Back On Track

Josh & Mattea went back to school after being off for FIVE weeks. Wow! It seemed like a lot longer than that. I have to say that I was quite delighted to kick... er, I mean... escort them out the door to catch the bus this morning.


Mattea was excited to see her friends again. I am hoping her teacher will be impressed with her reading skills because I think she has gotten a LOT better since they tracked off.

Josh was not thrilled to be heading back to school today. He was getting all worked up about it last night and couldn't fall asleep. Maybe he was trying to prolong his time off... tee hee hee! I think he will miss his afternoon play dates playing video games with Anders.

Alex was secretly jazzed that his brother and sister FINALLY had to go back to school. : )

Pictures of the Week -- Week 3

The kids enjoyed playing outside in the field while it was snowing. They dug holes, made snow angels and goofed around. I love seeing their rosy red cheeks!


Mattea got a hula hoop and she LOVES it! She is quite good at it, too. She begrudgingly let us all take a turn. It was HILARIOUS watching Jeff try it and I wasn't much better. I was amazed at Alex's hula hooping skills. He currently holds the house record at over 4 minutes!!!


My poor little Alex got sick this week. It was heartbreaking to hear him asking me to make him feel better when there was nothing I could do. He started throwing up around 8:00pm on Thursday night. It was a LONG night.

Pictures of the Week -- Week 2

The kids can be very creative during the winter months since there aren't as many opportunities to play outside. This is a HUGE tower that they built out of Alex's contraption set. I can't even take credit for this totally cool picture. Alex grabbed my camera and snapped some pictures. I LOVE the perspective on this one! Maybe there is a budding photographer in the family!!!


Tara, Kevin, Noah, Avery and Ellie came for a visit this weekend. It is always so great to spend time with them. The kids play together so well that the adults actually get a chance to have uninterrupted conversations! It's a win-win for everyone!


Cody was chillin' on his chicken and it just cracks me up how much he loves that thing.

Picture of the Week -- Week 1

Mattea joined Girl Scouts this year and she is a Daisy. Friday, January 7th was the first day of cookie sales! She was extremely excited. We headed out at 4pm and came back home at 6pm. She sold 55 boxes of cookies. Not bad for her first time out. She is quite the little sales girl. Also, she lost tooth #2 this week!!!

Disappearing act

So, I went in to peek on my little Joshie and I found him sleeping with his hat on. I thought that was odd and also a little crazy that he had the covers pulled up so high.


I decided to uncover his face a little bit and when I went to tuck the covers down under his chin, this is what I found...

Stay out... I mean it!

Sometimes when I am in the office, I don't want to be disturbed. Julie get this. That is why she bought me this AWESOME sign for the office door. On one side, it says "Mom will see you now". On the other side, it says "STAY OUT unless someone is on fire".


All of the kids can read it and know exactly what the sign says. I use the sign. I flip it around several times a day. The first couple times it was on "STAY OUT" and one of the kids walked in, I reminded them that I was busy and that they need to pay attention to the sign. The next time it happened, I asked "Are you on fire???" and they walked back out.

You want to know what happens now??? Mattea walks in, I give her "the look" (you know the one) and she just shrugs and says "I'm on fire" and proceeds to jump around as if she's burning up. Reaaaaaaaallllllyyy funny. Yeah, not so much. Okay, maybe a little bit.

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What a cool day to have a birthday! Happy Birthday, Grandma Carol! We love you very much!! Hope you are having a super fun day today. You deserve it!!!