A week in pictures...

Well, there was the sleepovers. All 7 in the girls room one night...
then all 7 in the big kids room the next.
One last picture with the threesome here. How long ago did I work at Mervyn's while Amy and Darren went to the movies without me?
Amazingly Jacob's coat does fit me...at least around the neck...
Here are the Clampetts, on their way out of town at 6am on Thursday.
Only 18 more hours to go!
Darth Manda isn't sure what to do with herself without her sisters around.
And Claire is trying really, really hard to make a tooth. The bottom teeth were no match for this top tooth...and it's not even the front one. It's one over - just like the sisters. I think she favors them. So 3 from my side and 3 from Darren's.
Needless to say, she's constantly wet from the drool and wants to be held. So I wear her in the backpack so I can get something else done. And she gnaws and gnaws on the backpack. It's hard work making these things.

Friday night we had a celebratory dinner for such a big week. The girls survived (and thrived) the first week of school, Amanda is in panties 24/7, Claire is making this tooth, mom made it through her sister moving away, and Daddy had a good meeting Thursday night.
There are 5 candles on the table (one for each kid to blow out when we are done), little bottles of Coke or Dr. Pepper for everyone, and no place settings for the parents - we actually went on a date to celebrate our week...can everyone say cheese fries and bloomin' onion. YUM! YUM!