TD take 2- Jim phone pics

This first pic is from my phone- Jax dolled up as tinker bell. 

Back to NY. Below is batgirl. 

Snow White and Finley. 

Grammy and BBB.

Me playing with little Esme. 

Me looking like a haunted woman, playing piano. And everyone else looking human and smiling. In my defense, I was attempting to channel my ability to read music. Maybe I found my calling- working in a haunted house at an amusement park. I will be the creepy woman at the organ. 

Cowgirl Hill.

The kids. 

The man. 

And below- bath time when we got home. Hill was giving Jax kisses.

Thanksgiving Take 2

The week of T-giving involved Jackie's conference (all good) and some fun with friends, as usual.  The Triple B brightens my day with his smile. 

Martha and Kevin and crew came by Sunday and Jax bonded hardcore w baby Henry. She always makes time to play w babies. She has a special gift. 

Below is an Instagram pic I singled out bc that orangutan (sp?) is making the exact expression Hilly does when she is sad. Love it. 

At Jack's conference, the girls headed into the childcare room. They held hands bc they were so nervous. But I had to drag H outta there, unsurprisingly. 

Below is Aunt B braiding Jax's hair up in B-ville on Tgiving. The big T. TD. 

Sleepy kids and Grammy. 

We brought Ben's exersaucer. Esme and Ben had dueling exersaucers. Cool enough, BBB noticed when I put him in Esme's saucer. He immediately started playing w the new toys, etc... 

Chilling with his old man. 

Esme's saucer. 

Ahem, Belle. Also, Finley gave to Jackie a Belle costume, Snow White costume, tinker bell and Tiana costumes, and an entire case filled with Polly Pocket stuff! Oh and Belle and Snow White high heels. No Joke. Jackie is in 7th heaven right now and she is so lucky to have a cousin as generous as Finley. 

Speaking of, here are the girls with Finley. Fin hooked Hilly up w her first hat of TD : a pilgrim hat. 

Followed shortly thereafter by a fireman hat. 

Here's the Polly Pocket stuff. 

Here is a 3rd exersaucer BBB tried on for size. 

Fin and BBB. 

My beloved Jackie. 

Crowd shot. 

Sweet Hilly. 

Next hat: cowgirl. She sported this during dinner and all night until it was replaced by a Chinese cap. 

For Fin love. 

Me and the triple B-ster. 

These 2!

Ahhhh.... the Chinese cap. She went to bed in this thing. 

Here are the dueling exersaucers. 

This morning Hill transformed into bat girl. These pictures don't really do our trip justice. The girls hung out a lot w cousins nick and Griff too. Hilly was so comfortable with Nick that she started tackling him. Also, when Griff would take a toy from Hill, Nick would swoop in and literally beat the crap out of Griff. I tried to convey to Nick that the intent behind the gesture is sweet, but no need to hurt poor Griff. Haha  As someone with an older brother, I totally felt for Griffin! Jack also played Candyland for the first time with Finley. 

I will get more pictures from Jim's phone. 

Thanksgiving Take 1

First thing's first- Ben wore shoes. 

T-giving snapshots:

The man, the myth, the legend. Straight from the hospital, minus one gallbladder. 

Jax bonding with Gabe. 

Life of the party. 

Nana and Jax. 

BBB and dada. 

Hilly and Gpa, hanging out watching Toy Story. 

Later that night...

I am sad it's over....