A ride on The Polar Express (11/26/2011)

Like a dream come true... we got to take a ride on the POLAR EXPRESS tonight that left from the train station in Phillipsburg, NJ.






It was tons of fun! All of us (big & small) dressed in our PJs and boarded the Christmas-adorned train. We enjoyed a train ride filled with holiday cheer! They told the story of the Polar Express, Santa came around to visit, we had hot cocoa & cookies, everyone sang, etc. -- it was such a nice time!





Thank you, Memom, for this great & memorable experience! We all love you!

Santa Claus is coming... (11/25/2011)

... to Hightstown!!! Santa Claus arrived via firetruck tonight in Hightstown during their annual parade and we were there with so many others to welcome him! :)



Santa-- we'll see you in a month from now. Between now & then, we'll TRY to be good... no promises, though! :)

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!

We had a great Thanksgiving!

We started off the morning over at my Alma Mater -- Hamilton West -- to watch the annual Thanksgiving Day game! Wow-- this brought back a LOT of great memories for me.... this annual game, my cheerleading days, the school spirit, being that "young", etc -- it was great! The best, though, was being able to share this experience with my kids-- and my younger cousin (Nicole). One day -- sooner than I know -- I will be here watching & supporting my kids as they do their thing in high school... amazing!

Anyway-- we watched some of the game and then roamed the halls of the school a bit-- checking out how things still are and seeing how a few things have changed... and sharing memories of my days there with the kids. That was cool! I loved high school... they were great years for me.

We had dinner at our house this year and it went well. I love having the family together. My cousin, Nicole, joined us, which was an added bonus this year. The kids loved hanging out with her, especially. That's what it's all about... FAMILY!


Hope that all of you had a great Thanksgiving and have a LOT to be thankful for this day and everyday! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Trick*or*Treat (10/31/2011)

It' been a LONG, fun day already, but now it's time to hit the streets to Trick-or-Treat! :) It was a great night, great weather for Trick-or-Treating. We've been very lucky to have great nights like this pretty much every year with the kids.







As always, we hit the streets with our entourage -- me, the kids, Aunt Sharon, Memom, Aunt Kelly, & Sam. We roamed all of the neighboring blocks and got a TON of candy. When we got home, we did the annual "candy dump" to check, "sample", & seperate. WOW-- that's a lot of candy!


Hope all of you had a spook-tacular Halloween! :)

Happy Halloween ... fun at school (10/31/2011)

**Happy Halloween!**
Halloween happens to fall on a school day this year, so... it was a fun-filled, spook-tacular day for the kiddies! They went to school, as usual, then came at lunch time to get into their costumes. 4 kids, 4 costumes (plus hair & make-up), and 4 lunches... all taken care of and back to school in 1 hour-- yay! Go Mommy, go Mommy! :) All suited up in their devil, angel, and ninja costumes, back to school we went ready for the parade!

The triplets were so excited about the school parade because this year, they finally got the chance to be in it-- instead of standing on the sidelines.




After the school parade, the kids went back to their classrooms and had a Halloween party!





Check out the spooktacular treats I made for the kids' classes! Pumpkins and witches fingers... :)

"5" bounces, swings, & tumbles in! (10/30/2011)

Today we celebrated the Wilke Quads' 5th Birthday with them at Bucks Gymnastics and had a great time!

The kids had a ton of fun bouncing on the trampolines, walking on the balance beams, climbing, swingig... you name it! All of this is right up Juliana & Micaela's alley, especially... my little "monkeys". :)






Matty, Austin, Katie, & Emma-- we were so excited to celebrate another birthday with all of you! and hope you had as much fun at your party as we did! Welcome to being 5... it's a lot of fun and lots of exciting things to come being 5 like graduating from PreK, starting Kindergarten, etc. **Happy 5th Birthday!**

A little "frost" on the pumpkin (10/29/2011)

I know it's that time of year for "freaky" things to happen, but SNOW in October!? We are days away from Halloween and we had our 1st snow of the late-Fall/Winter season! odd...


Since we had so much fun doing it last year, we wanted to carve another pumpkin this year. I had told the kids earlier that day that we'd carve a pumpkin today. On my way home from work, I made a few stops and found NO PUMPKINS... not surprising since it's only days before Halloween! Panic set in, thinking how heart-broken my kids would be. Well, luck must've been on my side at that very moment because upon my last stop (at ACME), what sat alone in the big box out front of the store?? A big, beautiful pumpkin = MINE!!! The kids were SO excited to see me come through the door with pumpkin in hand = priceless! :)




Instead of "just a face" on this pumpkin this year, we did a PEACE*LOVE*HAPPINESS pumpkin... it really came out cute! The kids were so excited! I think this is definitely going to be an annual tradition for the kids and I. I can't wait 'til they can start carving their own... not for a few years, though! :)