playdough

Well I guess I forgot how these load, lol
so this is after we made the playdough











Serena was off on an adventure with her friend Emma. So I needed to do something out of the ordinary.











This is while we are mixing the playdough.
This time we used a no cook method.
It was nice that the kids could do it at the table
from start to finish, they loved mixing it with hands!








X with his yellow playdough :)
That is his favorite shirt.
If he sees it he has to wear it so we have to sneak it into the laundry.

adventures with dad

Their Dad took them "fishing" monday afternoon. They loved watching these bluebirds coming in and out of their nests.
Serena found a lizard . The boys would have brought it home to me, she just gets it in a picture, lol. the birds nest are on the bottom of an overpass, lined up.

outside fun

The baby you don't recognize is a friends DD.
We know them from church so when he transitioned from being a sahd to being employed it seemed like a good idea for her to come here and it is working out nicely : )
The girls really love having a little girl to dress up and dote over and Xavier is relived to have some of the attention he is used to receiving divided up :)





This is an activity that I am sure will be repeated lots this summer. Everyone loves it including Mommy who finds sitting by the pool very relaxing .









S is helpng J put on her dress up shoe.













This is us planting sunflower sproutsand that will be the only record of us planting



them because they quickly disappeared. Moles? birds? aliens? The mystery continues.

spring

take out the papers and the trash..........

Iris's birthday

more X's birthday

Xavier enjoying a piece of birthday cake,well he really just enjoyed the frosting :)












I have been told that this is what brothers do when they get together as young men.
Ricky is on track to be the tallest and he couldn't
be more pleased.

All the kids

We took these on Xaviers birthday

my girls in the snow christmas day.

























all bundled up and ready to go. the second picture is them before I said , hey you guys dont have to go you know. you look like I am making you go out











My little Rissy.
She loves to pretend so much.
the ponys are a gift from her brother Joe.
I told him He could get her two of just about anything and she would be thrilled to have them talking and playing in no time at all. :)

christmas 09

We had a lovely christmas!












The girls with their stockings.











































The girls getting into the stockings :)