The kids

This one is not feeling well today (you made the right choice Buran).

Our little cowgirl?

He "Reads" to Her

Don't they look cute... maybe it is just because I am there mom.

Break From Trip Photos

So we have been having a great time. Most of the trouble that I was having with Elijah before the trip is gone (thank goodness). He is back to being his sweet self. He and Ada have been playing SUPER well together and it is fun to watch. Many days he says "I want to have some play time with Ada." (and she LOVES playing with him, even if it means that she might be bouncing off the walls:)

Ada has been growing so fast it is hard to keep up with her. She talks up a storm! Yesterday when asked her mommy was she took a hold of me and "Ada's Mommy!" When my friend asked her if I was also Elijah's mommy she said "NO!" I asked where Elijah's mommy was and she said " She went bye bye" (she's a trouble maker in the making:)

We are also in the process of getting rid of her NUK's. So far so good, but it has only been a little over a day. She was waking up in the middle of the night when they fell out and screaming at the top of her little lungs. We where getting really sick of that, so one night I just stopped going in. When she asks about them we just say NUK went bye bye (I hope this has nothing to do with Elijah's mommy going bye bye).

These photos are a couple of weeks old, but they where so fun I wanted to put them up.

Weekend Photos

New Dress from Grandma. Thanks Grandma, she loves it.

Sooo cute!

Have hammer, cute sunglasses, epi-pen container (she did not get the epi-pen), will travel:)

Now that I do not need the all that hand stuff I have given it to the kids and they are loving playing sick with it.

Number one Soooo cute.

I have been sewing and will have photos for you tomorrow... I hope;)

TGIF

A girl and her shovel... do not try and separate them!

Fun outside in the snow.

Puddles and snow... brrrrrrrr.

The kids and the box they decorated. Lots of fun from one little box:)

The surgery went well and I am getting better everyday... well my hand is getting better I am still the same old same old:)

Herding Frogs with a Wheel Barrel

Otherwise known as trying to get a good photo of 2 kids together.

Fun at the Park

Our friends invited us to come to their park and jump in the leaves. We had lots of fun, and a couple of funny mishaps:

It all started off well, nice lunch and good friends.

Then one of the kids shot the rocket into this tree. Do you see that van next to the tree? That is my van and I had to stand on it to get the rocket out. (very funny)

Next they shot it into this tree, no where near the van and on the lawn so driving the van up to it was not a good idea, so we decided to use a soda bottle to get it down, good idea right?

OK maybe if we where better shots it would be a good idea, but then we had 2 things to get out of the tree. LOL

In the end we got both out and got the kids to only shot the rocket in the open area. The rest of the time was just fun in the leaves.

This last photo is proof that if the battery on your camera is going and the screen does not show you anything you can still get a photo.

I am still out here.

Sorry it has been so long. No good reason, just busy. We had a great stay with Nana. The kids got lots of time to play with her and they both got time with her alone. She helped me do lots of stuff, run lots of errands, and folder TONS of laundry. Thank you so much Nancy.

Ada Liz is not interested in sleeping so I will have to go get her, but here are a couple of photos for those of you that just show up for the photos;)

The kids LOVED being pushed in this thing.

When you can walk you can put your brothers boots and walk and that makes it easier;)

Two Cute Kids

What else do I need to say?

Just a quick note

We are all well, making it through a week with no school (what do you mean it is ONLY Wednesday!!) and Elijah starts his new school next week (thank goodness;).

Playgroup

This is a little bit of the craziness our playgroup has become. It is a wonder that anyone still has people over to there house;) (it is not as bad as it looks) We started off as a group of 12 babies and 12 moms. Now we are a group of 28 (we just added on yesterday!) kids. How did we get so big????? (OK I know where kids come from please do not write and tell me, I got that part down, but it is still hard to believe that our group has grown so much and been together for almost 5 years.)

On the way home from playgroup Elijah is talking to Ada Liz:

E: Ada that is Pablo (from the backyardigans).

E: Can you say Pablo? PPP

AL: (staring at him)

E: Like @#@$ (male body part, biological name).

(great!!! That is the one word that he can think of that starts with p)

Later after Ada Liz is asleep.

E: Mom I am going to have 2 works

Z: You mean jobs?

E: Yes

Z: What are they going to be?

E: The first one I am going to rent cars.

Z: Do you mean sell?

E: Yes and I am going to make sure that I get the right key to the right car before I sell it.

Z: That does help make you a better salesman;)

Z: And your second job?

E: I am going to be a firefighter.

Z: Good choices.

( awhile later)

E: Oh and Mommy I am going to have a 3rd job also.

Z: (boy he is never going to sleep hehehe) Oh and what is that going to be?

E: I am going to have a regular job too, like Daddy.

Z: What are you going to do?

E: I am going to have an office next to Daddy and we are going to do the same stuff.

Z: Sounds good.

Shopping

Mark had to go away for work today so I had the kids most of the day. I have to stop here and make it clear that Mark almost never has to work on weekends any more and I know that he does that so he can be here with the kids and me and I appreciate that. That said I was wondering what on earth I was going to do with the kids today. I really needed to go look for a new swimsuit for the cruise ( I still want to loss some more weight before the cruise, but I know that the suits will be on sale now so I do not want to wait to long.) But does it seem crazy to go look for swimsuits with 2 kids one of whom is in a cast? (You are thinking YES YES YES), well I was thinking 'I think I can, I think I can, I think I can' and I DID look at the 3 (yes count them 3) swimsuits that I got for only $28!!!


OK truth be told it did not all go smoothly, at one point (while I was knee high in swimwear and the kids were getting a little loud I hear a woman's voice ask 'anyone back here that had a gold mini van?' 'That would be me' I answer 'The side door to your van is open' (@#$@!) (deep breath, I am sure I can get dressed, clean up the room, get the kids (one on crutches), out to the van close the door that I left open while trying to get both kids in the store, bring them back in ..... Who am I kidding I am going home. 'Do you need help?' the nice voice comes back again. 'YES' (trying not to sound to crazy) I open the door and she sees me, kids, 500 swimsuits, craziness and says 'Yes you do' She then took my keys, shut and locked my car doors, and came back to help me pick out these suites! She ROCKS!!!)

Well if you think that taking my kids to look at swimsuits was not enough I then took them to the thrift store where I got all of this for under 6$


God has granted me with a pair of great kids!

Update

Look what popped up in our yard the day after Elijah broke his foot (funny huh? ) But he is still loving it and Ada Liz LOVES the swing.


I love this look. She is starting to take steps and she will walk only holding one hand.


He is getting really good at the crutches! I am impressed.