and we're back

We've been missing! but pile up a really busy week, followed by a week of a very sick household (Mike even had to take a day off to take care of the rest of us!) and a fabulous extra long weekend celebrating Carter's fourth birthday with a visit from Papa and Grandma.... I think we're back into routine again.

Here's what we've been up to:

playing with new wooden blocks from Opa & Gramma Buikema.
Opa made the blocks out of discarded wall studs from
my Mom & Dad's house after their kitchen renovation.

lining up McQueen and his team for a big race

reading stories with Papa (specifically: Walter the Farting Dog)

shoveling all the new snow for Dad (they do a good job, don't they?)