Just whistle while you work

When Grandma babysits

Oh, isn't this just like a grandma? Let the kids destroy the house while she takes a nap. Notice the hairdryer to warm up their feet and the cup of yogurt that shouldn't be in the living room? I can't imagine what the baby is doing...

I'm only kidding. I was home. Not paying attention obviously, but home. And the reason she fell asleep is because I talked her into giving the boys their reading lesson. I thought it was just me but I guess they have that effect on everybody. Those stories are just sooo exciting!
I was walking by (and I just happened to have my camera in hand) and the girls said "Mommy, Mommy, take a picture of Grandma!" because it is just always so funny when someone falls asleep. But when I looked at the picture, I thought it was funny enough to share.
Hopefully Grandma thinks it's funny, too :)

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And this one's just for fun. Yeah, what a man he'll turn out to be!

What a beautiful day it was yesterday

The kids played outside for, well, longer than I told them they could. But they were having such a good time, I just couldn't call them in. Not after it had been so cold for so long.

We keep losing our hats. I can't imagine where they all go...





Paige, as always, turned her face away from the camera when I came near her.
Me - "Oh, come on, just one nice smile."
Paige - "No, I don't need any pictures of me."
Courtney - "Well, Maybe I want some pictures of you."
Paige - "What for?"
Courtney - "Well, what if you die? I wont remember what you look like."
At least it got her to laugh and I snuck a photo.

Twins

I've been going through my pictures and tagging them all in photoshop. Quite the job! I've gotten all the pics tagged back to the beginning of summer. Just when I was finished for the night, Joe came over and wanted to look at the pictures with me so I showed him how you can click on a name and all their pictures come up. And then I showed him how you can click on two names and it will show you all the pictures with those two people together. He was pretty impressed with that. "Do me and Jacob."
So I did and there were a lot of them.
I had to laugh at how many looked exactly the same. Bent over, side by side, heads together, usually in the mud. :) By looking at their pictures, you can easily see what good friends they are. I have always been and still am amazed at the bond that twins share.
There were many to choose from, but I just picked a few to share.

Wordless Wednesday

So weird

Yeah, it's a pickle. Can you see the face? He sings, too. His name is (was) Mr.. Pickle.
We'll miss him.

bink

None of the other kids ever had a binkie this long. I never had the "how do we get rid of the binkie" issue. I think what really helped her along with getting attached to it was the kids forever giving it to her, I think because they thought it was cute. So now here we are, can't leave the house without it. "Got the diaper bag? Anybody grab the binkie?"
She says a few words that only we understand and she certainly doesn't say "pacifier" but we all know when she wants it. She sucks her cheeks in and gives a great big Smack. This, of course, is so cute that everyone goes running to help her find it. Doesn't really help with weaning her off, but well, she's only one. And could you say no to this face?