Fun! Fun! Fun!

Lauren has been asking us to blow up her ball pit (A wonderful present from Christmas her first year!) and we kept telling her that we would blow it up when it was colder outside. Well, the cold weather is here! We spent the evening blowing it up and here are a few pictures from the first trip in...

Time Flies

I thought that this "stay at home mom" thing was supposed to be a little more laid back and relaxed than the "rush around and always get ready for school" thing. I have not found this to be true! It is already Thursday night and I have not found time to blog yet this week. I am realizing that now that I am home, I just find other ways to keep myself (and my family) extremely busy. I just hosted my first Beauti Control Spa this evening and really enjoyed myself. Just another thing to fill up the days...I promise that I will post more pictures of the kids soon!

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken this weekend. I think that it was the first time in about 6 years that this has taken place... everyone was looking at the camera AND smiling (atleast for this shot!) What a miracle!


We cannot believe that Andrew is 6 months already. What a little man!

Stories

After rest time today Lauren and I were sitting at the table sharing a snack when she went into a 20-30 minute story. She started out talking about the television show that she had watched and everything that she had learned that morning. Next she broke into a lengthy story about her babies ("I tried to get them to rest with me today, but they just weren't tired Mom.") I wish that I had a pen and paper sitting right next to me throughout the "story" because parts of it were hilarious...and to see the facial expressions and hand gestures!! (I don't know where she gets the long winded stories, facial expressions or talking with her hands...hmmm...let me think about that!) Once again if I were smart I would be writing all of this down and making it into a book. I'm sure it would be a best seller!

Playing Dress Up

Today we went to visit our friend that did daycare for us and all of Lauren's friends from daycare. They always have a blast! Today they had a great time dressing up! Even Andrew got in on the fun (OK, he didn't have as much fun as Mom did trying to dress him up, but...still a great time!)

Cuties

The picture says it all!

Two Words

Lauren and I were playing this morning and she walked up to me, lifted her shirt and said the two most alarming words that a young girl could ever speak to her parents..."Mom, I'm pregnant!" I just looked at her with an open mouth and said, "What, honey?" She said, "I'm pregnant." And then continued to laugh and tell me "Mom, I'm just pretending." I told her that we did not want to hear those words out of her mouth again for atleast 20 years. I think that Todd will be buying that shotgun a little earlier than expected!! Maybe all boys would have been easier to raise!