1 guess

can you guess what 2 books
i'm reading to olivia's class tomorrow??



you get 1 guess!

well...
maybe if you're a mom of ALL boys
you get 2 guesses :)

weird, but true - part II

i can open up any month's picture folder
and find at least one picture of ryan
wearing either of these 2 shirts

weird, but true



the past year, ryan has lived for the color green

when josie sees green she says "ry ry?"

his preschool teacher makes a point
to give ryan green stickers on his paper

the other kids in the class know that ryan's color is green

everyone knows that ryan's color is green

well, not any more...

as suddenly as his love of green started,
it has abruptly ended

and that is totally ryan

ryan is our little light switch
he's either on or off
he loves something or he hates it
ryan's life is black and white

weird, but true

i gotta admit i'm a little sad to see his green stage over -

there were days when i wished
that wearing green wasn't such a necessity -
but it was fun to see his little personality develop
and watch him become so passionate about something

and as far as his beloved green shirts...

well the green numbered shirt is too small
and i've packed it away in his memory bin :)
{ok, maybe another weird, but true - ha ha}
and the other green shirt -
i gotta say that $5 walmart earth day shirt is still going strong!
and now it only gets worn when the super hero shirts are dirty :)

weird, but true - part I

olivia has a favorite book at school -- weird, but true

she loves to tell us funny facts that she's learned from this book

like did you know that gorillas burp when they are happy?

weird, but true

so, i need to share a weird, but true fact about our life.

so here goes...

our kids are not early risers
well except on those rare occasions when their parents
really want to sleep in.

anyways,
getting them up for school in the morning
is not high on my list of favorite things to do.
crabby & grouchy are a few words that come to mind...


last week we finally bought the kids a basketball hoop.
garrett's been obsessed with basketball for a while now,
and we knew the other kids would love it too.

so one night tim put it together while they were asleep.

the next morning all i had to do was mention
that the hoop was set up.
and viola -
i had kids up and dressed in no time!

yes, these same kids that i have to drag out of bed
were shooting hoops before 8am.

check out the sky -
the sun wasn't even totally up yet!

weird, but true

stay tuned -
another weird, but true fact is coming up!

who knew?

last week ryan's class had a field trip
to the wittenbach nature center

it was our first time & we'll definitely go back

there were lots of trails to explore
and lots of fun animals to check out

but who knew that with all that fun stuff
the favorite parts of the visit were
the hats the kids made & the sand box?

happy green day!

here's how the kids celebrated st. patrick's day...

finding the one piece of green clothing they each owned...
(well except ryan!)

green pancakes for breakfast...

a little mid-afternoon green body art session...

and finally, their favorite supper - just GREEN!

yes, their favorite supper is plain noodles!

how did the adults celebrate?

well...
tim had "green supper then take kids to garrett's basketball game" duty
and i took a microbiology test.

yes, good times!

looks like...

spring is here!



well, sort of...

museum days

saturday we hung out with cousin elle
at the children's museum.

then monday {no school - woo hoo}
we visited the public museum with the audias.

the new bugs exhibit was lots of fun -
except for poor matthew...
huge moving bugs & scared 2 year old are not a good combo :(

and yes, the boys are digging for live bugs :)
ick.

and the best group shot i could get...

...

the kids love museums
i need to remember to go more often!!

but -
as much fun a museums are,
i'm ready for some OUTSIDE fun.

sweets, swimming & bedrooms

we just got back from a long weekend at the great wolf lodge.
it was a blast.

the kids burned off lots of excess energy,
and i got to walk around in flip flops for a few days!

the kids favorite part of the trip
(besides the hot tub)
was the yummy sweets.



and yes, garrett designed a shirt for the special occasion.
so did ryan, but thankfully he wanted
to wear a sweatshirt most of the time.
hello, project runway.

and what's a trip to the great wolf
without some water pictures??

well turns out good pool pictures are hard to come by
when you're supposed to be keeping track
of 4 kids in the water :)

the first night we skipped the "story time by the clock tower"
in favor of the short line for ice cream :)
but we went the 2nd night,
and the kids loved it.

personally, i still can't figure out
what the trees & squirrels are singing about.

and in the hopes that it is almost spring,
the kids designed their own crocs.
i hope spring comes soon because we're tired of boots!!

and finally, perhaps the BEST part of the trip...

the kids had their own "kid cabin"



they definitely didn't all sleep in there all night,
BUT
it was a great place to for them
to keep all the stuff they brought :)

and if you've ever had kids in a hotel room
you know what i mean!!!

ryan's world

favorite shorts
no shirt
wii olympics dream bobsled

yup, all is good in ryan's world

olivia's "sport"

olivia tried soccer
olivia tried t-ball

but wasn't too excited about either

but one "sport" that she LOVES is dancing

dancing with the high school girls comes along
twice a year - and olivia lives for ever moment of it!



and yes, olivia calls dancing her "sport" :)