Easter was Great!

We loved Easter this year. Church was on the early schedule for us so I talked to the Easter bunny and we agreed he would hold off on our house until after we were at church. Well we got the kids off to church and once we got home, he had been at the house! Logan had the biggest eyes when he saw what was left out for him! A huge basket full of candy and Marvel walkie-talkies.

Emma was super excited for the Mermaid Dora doll she got and has had endless hours of fun opening and then making me close all those little plastic eggs.

We went down to my brothers house for Easter dinner this year, and it was a huge success as always. Of course we now need to buy a playstation 2 and Spyro the Dragon game. Logan was talking about it all the way home! He has it in his head that Uncle Brian will trade us the PS2 for our Wii(if only for a week). I haven't mentioned it to Brian, but if Brooke is reading this, you now know.

Easter Egg hunt this year was so much fun. Emma and Logan both shot out of the door and b-lined it to the eggs. They had their baskets full in seconds! Emma was all about finding the eggs and well truth be told, Logan was off and I didn't see him untill his basket was full. He was so proud of his eggs!

Personal Triumph

I am now under 200 lbs! I haven't been that "light" since high school or shortly there after!

Yay for me.

Love my kids

So I have said that Emma is a hoot to have around. Well, right now she is in a pampered chef box singing the ABC's and playing with toys she has deposited in the box. I think she loves playing by herself because she has the best friend anywhere . . . herself!

Why my kids don't like baths

Ok so I just figured out why Logan doesn't like getting his hair washed. It is the method in which we wash his hair.

Do you think that washing them in the washing machine is wrong? Well it doesn't help that I also use the industrial hair dryer to get them dry either! :)

Did you notice Rachel in the dryer?

Emma is Cute

Hooray for Mommy! Ok I just love this picture really. I have to put down some of the fun things I catch Emma doing when she thinks I am now watching. Not too long ago, I was on my bed nursing/dozing and Emma came in and saw that I was "sleeping" and so she very quietly started to play and sing. She made it all the way through "Twinkle Twinkle" and started up "ABC's". Well half way through that one, she reverted back to Twinkle Twinkle and then back to ABC's and finished with a big "What you ARRRRREE"

I can't really blame her, those songs are identical melodies, and we sing them pretty much every day. She is also my go-to girl when I need a prayer said. She always wants to say prayer at bedtime, dinner, really anytime a prayer is called for. When I ask her how we start the prayer, however, she says in her little pixie voice, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam!" Well, Not exactly Emma, but that is the first song that we sing at bedtime, since the kids get to sing with me on the first song. Now usually it is Me or John that guide the prayer for Emma, but one night I think it was saturday night, I started out helping Emma but Logan decided that it was his turn to help and he guided her the rest of the way. He made sure to bless the Missionaries that they can be "Thanksed" and Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Scott and then the big finish, "have a good night sleep" which when Logan says the prayer by himself, is always the last thing he says.

I have to say, having kids is the greatest thing ever! When I was a child I thought having a million dollars would be the greatest thing, and really I woudn't turn it down if it was offered, but don't ever take away my kids! The give me a barrel full of laughs every day! See as I was writting, Logan tried to ride the dog! Now Casper is not a very large dog, and he really hates being ridden so Logan got dumped on his fanny. Laughs all the time! So now I end this particular blog in the same manner I began it but with one difference.

Hooray for Kids!

You Can Make This!

One of my favorite sites is having a contest to win a date night. I love this site and want to buy so many of their patterns, but I have to pace myself. I haven't even used all the ones I have yet! I am currently lusting over the bags and a few of the dresses. Oh and I want those cupcake bags!

Anyway, they are You Can Make This so go check them out.

New Dog

Well we finally did it. We got a dog. We decided to rescue a dog who needed a home instead of getting a puppy that I would have to train. I can't tell you how much of a good thing this is!

I love that I don't have to train him and he is such a good dog. His name is Casper and he is a Lab mix. He is a medium sized dog, white/light tan color and has a curly tail. Casper likes Moe, a feeling which is not currently reciprocated. Moe is doing pretty good concidering though. He really didn't like Scooby, but Scooby was a bit more energetic so that might have added to the poor cats dislike. We love the gate, but found out this morning that we don't need it closed all the time! I didn't close the gate last night when I came back from a friends house, so when John let him out this morning, I was a bit concerned, but before I could get downstairs he was back in the house!

Only had him one day and he is happy with the place I think. He is microchipped so I just need to get it scanned and changed over to our info, which when adopting a stray is free! Yay. He came with a bed, blanket, a few toys and a retractable leash. I will post pictures once I figure out where my cable went that connects my phone to the computer.

Potty Training

It's not going so well. I forgot that my DD has issues with her poops! They are not always predictable and formed. Ok so that is really gross to post on a web site, but it's the truth! GRRRRRR I really don't want her to be in diapers anymore, and really neither does she. I bought tons of underwear for her to wear, and she loves them. She loves her Dora mermaid unders!

Oh good greif! Wahhhh

Hodini . . . I mean Emma

Ok so Emma is going to drive me nuts! As anyone knows who knows me, she is a beast to keep dressed. That girl loves to run around without clothes on. Well this week she has a new trick, taking off her diaper. Every time I turn around she is diaperless, and since this is Emma we are talking about, that means completely naked! I mean it is January! It is going to be 18 degrees as a High tomorrow!

So we are potty training now. I don't know how I will accomplish this, but I can't not do it! This week I have 8 children in my house. Ok so that is only for two house tuesday and thursday for preschool but still! We shall see what happens! Wish me luck!

Worked out!

Ok I walked on the treadmill today. I got up around 8am which for me was sleeping in. Emma or Rachel is usually up and ready to go by 7 or 7:30 every morning. I get the baby and start to nurse her. I usually watch Fox 13 news in the morning and today was no different. Not much on the news but murder and Tae Kwan Do. The two big kids got up and were downstairs by 8:30 so that means Dora the Explorer. I don't care to watch this show myself, but the kids love it!

I had 30 minutes before the little boy I babysit was going to be here, so I put Rach under the arch 'o toys and started up the treadmill. I am impresseed with myself, I walked for 25 minutes, at 2-3 incline and 3-4mph for most of it. Go me! I have started to concentrate on my wellbeing, both physical and spritual, this year. I am getting flabby in all the ways a person can get flabby!

Ok, Rach is not going down for her nap so I need to cut it short. Back soon!