Monday, March 28, 2016

Bea's birthday party- April 11


One doesn't simply stuff a crock pot with 50 hot dogs for no reason.  

Beatrice is turning 1!

Look at how cute that little shirt Miss Davis made is!  Even if Bea isn't so sure about it.

She perked up a bit when a cupcake came out.  You better eat it before Henry tries to get it, Bea!













What a sweet little girl!  Covered in sweet, sweet frosting.




Sunday, March 27, 2016

Birthday parties and video catch-up- April 8 to April 9.

The whole 4th grade went to camp for 3 days.  I heard it was absolutely awesome.  Henry, of course, didn't say much and only let me get this great shot of him when he got off the bus with his luggage.  

June's barbies are happy to annpunce the birth of a tiny new baby.  Mother and Father are receiving guests of royalty and pop stars at their home.

Georgie's friend Isla turned 4 and had an awesome pirate party.  (From left to right: Isla, Louise, Isabel, Pippa, Sylvia, Georgie and Fynn.)
The party even ended with a water balloon fight against Isla's dad.

Seriously cute kids!



 I found these videos from our trip to Charleston. A nice moment of cooperation between sisters. And Georgie holding on for dear life.  

 2 seconds of June sweetness.
   

Georgie in a fit of goofiness performing the bunny hop.



Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Easter and miscellaneous March and April- April 4 to April 9.

Let's start with some catch up photos.
Here's Beazy looking sweet at a party- even after she ate a whole pound of cherry tomatoes.

Beazy again sweet- this time sleeping.  I really feel bad having to wake up this sweet girl.  But rarely do I get to see a sleeping baby.  There used to be a very strict "Enter this room upon penalty of death" rule.


Papa had a brief stint in the theater when he helped out at a reading of "In God's Country."  We heard he nailed it.


Henry was laying down some Lord of the Rings truth on us when he made this Venn diagram to explain the relationships between orks, men and dwarves.  I'm not sure I get it entirely, but I still couldn't be prouder.

Much like I am proud of Beatrice.  

She totally made it out of this box with only a little but of help.

Way to go, girl.

Man, I love this picture.  It's the Turners in all kind of long-haired glory.  Even mom is rocking some relatively good hair.  Put this one up on the wall.

Grandma and Grandpa Seibert were down for Easter.  That's a good looking group.

Now Grandma and Grandpa with just the kids.

Now that Mass and formal photos are out of the way, we can get down to the business of eating some candy.  

I think Bea likes her first Easter bunny.

Even if she keeps making this funny face.

Seriously, I think the pure concentration of sugar was shocking to her system.

Outside, we got down to hiding some eggs for the big kids.  I feel bad because we didn't actually get a single picture proving that Out great friends Elizabeth and Matt had come in for the weekend to see us.  Except for this kind of shot of Queen with Georgie.

Two girls standing in a garden with Easter baskets.

Henry having to go to drastic measures to retrieve his eggs.

And Bea looking sweet in my very favorite baby sweater of all time.

From a facebook post:
"Good decisions made recently:
1. Insisting my parents and maid of honor spend one more day with us( and bringing them to help me sell off all of my baby clothes).2. Ordering from the untranslated portion of Asian Delight menu. ( It was intestines.)3. Partaking in imaginary sword-play in time to "The Danger Zone" at Kerri Worthy Kwist's body combat class.4. Sharing this picture of a newly short -haired and short -toothed Jo."


Here's the aforementioned stuff we got rid of.  It really was a chore.

And more to the thrift store.

While we worked, Brandon took the girls to watch some baseball.

I'd like to think Bea was interested in more than just plain cheerios.

And that the girls were in it for more than just going to CookOut after the game.

Moving on in the week, April brought back Wednesday Picnics in the Park.  Georgie and Sylvia constructed a great fairy garden.  (Poor sweaty Georgie.)

While Bea chewed on some discarded ice.  (Poor 4th kid.)

Finally, Beazy celebrated a good day of yogurt and cheerios.


Well, the cheerios all ended up in Mama's purse.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Turner Spring Break!- March 30 to April 3.



We all started feeling better, so we hit road as soon as possible.
 Why?  To join up with these kids who were living it up in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Grams, PawPaw, GG, Sadie and Dash had ventured down South for Spring Break.  Then Dad took Henry and Georgie up there so they didn't have to drive home from their camping trip and back to the ocean again.  We were eager to get there too!

 I mean, I can only go so long without seeing Georgie's bottom hanging from her low slung pants.  (For the record, she owns pants that actually fit her.  She just likes wearing them REALLY low.)

 
Ant Jill and Uncle Phillip live on base at Camp LeJeune, so we got to see Uncle Phillip a lot.  Those Marines sure are strong!

 But they still join their nieces in a secret hideout under a playground when told.


The messy hair brigade.

 Uncle Phillip is in charge of a service shop that repairs some pretty intimidating looking long range weapons.  So of course we posed next to them.
 Bea has found her calling in the artillery.

June didn't want to visit Uncle Phillip's shop.  She also didn't want to take a nap because she wasn't tired.  Been there, girl.



While discussing the races of creatures in the Lord of the Rings, Henry drew us this descriptive Venn diagram.  I'm not sure where hobbits fit in.

I shared a room with this pumpkin.  Hanging out with her cousins really wears a kid out.  Some days I even woke up before her, which really is saying something.

 But when she did wake up, mini Cindy Cooper was all smiles.


One especially pretty day, we visited the Veteran's Memorial.

 Everyone wanted to pose next to the Marine seal.
 Now they little cousins.
Poor PawPaw.  It's hard to drum up enthusiasm for the Army in a Marine town.  (Though it was awfully fun to see the Marines at the gate salute him when they found out his rank.)

The memorial also featured a nice little park which played host to some wildflower picking.

 This kid.  She really is so cute when her hair isn't in her face.
June and GG stop for a break.

We had time for one more trip to the beach.  It is still early April and really too cold to be in the water, but that didn't stop these girls.  You can see Henry in the background fully clothed.  He wasn't having it.

One last shot of the kids with their Easter baskets.  Awesome spring break!