8 Months

Hudson and Henry

February 18th, 2009

Eight Months

Cheerios and Exersaucers
big kid entertainment (jumping, laughing, craziness)
happy boys, we see smiling faces each morning
- kiss sweet cheeks at night

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is what the kids awoke to this morning.... (at 6 am)Then they opened their Valentine's while I made breakfast crepes....

Julius

BronwynBraedenHenry and HudsonThis is our spread...strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, bananas, bacon, eggs, whipped cream, cheese blintz filling, nutella, and OJ.My favorite was the cheese blintz, nutella and berries....ahhhhh!This is how the kids felt about the crepes.... This is how they felt about their Valentine chocolates....
My sweet friend offered to take our kids tonight so Tony and I can go out for our Anniversary/V-Day....she must be a glutton for punishment! Seriously though, what a gift!

I love my life! ...a sweet breakfast with my little Valentine's and a night off with my sweetie....it's a great holiday.

Welcome to February

Not much going on around here... Last Sunday the Steelers celebrated my birthday by winning the superbowl. YAY Pittsburgh!

Plus, I had chocolate cake...what could be better? How about the red tulips my sister's brought me? Yep, they definitely brightened up my week. I had a great birthday - lots of new friends stopped by, family and friends called, I was serenaded all morning by the three kiddos who are old enough to sing, Tony gave me some fun new toys for the kitchen, I got 33 birthday kisses from Julius,....did I mention the chocolate cake???

I LOVE February! Next weekend we'll celebrate V-Day and our 7 year anniversary. It's a busy short month - but a great one.

We started out this week with 5 healthy children for a change.... ahhh. But now 5 out of 7 of us are sick. It's just how things go. The kids were starting to get a little cabin fever so Tony brought home a little surprise for them yesterday.

He found these fun bubble wands at WalMart yesterday for $1 each...they had so much fun with them!
Great thinking Daddy!

Hope the rest of you are enjoying a beautiful February weekend....

It's a Beautiful Day!

Spent a quiet morning in front of the TV watching Barack H. Obama inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America. The First Family was stunnung...I have to mention Michelle's dress! WOW! And the girls were adorable too... The music and poem were fantastic and the President's address was uplifting. I must admit that I was disappointed when the crowd booed President Bush...so not necessary in my opinion. I'm excited to witness this memorable day... Yay for the Obama's and Yay for the next 4 years!

Happy MLK Day

Julius came in our room this morning and said "Tommorow's the day Barack Obama will becomes our 44th president!" (He actually learned this watching cartoons this morning...awesome.) I've been working on explaining the significance of the holiday today - not an easy thing to explain to my young kiddos - but I'm trying.

I thought we would spend some time today doing some community service to celebrate our National Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. However, this is what we are doing instead...

All 5 kids are sick and I started the morning with a migrane. So, we're continuing our "take it easy" weekend and spending the day resting and relaxing.

I read this great post on Bossy! this morning. She shares a great FHE outline for tonight featuring the Presidental Inauguration.

On another note, Henry and Hudson celebrated 7 months yesterday. Unbelievable!

Happy MLK Day!

Craft Bug

I don't know if it's the time of year or the weather or what...but I've been dying to have a little time and energy to craft something. I knew I didn't have the mental strength to pull out the scrapbook supplies - so I searched the internet (mainly the blogosphere) and found some great ideas. I found this adorable skirt this morning on this blog - it looked adorable and pretty easy.I LOVE the fabric she used - The fabric I used I've had since I was pregnant with Bronwyn...I just never got around to using it. I'd love to try one with contrasting fabric on the hem and waistband like the sample one. I just wasn't patient enough to wait for Tony to get home so I could run to Joann's.So thanks House on Hill Road! As of this afternoon Bronwyn has a new skirt and most likely a few more to come. She loves it and has been twirling around for an hour...

New Year's Celebration

Since the babies are still sick - we decided to stick close to home for New Year's Eve. We had a small celebration with the kids. We had yummy Nachos for dinner.

Then we all spent time coloring together. All the big kids love coloring - but Julius especially loves it right now. He was in heaven with Mom and Dad taking turns coloring with him. I think we watched a movie at some point...but I can't remember what it was.

It was fun just to relax and enjoy spending time with our children. At the end of the night the kids popped poppers of confetti and went right to sleep.

Happy New Year!