My Little Photo Shoot

I had a chance to take pictures of the kids in their baptism clothes this weekend. I was so excited to get all three of them together, but Olivia wouldn't hear of it! So, I got lots of sweet individual photos. Fun!! Here are a few...

Interview With My Boys

According to Isaac, age 5...almost 6

1. What is something Mom always says to you? Pumpkin

2. What makes Mom happy? giving kisses and hugs and cuddle

3. What makes Mom sad? doing bad things and talking about bad things

4. How does your Mom make you laugh? tickling

5. What was your Mom like as a child? playing with her brother

6. How old is your Mom? 29

7. How tall is your Mom? 6 inches

8. What is Mom's favorite thing to do? reading books to Olivia

9. What does your Mom do when you're not around? she just works out

10. If your Mom becomes famous, what will it be for? drinking hot chocolate

11. What is your Mom really good at? washing dishes

12. What is your Mom not very good at? not playing playdough very much when I ask her to (oops)

13. What does your Mom do for her job? nothing

14. What is your mom's favorite food? noodles and peas, blugh! (not true)

15. What makes you proud of your Mom? because she loves me and she married Daddy

16. If your Mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Helen

17. What do you and your Mom do together? clean (he thinks this is fun, promise!)

18. How are you and your Mom the same? being twins

19. How are you and your Mom different? how God made us (duh)

20. How do you know your Mom loves you? because she just loves me

21. Where is your Mom's favorite place to go? Pizza Hut (he knows the very sound of it makes me gag)

According to Josiah, age 3...almost 4

1. What is something Mom always says to you? come here

2. What makes Mom happy? when I smile

3. What makes Mom sad? when i cry

4. How does your Mom make you laugh? be funny

5. What was your Mom like as a child? she always sing

6. How old is your Mom? 20

7. How tall is your Mom? 1,000

8. What is Mom's favorite thing to do? give us spanking (ha)

9. What does your Mom do when you're not around? she works out and I cry

10. If your Mom becomes famous, what will it be for? um, I think you're cute

11. What is your Mom really good at? penguin

12. What is your Mom not very good at? Mum-Z's music

13. What does your Mom do for her job? I think when you go home I don't cry

14. What is your mom's favorite food? green beans

15. What makes you proud of your Mom? dancing (if only you knew)

16. If your Mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Clifford

17. What do you and your Mom do together? dance

18. How are you and your Mom the same? different

19. How are you and your Mom different? because, we are different!

20. How do you know your Mom loves you? so much

21. Where is your Mom's favorite place to go? to the grocery store (wow!)

Archery Day

We are very blessed to have this home school group for P.E. at our YMCA. All 3 of our kids love to go, and the teachers really do a great job of encouraging the boys.

Isaac's first attempt

some of the kids...this is the 5-7 year old class

Josiah is such a sweet big brother. He's holding her on the bench, making sure she doesn't fall off.

Isaac with his buddy's dad

Josiah and Mr. C. just discovered each other last week. They are pretty cute to watch play together.

Isaac's class with his two teachers and some of the dads that helped

New Grace Family Weekend

We spent today with our church family at a camp ground. We had lots of fun and put our kids to bed completely exhausted. What could be better than that?

The pictures are out of order and kind of blurry. My camera was on the wrong setting...if anyone knows what is wrong with it, I'll take the advice!

Olivia didn't want to be put down today.

Look at those fast, white legs! :)

Go Josiah!!

Home run, Ike!

Jay and Isaac out on the kayak. I hate that I missed getting a picture of Josiah out there!!

All of these kids were "helping", and the adults were very patient with them.

Isaac in Black Creek

This is so much fun, Mom!

They took turns giving kisses.

I didn't even realize I took this picture, ha!

Some of our fun group...the kids were watching a puppet show.

Olivia liked all of Mrs. Davis' bling. :)

Jay and Sam in deep conversation.

Having fun with buddies

You can see why they went to bed at 7:30 and fell right to sleep.

We had a great day!!

Nada Mucha

I love the stage my middle man is in.  He still has a baby look, but he is growing into a big boy.  Today he was mad at me because I wouldn't let him change his snack choice.  He changes his mind on which snack he wants every single day.  In fact, he changes it about 7 times in 7 seconds.  I love it.

What I don't love is this.  I hope that Big Guy will grow out of it!  But let me tell you, he doesn't let it phase him in the least.  In fact, today, in PE, he ran his laps and finished first.  His teacher told me that he is definitely a cross country runner.  It made his former cross country running mama proud.  She also told me that he should take part in the kids' mile run that will be taking place here shortly.  I'm worried he will make me look bad when I run it with him!!  This proud mama had better get in shape.

Hmmm...he's still mad about the snack thing.  The boys have the job of bringing in the recycle bins.  He didn't want his brother to take his scooter, so he did a 2-in-1 job.  It was too heavy for him, I made him eat pretzels, and his shoes were on the wrong feet (normal).  Nothing is working out for Middle Man today.  I love him.

She walks more than she crawls now.  It makes life much, much easier!!  We can go outside and I don't have to hold all of her 23 pounds the whole time.

Did you tell them my weight??

This stage is so much fun!  I told Jay that if Little Miss had been a twin, I would have loved it!  Well, now I would love it, but having newborn twins would have sent me up a crap creek without a paddle!  (Can I say that?)
A normal afternoon for us.
It was somewhere around 70 degrees today.  He really likes this jacket. :)
He's just about the sweetest kid in the world.

She found a sit and spin and couldn't get enough of it.  She also saw our neighbor coming home.  She's very social.  Hmmm...wonder where she gets it. :)

This chica loves shoes!
I hope they always love each other like this.  It's so funny, because both boys are very opposite.  Big Guy likes to give out hugs.  Middle Man would rather shake your hand.  It's very entertaining to watch them in action.

A Good Laugh