December 28 is Claire and Cathleen's birthday... 61 this year! (I wouldn't normally tell Oma, but Kat's cake gives you away:) We had a fun day hanging out at home with everyone, playing with the ponies and continuing work on the chicken coop. We had a great seafood Cioppino for dinner and we opened presents (Francie is starting to think this is something that happens on a daily basis) and had lots of fun with all the family. Thanks for sharing your birthday with us Oma & Nana!

Aunt Kat made a delicious Lemon Four-Layer cake

Happy Birthday to you!

The big girls let Francie play with their new markers. As you can see Kate really liked her "stinky markers."

The staircase is a great place for art projects at Oma's

"My cousins wear me out"

I love these silly "Cranky pants" I found on Etsy a while ago that finally fit

Ready for dinner in matching hats from Nana... at least Francie is predicatable!

The cooperative cousins

Heff wondering how in the world I have kept him confined to the compound for three days straight... in the "old days" he was off hunting and galavanting until dinner