Kids played "black men"

Yeah that is what thing two said to the band as he walked through the door tonight. She had dressed herself and the fish (or dish lol) all in black and they started performing a play. They were in a fit of giggles over this move and looking at them selves ......

Moobie just thinks this game is great! Hahahah love this life!

all three a little bit sick

Ok this bug was a nasty one. Headache fever with a nasty nasty cough. And the croupe cough makes dogs perk their ears.
I am just catching it now and pray I get the light version.
Found this on pintrest. I have to admit they weren't as creepy as they are in real life! Kids love making them. I lied the quiet busy house

Had a great labor day weekend

Kinda in love with this picture!

Growing up too fast

Just love these three little people!!

Target tales

Passing by the bathroom fixtures and accessory area in target thing 2 totally picked up and soap dispenser and said when I grow up I want to make my bathrooms look just like a hotel bathroom. Ehhhhhh yeah my bathrooms are the opposite of a hotel' s bathroom. But we has been working on that:) They found this mask on the toy isle as well:)
Hulk wants a hotel bathroom too I guess.

Wrapping up mini darts

This little guy has gone from being nervous in the pool and going in with out a couch to jumping of the side of the pool with out assistance. He has learned the back stroke, freestyle and the breast stroke. This week was when he finally took the plunge off the diving board. Here he is with his little swim buddy Arri.

Last Saturday we were there bright and early so he could compete with his brother and sister in the swim meet. Where e took first place in a 25 meter kick board heat. He was so excited and since he did so well across the pool they allowed him to swim the 25 back stroke. He came in fourth but no other mini darts were competing!

DMV and kinder registration

Today I register the car and my son for kindergarten yeah lots of crazy paper work. And it's all sitting in a folder in my lap. I am number 18 and we are on number nine or so.

Ok so I think The fish has had all his shots but have to go and grab his shot record after is sit here for an hour or so lol

Couple nights ago Braden came down like this......
He said look I'm just like wall-e!! He was kinda excited. For me the excitement ended quite quickly.

New Lens means new pictures of the kids!!

I am addicted to this lens!! It is so much fun to play around in a new way! Spring is almost here and we have been playing with the Band on Saturdays because he is actually home!! We have had the best month of fun time and weekend fun.

This was taken as they kids played at a playdate with Thing 1's friend we all had a blast!

Little brother just got his mission call

We were all around the phone. And gathered to hear those Written words and find out where he was going! He totally is going to serve in Pat's mission!! Guatemala North. Oh we are Sooo thrilled for him and it's totally gotten Patrick all excited to go back and frankly so did I! So many stories and so many things to hear about!
Can't wait to hear all about it!

The flu

This one is pretty intense. I have had the cold and sinus stuff all winter long but this body ache, head pounding, and fever stuff isn't for sissies. After the mucus does down I want to make the kids these....

Sunday breakfast.

The kid had too many eggs for breakfast so now they are not a hot item on the menu. But sausage and hash browns are always welcome!

Kids iPhoneography

The weather has not let us ride:)

We are so excited that soon the weather is gonna clear for the weekend! Hello bike rides!

And Just like that it all changes!!

Honnestly I knew that one day the band would leave the comfort of the car lot but had no clue it would be so FAST!

We are so happy and so excited about the new things he's bring home. And the kids love seeing the fun stuff he gets to work on.
He is using his Spanish everyday again and loving all the adventures the job has to offer.

Having him home on weekends has been so good! Ok this is the first one but it has been great!

Tuesday night's fun night!

Yep that is my big man and The band looks pretty good in his duds too! It was so fun to celebrate the birthday of scouting. More pics to come

I have the most patient dog.

She actually went in the car and road all over town with me! We had a great day just picking up the kids hittin the burrito joint and you know tooling around running all over. Weather got warm today.

Celebrating the birthday:)

Ok sky high jump place is serious fun. We took all three and they jumped for a full hour and they were exhausted after wards! Sooo worth it! I can't believe I am thirty five!! It is so old!! Well not too old but considering ill be 40 soon does seem a bit up there.

Busy busy busy

Shopping with kids. Thing2 got new shoes and can tie them all by herself now. Looking into getting Thing1 lace ups for after school play time so he can practice and I can start leaving the house again now that we are feeling a bit better.

Looking for a bike and trying to get rid of my old one. And thing 1's bike too.

Now that the refund is here......

Isn't it funny as you get older how priorities change. Yes I did want to run right out and get a new couch. And yes I did put my couch on Craig's list. But really?!? What did I run out and go purchase right away?! Socks for the kids. They are the biggest pain to go find every morning and I keep sorting thorough laundry thinking there will magically appear enough socks to just last the day but some how that just isn't ever the case!
So out I ran and bought socks!! We have socks!! Lots of socks. And it is amazing.

The meeting

Today was thing1's meeting for his IEP.It was great to hear some of the concerns his teacher and I have both voiced were something that the teacher and he were seeing. Impulsivity seemed like the biggest thing that was getting him in trouble and the lack of that inner button to follow the rules.
It's do awesome to talk so positively about the strengths and weaknesses of you child with adults that genuinely love your kid! In a totally new and different way than you do as a parent.

They didn't once tell me to medicate him. Not once did they mention that he was just a lost cause and he'd never make it to grade level. He is progressing rapidly in reading with the extra help he has and he has dramatically improved from his adventures in the first few months of school.

He is still having meltdowns consistently about things the kids and teacher are helping him through all the time. And with the assistance he is getting he has some goals that I love set in place for him.

They are so super sweet to him and have been guided by the example of his teacher in how to help him with kindness and gentleness. It is such an unusual situation for kids that are naturally mean spirited at this age.

I am mostly so proud of thing 1 he has made amazing strides in his academics and is really getting on track. But most of all the heart that this kid has is pure gold. He is so caring and kind to everyone. His class mates really look after him. He has been one trooper to move schools and he has been so blessed to be where he is now.

We have a plan for him in place to help him continue to make huge strides in his social development and academic. But most of all he is this adorable and little man. Who I am very proud of.

Dear Diary

Yeah I will have to try and remeber that all potato recipes are not created equal. We made the sad attempt today of baking fries. To which my husband actually protested having the "king of all fry makers' as a dad. I have to agree the fries that my Father in law makes are the best EVER!

After eating good homemade fries by the band it was off to get some hats to mother and baby source.
You know these but the lower corner owl hat went to mini g. Hope it's just right:)

This winter and our being sick.

Now being sick has been the M.O. this winter and I am tired of talking about it so we are going to post about my dog being sick. I know so much more interesting. It was bad. And by bad I mean like awful. The barfing started the whole process. But what was really bad was the "Back end Explosions" she on two different occasions exploded.
It was last week sometime (January is kind of a total haze) I had gone to bed early. And all was quiet in our house and I wake to the Band apologizing profusely. I hear the urgency in his voice but I wasn't with it at all. I could hear almost every other word.
"So Sorry..... Dog.... come quick....you have to.... out of no where"
So sitting up on the side of the bed I tried to get my bearings. My nose has been clogged since October so smelling my awaiting mess was not going to happen. I walked down stairs as the cold air from my back and front doors swung open. Moobie had made a 5 inch diameter mess on the floor. And my husband was frantically trying to not barf. Evidently it was pretty bad.

Then the spasm hit him. He started a wrenching sound that could have been mistaken for a moose mating call. Nothing came up but for sure he had the look of terror in his eyes.
From my children alone he has been crapped on, yacked on, and peed on. One small whiff of what mother nature never intended to go on carpet was the end of him.
He ran out of the house.
I giggled and giggled as I cleaned up the mess. I am telling you the best recipes for carpet cleaning are available online! Within 20 mins or so he was able to re-enter the house and all was quiet again.

Well minus my out burst of giggles.

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Trying to play still behind but still trying to play!

My beautiful mess

This represents so many things I love all together. Hubby, kids, and yarn and hooks.
This time of my life is amazing!

The nightmare that is LEGO

I think all of this year's and last year's posts consist of what my kids did while we were sick this week. Thank goodness for legos and curse them at the sametime! We are busy trying to rid our house of the colds, but mostly picking up legos. And finding them everywhere. We have been trying to institute an new rule to confine the disease of legos. They are allowed only in the boy's room. But you know that is just way too difficult to come to dinner with out them in your hand. So I started explaining to Thing 1 it is like you don't bring your school work on the playground you just need to take a break for a bit. The car is the main place where i am going to have to regulate this rule. They have more legos hiding in the car seats than anywhere I believe.
The thing is not just one kid is playing with them it is all of the children! All of the time! I will admitt when it does get bad I take them and hide them for about a week and then I realize how much they save my sanity. They have seen hours and hours of play time. During playdates they are the thing that they do so they can say "look what i have" and "I built this today"!