Snug as a Bug...under a RUG!

Emma choose to go to her room instead of clean up her mess. When it got awfully quiet I went to check. This is what I found!...... Her asleep in the hallway, under the rug!

really, that can't be comfortable, or clean!

Mara's First Loose tooth!

Right there down on the bottom! It's a loosey goosey!

Pinewood Derby Take 7!

Max's first time! He was so excited!

We even won races this year!

The best part was that Caleb won "Best of Show"

As Ryan says..."It doesn't matter if it wins races, it only matters what it looks like"

"Houston...We have a problem!"

She is eating solid food....Crawling wherever she want to...
Getting into everything...

"Houston....We have a problem!"

NO surface is safe, no floor can be left unswept, no toy or project left within reach! She is officially everywhere!

Snow Day!

We took a snow day! Shoveled snow, sat by the fire, played games, made bean bags, and had a lovely day staying out of the -10 weather that has been looming for a few days. Friday we invited friends over for pizza and sledding behind the car.

So much fun!

Oddest!

I was making a dress for Emma, and because I had lost the instructions to the pattern, I was unpicking....A LOT! I finally figured out the top, and had Emma try it on. Because it was only the top, it didn't cover much of her belly.

"Mom" she said, "This makes me kinda oddest"

After I quite laughing I said "do you mean immodest?"

I love those moments when I see life through their eyes...for just a moment!

8 Months Today! {Annalee}

Eight months today. Three teeth are in two on bottom, one on top. The other one is so swollen, but hasn't popped through yet. She crawls, eats cereal,squash, and potatoes. Loves it when all the kids are home as she is constantly entertained. She loves her daddy, but hates her binki. Seriously lives up to her middle name

JOY!

Look at her! Stinker. She missed the memo that she is not allowed to crawl. She is off and already standing on her feet! Come on! Not allowed...but so cute!

{She did this for the first time today.}

Tangled

In the tree skirt! That is because she is crawling everywhere. And turning, turning until she got all wound up in the tree skirt!

Heaterditioning

Driving home last nightEmma was cold and tired.
From the back seat we heard "Turn on the heater-ditioning Dad!"

Boxing

Max gave Sam bocing gloves for Christmas and was so excited for him to open them. Needless to say they haven't been off of someone's hands much.

This is a familiar sight each day!

Even when all Ryan wants to do is fix his lunch, he is pestered.

Me?...yeah, I tried them, but I got to laughing so hard and the serious expressions on my boys faces as they tried to hit the punching pads, that they soon stopped asking me to play!