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Monday, May 30, 2011

before I forget

Micah is almost out of this phase of his life, but I want to document it so I never forget.

He wears EVERYTHING backwards.

He hasn't put his underwear on the right way EVER.  They're either backwards, inside out, or (usually) backwards and inside out.  His shirts are usually not inside out, but usually backwards.  His pants, even!  Back pockets in the front (Kris Kross style).  haha.  I love it.  It's SO Micah.

Underwear are backwards and inside out
That picture was taken about a year ago, but it captures so much about Micah. I never thought I would forget these little quirks about my kids.  And then they grew out of them, and I forgot!  Well, not this time.

Art project

The kids thought we needed to add life to our old rusty black mailbox. I think it perfectly represents our beautiful family. Colorful, abstract, and eccentric. :)
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Family Fun Friday!

What a busy day!!  We packed in a lot today, and managed to have fun while doing it!  First, we went to the wooden playscape in Georgetown.  I managed to snap some pics of them there, so I'll share those.  While we were there, we wrangled up some new friends and played police officer/criminal.  Micah was the police officer and everybody else was the criminal.  (basically a glorified version of chase/ hide and seek)  I was Micah's "partner" and we wrangled 'em all up.  (we even spoke like cowboys).  I have no pictures of Jude at the park, since he was CONSTANTLY running and hiding like a criminal would.  He was sneaky, that one...

Abigail posing

Annalie



At the bottom of the slide!
She loves to laugh!



Micah's sweetness

At the top

Going down

Afraid of what he got himself into

He made it!

 After the park, we went to see Kung Fu Panda 2.  It was so sweet!  Then, came home to play in the sprinkler and do some yard work...

Action shot.  Micah is just about to fall down and cry.

Jude LOVES getting wet.

The only shot where all 4 are in the picture.

BABY BOTTOM!

Micah testing his balance

And singing a song...

We added rock around our new tree, and weed whacked the stone in front of our shed.

Another tree with rocks

Front yard tree with rocks

The rocks on the base of the tree- the kids LOVED helping with this.


 THEN, we ate dinner, played some wii, and headed off to our sweet sister in Christ's graduation.  YAY AUDRIANNA!  I'm so proud of her.  She has overcome much to get here, and she has such a great future ahead of her!




 Another great Family Fun Friday.  I love my family, and am so glad we're taking time to have special days together.  I hate to admit it, but if we didn't set this time aside, I'm not sure I would be as intentional about it.  It's the best part of my week.  By far.  :-)

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Ballet 2

Abigail rehearsing her recital piece coming up. I'm so proud of her.
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Terraburger

Splashing around while we wait for our completely natural and organic lunch. I love terraburger.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Shrunk

Looks like Annalie's crib shrunk... Or she grew into a giant baby last night.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

New beds!

Abigail now has a day bed with trundle! So Annalie is trying her big girl bed for the first time tonight. I really hope this doesn't bite me in the rear tonight. She's so excited! Hopefully she stays out of trouble...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Protector

Micah says he's ready to fight giants when we go to the desert. Because giants have claws. Because he wants to save me from giants that have claws and guns, too. A really big giant that is our car.

Verbatim.
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Shrimp and avocado salad

Words I heard when my kids ate this for lunch:

Fantastic
Fantabulous
Stupendous
Better than ice cream
Tastes like bubble gum
Delicious

Wow. I must have done something right. :)
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Kung fu rhythm

Wii fit! She takes it all so seriously. :)
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Family Fun Friday!

Today, for Family Fun Friday, we went SWIMMING!  We also helped re-arrange my mom's bedroom, which doesn't sound like a lot of fun, but it was SO MUCH fun for me!!  **side note: why can I always find energy and excitement to make-over other people's homes, and my house is barely touched?**  I took pictures of us swimming, so thought I'd post them.  They are all so cute, so I'll try to choose only the BEST of the BESTS! ;-)

On our way to the pool.  She looks so big here, I had to share.

She wanted to be just like her brothers and sister.  Goggles were necessary.

Love.

Every time I take a picture of Jude, he starts doing random poses.

Random Pose.  He looks SO BIG!

Sweet Micah!

Beautiful girl.

Putting her goggles back on, as she said "Okay, Mom.  My dive can't wait any longer."

CHEESY LOVE!

I love her lips in this picture.

FUN!

Pointed toes and all!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Eyebrow dance party

Micah made this up. It's adorable and fun! I really love my family so much.
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sleepy kids

We had a 7:30 reservation at melting pot. Didn't realize it was a 3 hour experience. The kids are so tired. Here i have Jude and Annalie asleep on me.
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Inside of card

I literally cried after Jude's, and cried laughing so hard after Micah and Annalie. Adam wrote it word for word. The things kids say...

This is the most perfect thing I've ever gotten. Happy mothers day!
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