles. We brought our fish boats and found worms. It was a blast.

Then we went off to the new Museum of Discovery in the Capitola Mall. It just opened last weekend. It was a blast! It was like a super fun indoor park for kiddos (that you pay for). We got year-long memberships so we get in free. The adults had as much fun as the kiddos.

Then after a long day, everyone is wiped out and just passes out wherever they happen to be.

Happy Early Thanksgiving (November 15, 2014)

Bruce and Paula, who host the Dilloughery-side Thanksgiving are heading to the east coast to spend time with Erica. As such, they suggested an early Thanksgiving and everyone was more than happy to get together. It was an awesome time.

This is the whole reason we moved home, to let Lily, Chloe and now baby #3 grow up around cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and get together. The kiddos were adorable together. They found older cousins to play with, cuddle with, watch movies with and just had a blast.

Again, you can thank Thomas for all the photos. He has been great grabbing the camera and taking a ton of photos. My hands are too busy with Lily and Chloe to take many photos =)

Family Dinner & Kevin's First Birthday (November 9-15, 2014)

It seems that Sunday dinners are the time when the whole family is available. Ashley and Ryan hosted an amazing family dinner a week ago with some killer taco fixings. Everyone had a blast. Brianna and Justin are definitely missed.

Aunties read the best books!

... and here is the almost one-year-old Kevin ... looking older and older by the day.

Then a week later, it is time to sing lots of Happy Birthdays! Lily was practicing in the bath the night before. She was belting it out to Chloe and Chloe was cackling with laughter every time Lily said "TO YOU!!!! and poked Chloe in the forehead"

Today it's Kevin's first birthday, Camille's third birthday, and tomorrow it will be Ryan and Devan's birthdays! What a party we had! You can thank Thomas for all the photos. He likes grabbing the camera and shooting photo after photo. He got some great shots.

More Cute Photos of Lily & Chloe (November 9-15, 2014)

These girls are just too cute. Here is Lily out and about on a walk with Mama and friends. Of course if her friend gets a dog, Lily has her baby doll to care for.

... here is Chloe waking up with some wild hair. Not only is her hair now super light (born with black hair), but it is so darn thick compared to Lily's.

 Cute and cuddly little Chloe.

Here is Lily at the bottom of the slide with her little sisters bum on her head. She waits at the bottom of the slide and says, "I catch her. I catch Chloe. I waiting." and sure enough, Chloe slides down into Lily and everyone laughs in delight.

 ... and then Lily takes her baby doll down the slide too, because she is not just Chloe's big sister. She has lots of people and dolls to care for.

 Yeah ... this is our Lily

Meanwhile, this about sums up Chloe =)

 ... and here is a homeless child we found wandering around our house ...

... and then here are the girls getting ready for a full day. First it's off to Kevin's first birthday party and then it's off to an early Dilloughery Thanksgiving at Paula and Bruce's. They had a blast upstairs playing with each other for a solid hour before we headed out.