Looking Kinda Like You

Pictures are cool because they freeze moments in time and we can look back and remember. Except sometimes there are pictures that you think, "Iiiiuukk?!? That looks nothing like me!".

These look nothing like my girls. Well, they look like the girls, but don't really look like what they look like. Like you know who they are, but you don't think, "Ah, that looks just like them".





This on the other hand, is what Jared looks like half of the time.

He's full of great expressions, and usually in his pajamas.

The Girls and I...

...I find myself saying that all the time.

The girls and I will be back to pick you up from preschool later.

The girls and I will stay home while you go with dad.

The girls and I went to Target today.

The girls and I...hangin' out at home.






And on a side note, I've noticed a lot of baskets full of clean laundry in the background of my pictures. I totally don't mind separating laundry, throwing it in the washer, switching it to the dryer...but that darned folding and putting away. I dread it. No good reason. Just do.

Get Rich Quick

I know most people who aren't looking for an excuse to drink to excess on a week day or are in elementary school and looking for an excuse to pinch people don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but our family feels it's our road to the high life.

...There's something wrong with that sentence, but I can't figure it out right now with my sleep deprived mind...

See, we have this plan, this brilliant, genius plan to capture a leprechaun and force him (in the most humane way possible)to tell us how to get to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I was never able to do this during my childhood, so I'm passing on the family obsession to my children. And remember, Jared is a kinda sorta genius, so I just might just live out my retirement in excess. Because he'd share of course. He's that kind of kid.

So we build this trap out of a box and put shiny objects under it to attract the little guy (or gal). I have a feeling our lack of leprechaun bondage has something to do with the inadequacy of this idea, but in the next few years I'm sure Jared will come up with a new genius plan for a much improved trap.

Madie wasn't so into the building. She chewed on her Fancy Nancy barrette instead.


We invited the kids cutie pie friend over to make her own trap.


Here Jared is testing it out. I think he was a bit sceptical, but he was willing to roll with it.


And he was right to be sceptical. No leprechaun this year. But we did scare him so bad he ran straight for the door dropping a trail a loose change behind him.

What the Heck, Dad.

Why are you holding me by the shoulders?


Mom?

Help.

My Kinda Sorta Genius

Jared built this Lego duck and for a sec I thought he was a super genius and came up with it all on his own, then he showed me the picture of it on the Lego box and I downgraded him to kinda genius. But still, wow Jared! Good job!


He is really so creative and is always coming up with crazy things to do. And he has this weird obsession with "recycling". Not, lets throw that garbage in the recycle bin and let the garbage man haul it away to be reused as a plastic bottle, recycling. It's more of a hey look, I have this fruit snack wrapper and we can make it into a book about community with pictures I colored for grandma, kind of recycling.

That has nothing to do with the Lego duck, but a lot to do with his creative genius mind.

And he's a show off.


And when they're not fighting, he's really good about helping Madie be part of the fun too. They built this together. I don't know what it is, but she was proud.

She was sick here...look at that poor poofy face.


They're even better Lego creatures when they sit on top of your head.

Hey Mom...?

Jared asked if he could give Abby a new nickname. Imagine his high mickey mouse voice in a super sweet, I'm trying to get something out of Mom, tone. "Can I call her chubby cheeks?"


She was born so tiny and skinny and now look at her. And it's all in the cheeks. She has the regular baby pudge on her thighs and a little round belly, but her cheeks are super pinchable! And if you pinch them, she will laugh. I love it!

We Heart Mrs. Greene!

Jared goes to the best preschool! We love it. We love the teacher. We love the kids. We love all the art projects they do. We love that they bake something yummy that starts with the letter they're working on to bring home and share with Mommy ever week. I even love her house and drool over it a bit every time I drop him off. But mostly I love the preschool. This coming Thursday (Jared's 5th birthday!) they are having a mother's day luncheon. I can't wait!

They made this little get up to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Can I Hold the Baby?

They don't ask a lot, but when they do get to hold her they are so excited about it.




And then they lose interest quickly...


...so he hands her off.

Notice our triple round dimmer switches on the wall with the awesome black "marble" switch plate. That's right, retro! Oh, and the left one lights up orange when the front porch light is off. Thank goodness it lets us know or we might leave our guests standing out in the dark. And we took the door stop plate thing-a-ma-jig that was taped to the wall off and found a nice hole behind it. We'll have to fix that, but the dimmer switches and marble plate will definitely stay.

We Love Grandparents!

Grandma Susie came to visit! The kids totally adore her of course and were so sad to see her leave. She'll be back with Grandpa Kim next weekend though for Abby's baby blessing. Sad thing is, Jared was sick practically the entire time she was here, and right as she was leaving Madie got sick. Poor kids. And poor Grandma, she went home and got pneumonia. Super suck. Hopefully this next visit will be a lot healthier.

Madie was in a mood. Can you tell?

My Beautiful Babies

I like this one. I think I'm going to have to try this set up a few more times as Abby gets bigger.