in between all the birthdays

three birthdays in 2.5 weeks (with jude's turning 6 months in between)

has been a little intense

but in between it all are some really sweet moments

and spring has been amazing after such a long, cold winter
...
hazel learned how to make pancakes
yay!

i love going on walks with the boys while the other kids are at school

 henry's paintings usually end up as soggy paper messes but it's so cute at first

 he likes me to watch him jump on the trampoline from the stool next to it

 eleanor and henry both blamed each other for coloring our couch
but i think it was actually henry
luckily it came off with wipes

 i love this little muffin

 jude has not been impressed with baby food. he likes real food much more

 watching for the ice cream truck

 walking to school

 i love hazel and eleanor held hands for a long time

and olive loves to push the stroller

 scooter race

 dinner helper

 cutting scraps while i sew a dress

henry and darcy

 little best friends

 picking up our chicken coop

 first time in the baby swing in the backyard

 after a little mommy meltdown

 (having 6 little kids is hard!and michael and i had a little fight which never happens)

i was happy to have a family movie night

 cuties

 olive was dying for me to wrap her hair in a towel after her shower

 henry did this himself and said arrrrr matey

 noah set them up in our bed

 eleanor's preschool pictures are SO cute

it was hard to pick which ones to order

 eaitng a bunch of my oatmeal while i was doing other things

he always likes my food more than his

 hazel and olive decided to dress like twins just for fun

 i took the little boys to the co-op for some dairy free foods

 monkey

 we love sunny days

 when we realized our "chicken" that showed up in our yard, inspiring us to get two more chickens

and a coop was actually a bob white quail...michael's co-worker took it and eventually let it go

 pretty cherry blossoms

 working in the garden

 the family with their cheese lasagna and me with my dairy free one

 waiting for grocery pick up

 cool trick

 always putting on shows for me

 these two love each other

 wearing noah's old jacket from 10.5 years ago

 playing at the park after taking the kids to school

 she brought along a pillow and a blanket on our walk

she loves to be cozy wozy

 lunch date with michael

 look at that smirk!

 sweet sleeper

 working on his robot on the backyard

 unloading the dishwasher without being asked...all by hersel

such a sweet girl

she's been living in her birthday dress

 olive and henry helping me cut melon for dinner

and hazel holding jude for me

sweet kiddies

 me and noah can share shoes now! our feet are the same size!

 noah was sad we got rid of "rosie" the quail because they can pass disease to chickens

so we replaced her with a new chicky he named chirp or chirpy

 we're all in love

 olive loves to pick flowers for me

 my view from the attic while i got the easter decorations down

 chirp helping us with our puzzle

 noah couldn't make himself fill our a genetics form for school about anyone other than michael

he's so sweet

 practicing the sign language alphabet for her preschool program