January 1, 2013

We celebrated New Years Day with a late breakfast at Denny's with the whole family.  We had a lot of fun.

January 7, 2013

With year around school we have long breaks.  We topped our winter break off with some cake pops and a movie sleepover in our ultimate fort.  I must say the idea for the fort turned out even better then I thought it would.  You could fit all 4 kids twin mattresses under it. 

We tied some old sheets together and placed some removable hooks stuck to the wall. I tied all the sheets together with some old crappy ribbon that I would have never had a use for.  Now I am sure there is a much prettier way of doing this. I'm all about fast and efficient.  The kids love it and we actually can put ultimate fort up whenever we want.  We just left the hooks up and roll the whole mess of sheets into a ball and keep it in a cupboard until the next use.   We can take it down or put it up now in a couple of minutes. 

                            

 My cake pops need some work.  They were delicious but a little on the ugly side. 

Need to put a little more planning into them for next time. 

We shall end this blog with some photos taken from a young budding photographer.  May you enjoy these pictures in a style all their own. 

ADORABLE!!



 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  2013

The kids and I decorated and then dragged some mattresses down to the family room for a make it to midnight movie.  

Oliver took a power nap to make it to midnight.

 Now for the count down....10......5...4..3..2..1....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

This is our first year throwing confetti.  The kids had a blast. They gathered it up and threw it over and over again. I tried to control the mess to some extent by throwing it on the tile by the front door.  Let it be known that you can't really "control" confetti.  Especially when you don't factor in static electricity.  I ended up doing lots of vacumming while the kids finished their movie.  I still have some up high on the wall but it was worth it. 

April 28, 2011

There is nothing like a man with a fabulous moustache.

The kids thought this was great!

This is Andrew's awesome project about Maine.

He did such a great job. He also wrote a paper and gave

a presentation to his class.

April 25, 2011

Oliver and Luke who have been mortal enemies are now best friends.

Realizing that they have a lot in common starting with a mutual enemy.

Which is their mother, then cleanliness, and order

It's the day after Easter. We had company over the weekend,

so the house was all clean, to clean.

Now we started the day with this. This represents the appropriate photo to describe what I saw when I looked out the sliding door to check on the kids today. Oliver had decided that coming inside to use the restroom was to much of a bother and I looked just as he stepped out of these and was taking aim.

Then the boys came into the front room and tore it up.

Then helped finish off the kitchen. What wasn't already there from breakfast they dragged in from the surrounding rooms to really do it in. It's a wonder I have a life outside of cleaning up after these monkeys.

April 27, 2011

This was to cute to pass up. Oliver decided to have lunch with some of his favorite toys. It made a big mess but was super cute. I am a much bigger fan of "pretend" lunches.

He sat them all together and served them a drink and cornbread. Which of course left crumbs everywhere.

Mrs. Potatohead out with Darth Tator.

He then served himself with his favorite mug he found in the cabinet. Could he look more proud of himself? If your going to make a mess, make a cute mess, they'll keep you out of trouble every time.

April 24, 2011

HAPPY EASTER!!

Now the kids have to line up and all go at the same time to find their easter baskets.

Everyone helped until they were all found.

Oliver didn't know what was going on but he was "nuggling" his basket as soon as he saw it.

Then they discovered that the Easter bunny left an Easter egg hunt for them in the backyard. Must be an Arizona thing. The Utah Easter bunny never did this. Since it feels like Summer outside she went all out this year.

The kids basically dumped all their toys out of their baskets so they could refill them with eggs.

We lost count of how many their were.

This was an exceptional event the Easter bunny put on for us this year. Creative with the whole egg in the branch trick.

Oliver showing off his spoils.

Look at how pretty all the eggs on the floor look.

This bubble blower was very popular. It said it blew big bubbles. I have to admit I didn't think it really could. It was very cool.

Oliver and Luke showing off their cute haircuts I gave them. Look at them playing like pals.

They are the cutest co-conspirators I have ever seen.

Super handsome as well.

Family Picnic at school!!

Year 1. April 21, 2011

Finally found Marissa in the group, then Andrew. Got in line with the 4 kids, Luke in a stroller. Gathered our food, balanced it all the way outside to a table. Got everyone settled and they announced for the kindergarteners to go dance.

Left Andrew with Luke at the table and quickly took some shots of Marissa dancing.

She did awesome. She remembered all the dance moves,

all the hand movements,

and we even got some great action shots. Then rushed back to the table to eat. Apparently, after the dance, Marissa was supposed to go back to class. I was trying to get her to eat in a hurry and then they were calling for her over the microphone. Ugh!! This was awful. In this time the 1st graders did their dance and the 2nd graders were up.

So, rushed a barely fed Marissa to class, and went to try to find Andrew in the sea of 2nd graders, pushing Luke in the stroller, and nagging Oliver to stay with me. This is wheres waldo in real time. So you know, Andrew IS in this photo.

After locating him I had to weave around the the parents to try to get a decent picture to document this moment. He was in the middle of a bunch of people so I didn't get very many pictures.

Wow, this is absolutely a Mom credit day. This was exhausting and no fun for me or the little boys. It was hotter then expected and an insane schedule to stay on with the group that was with me.

I thought for a second that this activity will be easier when Oliver and Luke are older. Then realized that at some point I am going to be attending all 4 of my kids little dance routines at this school while trying to feed them at the same time.

Well I have the pictures to prove that I was there. Andrew and Marissa can't say I never did anything for them.

WE SURVIVED THE SCHOOL PICNIC 2011 WOOT! WOOT!