the rest of january

 we have not minded the warm weather recently one bit

it's SO nice, especially after last winter 

olive came home asking to sun bathe in the front yard one day so everyone joined her

with popsicles!

noah cleaned the downstairs one night instead of reading

and made me lemon water

he is so sweet

 another tooth lost

 i gave hazel some fancy pinterest inspired hair for church

 michael surprised me and wore his bowtie

we love 1:00 church

and it doesn't hurt that jude comes home 

and then takes a "nap" until the next morning almost every sunday

 i'm pretty happy with the new look of the living room

i used my hair money and bought us a new bed frame

we love it

these two love to play outside

 eleanor snow white

 this is what happens when i let henry eat a pudding cup in the car

 henry washing the windows...

but he finally potty trained so he could do whatever he wanted and i'd still be happy

 eleanor cinderella

twins 

 cupcakes for our next door neighbor laura for her birthday

 michael went on a campout with the scouts so we had a pizza/movie night at home

 recital day!

i as pretty proud that i got eleanor's short curly bob into a bun

 olive is happily in gymnastics

 but she still wanted to dress up and wear make up to the other girls` recital

 hazel is looking so grown up

 hazel's recital was first and eleanor's was second so i volunteered to be her class mom

the girls had fun backstage before and after their turn dancing

 she was so excited for her dad to bring her a flower

 miss hannah is hazel and eleanor's teacher this year

 hanging out at the hunts after church

henry and darcy are getting so big

 henry likes to help me prep dinner

 eleanor loves to be a helper

she is always trying to do nice things and help clean

the other day she put everyone's laundry away for them because she wanted to do service

she is the sweetest!

 getting back into running

 and cloth diapering now that i'm down to one in diapers

 waiting for henry's bus one day

 eleanor got a reward at school, hazel's teacher e-mailed to say what a joy hazel is,

and olive befriended a little girl who is in foster care that just moved in with a family in our ward and the mom texted to tell me what an answer to her prayers olive was in the little girl's life

all within 24 hour hours

way to go girls!

 eleanor put her ballet stickers on jude's face..

so cozy on her way out the door

 jude is just the cutest

i love all the faces he makes

 i gave blood at micron and then ate lunch with michael and later in the afternoon he gave blood

i'm sure he worked sometime that day, too ;)

 i made myself a shirt and a dress (picture down further)

homemade pizza

 such a sweet helper

 and henry being henry

insisting on sitting in jude's high chair and making me spoon feed him

while he keeps his arms at his sides....

 cuties at cafe rio

 these two have been working on their splits a lot

 i am pretty flexible but michael is not 

and the girls (especially hazel) have to really work on it 

 i love how often hazel falls asleep with her face in a book

 the new dress i made 

i love it

 having a flat foot competition with a young man in our ward we used to teach

he might have me beat but our feet are pretty similar

 making treats on sunday after church

 we tried and quit the YMCA within three or four days

it's not a good fit for now, it's expensive and henry and jude hate the child watch

but the positive is, i learned i really prefer our treadmill at home to the ones there 

 we took the kids swimming before we decided to cancel it 

and they loved it but i'd forgotten how much i hate indoor pools

they're so cold and getting changed after is miserable

we'll stick with our outdoor neighborhood pool from now on

 the first ones up

 we really wish micron was closer to home so we could eat together more often

but occasional lunch dates will have to do

 accidental twinning

olive is still loving gymnastics

 hazel working on her splits at ballet

 henry doesn't like riding the bus to preschool (he loves it on the way home)

so he was crying as he left the other day so i made him a little guy to match

the patch on his shirt i'd put on after he'd cut it with scissors a long time ago

 the only way henry will stay in time out is if i force him to

he had thrown a train track at olive...

 so cute getting the last drops of milk this morning