Ellie

What can I say about Ellie that these pictures don't say for themselves. Ellie keeps us on our toes, she is full of energy and she is also very bright! Ellie comes up with the silliest names for everything and yesterday she informed me that I must have "lost my brain" because I forgot something. Then Taylor told me that I probably lost it running that morning and that I should go look outside for it. Kids are so wonderful. But I do agree, I do think I have lost my brain somewhere along the way, so if anyone sees it, let me know.

The new baby's room

Ha Ha made you look, no I am not pregnant! I am so not ready for another one, but I came across these pics of this baby nursery and I might just have to have a baby so I can decorate its room like this. We got out my Peter Rabbit collection to decorate for Easter and I wondered to myself why I didn't use this stuff to do a nursery. My step grandma bought me the entire Beatrix Potter music box and book collection and I love it, but it has been stuffed away in a box for years. Its really the only collection of things that I own, so I would love to display it. I have been thinking about decorating a little more lately because I found a blog that I love and the woman who writes it has a style that is what I would have if I had more time, money, and kids who didn't destroy everything. So for now I live through her blog and daydream about having my own New England cottage full of pretty things and antiques. The blog is http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/, if you want to check it out. I am going to tackle one project, our master bedroom. Right now it is pretty much full of used furniture from three different decades. I want to refinish a few pieces of furniture that are down in our basement, and repaint, and put up some board and batten behind our bed. And when I say we, I mean Justin. I am going to start sanding the dresser today, myself, you know in all that spare time I have. I am really excited about it! Oh I almost forgot to mention my new favorite thing, our fence! We finally were able to put up a beautiful vinyl fence in our backyard. Now the kids can play without me having to worry about Noah escaping. It is so so so nice, I just wish the weather would get warmer so they would actually want to go outside.




Here is a pic of our fence. Don't mind our dead grass, it is waiting for the weather to get warmer to wake up.

There is no stopping him now!

Andrew is officially on the move. I am excited and a little sad that Andrew is crawling all over the place. I think babies get big too quickly, but I wouldn't want to go back to the little newborn stage again. He is so dang cute and we can't get enough of his sweet smile. I just have to get used to him being able to go wherever he wants and eat everything he finds on the way.

Another tooth lost...

Taylor is so excited that another one of her teeth has fallen out. Her front tooth had been loose for so long, and it made it hard for her to eat. She especially loves when the tooth fairy comes and leaves her a dollar. I took some close ups of her because I wanted to show off her cute freckles. She is gorgeous, don't you think?

Animal Farm

We are so anxious for spring to arrive! A couple of weeks ago, the weather man said it was going to be around 70 degrees, I didn't want to miss the chance to get out in that weather! Especially since the next day it snowed! Anyway I decided it would be fun to go to the little farm at Thanksgiving point. We went there once before, but it had been a few years. We arranged to meet my mom and grandma there too. I am so glad we did it because it was so much fun!! It was a beautiful day and the kids were so excited to get out of the house. I even took Taylor out of school for it (don't tell Ginny.) We got to see lots of cute and some not so cute animals. The kids also were able to have a pony ride, a wagon ride (which I thought was a little scary), and the chance to feed the animals. I was so excited because it was the first time I felt like I had all 5 kids under control myself. My mom and grandma didn't arrive for a while and I was there all by myself. I know, a mother should be able to handle all of her kids by herself, but it doesn't always happen for us. So it was an accomplishment for me! We made a lot of fun memories, and I am so glad we took advantage of the one day of warm weather. Oh something else funny, at first Noah did not want to ride a pony, so the girls went without him. Then he was upset about it so we let him try again. We tried to put him on the smallest pony, but he wouldn't have it. He walked around and examined all of them until he found the pony he wanted to ride. He pointed to it and said, "this one!" It was so cute, and he wasn't scared at all.

Taylor

Here are some really cute pics of Taylor that I took the other day. She is just growing up to be such a great little girl. She is such a good helper and I am so lucky to be her mom. She is doing well in school and I love going to help in her class and see how much she is learning. She is still a little shy, but she has lots of cute friends. What a sweetheart! In these pics she is modeling some new spring clothes I got for her. Aren't they cute? Too bad it hasn't been warm enough for her to wear them yet. We are all ready for spring!