11.30.11

Happy Birthday, Daddy!
As you can see, the VanOmmen girls firmly believe there is a direct correlation between the amount of sprinkles on a cake and how happy your birthday is. :)

11.29.11

Waiting for Holland's Parade of Lights to begin

11.28.11

Ta-dah! The tree is decked out!

11.27.11

Not my favorite part of Christmas, but very worth it at the end

11.26.11

Allie and her pal "Bwynn" (Brynn) crafting with foam stickers

11.25.11

We headed to Leber Tree Farm with Scott and Stacey and snagged a great Fraser Fir (an excellent choice for all of you light-stringers who don't want to constantly get poked by sharp needles).

11.24.11

After weeks (maybe months?) of asking the girls finally got to wear their Christmas jammies. Mom made them wait until Thanksgiving - how mean!

11.23.11

Allie sporting her birthday hat from Lauren...For the record Allie's birthday is not until January 27.

11.22.11

Lauren loves having a "super duper tuck in"

11.21.11

The laundry room is the perfect place for some of those annoying, loud (albeit educational) toys

11.20.11

A fun Pinterest Thanksgiving craft

11.19.11

The VanOmmen family went camping last night, complete with hobo pies and swimming (see yesterday's post). Here's our campsite. For the record Mike slept in the tent with the girls while Lisa enjoyed a bed all to herself.

11.18.11

Glow sticks in the tub - How fun! Thanks Pinterest!

11.17.11

An intense game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos

11.16.11

Awww...thanks, Lauren! (Yes, this was a portion of a card for Mom ;)

11.15.11

Pure cuteness :)

11.14.11

Hmmm...no wonder it's so difficult to find a matching pair of shoes in our tiny closet. And I have a feeling it's only going to get worse as the girls get older...

11.13.11

The game of Jenga can be very intense

11.12.11

Grandpa VanOmmen gave us a tour of the Consumers Energy power plant where he works. We even got to ride on the HUGE bulldozer!

11.11.11

May she always enjoy ironing as much as she appears to be in this photo

11.10.11

Coloring concentration

11.09.11

Running on the track at recess has many benefits, including tattoos and stickers as rewards. The stickers she always shares with her sister; the tattoos, well, let's just say it's really hard to share just one.

11.08.11

The proud artist with her coloring

11.07.11

Allie loves to cuddle...and Mommy doesn't mind it either :)

11.06.11

Fun on the jungle gym

11.05.11

All cozied up and enjoying some Saturday morning cartoons

11.04.11

Lauren is very into reading about skeletons lately

11.03.11

Mmmmm...a delicious smelling candle makes our house feel so much more "homey"

11.02.11

Lauren's art gallery

11.01.11

The "loot"