Clowns

You better believe I sleep with
one eye open now!

(Hmmm...I wonder who could have given
them the idea??.....Grandpa!!
Trouble, I tell ya)

My little terror

Let's not talk about May quite yet.
There really was only Kate's dance recital,
Tyler's soccer games, his T-ball games, Mother's Day, pre-school graduation,
Memorial Day festivities, and much, much more.
But...we can get to all that later.
(I'm convinced the post-date edit button was made for me.)
For now we need to talk about how it is possible something
so small and so stinkin' cute can make
such an enormous mess in less than 5 minutes!
And then be oh so proud of herself.

Honestly, I don't know why the one basket got so lucky.

And onto to the next item of business...

Ah-ha, Kate's kitchen, her favorite...

"Done for now, go ahead and pick it all up for me"

Watch out world!

This girl is unstoppable-

Really.

baseball season

BRING
IT
ON!!!

(I was told this is "game face")

Tyler's first time up to bat...(ever)...and
he asks for the "T" to be taken away.
This boy can swing!
You should have seen his face as he was
running to first base,
he was beaming!
Love it.

a message from Brooke

"Guess what everyone."

"I turned ONE (well, back on March 15th-mom's a little slow).

I had to keep reminding everyone just how old I am now.
(Messy finger and all)... ONE!! Where did that

year go??"

The party got started with a little shout out to
me and then I got stripped (loved it!) and
got to dig into this yummy cake! Mom didn't
even tell me "NO!" What a dream!
"Yum!"
"Really? I can keep going?"
"Sweet! This is the best day ever!"
After making a complete mess of ourselves
(yes, ALL the other kids joined me), we
cleaned up and then hit the dance floor. At first
I just watched my big sister
Kate and cousin Morgan do their thing, and then...
...I figured, why not join them!!

"Boy, was it a fun party!
Sorry if you missed it.
Maybe next year, right?"

Oh yeah, my mom likes to record my stats for journal purposes so here they are:

Weight: 20lbs 5 oz. 45%
Height: 30.25" 90%
Head: 18.5" 90% (must be
lots of brains in there!)

Bye...for now.

These two

Tyler was a having....a day (if you know what I mean) the other day and I found a couple conversations quite amusing.

Mom: Tyler, you can't come out of the room until you are ready to apologize and be happy.

Tyler: (insert super whiny voice) But Ma-ooom (mom) I don't want to. I can't be happy anymore. It's soooo hard.

Mom: Oh and why is that?

Tyler: Because my face won't even let me smile!!

Later on...

Mom: Time to get ready for bed guys.

Tyler: (again, whiny voice) NooOOooo, I don't want to go to bed. I'm not even tired!

Mom: Um, your actions today are proof enough that you are way tired so please get up and get in your jammies.

Tyler: I can't move.

Mom: You can't move? Seriously?

Tyler: No! My legs won't even let my body move at all!

Mom: (gives one of those famous "you better get going or...."looks)

Tyler: Serious. I can't. Watch.

Wow. Life's hard when you're five. Stinker. It's a good thing this isn't an everyday thing for him or there may not have been as much laughing on my end and whole lot more crying on his. :)

While we're on the subject...

Kate's new favorite thing is getting her back rubbed. Seriously, she would have it done all day long if she could. Anyway, we were laying in her bed the other night talking about the day and as I was rubbing her back I asked her what her favorite part of the day was. She replied, "I can't tell you because this feels so good."

I hear ya girl! No one should have to speak while getting a massage. How is one suppose to fully relax if she's expected to carry on a conversation at the same time!

HAPPY EASTER!

Kinda funny

I distinctly remember March 1st because I had just

written the Feb. post and my kids "sweetness" was fresh

on my mind.

Yep. I jinxed them.

That morning was NOT a pretty one my friends.

We had crying, fighting, time-outs,

the whole nine yards and...

we hadn't even had breakfast!

Kinda funny.

Still love them though...

sort of...

just maybe not as much as I did in February.

On a side note: Snow? Really??

Oh, and another side note: you know those mini cadbury eggs?

Dang those things!!

Now, I have a lot to catch up on with this little blog here but I can't seem to get it together. So in the meantime I feel as though I need to give this month a little love....

Despite the boogie noses, ear infections and coughs, we actually have had a fun month. (Maybe it was all the quality time spent inside together coughing all over each other!)
Don't be jealous.
A few highlights of the month included:
-My birthday-family spoiled me as always
-Birthday dinners with old friends that I don't get to see near enough!
-Jeff and I were able to go to California for a couple days without the kids.
It was fabulous! I love my kids but man, breaks like that do wonders for the soul. It was fun to be able to celebrate my birthday and Valentine's Day in one little trip.
-I don't know if it was because February is the month of LOVE or what but my kids were feeling it! They had so much fun playing together and, for the most part, have been so dang sweet to each other!
Anyway, here are just a few random pictures I thought were cute but will tend to get lost in the shuffle so just wanted to post them.

She thinks she is so funny. Apparently she was done with her shirt.Does Kate look 16 in this picture or is it just me freaking out! I'm seriously having issues with
my kids growing up right now. I know, it's slightly selfish of me.
But...can you blame me?

See you in March!