baking with daddy

brett decided he wanted to bake some irish soda bread today

 and of course he had some helpers.

they had so much fun together!

daddy is much less controlling then mom, so the girls got

to do more than they normally do when baking! 

silly blue eyes

wow, this girl has some crazy blue eyes.

mallory is never too serious and you can tell by the pictures!

my view today

we have not been feeling so well around here lately.

it was kales turn to be under the weather today!

this was my view here today.

kale on my lap watching more

 jake and the neverland pirates

then an adult should be made to watch!

YMCA playplace

one of the best things about kale turning 3

 is that he gets to go into the play place at the YMCA!!

kale was so excited.  he did sneak up there several times before his birthday,

but now he can play in there the whole time!

ya for being 3!!

i have a problem

i have a problem. 

i hoard love coloring books.

wow. 

happy 3rd birthday bubba

happy actual birthday bubba!

of course we did the streamers in the doorway and he loved them!

we had presents and had some dessert.

he was all about the presents this year.

barely ripping one open and going onto the next!

the girls made kale a birthday sign!  isn't it cute!

he loved it! 

birthday lunch

happy early birthday kale!!

since kales birthday is tomorrow, we decided to go play and eat at

burger king today to celebrate his b day!

i can't believe this boy is 3!!

fearless leader

troop 378 fearless leader!

today brett headed off to klondike with his boys this morning.

they came to our house and made their own sled the other saturday.

they had 2 teams competing and won almost every event they had!

they even won 1 and 2 in the actual klondike race!

woot woot troop 378!!

tape measures

kale new toy is a tape measure.

he loves them.

we have several around the house and they end up in kales toys now!

they play all sorts of games with the tape measure too. 

quite funny!

what a boy!

chocolate chip cookies with some cute help

i hurt my foot this last week, so...i stayed home from the YMCA for the week.

boy, i didn't know all the time and things i could do if i wasn't at the Y for 2 hours in the morning!!

we made cookies, cleaned random stuff, did projects and all sorts of things.

the kids are loving the extra time with mom and getting more time to be creative!

dad is liking the the benefits of more home cooking/baking!

big boy bed

kale is now in a big boy bed!!

several mornings ago kale came out of his room and said good morning!

he figured out how to get out of his crib!!

so, there was no reason to keep him in the crib.

i got things switched around and he is so excited to be in a big boy bed!

we will see how it goes tonight!

i don't know if he will actually stay in there for the night.

favorite pass time

these two girls love to color and love eachother.

they are best friend sisters!

they do almost everything together and that

does cause alot of fights.

they are always there for eachother when it counts though.

almost everyday they color for hours. 

making all sorts of master pieces.

such sweet sisters!

my boys

these two boys!

they are so cute together. 

they love to wrestle and fight. 

snuggle and have the most fun together! 

costco

one of our favorite places!!

costco!!

we love to go get lots of fun stuff and food.

then have lunch and of course ICE CREAM!!

we even meet up with daddy sometimes!

preschool teachers

mallory LOVES preschool. 

kale LOVES mallory's preschool! 

mal is nice and shares her class room and friends.

this is mrs. angie

this is mrs. amber

these 2 sweet ladies were mallorys teacher while mrs. jenny and mrs. sarah

were at home with their babies.

they were both so great to mallory and the other kids!

we were sad to see them go,

but so happy to have mrs jenny and mrs. sarah back!

morning with mallory

this morning mallory wanted to do a puzzle.

this snoopy puzzle is mine from when i was a kid. 

wendy gave it to me when i had braces.  funny!

mallory did a great job on the puzzle.

we also did her hair all pretty.

such a cute girl!

homework

olivia is in kindergarten.

she has homework almost everyday.

she doesn't like to do said homeowork right

after school so we get up early and do the many poems

cutting, glueing and coloring in the morning. 

she is so smart!

it's so fun to see her learning so many new things and

loving to learn!

cookies and friends

we decided to have some friends over today for a tea party.

we made sugar cookies and kool aid.

the girls were thrilled for such fun time for some friends!

kale got flour all over his face and only touched ONE cookie cutter!

nothing like friends and a tea party!

a wonderful gift

my mom gave me her old sewing machine!!!

it is much fancier then mine!!

i am scared of it!  i haven't sewed with it yet,

but i am excited to try it out soon!

here are my 3 janome's!

LOVE THEM!