Spring is Here!!

R, C, and A made a stick raft modeled after a "Mythbusters" episode they saw. My older brother said now they need to take full scale!!

Mac . . . Grill is not a place we go to super often but

we always love it when we do get to go!

A spring trip up to Washington D.C.

Forget double trouble this is triple trouble!!

Napolean the turtle is out newest addition to our family!

He is R's turtle and Napolean is very well cared for!

Puzzle time with Daddy.

Daddy made the kids a VERY special meal!! He BBQ'd ribs, and made esparagus, and brownies with Ghirradelli chocolate on top after the brownies get out of the oven!! YUMMY!

Yummy ribs!!

Yep, spring with its flowers are here!

Grandpa got the boys all antler horns when he was overseas!

B's first time "roller skating".

Sisters and Friends

Easter Sunday! Daddy was overseas and it was VERY rainy but

we still had the resurrection of our Saviour to celebrate!!

The picture on the right above of the boys playing chess I took for a friend that lives in Colorado and is one of our close friends and former church family there. She sent the kids an Easter care package with these little stuffed animals in it and the kids loved them. I wanted her so see how much! The boys had them close for their game of chess!

 

Above: Coloring spring pictures for Grandma!

2 Pictures above is the kids all on our crib/toddler bed before C dismantled it for us. It was starting to fall apart and I knew it had to be taken down even thought it made it through all 7 of our babies. Happy memories. We took one last picture to remember it by.

Ninja Certification

 Big sister "A" has worked with little "J" on becoming a "ninja". She used a vest we had purchased from the dollar store and when he would complete a "ninja" task she would make him a felt badge and put it on his vest. Oh boy did he like this! He also got items like the dollar store toy knife on his wrist after completing tasks. Tasks included such things as walking up the stairs quietly, sneaking up on mommy and giving her a hug without me turning to see him coming, staying in his bed at nap times or night night 3 times (that is a big task but he made it!), etc. She made the above certificate for him on the computer as having successfully completed jr. ninja training. What a special memory for the 2 of them to have as the years go by.

In the above picture she used painters tape to put the big N on his outfit and below she made his hat.

Misc. pictures of the Kiddo

Waiting out the storm . . .

                                                 Waiting out the storms we had weeks back!!!
The twins just thought this was just GREAT fun and didn't want to go back to bed when it was all over!!

Week 2/21-2/26

I am having to look backward at this week so it will be spotty since I only recently decided to start this type of journaling.

Tuesday--I remember my birthday! I turned 39! We had had my major celebration before my hubby left for overseas last week. He made me a SUPER yummy meal and then we had a piece of Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake!! The kids made me very sweet cards and some got me Dollar Tree gifts. Little J (3) used his dollar bill to buy me a birthday balloon. "A" got me cozy socks, and R bought me nail polish and a brush. So sweet!

 Anyway, today the kids ate Peep Cake which had Easter Peeps on top of brightly colored cake and I got gluten free cup cakes since I have Celiacs.  The party ended with the big kids putting smaller kids on their backs with pretend weapons and running around the house. "B" (2 1/2) put her doll behind her like she was a big kid. Very cute!! I love my kiddos.

Can't remember what night it was that Little C was having a very hard time not melting as we were waiting for kids to get done with swim practice but by the time it was done. I was done too:-/ We got home and R asked how he could help and their really wasn't much he could help with so he went off by himself and found something that he thought would help Mommy on his own. I walked into my room and he was folding clothing and cleaning!! So SWEET and such a blessing after a stressful night.

We finished our lunch time book on the Klondike Goldrush. I may do more on that later but we REALLY enjoyed the true stories of the men and women of the Klondike Goldrush!!!

Fridays "G" and "A" go to a local school to help run a Bible Club. They mainly help corraling kiddos and helping some with the skits. This Friday one little kiddos was having  a rough time and he was asked to sit next to "G" during this time he asked "G" GREAT questions and "G" gave him the right answers and that is what it is about! Learning about Christ! The little one asked "Why did Jesus have to die and not someone else?" "They put bad guys on the cross so why was Jesus put on the cross?"
Great experience for my kiddos. Jesus loves the little children. On our way home I needed to stop for groceries but I had very hungry kids and it was approaching dinner time so I decided for fun to let the kids pick out each one what TV dinner they wanted. They enjoyed that!!!! Two kids got chicken and waffles and Mmmm, Mmmm did those ever smell good!!! It was probably not the most economical way of eating but was fun for the kids!