Levi Gives Me the Giggles!

Looks like Levi is EXPECTING...

...MICKEY MOUSE!

Tooth # 2 is gone!

Miss Kellie lost her 2nd tooth today!

Phil, the 1st Grade Flamingo

Phil has spent the entire year visiting all the kids in his 1st grade class. He came to visit us for a few days this week and has had a great time. We took pictures and Caleb wrote in Phil's big travel journal about his time with us. Caleb sure has been a fabulous host! Here is Caleb entertaining his guest..

 Phil enjoyed a bike ride with Caleb.

 He really liked the playground equipment.

 He thought the slide was cool, too!

 The bubble wall was fun.

 But I think his favorite activity was climbing the rock wall.

Thanks for visiting, Phil!

Table!

 We have been looking for quite a while and finally found a table that is big enough for our growing family. (Plus, with the sale promotion the store was having we got the matching server, too!) This table can extend to seat up to 10 comfortably. Looking forward to hosting meals in the future!

District Wide Art Show

 We found out this year that Caleb's Monet Impression that he did in art class was submitted to the district wide art show. We went down to see it and were so impressed with all the creative things that students come up with. We are so proud of you, Caleb!

Aaron's Project

This year the 4th Graders have been studying Colorado. They have each chosen a location of significance in Colorado to do a report on and they have been working on it for the last month. His written report was done at school, but his visual project was to be completed at home. Aaron wanted to build a model of the fort, so here it is. I think it turned out pretty well. Good job, Aaron!

Mouse "Abuse"?

I'm not entirely sure, but I think that maybe this treatment of Levi's beloved Mickey Mouse qualifies as "Mouse Abuse". Maybe it's just an incredibly ingenious mouse trap. Either way, I think Levi's having a good time. (even is Mickey isn't!)

Trees

We have had such beautiful 80 degree weather today that we decided to spend the afternoon planting some trees for our yard. The green leafed one is a flowering pear (non fruit-bearing) and will have little white flowers on it in the Spring. The othere tree is a flowering Plum (non fruit-bearing) and has reddish purple leaves all year round with little pinkish flowers in the Spring.

Snuggling with Tractors

Yesterday my parents were out for a drive and dropped by for lunch and to see the kids (that weren't in school.) Grandpa gave Levi these John Deere toys he had picked up for him. Levi enjoyed them all day long and when it came time to go to bed he wasn't sure he wanted to put them down. Here he is in his evening snuggle with dad, hugging his new toys from Grandpa. Thank you Grandpa, Levi loves them!

Life with Levi

There are many reasons why I absolutely love being a mom and adore my kiddos. There are also many reasons why being Levi's mother is so very exhausting. Rest assured that this 10 second clip is very much what the rest of my day looks like. 

(In case you can't tell, he's chasing our poor dog around the house with that dump truck.)

The recent escapades I haven't filmed are:

standing on top of the stove

cleaning the bathroom walls using a toilet brush and water from the stool

standing on the kitchen table to swing the chandelier

removing all the door stops in the house and bringing them to me in a bucket

dumping buckets of sand over siblings heads

using a yo-yo as a lasso to swing over his head

hiding in the cupboard giggling while Mom searches desparately for him

taking a pretend nap in the dog crate

insisting that he is a chicken and "bawking" for hours on end

helping himself to the lunchmeat in the refrigerator

(and my personal favorite) 

 refusing to get his jammies on while insisting that "Me Cute Me Diaper" while strutting around doing a dance

I love my little Tazmanian Devil, but I really think I need a nap. :)

Matt is 35!

Matt turned 35 this week. I think overall he had a pretty good birthday, except maybe when the kids were amazed that there were "SO MANY candles on that cake" and when Aaron asked if we were trying to set the whole thing on fire. We love you Matt!

It's a GIRL!

Yesterday I went in for my 20 week ultrasound. Our little baby looks perfectly healthy, weighing in at just under a pound. We were excited to learn that Baby #5 is a GIRL! All of the kids are pretty excited; it is what they all wanted. Kellie is especially happy not to be the only girl anymore, too!

Easter 2012

Happy Easter!