Love, Love, Love--Crazy Love!

You know, there are some days that I wake up and think, "what have I done to myself with all of these children, I am so tired!?" But most days I wake up thinking, "what did I do to deserve so many wonderful blessings in my life?" Today at playgroup my amazing friend Jenn was sharing a very personal and touching story about her little girl, Hayley, who passed away in womb 2 days before her due date. Her courage, fortitude, and faith touch me in ways that are hard to describe. I have so, so many fears about my children dying before me and it overwhelms me just to consider it. They are the reason I get up in the morning and they are my happiness on a daily basis. (Jake-you make me extremely happy too!) They are constantly in my thoughts and prayers. I am so incredibly grateful for EVERY day and moment that I get to spend with each one of them. Thank you for all of my crazy blessings!

Future Prophet in da House!

Last night I put the boys to bed around 8 and told them Jake would come in to say good night when he got home from school. So, we both went in there around 8:45 and they were both still awake. So funny--Cooper was lounging on his bed reading this:
He was actually talking out loud to himself and pointing in the book and stuff. It was so stinking funny and so stinking cute! Melted my heart...

Ff, Frogs

F stands for what? Why, fish, of course! We had a fun one with this and even more fun with Linc and Ella. We just used Coop's thumb print for the body then added fins and bubbles with markers.The next day we made a frog craft with all of the monkeys. Yeah, it was messy...but it was fun! I was amazed at the concentration and effort they were putting into it. They're definitely no Monet, but for 2 and 3 year old they ain't bad!

Smiles

Seeing that smile makes all the sleepless nights, tears, bleeding (TMI??), hemmroids (TMI??), achy body, and pains worth it. I LOVE IT!!

Our Little Leprechaun!

Tribute to the Morgan's!!

YEAH!!

The Morgan's finally got a GIRL!!
We are so happy for you...and truth be told, incredibly jealous.
I sometimes dress poor Cooper up like a girl just to satisfy
my intense craving for some more estrogen in the house!!
p.s.--of course that's a joke, he does it to himself!

Monday Book Project

Today we read "The Rainbow Fish" and then made coffee filter rainbow fish. It was more fun that I thought it would be and the boys both really took to it. Plus, the book had a great theme about sharing-a big problem in this household. We just colored coffee filters with markers and then sprayed them with water. Then we used a hair dryer to dry them and then cut them into a fish shape. Then we added a mouth, eyes, and foil for that sparkly look. So easy, super affordable, and fun!

Another Day in the Life of Us

It's always fun when Daddy comes home. Do the rest of you feel this way? For some reason, once Jake comes home the family livens up and everything seems more fun. Maybe that's why fathers are meant to be in the home...to show kids that families are supposed to be nice and fun, not strict and always being yelled at by mom:). Granted, we are with them all day so we see their good and bad sides and have no tolerance for children by dinner time. Yeah for dad's coming home and rescuing mom's at the end of the day!

What Am I Raising?

I had to ask myself this question yesterday as Cooper did two very nasty and strange things.
First: He came running up to me today carrying this dead bird in his hand. Gross! Of course, he was fascinated by it and kept trying to revive it. How do you explain to a 2 year old that the darn thing is dead and no amount of stroking will bring it back?? It was a cute bird, though.
Then: Coop is being very sneaky and has that "I've done something I don't want you to know about" look. Uh oh! I asked him what he was eating. Nothing. Is that bread? Yeah. Oh my! He had dug out the top bun from my day old Chick-fil-A sandwich, which was residing in the garbage can (and not on the top of it). Gross! He was going to town on that thing. Oh well...just one day old bread sitting in a stale garbage isn't the worst thing he could eat.

Future profession: Dumpster Diver. At least I know he won't ever starve!

I'm Seeing Rainbows

Totally fun project! We put the yummy flavored marshmallows into a rainbow. They struggled with the concept at first but they caught on eventually. I will admit that most of the marshmallows went into the mouth and not on the paper--but oh well!