Our little catch-up

Oops. Was I supposed to be updating this? Sorry and here's a quick overview of what we've been up to.

First, we blessed our beautiful Brooke. Due to difficulty fitting her in her carseat with her dress, we are still lacking pictures. But they will come. I waited a long time to have her wear her dress, so I will be sure to get pictures to remember it.

Next, Jordo had a run in with the tile step at Grandma and Grandpa's. As soon as he let go of his throbbing ear, I watched it fill up with blood and turn black and blue. The next few days it only got worse. It looks a bit better now, but still pretty ugly.

We weren't surprised that it was him though. He's our accident prone kid.

Here are my three green kids celebrating another fun St. Patrick's Day.

We decorated cookies with green frosting and then delivered them to Dad at work.

We went on a hunt following green shamrocks looking for leprachaun gold which was hiding in the trunk!

And of course, we enjoyed a delicious green dinner. Green alfredo and noodles, green french bread, poppers (aka edemame), green jello, green koolaid and finished it off with some green chocolate chip mint ice cream.

More pictures to come of cousin Soph's 'fancy' birthday party and Brooke. I'll try not to wait a month this time :)!

Olympic Fever

At our house we have loved having the Olympics to watch and are big fans of this ultimate sporting event. Today I was watching the cross country skiing sprint and the boys sat down with me. The next thing I knew, they had their 'skis' (aka slippers) and 'poles' (aka golf clubs), and were skiing all over the kitchen.

Here's the action shot.

Here are my future olympians! I love the creativity of kids.

The Rising Dough Trampoline

Today I was trying to help my roll dough out by putting it in the sun. The boys were playing on the floor there too, and one thing led to another.


Sorry the lighting is terrible. Here is Jordo bouncing his animal off the plastic wrap. (The rhino has bounced up and is in the middle of his shirt)



Here's the compromise. In order to save my plastic wrap and roll dough, I made the boys miniature versions with cereal bowls.



And then, they noticed they could 'trap' their animals. Oh the possibilities of fun with plastic wrap and a bowl.

And here is my beautiful Brooke who was watching all the action from the couch. She is starting to smile in response to people now and it is so fun. I wish I could tell you all how much I adore this little girl.

What we've been up to...

Not much really. With cold weather and a new baby, we mostly stay home and play.

This is what happens when I leave my cub scout bag out and go take a shower. It all managed to stay on paper though.

Here's little Brookie getting ready for a bath. Isn't that a perfect face all bundled?

Jordo always falls asleep on his back with his hands on his tummy. I thought this was so funny when I went to tuck him in one night. Perfect angel by night, and by day?... Love this boy, but not quite so calm and peaceful when he's awake.

Brooke's Newest Skill

Brooke proves to be an excellent little bubble blower. Asleep or awake.

And just so you can all see how cute she looks in this sporty little suit. Pictures just don't do her justice, she is so much cuter in person. Perfect, really!