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Mommy's 34th birthday party

My little boys....

Brothers. Or "bubbies" as I call them. "Sissies" and "Bubbies".....They will forever have a friend in each other. A friend, a protector, a confidante.....always. LOVE these boys.

Snowy days

Here are my munchkins posing for the camera with the snow......

Happy 34th birthday to Mommy!

My children and I on my birthday.....LOVE these kiddos!

Goodbye 2010!!!!

We had a party "quad style"...LOL Nothing like blowing horns by FIVE kids all night long!!!!

Christmas Day

My girls were all ready to go to Nanny and Poppy's house for dinner......they picked out their own clothes...and sunglasses! LOL

Santa came!!!! 2010

Christmas Eve 2010

We went to Nanny and Poppy's house this year to celebrate Christmas Eve. The kids all received new pajamas for their Christmas Eve gift (our tradition!!).....They were sooo excited for Santa's arrival!

Christmas gifts from the babies 2010

I received these absolutely adorable ornaments from the babies for Christmas....They did a great job decorating them!!!! Cuties!

Christmas party at school...

The babies got a surprise visit from Santa Claus at school this year! They were sooo excited as they heard the ringing bells approaching their classroom!!!!

And the stockings were hung...

by the chimney with care......2010

Joey and Nicky's 4th birthday party!

Our good friends, Joey and Nicky, invited us to their bowling party to celebrate their 4th birthday in December! We were all so excited to attend---Austin kept mentioning "throwing the balls at the LIGHTS!" LOL I kept trying to explain to them that there were pins you had to knock down---I don't think they "got" it until we were actually there! Nick had a blast as well-he was on a team with younger boys we didn't know-but he did so well helping them, teaching them, playing with them-It was definitely a proud Momma moment for me.....It is showing what a caring boy Nick is. And the BEST big brother!!!
Thank you Kim and Anthony for inviting us to Joey and Nicky's birthday party!!!! We all had so much fun---we love all of you!!! (Esp. my future sons-in-law!!!! LOL) (We have an arranged marriage in the works--LOL)

St. Nicholas Day

Here they are.....all kids' shoes lined up for some "treats" from St. Nicholas.....Nick INSISTED my sneakers be included as well. And I am happy to report that St. Nicholas did leave the Wilke kids some chocolate candies in their shoes! So exciting!

Thanksgiving placemats!

I had to include these adorable placemats the kids made for me for Thanksgiving! Aren't they the cutest things? Their handprints made the turkey and they each made their own "feet", and it was accompanied by this so stinkin' cute poem!!! Love them!

A night of Christmas lights....

The pictures are dark, but we did go see the Martell House this year again. The Martell house is a local home that has an enormous light display in his front yard, backyard, etc. It has become "tradition" for our family to take a walk through every year. Aunt Patti, Uncle Vinny, Nanny, Lexi, Nick, the babies, and Mommy all ventured to this home on a Saturday night....Austin initially would NOT take a picture with Santa Claus...he just stood from afar and kept mentioning "tool bench" loudly, so that Santa could hear him! LOL By the end of our walk, Austin did want to take a picture with Santa.....and they got more candy canes, too!!!! All in all, a successful trip to see Christmas lights.... :)

Silly Katie girl

Here are some random pics of Katie being silly.....love this girl! :)

Nick is a red belt!

Nicholas tested to become a red belt in karate this past December. He was required to make up TWENTY moves of his own, as well as memorize the 44 steps of the previous belt...and was required to "spar" another member of the karate school. He did excellent and is now a red belt in karate! I believe after red belt, there is a red/black belt, then a black belt!!! Way to go, Nick!

First Preschool Pictures

Oh my, I still can't believe I had FOUR babies at once!!!! But seeing is believing, LOL! :-) I had the babies' first "school" pictures done together-mainly to save on money....I get their pictures done throughout the year at various studios, and I wasn't willing to pay $30 per child for pictures I was not sure would come out okay......In any event, I think this group photo came out super cute...and I LOVE the class photo---as you can see my kids are more than half of the class! :-)

Santa Claus came to preschool!

The kids had a special treat at their preschool Christmas party! Santa Claus arrived! We heard the jingling bells and just KNEW it was Santa! Matty, Emma, Katie, and Austin were simply AMAZED....and soooo happy!!!! Well, that is, until Katie opened the present Santa gave her. She was MAD! LOL She turned to me, and said, "Mom-where is my PINK GUITAR??????????" LOL She continued, "I don't want THIS!" (meaning the My Little Pony book Santa had given her!) I could not believe the words coming out of her mouth! She sure is becoming an independent and spunky little girl!!! She knows what she wants-that's for sure!!! I did have to explain to her that the "big" presents Santa brings underneath the tree---that he didn't have enough room to bring it to the preschool.....LOL. Gotta love kids! :)