Alex's First Day of School

Alex started school last week! He loves kindergarten and is making good friends. The girls and I are getting some quality time together. Emelia and I cried when he got on the bus without us. But, his excitement about school is infectious and we are all enjoying having Alex in school.

Quotes I love

Oh my gosh- two year olds say the funniest things! Here are a few of my recent favorites: Emelia: Can we go to Christmas? Naomi: Can we go to Aunt Janelle's birthday? Emelia: Princesses like skirts! Naomi: But I went potty yesterday! Hope they brighten your day as much as they brighten mine!

Easter pictures

It took me forever to get these posted because I have been potty training my youngest child. (Yes, she's the youngest by 45 seconds, but so what?) Yea hooray for no more diapers!! Three potty trained children is just about the best thing ever!

But the main point of this post is not to brag about not having to buy diapers and the huge grin that puts on my face. The main point of this post is to brag about how cute my kids look in their Easter outfits. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the bragging for me. Happy spring!

(Naomi took this last picture- cute, eh?)

Happy Birthday Alex!

Today is Alex's fifth birthday! Last night we had a party at Chuck E. Cheese's (is there anywhere else to have a birthday party?). Here are a few pics of the party and the cakes (yes, cakes!) and the birthday boy.

Today has been spent opening and playing with all of Alex's presents. This means that we watched Tangled during breakfast, played Candyland, Connect4 and Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em robots all at once, and played Play-Doh. We still have to put the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling. It's too cold to go roller skating, so we'll have to wait 'til Friday.

Tonight we are having meatballs and spaghetti for dinner. When I suggested that we have spaghetti and meatballs for his birthday dinner, Alex replied, "No, I want meatballs and spaghetti." Who could say no to that?

Happy Birthday, Alex!

Merry Christmas!

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A new haircut!

Today, Naomi got her second haircut ever. She cried in protest since she is not used to haircuts like Emelia and Alex. But, she loves how she looks and she really likes the functionality of bangs. (Let's hope Ben likes bangs too, since I forgot to tell him that I was completely restyling our child's hair today.) I forgot how much Naomi's hair stretches when it is wet, so it is a little shorter than I intended to go. Good thing hair grows.

She looks so much older!

I was afraid all her curl would be cut off, but it looks like her hair still has some wave in it. Yea!

And the Christmas tradition lives on...

My family watched Claymation Christmas every year. This is my favorite part! I hope you like it as much as me and the kids!