another after school ritual...

This picture is awesome!

Lets dance

Oh, better idea... get Gabe!

We won and he's retreated! :)

char walking 1

A few weeks ago I took these videos. At first I was not excited at all for Charlotte to be walking. Once babies are walking they are into absolutely everything! I think that she took her time to walk for my sanity and because she wanted to get it down just right. I think she is my sensitive perfectionist, already! Congrats Char on another milestone! :)

char walking 2

So THAT is where it is!

Dishwasher utencil is used THIS time to carry Beatrice's Barbies!

Great idea Gabe!

Me:"Gabe, what are you doing?"
Gabe:"I dont want anyone to notice my red eye from Addy poking it with a toy."
Me: "you dont think they'll notice the huge tissue and headband creating a fun eye patch there?"
Gabe: "looks way better! and maybe it will show what kind of abuse I take from my sisters!"

kids copy baby char

Just a normal day after school with the kids! Char is loving the attention and now she starts this copying all the time. Oh man its soo cute!

A happy baby is...

a naked baby playing with tampons.

Hands down, the best part of life for any one year old on the go! hahah! 

I'll find anything that keeps them occupied some days. :)

breakfast

I get to send my days with these faces! Aren't they adorable?!

Once someone asked me why I have so many pictures of the kids at the table, usually eating. I said that was really the only place that the kids sit still! I dont have a nice enough camera to get them on the run. Ok, maybe that would not work either....

Addy style

Wow!

This is a simple creation of her outfits. So, This post is in honor of her sence of style and creativity!

You go girl!

birthday song!

This happened the first weekend of January! Happy Birthday Adeline!
Lots of her friends are here to help her celebrate and always a big brother assure to annoy, but there she still has smiles!! :)
Yes, I made the cake, the sleepy eye covers, 5 of those kids and the fun paper pom poms.

the man cold!

Yep! THIS is what I am dealing with! I thought I had it bad when I was taking care of myself and Char and Bea when we all had this awful cold/flu with fevers and yucky stuff. Then when I thought I had been tested enough, Chris gets sick. Oh gosh! I was only being prepared to take care of him. :) I joke, but... these past few days have been crazy!
My profound conclusion...
I have decided that men are babies. :)

Celebrate

You know how we are getting OLDer! Well, I never really feel like it. Then I notice that my body is getting older. I am a healthy and active girl, but some things I just cant change with my bod. I decided to embrace my flaws and just get to know the me that I have. That inspired me to get a few of my friends together and ask Jessica for all of us to do some pictures. She took ours with her awesome creative style and I took hers with her camera and enjoyed every second of being behind a "real" camera! My friends are stunningly beautiful. It was so fun! The nature of our pictures were... boudoir pictures... for our husbands... as a gift. :) But then I thought, this is part of enjoying who I am! Hey, I was inspired by my famous Grandma Adeline's alleged nude portrait that her sister painted of her. I think its amazing that she did that! What a hip lady! I haven't had my picture taken of just me on purpose, for me, for maybe 12 years. yikes. So, this picture is modest and I can put it up here on my blog and I think its beautiful. Yep, I said it. I think I look pretty good as a 35 year old wife and mom of 5 and that has recently gone crazy.