Thoughts

My kids are growing way too fast.  I love watching them grow but it makes me sad. I find myself missing stages before we've even finished passing through them.

 I'm expecting our 6th baby, due in September, there is a good chance that this is our last and it makes me sad. I've been more sick with this one then I remember being with my others, but that's not saying much.  mostly I'm tired and don't want to cook or eat dinner.  I'm trying to workout a lot during this pregnancy, I've had a hard time losing weight after having the twins and I'm trying to get a head start on this one.  Yes there is just one. I had an ultra sound on Thursday just to be sure.

Cameron is busy at work,  he has decided to stay here for a Neurology Fellowship, it's one more year.  It was a hard decision, but we think it will be best for our family.  We have a nice house in a good neighborhood, the kids go to a great school. I always thought i would love moving someplace just for a year after all we moved 6 times in our first 8 year of marriage but now that our kids are the ages they are, I realize it's nice to have some stability.  Cameron is an awesome dad and an amazing husband.  He loves playing with the kids and making things special for them.  This morning he got up early and made us funnel cakes for breakfast.  The kids loved it!

Katelyn is growing so fast.  That girl loves to read. She begs to wake up early every morning so she can read in bed.  she always takes a few books with her where ever she goes, she reminds me of my dad in that way. He always had a book in his pocket for waiting in lines and such.  It's hard for me to remember how grown up she is getting, I have to remind myself not to treat her like a child.  She loves coming with me to activity days, with the other 8-11 year old girls.

Dallin is very smart.  Right now he is into Space stuff.  we love going to the library and he loves the nonfiction section. He checks out every book on a subject, he started with Dinosaurs, and now he's into solar systems and planets. Grant loves it too, I often hear them telling their friends random facts about different planets.  He also love X-Box they play Lego batman and Lego Harry Potter. We have a strict rule of no TV, X-box, or computer games on school nights. Which is a blessing, as I'm sure the kids would constantly ask me about it otherwise.  He is our best listener and is the only one who has figured out that if he hurries and does whatever we've asked him to do that he will have much more time to do what he wants.  He is a really good kid.

Grant is a Happy little boy.  He gets so excited about things he can hardly contain himself.  We are still working on his good listening skills but he is getting better.  He loves to help with the babies.  He is such a great big brother.   He loves school and does well. He is ready to go to school with the big kids, he will be there next year but that's not soon enough for him.  He loves X box, skylaner giants and angry bird things.  

Peter is a sweet cuddle baby who also have a mischievous side.  He love to make messes.  he loves to empty book cases and cupboards and when we tell him to stop he goes as fast as he can until we pick him up and physically remove him from the mess.  He also loves to tease Lilly.  He loves sealing her cuddle blanket and anything she is playing with and tries running away, Lilly is way faster then he is so he never gets far but he Laughs the whole time.  He is also fiercely protective of her and will, in his own way, tell us to get her when she is sad.

Lilly is a Smart little girl.  She knows how to get what she wants and usually what she wants is to be held.  She loves sitting on things, and even tries to sit on little barbie chairs, it's cute.  She has a new love of swinging and asked to be pushed all the time.  She is fast,  she can almost jump.  Lilly talks a little more then Peter does, She says a few works like cat, bye bye, uh oh, and no but mostly communicates by pointing. She does not like me to work out and insist that I hold her wherever she sees me exercising. She hates going to childcare but doesn't mind being babysat at someone's house. She loves to be in control of the snacks and holds the box only letting Peter get one when we make her.  She is fun loving and full of spirit.

we are excited for this new little one to join our family. I'm sure he or she will fit right in.

Peter Pie

I think it could be tough to be twins with a girl, Lilly usually gets more attention when we are out and about but Peter doesn't seem to mind, he is usually a pretty happy little guy.   and who wouldn't be when you look that good? 

Peter still drools like crazy and he loves kisses... a combination fit only for the bravest of souls.  he has decided to growl like a tiger when he doesn't like something.He loves to throw things especially the food on his tray.   He also folds his arms during prayers. he loves to head butt anyone within good head butting range, and he loves to tackle Lilly and has discovered the power of hair pulling.  He can take his socks off faster then we can put the on and he has a slight obsession with shoes and gets very frustrated when he can't put on 2 pairs of shoes at the same time.  He still likes to snuggle bite, Where he goes in for a good snuggle and next thing you know he's biting you... out of love of course.  He is a cute, fun loving sweet little boy and we love having him in our family.

Valentine's Day

Katelyn is pretty sure Valentine's day is right up there with Christmas, She get's SO excited and talks about it for weeks beforehand. We've had the "why do we have to go to school on Valentine's  Day?" talk.  It's fun to have someone get so excited, I'm pretty sure it's a girl thing because the boys are thrilled to get candy and that's about it. 

 For breakfast we have the tradition of having "special Cereal". It's basically any of the sugary cereal like fruit loops, peanut butter crunch, lucky charms etc. We only have it on Sundays and other special days, it's helps our kids get excited for those special days.

This year we decided to make all of the valentines.  we had ":sweets" for the teachers, bus driver, secretary, crossing guard, etc. 

and "fish" for our friends.  it says, "I'm so glad we are in the same school" The kids were super excited to give them to their friends.

The babies and I went to "help" at Katelyn's and Dallin's class party. We went to Dallin's first and had a great time decorating sugar coolies and helping the kids pass out their valentine's to each other.  katelyn's party was a little more health conscious, she had lots of fruit and veggies, which I appreciated, unfortunately by the time we got to Katelyn's party, the babies were done with sitting nicely in the stroller, so I didn't get a single picture of the festivities.  

When daddy came home we had pink, heart shaped pancakes for dinner.

overall it was the perfect Valentine's day!

Food Glorious FOOD

This baby is pretty much the happiest little guy ever, especially when there is food involved.

 Especially where there is someone else's food involved... sharing is caring...

I love watching these little guys eat. Lilly is generally very neat... although these pictures don't really show it.  She is getting pretty good at using a utensil and gets pretty upset when we don't give her one.  Peter like to hold a utensil but doesn't generally use it.  he finds the fist to mouth method to be much more efficient.  They both like to clear their trays when they are finished eating unfortunately that generally involves swiping their food onto the floor, Peter loves it so much that he likes to push his food onto the floor even when he's not finished... little pill. Totally in love with these two!

Celebrating Abe Lincoln style

The Bell county Museum had a celebration of Abe Lincoln today... unfortunately I forgot my camera... which was just as well because we spent most of the time chasing two babies who will remain nameless...  fortunately we went to the museum a month ago and did the Abe Lincoln thing.

 Dallin was super excited about the penny smasher thing... we didn't smash any pennies but that didn't stop him from playing with it.

 They had a display of little house models of some of the older homes in Bell County.  They were really cool!

 by far the favorite was the water pump.  It pumped actual water which I thought was pretty brave on a wood floor.  The kids LOVED it!

 They also had a costume you could dress up like president Lincoln.  Fun times had by all!

Guess who has ZOO passes?!?!?

 yeah we are a little excited over here. and who wouldn't be? I mean it's the zoo!

 Even those of us without teeth love the zoo. 

 The babies LOVED the zoo!  Peter rocking his cowboy shirt. I love that babies don't care how you dress them, my older boys will not wear shirts with collars except on Sunday and picture day.

 It was a bit chillier then I expected, thankfully Cameron did expect it and packed a few extra jackets, I decided to appease him in the parking lot thinking I'd keep the jackets in the stroller, "just in case" notice how I'm wearing 2 jackets, yeah, it was cold.

just in case you thought we might get lost while at the zoo...

Twins?

 So can you tell which of these pictures are Katelyn and which are Lilly. 

and here is Grant... his hair is a dead give away.  They kind of look alike huh?

photos are K, K, L, L, K, K, G.

Wits and Wagers Family Style

We love games, I think it's genetic because most everyone in my family loves games.  And What's more fun then a Wits and Wagers family game night?

 perhaps... a Family Game Night with caramel popcorn???  I think so.

Even the babies had fun playing, that is until they started throwing everything on the floor and we realized that perhaps it was time for them to go to bed.

 Lilly wasn't thrilled with that idea.