Maya turns 4

Maya looked beautiful in her princess dress & face paint

Sofia loves Hailey.. thinks she is so pretty, smart and the best hula hooper in town! She actually tells people about how good Hailey is..

Mario & Luigi.. how awesome do Matthew & Jack look?!

Amazing face paint Sara..!

Sofia didn't want face paint.. thought it would mess up her "mrs. roper kind" of makeup.. nice blush!

Birthday girl phones home..

Joey was a knight.. Sofia reminded me about 20 times that it was Joey under the mask.. I think she was reassuring herself

Jillian, adorable as usual

Hailey, Maya's big sister, in her beautiful princess dress..

Fairy, face-painter, magician.. She told the kids that she flew to the party, but Sofia saw her car outside and said "oh my G-d, that lady lied"..

Face painting

Sofia was so happy to see Emma and her big sister Ella..

Because Marcella had nothing else to do.. she made these and hung them all over.. love them!

Maya's baby sister Ava and Grandma!

Sofia & Matthew

Ta Da

Uh Oh

Boo

Huh?

Aidan turns 4

Aidan & Emily model their new face paint

Sofia and Matthew B. watch Brian make 'mixed drinks' (red and blue fruit punch)

Birthday Boy

New friend

An old colleague of Andy's came by today with his wife and daughter, Raquel. They were instant friends.. ran upstairs to watch a movie. Sofia was trying to give Raquel some of her toys.. she said "she is my new friend, I want to share with her".

Zak turns 5

The Matthews wait patiently for some cake

I can't believe how big Thomas got.. adorable costume..

Zak turns 5.. if you scroll back you can see pics from his 4th..

Hannah Montana & Princess Sofia

A visit from the Jersey peeps.. (B, RaRa, mom & dad)

Sofia held on to Grandma's leg.. didn't want her to go..

This was Matthew's 100th outfit of the day.. spit-up city

Can you say DRAG QUEEN

I came home from Birthday party to find my soon sleeping so peacefully & dangerously..

Snow in October?!

I swear, it was snowing despite not seeing it in these pictures!! Hours later there was a full dusting.. Sofia ate it!

Yo!

Hangin' with my bro..

It's Good Deed month at school.. Sofia told everyone that she watched her brother all morning.. meanwhile, she wouldn't look at him, talk to him or go near him.. she'd rather almost fall off the bed.. so funny.

2nd backyard cookout..

The calm before the storm..

Okay.. so it wasn't the best cookout in our short history.. Sofia ran herself into exhaustion, tortured Bobby by calling his name 100 times, had to send Grandpa back to the store to buy some 'unslimy, unexpired hotdogs', wiped ticks off of eachother, and Matthew was a spitup, gas machine.. there's always the 3rd cookout to look forward to.... oy!

A day at the park with Jillian (aka, Sam)

Holy MOnkeys!!

Sofia & Jillian swing to outerspace

Love the "orange hat with red shirt" look..

Smiling.. how nice..

Sarah H. birthday party

It's like they are mocking us.. "Ha Ha Ha.. we have HUGE mice here, come eat & play"..

I finally met Sarah H.. happy birthday!

Sofia is sniffing the fun! She loves this place.. it was my 2nd Chuck E. experience.. I don't think Sofia will ever ask me to go again.. I wouldn't let her touch most things and she washed her hands 40 times.. she thinks her OC dad is more fun (Scary)..

Maggie turns 4

The baby whisperer??!!

Sofia was so excited to see her friends after what felt like months of isolation..!

Maggie got so big.. Matthew looks like a peanut next to her..!

1st bath!

I'm not sure...

hmmmm.. it kind of feels nice to get my butt wet with something other than pee!

Park day with Theodore

Sofia & Theo save the town

Matthew doesn't save the town.. ha!