It's a dogs life.

Once again, life isn't too bad when you're sick around here,...

Lil's new big girl bed,...pt. 1

Yes, it's true. Lilly is now sleeping in her big girl bed. Because our house is rediculously small, and the kids share a room, we had to be creative. I think this works out really well. Lilly doesn't fall too far when she falls out of bed for the first time and now, when they jump on Sam's bed there's a 60% chance they will land on Lil's bed instead of the floor. We were going to make bunk beds but, with our Lil being such a dare devil, we thought better of it. We skipped her nap today so she was good and tired, then gave her a bath which put the cherry on top. She was out in 5 minutes. A we all know, things that start out well can end badly so keep checking back for part 2,...when Lilly won't take a nap.

"Other bunny"

Now I'm caught up, these are from just the other day. Many of you know all about Lilly's bunny. She has three and they are all pretty much identical, except to Lilly. The original is just slightly different and she can find it in the dark. She will accept no others, the replacements we have "in case of emergency" will not soothe her soul and will only do in dire straights. She allows me to wash "other bunny" only when it is horribly and repulsively dirty.

OOPS.

So the kids have been really great lately so I thought I would invite Aunt Bish over and we would make the cookies we were supposed to make last week. It was great, Lilly is always up for sweets of any kind and Sam loves frosting so we had a great time baking and decorating. The next day Sam came up with strep throat, after we all ate the cookies and licked the knives. Oops.

 

 

 

 

Play doh Day doh

Lilly is obsessed with Play-Doh and it's a good thing that it's non toxic and non staining, it also vacuums right out of the carpet, the stuff is magic. She put a huge hunk of it in her mouth the other day and I'm sorry I missed the photo of her face. She will NEVER do that again, I'm certain. I had someone tell me the other day that they MADE their own play dough. I'm sorry, i'm sure they spent more money and time making this stuff. 8 jars were $4 and it took me 1/2 hour to drive to Target and back. It's a no brainer.....

 

 

 

Sam's 6th birthday

Sam wanted a "surprise" birthday, on his birthday so we gave him one. I wish I could have caught the shock and horror on his face when we all yelled at him, it was so great. He didn't understand the concept of a surprise party at all so it was fun for everyone. He got lots of great stuff, the Batman costume being the big hit followed closely by the night vision goggles. Grandma Marsha was a HUGE trooper, letting the kids (and Aunt Bish) play with silly string and the cake was awesome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had lots of snow

These next 8 photos are from January when we had quite a bit of snow. There was lots of sledding. Buddy even pulled the kids behind the tractor, which Lilly wasn't so sure about. Ben was the big trooper for these sledding parties, I always get too cold so I am the staff photographer.

 

 

 

 

more snow...

 

 

 

 

Yeah, it's been a while

Winter is long and longer here in Illinois so I've been busy doing nothing and feeling sorry for myself. The kids are sick all the time and I get busy taking pictures but too tired and lazy to post them. So, now that spring is springing I have more motivation and I'm going to play catch up.....