What a Fun Week!

We had so much fun this week!

These first pics are of the kids doing "Disco Sweat" by Richard Simmons. We've been looking for a fun, clean exercise video the kids and I can do together inside for days when it is too cold for our walks around the neighborhood. A friend recommended Richard Simmons and I laughed when she did - but it really is a neat video! The kids really enjoy it and it is fun to do.

Don't they look cute doing their little disco workout? LOL!




On Thursday, Monkey1 and Monkey2 had their "live debut" singing with our Church choir at our city's "Lighting of the Christmas Tree". It was really fun and they did a GREAT job! This is the kind of thing that makes us love our little suburban town so much!

Here are all 4 older monkeys getting ready for the show:



Here is the baby Monkey in her backpack. We put her Halloween Costume [lamb] on her because it is so warm and it was really chilly out that night!




Here is Monkey3 dancing before the singing started. They had some jazzy Christmas music playing and she had a blast dancing around! It was so adorable.



Here is a picture of the Youth Choir singing. Monkey1 is all the way towards the right, where you can't really see her.



Then on Friday we met my Sister in Law and got professional photos done of the kids [my 5 and her daughter] to give to my MIL for Christmas. It was really fun once we got there. We got some great pics. The kids all wore outfits that my MIL bought especially for this picture.

Here are my kids before we left for the photo shoot:



And then, just to show that Monkey5 is *definitely* following in Monkey4's footsteps with the "Path of Destruction" thing, here we have a couple of cutie shots of her:



How long before she clears Mama's whole bookshelf do you think?



In desperation to get dinner cooked last night, I let her play with a box of macaroni and cheese. She was more resourceful than I imagined - getting the whole thing open and throwing it everywhere! See how proud she is of herself?