Summer 'do

Apparently this is all the rage with the 5 year old boys....




















Lanny has been Ben's barber for a while now, so yes, that is a kid's cape!

I like the cut much better than I thought I would, but I was really sad to see all that blonde hair gone!

Family Circus Volume 3

Ben:

Ben is busy playing t-ball and nearing the end of Pre-K! Lately, he has been entertaining us with his stories and comments. Here are a few recent ones:

Ben (after school one day): Maddie, the other Maddie, and Sydney are in love with me.
Me: Oh really! How do you know that?
Ben: They told me.
Me: Hmm. What does that mean that they are in love with you? Does that mean that you are really good friends?
Ben: No, Mom!! (like, duh!) It means that they are in love with me. Like, when you and Daddy got to be married, you got to be in love.
Me: Oh, okay! Well, did you know I'm still in love with your daddy?
Ben: (kind of embarrassed)
Then, Ben: But, I'm not in love with them....

Then, the other day, Ben was telling me that sometimes he wished that he could stay up and go to bed when his daddy and me went to bed. I asked him if he thought it was because we did fun things after he went to bed. He said that he wanted to talk to us, that it was like we were having 'secret conversations.'

Then, today, he was a little bit upset that we got to have Mother's Day, then we get to celebrate Father's Day, then my birthday, then Daddy's birthday. How come Mommy and Daddy get to have 2 celebrations?!? He was really sweet today, though, telling me that he liked my dress, told me happy mother's day several times, and was excited to give me my present.




















Lindley:

She is becoming more and more of a conversationalist. She constantly "meeds" something. She has also been making sure that I know how to say stuff. Like yesterday, we were talking about her Batman bandaid. She asks me, "Can you say 'Batman'?" So, I say "Yes, Batman." She says, "Good job, Mommy!"

And, she continues to delight us with her singing and dancing! It seems like I'm always posting videos of her singing...because that's all she does!!

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Brandt:

He is growing like a little weed! He is not crawling yet, but I don't think he is too far off. He still loves his mommy and loves to be held....all the time! He has two bottom teeth, and is about to turn 9 months old!! Time is just flying by!




















My favorite people and the homemade sign!

The Un-blogged

Things have been so crazy for us lately, and there are so many things that have gone un-blogged, unfortunately. Here are some highlights of the last few weeks:

Disney on Ice:

We got to take a field trip to Disney on Ice (i.e. really cheap tickets and great seats) and it was awesome! Then, afterwards, had lunch with friends and took a ride on the free trolley downtown. It is an old trolley that when you get to the end, you have to turn your seat around for it to go the other way. So fun!

Easter:

We spent Easter in Tulsa at my dad's. The kids hunted Easter eggs, and we got to see my aunt and uncle at Incredible Pizza. The "Easter Bunny" talked Ben into asking for a new Ice Cream maker, which the Easter Bunny was happy to deliver! ;) The Easter Bunny also left resurrection eggs, which was neat for Ben to open and talk about why we celebrate Easter. Although, we had already been talking about it so much. The night before Easter morning, Ben wanted a story before bedtime, so I told him the story of Jesus on the cross and rising on Easter morning. When I left to walk out of the room, he said, "Mom, you forgot some parts of the story. First of all, after the tomb was opened, the women ran back to tell some of the disciples. Then, the disciples raced back to the tomb to see." :)

(note to self: do not take picture of cute kid in front of a reflective surface)

St. Patty's Day at the Park

I would say that this was a day in the life, but today was not really a normal Wednesday! Ben is on spring break from Pre-K, and the other plans we had didn't end up working out. We had fun at the park, McDonald's, playing St. Patrick's Day Bingo, and the kids even took a green bath! Ben was very "into" St. Patrick's day this year and insisted that we all wear green. You can tell from the pictures that he dressed himself today :)

The Hawk

Well, it's official...I am no longer "cool." And, I have to say that I no longer care!! Now that we have three children, I care much more about what is EASY!

Ladies and Gentleman.....drumroll please....introducing the Hawk:

I had told Lanny and Ben that I DO NOT want to call it the "van." We can't call it the Honda because we already have another Honda. Ben and Lanny vetoed my other names, which were the Party Wagon or Hoopti. So, we all agreed on the Hawk.

Snow Fun

The kids had a great snow day last week! I can't believe how much snow we got. We had fun with snow ball fights, sledding, snow men, etc!

What was NOT fun was losing power at midnight the night it snowed so much. It was out for a while, and we had made plans to stay at our cousins' house that night, who so generously offered their home to us while they were out of town. We spent the morning at a friend's house who did have power. I went home to pack up our stuff and as I packed the last bag, the power kicked back on. It was nice to get to stay in our own house, though!!

And, then, we got to have a slumber party (complete with brownies and ice cream) with our friends who didn't get their power back until the next day.

6 Months

Brandt turned 6 months old this week! He had his check up and is doing great! He weighed 18 lbs 1 oz (70th%) and was a little over 27 inches (75th%); he still has a peanut head in the 20th percentile.




















For his 6 month birthday, he got to try some cereal; as you can see, he loved it ;)

More Snow!

It has snowed all day! It has been so fun!!!

Here is our snowman; he was standing at one point :)

No News

Just some random pictures from my phone: