wordless wednesday

taken a few weeks ago before winter arrived :)

1 story, 2 endings

the other morning it was snowy, cold & gray outside so i thought it was the perfect morning to make some of my kids favorite muffins {healthy & vegan... that's all my kids eat!!}.

i got all the stuff out and boys helped me. they had lots of fun mixing. no one fought over who got the BIG wisk. no one spilled flour all over my counter.

it was the perfect baking morning!!!

OR maybe it went something like this...

the other morning it was snowy, cold & gray outside -- too cold to send my boys outside cuz they are getting over yet another cold.

so i thought it was the perfect morning to make some of my kids favorite muffins {healthy & vegan...not the norm for my kids!}.

i got all the stuff out and boys helped me. plenty of whining about who got the big wisk, who got to put what in, etc. and lots of flour all over the place.

so that's when i asked ryan if he'd rather watch hi-5.
that's when garrett & i baked in peace :)

the gang (and a warning)

we took this picture last weekend at my sister's house. i think it's our first picture as a family of 6. trust me, it's no easy feat getting a picture taken with all of us. this is the best one i had... lots of nose picking, lots of eyes closed, and josie had no plans to look at the camera. {and i'm not sure why garrett is the size of josie in this picture!}

so this begs the question... what will our christmas photo look like this year?

this weekend i tried to get a decent one. slim pickings thus far.

i'm thinking about getting some professional done, but i'm not quite sure this gang is ready for that!!


so i'm warning you now... if you get a christmas card from me and it's not so cute, well think about what i have to choose from. and if you get a nose picking card...well, then i just gave up hope!!

i don't want to play!!

it's "the game that ties you up in knots"

i'm talking about twister, of course!

but i don't want to play it anymore... at least not at 3am

guess i better explain... josie has finally started sleeping through the night. ahhh, finally a good night's sleep :) but no. ryan has decided he needs to join us in bed. it's quite odd. we'll wake up and he's in our bed. we never notice him coming in. {perhaps that skill will serve him well when he's 16 and sneaking in late.} he just appears right in the middle of the bed. but he doesn't just lay there. oh, no. he's ALL OVER THE PLACE. sometime i wake up with his feet on my head. other times his whole body is draped over me. i feel like i'm trapped in some late night game of twister.

ryan, as much fun as twister could be during the daytime -- i don't want to play it at night!!

now i've heard it all

last night, after olivia should have been asleep...

mom, i really need some of those little pills they talk about on tv.
you know, the ones that make you fall alseep fast.

when did you get so big??

1 day old

just home from the hospital
8 weeks old

9 months old

i ask you...

{and could someone please wash my face?}

olivia & garrett get political

this morning i was watching some post election coverage.
suddenly garrett got all frantic.
our conversation went something like this...

garrett: "mom! mom!! there's something in my backpack from school"

me: "what is it, garrett?"

garrett: "mom!! we have to go bowling!!"

me: "bowling? we did that a few weeks ago."

garrett: "no. we have to go again. we have to go bowling for the president!!"

me: "do you mean voting?"

garrett: "NO MOM. BOWLING!!"

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november 1980

i vividly remember being in kindergarten, in the portable. {remember when schools used portables?} i remember getting my weekly reader and on the back we could vote for the president. ronald reagan or jimmy carter. i remember i felt like such an adult. unfortunately i can't remember who i voted for!

november 2008

olivia: "mom, guess what?? i voted in school today. i voted for barack obama."

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well whatever your take on the candidates and the outcome, yesterday was one election that will stand out in america's history. i think it's pretty cool that kids can feel apart of it...even if they think it involves a bowling alley and even if they voted for the wrong guy :)

thankful

i'm thankful that we all have the right to vote

but

i'm also VERY thankful that ryan can't open a can of play dough by himself

and

i'd be even MORE thankful if ryan started taking afternoon naps again



what are you thankful for?

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