Spring Break

We are having some great weather for Spring Break- we headed to one of our favorite parks, fed the ducks, ran around and played for hours!  Best way to wear some kids out- take them to a park and let them roam and explore like wild kids!  

J first JOB

This handsome almost 4 year old got his first job!

 He was to watch this house while G & R went out of town for the day

 Really- he was to feed and let their bosses out -all 3 of them!

He fed them- yes one of them gets McD's everyday-- and told them "go potty"

 He even got their mail for them!

 This was his compensation!  

 Oh yea- he loved getting paid for doing it!  

"I'm doing it just like Daddy"

J's first shave with real shave cream and a pretend shaver- which is a good thing b/c he was shaving his chest once he was done with his chest!

Bed time chaos

So we have our nightly routines.  Rick cleans the kitchen.  I bathe the kids.  Rick gets H out of bath (she cries b/c she wants to stay in longer).  He reads books with her and does her breathing treatment.  I get J dressed, prayers, act silly and H goes down.  Then Rick and I switch out with J- one of us will do a project (his words, not ours) with him like board game, math game, writing on white board, iPad educational or arts and crafts.  Then the other one reads his 3 new books to him (and they have to be new or else we would be reading the same 3 books).  

Still do her breathing treatment at nighttime through winter- it's working- no ear infections or sinus infections!

Turn on her humidifer-- this thing is golden too!

 Acting silly part!

My kids are in daycare and here is the proof!

Not sure why H has her shirt up showing her beebo-- she is quite proud to show it off!  

But on to the proof-- look at J pants- holes in the knee.  I have saved 2 jeans that don't have holes for Church or anywhere else we go nice.  Basically I have had to teach J to only pick out jeans with holes for school - b/c he is a boy and they slide on the floor all day long!

Then H- well she loves to take her socks and shoes off ALL the time.  Well her smart and savvy teachers figured out a way that she can't pull them off- it's called going back to the 1980's!  

So don't you know we walk so proudly in and out of daycare with these 2 gems by our sides!

All About Harper

 This girl has this walking thing down-- she is everywhere and into everything - just like we expected!

 Loves to say "bubbles" and J will catch them for her on his stick and she will pop them with her finger!

All About Jonah

 Running from Andrea's house with a bag full of goodies- we are blessed!

 Playing tinker toys-- he loves to build / create and he is really good what he comes up with.   This toy takes up lots of time- love it!

 My handsome has a new job- he sets the table each weekday morning for all of us.  He picks out the flavor for H and gets my "real" oatmeal now that I showed him that I make it and put it in the frig.  Such a sweet boy- I heart him so!

 3rd month of paying it forward to our Firefighters-- making them homemade brownies, zucchini and banana bread- yummy!

Wearing my shades and then he tells me "don't I look cool?"

Cuteness

It's official!

I knew the day would come, I have been dreading it--- K and J are both taller than me!  Wow an 8th grader and a 6th grader both passed me up!  

Just and ordinary day around here

I am trying to catch the kids doing random things or things they do all the time and capture them on the blog so in a few years we can look back and see how much they have grown, etc.  So here it goes:

Harper will always find her way to the kitchen- open every drawer that is not locked down and empty everything in that drawer or cabinet.  She can play for a long time just throwing stuff out of there and love every minute of it.  Then the amazing part is when we tell her to clean up, she will start shoving stuff back in the cabinets.

Jonah loves to help Daddy do laundry.  He enjoys matching the socks especially Harper's and putting everyone's clothes away in their drawers.  Then he will have a favorite toy of the day or week (especially since I rotate their toys and books every couple of weeks).  Right now he is loving his tinker toys- loves to build and create new things.  

Well and Harper will follow suit to Jonah and just take any toys that he is playing with.  He tells her no, but she still does it!