Blessings

There are times that I've wished the day would fly by. And then there

are times like today when I wish I could pause my children right where

they are, right at this moment. It feels like such a short time ago

that I held our oldest for the first time, and now in just a blink of an eye later

my youngest is beginning to write her letters. How did this happen so fast?

I pray that on those days I am wishing for bedtime to come soon, I will

take a step back and be thankful for the beautiful gifts God has given me.

I pray that I will take the time to laugh with them, to play with them, to make memories

with them. And when they spill their milk, smear the toothpaste

all over the bathroom and in general wreak havoc all over my house I 

need to remember to look at the bigger picture and not live in just those moments.

Children are a blessing from God, and while it may not ever be possible for me to treasure

every single waking moment, watching them grow is a beautiful thing.

Wacky Hair Day

I totally forgot about wacky hair day till the day of. Ooops! Thankfully

there is such a thing as google and I found some different ways of coloring

the kids hair without the usual color hair spray from the dollar store that I've

always used before. And now I will never go back to buying it again. 

One way I found was to mix mousse and food coloring together, which I did. I

used that in Ethan's hair, and it did work quite well, but I also saw one that

used chalk pastel. I just dipped the chalk in a cup of water and colored Madison's

hair. The color from the chalk turned out much deeper than the food coloring & mousse

so I did end up going back over Ethan's hair with that. And the best part of it all

is that it all came out really easy in their showers that night. I was a little worried

about the food coloring in Ethan's hair, but there was nothing left. :) 

So Sweet

I could just squish her with hugs!

Our 'Special' Children

Byron had a sore leg and sprayed some very strong smelling
muscle pain reliever on it. The kids thought the smell
was so disgusting they were wrapping themselves up so they wouldn't 

have to smell it anymore. They are definitely children of their father.

Lipstick & Nailpolish

These girls are very girly girls. And they were started young on the makeup by

their Auntie Leanne, who I have warned in advance I will have

my revenge on. (11 months till her little girls next birthday. Heehee.)

It's All Kaelynn

 

 

And then the duck lips came out... She's a strange one!

  

 

So excited!

I am so excited about something I got in the mail yesterday! I

ordered a new lens on friday and it came already! And 

of course I just had to try it right away. :)

Kaeylnn's kindergarten class had a Teddy Bear Picnic yesterday. I'm quite sure she enjoyed herself, because the first thing she said when she walked in the door was that it was SO much fun! Here she is with cousin Tasha in their bear faces.

 

Madison has been sick off and on since late Saturday night. Poor girl, you can just see it in her eyes

that she's not feeling quite normal. Hopefully she'll be back to normal soon.