Daddy & Daughter Time

Usually from 8:00 p.m. to 8: 30 p.m. Pete and RyAnne play the Wii or cards...... this night RyAnne wanted to do her sand craft with Dad.

WE LOVE TO READ!!

The babies love to look at books!  Here Dakota is looking at his favorite pop-up book - ROAR!
Bailey's attention is all on Dumbo.

Winter Exercise

Yes, we are tired of being cooped up all winter!  Luckily, Santa gave us a bounce house to help relieve some of our energy.  The kids get pretty wild playing in the bounce house - giggling the ENTIRE time!

RyAnne's Classes

RyAnne loves keeping busy so we signed her up for several classes this winter.  She is currently taking intermediate Spanish, Cooking with Friends, and swimming.  She loves socializing with other kids her age and is such a good student!

What a Couple Weeks....

Now this week the flu is going around our house. Bailey got it first..and the worst. She was SO sick! All she did was sleep, vomit, and diarrhea for 5 days! We took her in to the doctor's twice because she was so sick. Then, Dakota, Mom and Zach got it! Luckily, Dad, and RyAnne have avoided the flu...so far!

You know the babies are sick when they lay in front of the t.v. at 6:00 at night!

Too Little Space..

Mom worked hard this winter decorating the "boys" and "girls" rooms since the twins moved out of Mom & Dad's bedroom. The boys have a baseball theme and the girls have princesses. Mom spent a lot of time painting murales on their walls!
Girls...

Boys....

What A Week.......

We have had a ROUGH week at the Franklin household! First RyAnne was sick with a terrible cough, runny nose, and "surprise" vomit. Lucky for Mom, the vomit came when she was out so Daddy got to clean it up. Then it moved on to Zachary who had a fever and ending up having bronchitis. Monday Bailey got it - fever, runny nose, cough. Pete took her in and she had an ear infection and is on antibiotics. Now Dakota has it and he is just like his Daddy when he is sick.....hold me, love me, poor me I am sick:-) Even our dog, Breeze, got sick and vomited yesterday (Breeze, Bailey and Dakota all vomited within an hours time AUGH!) We will be glad when everyone is feeling better.

MORNING SURPRISE

RyAnne likes to draw a picture on the wall while taking a bath at night to surprise Daddy in the morning.  Here is Daddy's surprise for tomorrow morning...... SHHHH.....

WINTER FUN

The kids love the waterwheel table Santa gave them for Christmas! Mom needs to keep a close eye on them though when playing with it - the babies like to crawl right in!
The Wii is Zach (and Dads!) favorite!
Here are the babies in the ballpit. They were actually laying in it watching their favorite program - Jack's Big Music Show!
Zachary and RyAnne making their snack (brownies) in the EasyBake Oven.

Mom's Birthday Surprise

Dad & the kids surprised Mom on her birthday by giving her a beautiful mother's ring with all the kids birthstones!  RyAnne came out into the living room and proudly asked Mom if she liked her "new necklace".  Mom looked at it and SURPRISE there was her ring hanging on it.  

Here we are celebrating Mom's birthday with Mom's favorite - chocolate cake!

Dad and Bailey goofing around.

Bailey and Dakota loved the cake - especially the frosting!