Flowers & Eggs

Getting burnt out on house projects... ugh.  Taking a few moments to hang with the kiddos instead.

Box lid... or wagon for her babies?  She is such a girl!

 Ironic that she often has 3 babies?

 Boys playing some major choo-choos!

 Planting flowers.  Ok, so this IS a house project.  They still had a BLAST "helping."

Analeigh & Molly came to go on the Easter Egg Hunt at my job.  Our first hunt of the year!

 I only wish the boys always got along like this!

Found one!!!

"Candy in air!!!!"  {in there}

Cheating!

See a pattern here?

Beautiful!!

And a little time at the playground after

Their Loot!

April Fools?

So I think its April Fools.  I know the 1st has come & gone, but this weather is a joke!  I keep reminding myself we are not out of the clear for snow yet this year.  But, honestly Jeff & I both have sunburns!!

Temps have been the 80s!  So in between house projects, the kids & I have been getting outside for some fun!!  We have to keep reminding ourselves is not June!!

 Washing his cars.  Oh Logan....

 He is mastering his "I'm mad at you for telling me no" face. 

 Playing in the sprinkler in April.... loving it!

 Ice cream cones!

 All this playing outside & sunscreen leads to lots of these.  In our pretty new tub!

 Isn't she lovely?

Sing, sing a song

I need to get them on video... but they never want to "perform" at the right time.  Or they want to WATCH what's on the camera, rather than me recording them, which makes it impossible for me to record them.  But my kiddos are ALL about singing songs.

Olivia sings "Unkle star.  Unkle star.  Up above the world so high.  Like a diamond in the sky....." all day long.  She also sings her ABCs & is picking up a few more letters beyond A.B.C.  "ABCs.   M&O.  X&Z."  But she gets the "now I know my ABCs, next time sing with me" part at the end every time!

Logan also sings his ABCs.  His are usually "Ba BCs.  WX."  But his favorite is to sing "La la la, Elmo's song!" {I think its actually "Elmo's World" on Sesame Street, but its "Elmo's song" on our Elmo DVD}

And Hayden really surprised me last week when we were shopping at Lowes I asked him to sing me a song.  And he did!  Out of his mouth came "Jesus loves me, this I know.  For the Bible tells me so.  Jesus loves me.  Jesus loves me."  I was stunned!  Pretty sure I clapped & cheered right there in the aisle!  I guess he actually DOES listen to me every now & again? 

So between fighting & screaming & crying & yelling "Don't push me" at eachother.... there are a few peaceful sounds at our house.  That is until they start fighting "No MY sing it!"  "No MY sing it first!"

Molars take 3!

Liv has been a CRAB today.  Uber sensitive to everything.  Otherwise, fine.
Then tonight she started telling us her ear was owies.  Pointing in her left ear.

She doesn't have a fever.  She's got a little runny nose.  What gives?

Then I dug around in her mouth & discovered a molar almost through back there!  Didn't see that coming!  That explains that!

Two kiddos teething 2 year molars & trying to get our house ready to sell & Jeff interviewing for jobs.  Might want to buy a little more coffee & creamer!!!

mowers

This weekend the weather was BEAUTIFUL!  Uncle Alex came up Saturday to hang with the kiddos while Jeff & I got some stuff done.  But we decided Sunday we all HAD to get outside.  So after running some morning errands, we had a family yard work day!  Even the kids "helped!"  I always wanted to get them play mowers last summer & never did.  So I figured today would be a great day to have them.  I decided NOT to show the that they blow bubbles though.  That might end my sanity fast!  

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 "Fixing" it. 

 My 3 little workers!

 They mow FAST!!!

Then we cheesed it up for the camera a little bit.  So nice to get out with my camera & shoot in natural lighting.  I've been using my little point & shoot so much lately..... bad, bad Katie!  

 Poor teething boy :(

 Don't mind her snot.  They all have runny noses today :(

Meanwhile, the bathroom looks like THIS!!!  The kids were able to take a bath in it tonight.  Still needs some sealer before we can shower.  But YAY for a pretty AND FUNCTIONAL tub!!!