the lunch room - March

I know - pathetic!  but hey, it is what it is.  and it hasn't been much better lately ... between forgetting to shop for "lunch ingredients" or sleeping in or whatever, the kids end up eating those yucky school lunches more often than not!  at least I'm trying ... sometimes!

I guess I'm taking a break ...

given that it's been over a week since anything has posted, I felt the need to say hi to anyone who keeps up with the blog ... and I wanted to just write a little note to my babies -

dearest little sweethearts,
   no, mama has not stopped her mamarazzi ways!  I have oodles of photos of you to put on the blog!  we have our 9 day trip up north and lots of little everything goings on that need to make there way here.  so, why aren't they here (yet) ... well, the truth is that I've been spending all my internet time looking at all sorts of crafty things!  reading how-to's and tutorials ... learning about the silhouette cameo - and ordering one!!!  (it's my early mothers day gift, I am so spoiled - I can't wait till it gets here!)  so, pinterest has been getting a lot of my attention, as well as multiple blogs.  but, little ones, don't worry ... surely soon I will sit down on the "real" computer (ie - not the laptop) and finish up editing all these photos and then getting them over here for our scrapbook blog!

   in the meantime, I love you sweet punkins! 
                              ~ Mama

dancing queen ...

I've mentioned before how much Zoey loves to dance!

so one night (Feb. 2) I had to catch a few pics

of her and her dancing cuteness!  I'm not sure what

was up with that fishy face - but she did it 

for the longest time!

these boots AREN'T made for walkin ...

 but they're still darn cute, aren't they?!

actually, I think they're just a bit big - so her feet weren't

staying in the "foot part" too well - but she kept

going ... I guess nothing's gonna stop her!

I just thought she looked cute getting ready and

ready for her appointment in SB with her g.i. doc -

so I took some pics!

car seat switch-a-roo ...

 so, Liam's birthday brought about a big milestone - forward facing!

he was so close to the weight limit for rear-facing that I went

ahead and switched him back to his old carseat (that 

was a nightmare to install rear-facing) and turned him around!

that way, his carseat - that I love, LOVE! - would

be free for Zoey to have!  I ordered the new

cover for it (black & hot pink) but it's on back order,

so it will be a bit before we get it!  in the

meantime, I noticed (Feb. 24) that she was seriously

too big for her infant seat - so the next day

I pulled out "Liam's" old one and installed it for her and

we all headed out for a fun afternoon in SLO!

friday night entertainment!

 remember the post about our friday nights ... and how I don't

take pics?  well, these are from earlier that same friday!

Jill was working on dinner (we take turns providing dinner)

and I wanted to be in the kitchen so we could visit ...

so I put Zoey in her little chair at the counter!

she was great entertainment!  

being so cute I had to get the camera!

aaaahhhhhh

love it!

our adorable sweet-heart!

February lunches ...

yes! we're finally back to making lunches!  having said that, though, I'm still keeping money in the kids accounts so that if/when we just "have" to do school lunch - we can!!!

friday night fun with friends ...

I know I don't share too many pics from our friday nights with our

besties, but that's because I'm usually just enjoying our

time with them!  and I'm usually too busy chatting it up with Jill

to be bothered following the kids around to get photos!

but, a couple weeks back Diana and Liam were just too cute -

I had to snap a pic!  and, since I had the camera out,

I took one of the big boys too!

Diana and Liam- playing teacher or school, I guess it was nap time!

 awwwww

Jake and Jericho - very focused on a video game!

she's all over the place!

 ... honestly, it's hard to remember when Zoey wasn't walking!

I forget sometimes that it's actually only been a 

couple months since she took to it!

... but she is all over the house!

she loves getting around!

she absolutely loves daddy's game room!  

in fact, she'll often fuss when we put up the gate 

(at the kitchen entry) because she knows that then she

can't get to the game room!

she seriously loves controllers - and video game

controllers are her real favorite!

ha ha ha - i think she was talking to me!

worn out!

I know, right, I'm posting about shoes.

worn out shoes!

... but, remember, this blog is our scrapbook - and I want

to remember some of these little details of life

with kids that I might forget one day!

I know that as Annicka has gotten older she has

worn out some of her shoes pretty good - but I'm not sure

if I ever took any photos of the poor old shoes?

worn beyond belief ... way beyond what should be worn.

so, I decided to take a pic of these two pair of

shoes of Jerichos ... before I threw them out!

this had been deemed "play" shoes a good couple months

ago ... but he kept wearing them to school!

and when I really looked at their condition, I realized

they were pretty far beyond even ok for play!

for crying out loud I could see through

one of them!!!  that's kids for ya - hard on stuff!!!

... I love it!

my juice diet ...

 so, February 19 I began a little adventure!

I wanted it to be a ten day juice "fast", but it ended up

lasting only five days!  if only the juice just had

a bit better taste, I could have kept going!

I had no hunger - seriously.

... and it's not that the juice tastes that bad,

it's more that when that's all you have (apart from water)

and you have it three times a day, it gets old fast!

anyway, I think even five days did me

a world of good as far as cleansing my body and

getting me on a better path with my

diet in general, gotta get this high cholesterol down!

also, it got me drinking plenty of water

again and got my constant soda habit broke - 

without any headaches, too!!!

so, on my last day - I took some pics of the process ...

wash and slice vegies & fruits ...

juice everything ...

yum ...

lots to clean ...

now it's all ready for the next round!

that's funny!

this is what daddy found one night when checking on Liam!

so, of course, he told me to come see - I usually

interpret that as "get your camera" (though sometimes

he tells me to get the camera, too)!

oh my little Liam!

looks like you had quite a nice solo play date

before falling asleep!!!

quotes of the week ...

I had these on my cell phone (I'm trying to use that now to "record" the cute things, so I can remember them for later) and am finally getting them on here!  Jericho's was a few weeks ago, but Liam's was this week!

Jericho told me this one day in the van while we were waiting for Annicka:
"you know what I'm gonna do with this pencil when I grow up?  I'm gonna sign autographs, cause I'm gonna be a singer, I'm gonna get lots of autographs"

Liam and I were playing that he was cooking me food and I was eating it!  So, on about my tenth round of imaginary food, he told me I had eaten his spatula!  oh my gosh - hilarious!  that boy amazes me with his vocabulary!

while driving one day, I turned the corner to the main road that our road is off of and hear from the back seat -
Liam:  "that was scary - you call that driving!"  wow.  he's a keeper!

I thought I would take note of Liam's current favorite word:  lame  ... yes, you read that right!  my barely four year old uses the word "lame"!  as in, "you put a lame show on" or "this show is lame", etc.  I'm not even sure where he heard this word, but he uses it appropriately - even if annoyingly!

a Saturday morning ...

Annicka "made" her shirt (the artwork) - pretty cool huh!

yah ... I let my kids get away with a lot when I 

have a camera in my hands!  photo ops people - this is good stuff!

but don't you hate how so much fun ...

(and yes, they ARE having fun)

usually ends like this for little ones :c

(this was a few minutes later - he got bumped I think)

our musical girl!

recently Zoey has been making some of her little

"talk sounds" in a sing-song sort of pattern ...

like she's trying to sing!  it's so cute!

and she has a sing-a-ma-jig that sings happy birthday

that she now sings the "to you" part with!

I love the way her little lips purse up when she does

it too - it's stinkin adorable!

so, yes, she's our musical girl!

also loving her little tiger "piano" and drumming things!

Liam's mini party ...

 we had a cake made and added some of Liam's toy cars -

he loved it and so did we!  this was for our celebration of his

birthday with our friends (on our regular friday night together)!

he wanted a little taste!

 we've had our pizza ... now it's time for "happy birthday", blowing 

out the candles, and cake!!!  ... oh, and a birthday back scratch - lol!!!

time to open his present from our friends!

this is the coolest!  

great for in the car too!!!