March 29, 2018

henry is four!

last picture as a three year old because the next morning he turned FOUR!
 he woke up and immediately asked for a bath
so i brought him breakfast in (my) bed afterward
he loved it
 all dressed and so handsome for his birthday pictures
he wore a freezer stencil shirt i made him that said "roar, i'm four!"


 he really wanted a sandbox and our neighbors are moving and happened to want to give this one away so lucky henry got it for his birthday
he was so surprised and happy
 getting ready for his party with some dinosaur party hats
 some dinosaurs celebrating
 pretending his pinata was biting him
 setting the table
 noah made some drawings as decorations
 the food: "dirt" pudding and dinosaur gummy cups with chocolate rocks
dino cupcakes
 dino pb and j and fruit and veggies
 dino nuggets and fishies


 henry and his friends (two more showed up late)
 michael surprised henry with a bubble machine during his party on his lunch break
 opening presents
 singing to the birthday boy

 pinata time
 it was only 57 degrees but the kids had a water gun fight after the party

 another bath to warm up...with a popcicle of course
 opening the presents and cards from us and his grandparents
 noah made henry a little lego version of our family
with everyone looking at him
 time for cake
 his triceratops cake

he had a really great day and loved everything he got
i am just happy i have kept him alive this long :)

March 22, 2018

so happy it's spring!

hazel had her 4th grade music program and it was very cute
 everyone's favorite after school snack
 michael had to work SO late one day (and fairly late several other days) so we had chocolate milk and mini pizzas outside on a blanket and enjoyed our backyard


 finally home after a 12.5 hour work day
 i made apple pies for pi day for noah to take to school
 this girl is such an angel most of the time but occasionally a bit of a stinker
she was tired from daylight savings and decided half way to school she didn't feel like going
because it's boring...so she turned around and came home
i was shocked to see her when i answered the door and have driven or walked them every day since
 pretty ballerina doing homework
 burning some energy while olive is in gymnastics and hazel is at ballet
 waiting for a hair client
i've been keeping pretty busy lately
 delicious sugar cookies
 i hate waking him up for kindergarten pick up but he's so cute
 sharing off my plate
 cutest little banana eater
 eleanor said noah and hazel are worth more than gold to eleanor
 jude is such a sweet baby

 check out my face shape and nose compared to.....
 eleanor
we're surprisingly similar at the same age
 leprechaun traps

 waiting for cafe rio playing pictionary
 eleanor woke up sick on st patty's day and still lived it up anyway
 a little st patrick's day surprise for the kids


 we slipped away to the temple on saturday afternoon
 jude's first sentence
"hi chickens"






 eleanor told me she'd been practicing this with chirp all day
 matching dresses
the girls are made by me and mine is store bought




 family picture with the self timer

 eleanor is so cute
"dear noah you are the best brother"
"hazel you are the best sister"
 how many pictures is too many pictures
i just love him

 i love that my dad sends the kids wonderwords and gum
i hope they always remember it
 cute grumpy baby
 watching a movie
 why does noah look SO old in his band picture?!
 henry is obsessed with noah lately
he is always happy to play for a minute before noah goes to school
 a picnic at the park with the little three
five kids playing outside after dinner while olive was in her room with the window open
watching the neighbor boys play basketball :)
 jude woke up a few hours after he went to bed
and he was being so funny
 he loves giving michael kisses
 today we picked up our cute little bunny from school

 and had lunch with olive
 and then hazel
so far spring is pretty great