What is everyone up to?

Brice has become a HUGE football fan, watching ESPN headlines early in the morning and games in the evening...in particular the Louisville Cardinals (thanks Mamaw and Pepaw for the hat & tshirt!) and the Oakland Raiders (we did not encourage this, he has just always had a thing for pirates). He is doing incredible with his numbers so keeping score and number recognition is a big part of him watching the games. (And Addie just so happened to already be sitting on the couch :)


The girls have been obssessed with matching...and Addison is already in on it at such a young age! Jaeda gets mad when Addie doesn't have something to match her and Kaitlin. (I don't know why Kaitlin had to stuff a sandwich in her mouth right before the picture)


Brice and Jaeda are now in AWANAS and go to Cubbies on Thursday nights. They LOVE it and are finding it fun and easy to memorize God's Word!


Kaitlin is in gymnastics, and have I mentioned that she is part monkey? This is a fantastic outlet for her and the structure is much-needed for this girl as well! Now if she would just stop climbing on counters at home it would be completely worth it! For more Kaitlin gymnastics, click here


Addie's new favorite thing is sitting in the Bumbo in front of her toy with a big mirror, lights, and music (thank you Aunt Harrison!) She is getting good at pushing all of the big buttons. And her hands go straight to her mouth when she gets excited, which is like, all day long!
It's amazing how in the short while I have not blogged about the family, so much has changed! At such young ages, the kids change and grow so quickly!

read this...

and then go see this, released October 17th.


The book has been out for four years, and is excellent...laugh, cry, it's wonderful. But I always encourage people to read the book before seeing the movie even though this trailer looks pretty true to the story. Great read--one of my very favorites, really!

Hand-me-downs...

... and more hand-me-downs. As a mother of many, I have come to love and appreciate hand-me-downs---A LOT! My sister gives me all of my niece Leah's clothes, and I give my nephew Aiden (and now his brother Bo) Brice's clothes. My sister is the queen of fashion so the clothes are adorable, and since I am the queen of stain removing (a little obssessive actually)I have kept them in pretty decent shape. The outfits that my girls are wearing today have been worn by 4 of the girls now (Leah, Jaeda, Kaitlin, and now Addison!--very sentimental :). Thanks for the hand-me-downs Em! They save us a lot of money and we love them! It is like Christmas everytime we take them out of storage!

Seriously?

Has anyone else ever heard of these? They are a hoot and a half! But $35?? Don't get me wrong, I think I might have to chew on Addie's chubby thighs and take a lot of pictures of her cankles in a pair of these, but only for the crib? She would need a new dress to go with. They actually have a heel on the bottom!

Sweet Slumber

i like me a good deal

i have been looking for a playhouse for the kids for a while, refusing to pay the $300 ++ that they cost new. i am telling you the truth when i say that they are one of THE hottest items on craigslist "baby + kids" category (at least on the central coast of CA). they sell for dirt cheap at times, but you have to be the first person to contact the seller or you miss out. i have tried several times to beat the rush but have never been successful...until today! i hadn't checked c-list all day, but when i clicked on the page, it was the first item listed, so i called (they had posted it less than 2 minutes before i called!), and went to pick up our new little "cottage" style house this afternoon for $40! It is severely FADED and the phone is missing from the dial pad, but the kids love it! They had a blast cleaning it up with dishsoap and the hose (many a mudpie had been made inside of it before it came home with us!) and filling it with playfood after it dried. what a deal! **i will post a pic of it assembled after i take one!

WANTED: A MOMMY THAT WILL POTTY TRAIN ME

This poor girl's mommy is putting off pottytraining her until absolutely necessary. It is a sad thing, but her Mommy is nursing her baby sister every 3 hours, assisting her princess sister with dress-up and tea parties, making superhero costumes for her brother and rescuing him from seriously injuring himself due to his dangerous stunts, preparing snacks and meals for the family, and trying to conquer a mountain of laundry constantly...that she doesn't see how pottytraining is going to work out this month! Isn't her mommy reading books, working puzzles, and playing on the slip n slide with her WAY more fun than pottytraining? Her mommy really enjoys doing these things MUCH more with her than the potty thing.
However, if she persists to "sneak" onto the potty, she may win the battle.