So I realize...

I am terrible about posting on the same day, however, I am still posting a picture for everyday. This week was a little crazy, Sunday I had to give a talk in Sacrament. That evening two friends came to stay with us, their parents are in Italy (Lucky), so between 4 kids demands I've been pretty busy. JJ really enjoyed their company and even cried when they left. I on the other hand have enjoyed getting back to routine, getting the house cleaned, and the quite.

 

Telling Ghost Stories in the closet, spooky!

 

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JJ wanted all his safety gear on so he could do crazy things and not get hurt, like deliberately running into the wall.

 

Mommy's little helper

March

Cold weather, warm weather, St. Patty's Day, Happy Birthday Mom! Day Light Saving... wow, this day light savings has really taken a toll on me. Maybe it's because I wake up at 6:00 to go to the gym.

 

Playing while JJ is at Preschool. Eva is really good to help me clean while JJ is at school, but we always try and have some fun time. I don't know why, but it's really hard to get any cleaning done when JJ's home.?

 

These days Eva always has crazy hair, no matter what I do with it, her hair eventually looks like this.My Mom's birthday was on Friday, she took the day off, and my niece had asked if she would go to her school for lunch. We ended up going with, it was fun, JJ loved it, he is really excited to got to first grade, when he can take a lunch box.

 

It may look warm on "Mars", but it was freezing that day. We wanted to get out that day, so we went to the Planetarium, we took trax and ended up cold and wet from walking to and from lunch, but we enjoyed spending time with Dad.

 

Boxes are always the best toy.

 

Love the upside down shades!

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The funny/not so funny things they say.

Eva loves JJ and she copies him all the time. She now loves to ask, "Why?" She knows when to ask it, which is really annoying, she shouldn't know when it's appropriate to ask why for another year :). How do they learn to always ask why? I think it's true that a Mom's number one response is "BECAUSE", because we are asked why all to frequently. Lately my response to JJ is, "Why do you always have to ask why?" I don't think he likes it much. The other thing Eva learned that is really sassy is, "NO WAY!!!" Seriously? Yes, it was funny the first couple times, not anymore.

OK, total shocker- JJ actually listens in Sacrament Meeting, well I guess sometimes. Maybe it's because we don't allow him to play with toys until after the sacrament. The kids and I were standing in the line at the post office yesterday, JJ decided to start reciting the first article of faith. That led into him reciting the sacrament prayer. I couldn't stop chuckling. I'm sure some people where wondering what the heck this little boy is talking about, but I got a kick out of it.

Character...

Lately JJ has been a real character. As I've mentioned JJ loves Scooby Do. This week whenever I tell something he doesn't like, for example: Time to clean up, he says, "Grrr, Scooby the door, Grrr." I'm not sure if this is actually in a Scooby movie, but it is a clear sign of his dislike.

One thing about Eva, that I'm not sure if I've ever written about is she will not put anything down. She says, "EEEEEE," until you grab it and put it down for her, such a Princess!

 

JJ got Cranium Hullabaloo from Lily for his birthday, even Eva likes "playing" with us.

 

JJ's preschool celebrated Dr Suess' birthday all week, we even celebrated with Green Eggs on Saturday, JJ's request. 

JJ hates the idea of taking a bath, but he always loves it. Eva would probably live in the bath, if I let her.

 

We went sledding and made a snowman on Saturday, thinking it will be the last time until next winter.  

Silliness ensues. 

 

One of my favorite childhood past times, fort/hut building.

Another week/month gone by...

 

Eva calls her hair clips "pretties", probably because I always say pretty when I put them in her hair, in an effort to convince her to leave it in.

 

Silly faces!

 

Chocolate Overload Cake

Yummy! I made it for a ward activity.

 

Date Night

 

This is what Eva looks like when we pick her up from nursery, her hair is always a mess. 

Today was a beautiful day! We spend the afternoon at the prak!

This Week...

 

I really choked on Monday, I didn't take a picture, but to my surprise when I downloaded the pictures from the camera there was one. I remembered JJ taking the camera out of my bag while we were at Walmart, but I didn't know he actually took one. 

Enjoying being outside for a few minutes.

 

I dished the kids food up so it would cool off, then

I opened the fridge to get some grapes. In the time it took me to get the grapes Eva's food was on the floor. Eva is a really good eater, just a little impatient.

 

There is always Super Hero action in our house!

Thanks to Ja and Kris for inviting us to My Gym, the kids had a great time! I had to include a picture of each kiddo. 

 

The Two Towers

Ok, so there are more more than two, but I had to name it that because Spencer and I have been watching the Lord of the Rings.

 

"Mell", Eva loves to smell Mommy's roses, she yells "mell" all day long. 

Tonight I was thinking I need to get some video of Eva walking, sometimes she has this swagger that it soooo cute!!! One of her arms is at 90 degrees and she moves it from side to side as she walks. I decided to describe it, because we are usually not lucky enough to record what we really want to. I've been dying to record her say SASSY too, but no such luck.

JJ has really been into Scooby Doo lately. At lot of the shows that he watches drive me crazy, but Scooby Doo is pretty cool.

Love...

JJ loved Valentines Day, as he does all holidays. Last week was a lot of fun, and busy. We had fun watching the Super Bowl with the Pratt's. We celebrated Lily's birthday that day, I'm still thinking about that yummy cake, Kris- Thanks!!! I finally took the kids to get their pictures taken, I hadn't got JJ's 4 year picture, and Eva at 18 mon. JJ got to celebrate Valentines at Preschool, he really enjoyed that. Friday we were able to go with Lily to the Aquarium for her birthday, that was fun. JJ sang an extended version of Happy Birthday to Lily, it had Kris and I laughing. Saturday Spencer and I were able to go to the temple with my nephew Preston. Seriously, how did that happen? Preston will be leaving for his mission to Columbus Ohio in April- crazy!!! When we got home from the temple I started baking. I made 140 sugar cookies. My family gets together every month for birthdays. Each family takes a turn giving a family home evening lesson. I was in charge this month, my Mom suggested we do something fun for Valentines day, so I made the cookies, the kids decorated them, and we delivered a plate of cookies and a rose to 12 singles in my Mom's condo complex. It was wonderful, the kids enjoyed it, and the cute old ladies kissed and hugged the kids. One woman answered the door and practically screamed with delight, "My first Valentine!!!" We had a great Valentines Day, I hope you did too! Eva started to say I you this week, I'm pretty sure it means I love you.

PTOD:

 

Happy Birthday Lil

 

The real sleeper.. and the fake sleeper

 

Mommy's little helper

 

Waiting to get pictures taken

 

Indoor fishing/camping

  

Aquarium

 

My nephew Preston and his GF Megan

 

Happy Valentines!