Buchanan Maine-ia: May 2018

Christmas 2017

Sadly, I was too busy cooking and struggling with back pain, and we had 12 house guests to boot, so I didn't get many pictures of Christmas! But here are a few to prove we did enjoy it! :)

This little guy enjoyed helping me shop for Christmas!!

especially when the mall had firetrucks! :)

Christmas was COLD! Look at those rosy cheeks after just a minute on the back deck!

Of course, we had to build gingerbread houses!

And visit Santa and his reindeer!

Snuggling in to watch the parade of lights!

Scratch was excited to get an exercise bike to use while Mommy exercises on the treadmill!!

Christmas eve

Christmas morning

Scratch didn't even cry when meeting Santa!

Our annual nativity play! :)

Angel's birthday party "Cupcake Wars"

Though her birthday was a few months ago, it's still so hard to believe our little Angel is a TEENAGER!! I remember the day she was born as if it were yesterday! The years really have flown by! Angel is such a sensitive, kind-hearted girl. She's always the first to notice if I'm having a hard day, and the very first to try to help me in any way she can.

She worried about making friends after moving to a new place but already had dozens of friends by her birthday (only a few months after starting school)! It was hard for her to narrow down which friends to invite to her party, as she was terribly worried about hurting someone's feelings when leaving them out. She ultimately invited some church friends and some school friends and we ended up with a great group of girls playing "Cupcake Wars". They had a great time and it was so fun to get to know some of her new friends!

Roller skating and other random fun

I've been organizing my photos lately and some are so random they don't really 'belong' anywhere. So here they are, for your viewing pleasure. I love my kids!!

That time we went roller skating and Scratch picked up a girlfriend! They skated all around together - adorable! He finds girlfriends almost everywhere we go....he will point to a girl and say "Hey Mommy - That my gill (how he pronounces girl)". Cutest kid ever!!