While the Babes Asleep!

The big kids "party"! Jayden really can't last much later than 8:00 pm--he gets completely miserable after that. So between him going to bed and the other kids getting ready for bed (they are supposed to go to bed at 8:00 too, but that doesn't happen very often) they party. Here they are on Saturday night goofing around in daddy's new office (that post to come soon). Chris was working on his RC cars and gave the kids each a sticker. They are fun kids, I'm glad for that...what fun is raising kids if you can't all laugh together!

Ready, Set....

I think I can, I think I canI knew I, could I knew I could....
The kids have decided that they are big enough now to pick up Jayden. It's funny when Jaxon does it, but it's really funny when Mykenzie does it because she isn't really all that much bigger than him! Anyway, these pictures i took the other morning. I'm not entirely sure what her intentions were in picking him up...but you really gotta love both of their faces in that second picture. The third picture is them being friends again...and as always...Jayden with his thumb in his mouth--it is his constant state of being!

Just Call Me Brownie-locks!

OK, so on Saturday, the kids and I were hanging out at Chris' mom's house in order to give him time to get some work done. Anyway, Susie, Chris' little sister was going to a dance, so Sarah (the older sister) was helping her get ready...as was Mykenzie! Anyway, she had her hair all curly and cute. It looked so good....SO.....this morning I thought to myself, "Hey, I could do that and it would look ok!" So while the kids were getting their laundry picked up and ready to be washed (that is a VERY LONG process for these guys!) I attempted...the result...just call me brownie-locks!

Mykenzie In Her Element

This is Mykenzie's ideal state of being...coloring! She loves, Loves, LOVES to color, draw, paint...anything artistic. With the artistic genes she's got running through her (just a note: I have no artistic abilities whatsoever, but chris' family has a lot and my mom's family has a lot) it's no wonder this girl loves it. For this past Christmas I bought the kids a box of craft supplies: glitter glue, foam stickers, cool paints, crayons, paper, pom poms, pipe cleaners...THE WORKS! Mykenzie would spend hours every day with this stuff if I'd let her. She is our little artsy girl!

Oreo Cookies

The kids had an oreo cookie yesterday after lunch. I don't know why, but apparentlty it is impossible to NOT get it all over your mouth. Jayden absolutely LOVED, as you can see! Surprisingly enough some of it actually got in his mouth. Jaxon was in the middle of licking the chocolate off his face when I took this picture. Mykenzie was the cleanest of all...that is a FIRST!

The Sun Will Come Out...

again tomorrow....we hope!

yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day! The kids played outside all afternoon with their friends. They had so much fun. The weather report yesterday said we could have snow accumulations of up to an inch last night, so this morning when I went out for my walk, I was all bundled up, expecting snow and coldness....it was so nice...warm a little cloudy and it rained a few drops the whole hour I was outside.

now it's snowing!

On Monday, Chris and I bought the kids their summer clothes...Jaxon no longer buys his clothes in the baby and toddler section (I know this is probably obvious to all of you, but after being in that section for 4 plus years...this is a major milestone!) Now he shops in the little boys section...no more "T" after a number...now we have options like slim, loose, regular! WOWZA! They sure grow fast...and in a year Mykenzie will be out of little girls!

Late Supper

Chris got home late last night and by the time we all sat down to eat dinner, Jayden had had enough! He ate enough to fill his stomach...and then he fell asleep!