Mother's Day (part 2)

We did take some more "formal" pictures on Mother's Day.  Did I tell you how cute my girls were?  Even though they weren't on sale, the skirt overalls from Gap outlet were definitely worth it!  Mother's Day was a great day for me.  I got to sleep in, I took a long shower (hygiene is a beautiful thing), I received the best necklace that the kiddos already broke the chain on, and I had a great brunch with friends.  Oh, and had the BEST french toast recipe EVER!!  French toast roll ups, yum!  The best part is that the crust gets cut off the bread and anyone who knows me knows I hate the crust of bread. 

And after all of that, we came home and played with our trio.  Everyone had some fun, as evidenced by the previous post.  But knowing my family as I do, all good holidays must have photo shoots.  So, here we go....

my pixie girl

love this little guy, he is the absolute BEST cuddle-er

do you get the feeling Z & A are just waiting to see what K's going to do?

and Z decides a two on one attack will work better

one lucky momma!! (notice the little pig face Addie's got going on? lol)

and saving the best for last....
well, in a second.  Can I just tell you I had a brilliant idea and the conversation went something like this:
me: Hey John, doesn't your camera have a remote?  We could put up the tripod and take a family picture! (great idea huh?!)
John: ok (as you all know, he's a man of few words) ...gets out the remote
John: this probably isn't going to work (as he shows me the cord that would go between the camera and remote is maybe a foot long)
me: uh, when the heck would you use that thing? 
John: well, we could use the timer on my camera and see how that works.

Then we get to see the comedy of John setting up the tripod with three little people at his feet trying to help.  Two of the three little people are standing now too, so that means pulling up on whatever they can find to include tripod legs. It was a bit comedic to see John messing with the extensions trying to get all the legs the same height...but we finally had success (while I occupied some kiddos).  And this is the best of the three results:

 my family

Zach doesn't look too impressed, Katie's wondering where Addie and Daddy came from and Addie just wants a little more room I'm thinking. Get used to it, from what I hear the older they get the harder it is to get three littles facing the same direction, let alone smiling.  I hope everyone else's Mother's Day was a joyous as mine.

*last weekend we started bathing them all together in the tub...yep, lots of pics, another post to come soon*
loves!!