Look what I did

This room was on my to do list during the winter break. I wanted a space for the kids to play and to sleep that was inviting and functional.

So I spent all day Monday painting the walls and the furniture while my kids played with friends and Ryan, suffering from a stomach bug, snuggled and fed Ella. It was exhausting but by the end of Tuesday the room was put back together and looked like this . . .

Jack helped me assemble his dresser in his closet by tightening every screw except the one that he let Addy do herself. He loved being a part of his room makeover.

Birthday Girl

We tortured her by making her wait until the evening to eat her flower cake.
She described it as shiny and pretty.

(I was just glad that she saw this flower pan and asked for a flower cake or I would have been up all Thursday night trying to create the orange bi-plane cake she originally wanted.)

She loved the Happy Birthday Serenade.
She tried really hard to blow out the candles.

"I did it!"

This pictures tells the story of Addy.
Pirate PJ shirt
necklace lasso
pantless
with hot pink boots

Sure do love this little girl.

I'll start saving now

She discovered her thumb and finger.

They are a huge hit. If her feet were bare more often, I am pretty sure she would suck on her little toes too.

Lovely Day

Our day started early.


We made heart shaped pancakes.


Ella joined us in her festive sleeper.


Jack and I made these cute airplane valentines to take to school.



Addy, Ella and I went to Wegmans to get a treat while Jack partied it up.


Jack received an amazing amount of candy that he gladly shared with Addy.


This one made me laugh.


It's been a lovely day with the kiddos.

Good night.

Feeling the Love

Conversation in the car on the way home from church.

Jack: "Can we go to McDonald's for lunch?"
Me: "No, we don't go there on Sunday."
Jack: "Why?"
Me: "Well, we choose to keep the sabbath day holy by not shopping or going out to eat on Sunday. It's a day we spend doing things at home with our family."

Jack's horrified response, "Nooooooooooooo!"

I am hoping that he was just sad about not going to McDonald's and not sad about spending time with his family.

Who has Jack been kissing?

We've been doing a lot of this lately.

Snuggling in our bed watching movies.

I've also done what seems like 200,000 loads of laundry because of the nightly sessions of vomit. Jack threw up about every other night for the past 2 weeks. Then he would wake up in the morning have juice and cereal and run around the house playing like usual with me trying to get him to rest so he would get over what I thought was a stomach bug.

Doctors were stumped but knew that he was way under weight. So they ordered some blood work and you will never guess the diagnosis. Mono.

More snuggles over the weekend and if he's up to it (and I bet he will be) he is off to school on Monday.

And now that his appetite is coming back, he's enjoying eating anything and everything. Let's just hope that I don't have to clean it off of his bedroom floor tonight.

It's about time. . .

that's what my mom and sister will say when they see these photos.

I think they are worth the wait.

Ella is a smiley, bright-eyed, fuzzy haired girl.