Her Mother was a Mudda

Kate is a very doting mudda.  Breakfast just got more interesting here

Maybe it is just me, but do all kids have a strange Bronx/Boston accent?  Kate says "mudda" for mother

And someone taught her the Seinfeld line "His mudda was a mudda".  She likes to say it.  A lot.

I have lost count of Kate's 'kids'.  She diapers and feeds them all. She gives them baths and goes grocery shopping (in my kitchen) for them.  She holds elaborate birthday parties for them and stages weddings.  It can consume whole days

"Mama, I make my kids this for a special treat.  I don't know why they like all this sparkly food!  It is crazy!"  Um, I guess all kids like processed crap, Kate.

Birthday party!

She is already thinking about work-life balance (that is still the code word for having kids and a FT job and realizing that you can't (gasp!) have it all, right?)

She told me this at the dinner table the other night: "Mama, when I am a real mama, I can be a frog doctor on the weekends when their papa is home.  I can also sneak out (sneaking motion with her hands) after they go to bed and do ballet.  I will find a ballet that only does ballet at night after kids go to bed.  Isn't that a good idea, Mama?"

Yes, Kate it is :-). 

The next day she told me she was thinking about putting some of her kids in daycare because it was too much work to take care of all of her kids.  Ha!

Diaper time.  She diapers and nurses while I diaper and nurse Alex down.  I save a package of NB diapers from the hospital and they have been great!

Then I came out to this.

In their finest diapers, Butchie and Hello Kitty wed by the soft glow of the Christmas Tree

The officiant had a somewhat 'hands-off" style

Watching the ceremony (note the ceremonial feast Kate had prepared)

 

Then it turned into a real Vegas affair.  Alexandra Grace the Doll and Pink Monkey.  I mean they can barely stand up

Corinth

We spent a few days up in VT with Steve's family

We stayed at his cousin's house and his family came to us.  Not too much snow this year yet, but still more than in MA!  We had a nice time

Grandpa Reed

This was great (but ended with kate tipping the sled on purpose and Alex face-down in the snow...)

Picturesque Vermont!

The cabin

A bit leery of the cows.  We weren't entirely sure the fence was on and they didn't sound happy to see us

Grammie brought the nicest tutu!

 

I wish I looked this cute in the bright morning sun

I'll never be a great photographer because I do stupid things like leave luggage and yoga mats in the 

frame :-p

 

Christmas morning

Christmas!

Kate woke us up around 7.  When asked if Santa had come, she said she didn't look under the tree because she was a little scared.  That was short-lived!

  

Stuff for my kids!!!! Santa brought a pack n play, a high chair and a bouncy seat for Kate (in red, no less!).  When asked by people this year what she wanted from Santa, she would reply " Oh, nothing much.  But, my kids need a lot of things...high chair, crib, changing table, etc etc etc"

 

Alex looking a little underwhelmed

Santa was good to Mama as well!

 

Alex fell in the pack n play head first.

 

 Santa ate the cookies!

 Xmas breakfast

 Spontaneous hug

 

Now I need to feed my kids

 and read to them

 "You know I would be happy if you got me this box of pasta for a gift, right?"

 Off to Grandma and Bubba's

 Will we ever be able to get a good shot?

Family shot