A quickie....

Not much time before I have to hit the hay but I realized that I haven't posted pictures in a bit:
Jack and Bella enjoying some frozen treats on a hot day:


the above were frozen blueberries and the pictures below are of strawberry pops I made from our strawberry patch

Note the broccoli that is still on his tray.... won't touch that with a 10 foot pole
and my sweet Jack sharing with Bella




I will post some more soon ... love you

Randomness....

I typically upload a bunch of pictures at a time and then add them to here when I have the time. So I am just going to post a bunch of pictures that I have not posted yet since there is not too much exciting going on.
Jack and Daddy playing horseshoes:

He will pick up the horseshoe and hand them to Jason... it is really cute. The issue is when Jason is not around and he wants to "help" anyway. He would carry them around if I let him, I am just afraid he will whack Bella over the head

Jack LOVES being outside

I don't think I posted this picture of Bella but if I did, oh well, she is just so cute...

These were from back in February when Jack and Bella got a Valentine's Card from Grandmom. They love getting mail

especially if there is money in there :)

Jack liked it so much he kept kissing it

and if you look past Jack admiring his card you can see how "excited" Molson and Jason were


Well that is all for now...

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy?? Well this past week has been a little rough. I have been trying to transition J & B to one nap a day and for some reason they think that they not only no longer need sleep but that 4:30 am is an awesome time to get up for the day... ugh. So last night I nicely asked, pleaded really, that they sleep until 7. My lovely kids decided that they wanted to see me at 4:27 despite my pleas. I got them up and we gave them a snack of milk and cheerios and put on some cartoons while I made myself some coffee
Here is Bella super relaxed:

Jack just chilled on the chair:

We relaxed for the most part until we went to breakfast at Jason's Mom's house. We did some more relaxing this afternoon
Bella was totally rocking the blocks:


then she knocks them down and says "Ohhh":

Isn't she so cute??

Mom, Shawn, Jess, and Calla came over for Dinner and we had a nice time




Bella and Jack like playing "peek-a-boo" by jumping up on the chair:



For some reason Jack LOVES when you rub his belly with your head (I have no clue how we even figured this out)

Calla and Jack:


We tried our darndest to get a picture of all the girls....

then I grabbed Jack


So even though they got me up at 4:30, they still haven't said "Momma" (I told them they needed to say it by today), and I waited on them all day, I wouldn't change it for the world. They make me so happy and I have had the best Mother's Day (the only thing that could have been better is to have Grandmom here with us)

So busy......

Ugh, sorry it has been so long since I last posted some pictures. It has just been crazy here. Let's see:
Bella has decided that she no longer needs an afternoon nap and sometimes decides that she does not need a morning nap either.
Jack has become an awesome climber... he loves to climb on top of our kitchen table, their play table, and has recently started to climb on the toy shelves. Bella isn't a bad climber herself, she is the one who taught Jack to climb on the tables.
Jack has the best memory of any kid I know and when he wants something he will NOT forget about it... take this morning when he was climbing on the play table.
I took him down and said "NO" ... he then did it like 3 more times. So I took him back to the play room and turned on his ball game he likes, he grabbed a ball when it popped and ran back to the living room to climb on the table. I gave him a basketball and told him to make a basket, he did, then he climbed on the table..... **sigh**
They have been running me ragged BUT they are still the cutest kids in the whole wide world. Last night we took them out for ice cream and Jason and I each got a cone. We sat at a picnic table and I shared with Jack and Jason shared with Bella. Jack ate more ice cream than I did... about half way through he just stopped and looked at me and gave me the biggest kiss ever!! The boy loves his ice cream so much that he gives unsolicited kisses for it (the thing is though that he gives kisses only a mother could love... he licks you. So I had a nice big lick of chocolate spit on my cheek... but it made my whole week)
Other than getting into everything they are doing well... getting so tall. Bella's hair is getting so long and curly now that it is warmer out. This is her this morning:

I didn't get any of Jack this morning (because really who wants a picture of him throwing a tantrum, and yes it pretty much was that ALL morning) but I do have these on the computer. Jack makes this face from time to time and I think it is hilarious:


A face only a mother could love?