Rainy days and Mondays....

...used to get me down. It started out snowing this morning and it turned to rain. I knew we would not be going out to play today. we have been enjoying the 'warmer' weather and going for walks but not today. I think sometimes staying inside to entertain themselves is good for them. They decided our activities for the day
A tea party with fancy dresses (Ben decided not to come)


waffles and chicken nuggets for lunch.
a short game of hide and go seek. Kendall only wanted to hide with me and always in the same place. Ben would only hide with his 'snuggie' crocodile that is too big to hide without having the tail or the head stick out from any hiding spot.

the rain is letting up so who knows we might go for a walk before Kendalls nap. then I might be able to get something done today not that this rainy day was not enjoyable

A little something extra for everyone Kendalls skirt will not stay on without her pullup

all attitude

My sister stopped by today and ended up staying for lunch. While the kids were playing in the front room we could hear some yelling. Not you typical "give it back yelling" it was a bit more bossy than that. Kendall in her best 'mom' voice and her best 'mom' pose was trying to boss all the kids around.
The best I could come up with without seeing what happend was that her tower of blocks got knocked over and she wanted them picked up.
I must put my hands on my hips a lot, I never thought I really did that.

Happy Birthday to my big boy!

always wanting to hold my hand
waking up with a smile on your face
being curious
loving trains and trucks or anything with a trailer for that matter.
never wanting to come inside
looking for an adventure everyday
loving snakes and dirt
being a typical boy but still having a big heart
loving your little sister
asking first, even if the answer will for sure be NO
helping with so many things
too scared for swimming lessons, yet fearless in a canoe
growing up too fast
so social you know no boundaries
being daddy's shadow

For the little boy who made me a mother and surprises me everyday with how much you know. my life would never be the same with out you and I would never want it to be any different now that you are here.
I love you Ben Happy Birthday!!

he needed a place to lay his head....

......because his old bed was so short he would hit it on the headboard. Ben has had a hard time lately staying in his own bed. I think it had a little (or a lot) to do with the fact that he has outgrown his toddler bed. Everytime he would roll over he would hit his head or arm or leg and that would wake him up and send him running into our room with our big bed so he could sleep. I hope it takes him a while to grow out of this bed, my baby is growing up too fast he will be 4 in a few weeks hard for me to believe. I love this shot because the bed makes him look small again
Just to make sure he stays in his new bed we have a sleep chart he gets to put stickers on when he wakes up if he stays in bed all night and at the end of two weeks he gets to go to Chuck E Cheese.

all ready for church...

slippers and all.

speed racer

Kendall doing her best pose!

Tonight we went to the car show with Tyler's grandparents. They are in the market for a new car since they had a LITTLE accident over Christmas. It is nice we get to spend so much time with them now that they live in Utah. Kendall was sad that they didn't bring their bird Sadie but she got over it fast when she realized she could get in all the cars and pretend to drive. It was fun to watch them run around and play Ben would always get in the drivers side and Kendall would wait to see what car Ben was going to and she would run around to the passenger side and "ride" with him. Every time she would get in she would say "bye mom, would you close my door?" and then she would buckle her seat belt [safety first]

just one of those days......

I couldn't seem to get anything together this morning just rushing from one thing to the next. On the way out the door to take Ben to school he was trying to tell me something but I was in such a hurry I wasn't really listening. Something about his shoe, as I look down I see that he only has one shoe on.


New years resolutions seem silly to me but I did think of one that I could live with. If something comes up that make me want to yell I just need to think about it and if I will laugh about it later I need to grab my camera.

from the mouth of Kendall

after putting up with teasing and pushing all morning Kendall had finally had it. She told me
"I want Ben to go to school today!"
poor girl Ben only goes to school twice a week I think she wishes it were everyday.