Happy 5th Birthday Emma!

Emma celebrated her big 5th birthday with four parties: one at school, one at home with just our little family, one at Memere's with the rest of the family, and one with her friends at an indoor playground. The birthday girl had endless amounts of cake, presents and fun. This was truly one to remember!

Opening some presents on her birthday morning

Party #1: She wanted homemade pizzas for her birthday dinner. Can you see the 5?

We got Emma's Lego Cinderella castle together that night.

Helping neighbor Ben celebrate his birthday!

Cake!

Party #2: Memere's birthday cake had all kinds of surprises on it

So many nice presents!

Annie loves the hands-free method for eating cake

Party #3: Kidz Plaza with all her friends, more cake!

Blowing out the candles!

Pony cupakes and goodie bags for Emma's guests

All the party girls

The party boys (and Annie)

Our little cake lover couldn't wait to eat her cake!

Sitting with her birthday loot

Putting the new fairy stuff outside

Still eating cake two days later!

Meanwhile, back at the Bevs ...

Emma and Annie had a great weekend with Memere, Poppy and Aunt Lolo in the snow. Once we got back into our home, school was out for the entire week and work was closed for a couple of days, so we had to find lots of things to do indoors. Annie and Mommy were both sick with colds, so it was actually nice to have forced recuperation time.

Murphy was very tolerant of the kids

Alex got the girls on the evening news with Doug Hill

After a few days inside, the girls started going a little crazy. Here's Annie "walking" Poppy.

Chris had a big job ahead of him when we got back to our neighborhood.

Snow drifts cause the snow to go halfway up the door!

During the "Big Dig"

Thank goodness Ben could get over to play while we were snowed in!

Snowy Getaway

Chris and I received a gift card for a weekend at Savage River Lodge from Keith and Michele. We decided to make reservations in January to celebrate Chris' birthday, but what a weekend we picked! The biggest snow storm in years decided to hit the mid-Atlantic. Despite the weather, we made it there and back safe and sound and the girls had a fun-filled weekend with Memere, Poppy and Aunt Lolo.

Our cabin right after the snow started coming down 

Cozy!

Best drink ever: a warm Apple Pie at the bar in the lodge

Our in-cabin dinner Friday night. Delicious!

Lots of time to play games, do crosswords, and in Chris' case, paint!

Full snow gear was a must while it was coming down.

Coming back from the lodge Saturday night. It was hard getting inside!

A view of the lodge from one of the snow covered trails.

Chris went snowshoeing Sunday morning when the snow had stopped.

We had a lot of digging to do!

January Memories

A few random pics from the month.

Movie night at Elyse and Miles house

Hoarders: Dollhouse edition

Getting ready for the big snow!

Selfies with Aunt Lolo

Quincy BRUNCH 2016

We changed things up a little this year and decided to make our annual dinner a brunch and to have it at our house. The kids had a great time and all the adults had some time to catch up. It's been too long! Brunch was delicious and Keith & Michele made us some really great drinks. Looking forward to our next get-together!

Keith and Michele concocted some yummy drinks for us

Not sure what happened to Annie in this picture but she's clearly unhappy about something

Miles and Annie having fun in the bounce house

Annie and buddy Patrick

Fun at the kid table

We lit a candle and sang happy birthday to Annie before we ate our donuts

Emma is donut crazy like her sister

Annie wanted to carry all her presents around in her new "purse" 

We've grown so much and these kids are getting so big!