Nothing new here...

Yeah nothing is really new here. We went shopping yesterday and got all sorts of fun stuff, Like elmo panties for Caitlynn. New lunch boxes for the boys (At target they had some on clearance for $1- $3 ). New tight for Brianna (clearance for $0.94) I got some new pants. Oh and I got new dishes!!!! And I LOVE them!! My old dishes had gotten cracked and chipped and the style was retired almost as soon as I got it. Plus as I tried to figure out what I liked in my kitchen I got really tired with blue.... SO I got these dishes.
I love that almost everywhere has similar dishes, at least black and red, so I should be able to pick up what I want to match like platters, serving bowls, and so on and so forth. Yayyy

Oh and Brianna has started letting me play with her hair!!! She requested braids the other day....They were sooo cute she just needs her hair to get a little bit longer!

Today we will be heading to Costco and spending wayyyyy to much money.. :)

busy busy busy

Well This week has been fun, and busy, and trying, and well just what a week with 4 kiddos is..
Monday we had seriah all day and picked up her sister from school with the boys. We then went home, did homework, ate dinner, played outside.. Then came in had cake and went to bed.. Good day..

Yesterday we were supposed to pick up the boy's friend from school but he was home sick :( I hope he is feeling better. But I got a note From Nathaniel's teacher... He was missing some work he needed in class today (he had taken it home to study). So we cleaned out his desk... which took almost an hour and made plans to do so every Thursday until he starts doing better...There where papers in his desk (graded just not brought home) from THANKSGIVING!...oh my..


Today we have Seriah again, and it is a pretty day out, but wet.... I wish it wasn't wet and muddy out.. oh well.
Oh and lets see over the course of the past 4 days, in the morning Caitlynn has been in panties... she wears panties from the time her night diaper is off until we get ready to go get the boys at 2... she has had a total of 3 accidents over all 4 days... she is so close to being potty trained it isn't even funny... is it wrong for me to be upset that she isn't really a baby anymore? This potty training just seals it in my mind that she really is a full fledged toddler... sigh...
And now b/c I have been slacking here are the pictures from our day sunday!

Snack time!

Well now for post #2 today haha
Well per usual my kiddos always HAVE to have whatever I am eating... today I went to make myself some toast for breakfast.. Then just said forget it and made them their own toast so I could eat mine in peace... Then I thought about it and decided to make it a fun snack..
So they each got a piece of peanut butter toast some shredded coconut and a handful of raisins. Then they were let loose to create their own personal designs.... (Nathaniel not crazy about the coconut quickly gave it away to his siblings)

They were all so busy creating and sampling their creations that they were all happy for at least 10 min! LOL


And now that everyone is fed we are off to get dressed and go play outside and hopefully there will be no rain and we will be out until lunch then we will fire up the grill and have some hot dogs and just keep playing and enjoying our Sunday YAYYYYY!


Oh wait before I forget... MY Aerogarden has bloomed.....

Hurray for fresh air!!!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day. The snow melted, we were able to open up the windows, and get outside to play... You know as much as I love the nice days I wish that it would either stay warm or stay cold, this back and forth thing every couple of days is odd.. weird... luckily I have kept a few Tee shirts in each of my kiddo's drawers... Yup...
Well here are some pictures from last night... We stayed outside so long yesterday we didn't eat until 6:30....If that happens tonight I'm just going to run inside for some hot dogs to throw on the grill and make it a picnic. actually we might do that for lunch....
Yes they stink, I forgot my camera inside and took these on my phone...
I plan on taking the kids outside again today and getting Their bikes and scooters and such out (as long as it doesn't rain). I'm hoping to have an AWESOME day... and to not forget the camera inside :)

To big for her britches..

My baby is going to be 2 soon (12 more days to be exact). And she has gotten way to big for herself. Just last month she could count to 2. Then Nathaniel played with her for all of a few hours and got her to count to three... Then tonight after her bath I was asking her how old she was, her answer "five". So I said "noooo your one", and held up one finger to show her. Caitlynn then responded by hold up all five fingers and pointing to each in turn said "one, two, three, four, five". ACK... My one year old should NOT be counting to five already!!!! I guess that comes from having 2 big brothers and a big sister to mimic and play with. But when I asked how old she will be on her birthday, she responded very confidently "Elmo". Sigh she has a big Elmo obsession going on. Which is funny because we don't really watch sesame street very often. But she did get an Elmo live doll for Christmas which she loves, and tells everyone "my Elmo"... I guess I need to get to work trying to make an Elmo cake for her birthday !
And in other news she seems to be well on her way to potty training.. Lately she doesn't like to be wearing a diaper often (which kills me because it is winter and well it is cold!). But she doesn't really have accidents, she just holds it.. A few days ago she looked at me yelled "me poop!" and ran upstairs grabbed the potty seat and got on the potty and did her thing... I thought that it was a freak occurrence but this morning she yelled "me poop" again and ran upstairs got on the toilet and peed... I guess the Elmo potty seat is a good incentive LOL . So while I was going to purchase a few more diaper covers for her birthday I guess I will just dig out her sisters trainers and make due with what we got. I don't think she will be in diapers all that much longer.
So all in all my baby is growing up and getting way to big for her britches.

Here are a few pictures of her, growing up before my very eyes..
Her first day at home

just after her first birthday

And now just a few days ago...

It was a really nice day...

Yesterday morning at least, it was over 50 degree's outside and just gorgeous and unseasonably warm... So I took My girls and my friend's girl out to play. It was so much fun, they played in the pooh house on the slide kicked balls around. And just had a good time!





Then this morning we woke up to 2.5 inches of snow and schools being cancelled...But We all went to Denny's for breakfast. Denny's was giving away free grand slam breakfasts to everyone in America. For $10 (drinks and such LOL) We got to go out to breakfast.. It was AWESOME. Then for lunch we made subs, And for dinner we will be having french onion soup and salads. The boys will probably have chicken nuggets. That is the one meal that I plan on making them something else :).