Happy father's day

I'm taking a break from my life to sit with my dad today. I miss him so much. It's been almost four years since he passed away. I was pregnant with kate at his funeral.  He never got to hold our meet her or our sweet david. I know he's watching over them,  but I wish he could have held them.

I love remembering the days when he would hold jane's hand and take walks with her up and down the halls at the veteran's home. Those are always some of my favorite memories. I wish he was still here like we all remember him, without alzheimer's.

I remember one afternoon at our apartment when Chad and my dad were playing baseball on the wii.  I laughed so hard that day. He swung that wii remote the exact same way whether he was pitching, or hitting. It was such an awesome day!

I miss you more than you can ever know Mikey.

Wow...just wow

I cannot believe I am writing these words.  I was sitting on the floor in my closet minding my own business. Kate walked in and said Bubby has my potty. We are potty training kate, we talk a lot about the potty, so i said okay, not really thinking anything of it.

Then I felt a very warm liquid go down my back.

Covered with kate's pee, i realized she was warning me of what was about to happen. Thanks kate.

My guy

This boy is so funny.  He just keeps putting this crown on and smiling.  God bless him.  He's so cool!

Keep your business in your britches

My David was running around naked this morning in his usual morning fashion.  After I put a dispute on him he kept pulling it down so his "business" was sticking or the top.  Good love him!  I told him "David. .. put your business back in your britches. " my sweet kate decided she needed to remind him odd it too.  So for the next 5 minutes or so she followed her brother around telling him to "put yo biness in yo bwiches." Never a dull moment!

Character kate

This morning is trash day.  My sweet kate is outside with me checking the mail when the trash man is driving by.  She wanted to watch,  he waved,  all was good.  Then she stayed chasing him up the street yelling "you truck is big !"  You just never know what will come or of my 3 yr old' s mouth

What a good friday

Since there was no school today I decided we would just have a fun day. I blew up our new to us bounce house. It fits perfectly on our deck.  Again. .. I'm so thankful for that deck. 

Then we met up with jamie and Paige and avery at powder valley. Such an awesome place!

We are ending our day with late lunch and play time at chick-fil-a. We are a chicken loving group!

It's been a beautiful day and all 6 kids had a blast. I love days like this.

Happy Spring!!

Today I am very thankful for the deck on the back of our house and our swing set in our back yard. These two things allow our kids to have so much fun with out being confined in our house. It makes having 4 kids just a little bit easier in my brain. "Go outside" really works! Love it!!!

Spring break 2014

We recently had spring break. Grace got to go to Destin with her mom and her cousin, so that was super exciting. The rest of us got to stay home in st. Louis to enjoy the changing of the seasons.

We started our break with a trip to powder valley. I'd never been there before. We enjoyed a walk on a trail and then played inside for a while. What a cool place. I'll have to not forget how much fun we had and take them there again. 

My mom took Jane to make invitations to her birthday party. She's having her party at Yucando Art studio this year with a few of her girl friends from school. She's super excited. Here's what the outside of her invitations looked like. Each one was unique.

Jane got to go "cake hunting" with her friend Maggie one afternoon. They drove all around St. Louis to find the 250th birthday celebration cakes. She had so much fun!! We also ended up finding a cake one afternoon while we were at Laumeire Sculpture park with some friends. Here's Jane and Kate with the cake and some pictures of the kids enjoying the art.

I spent some time completing my first full roll of un-paper towels. Here's my finished product! So fun. I think so far we all like using them quite a bit. We are spoiled with our laundry room right off our kitchen. If our house weren't set up that way, I'm not sure how committed I would be able to get our whole family to these.

It seems like all we did was visit parks during this break, but the weather cooperated, so we never saw the same place twice. It was great!! And we got to see so many friends along the way. 

My little tumbler

My sweet Jane is taking a tumbling class.  She used to go to the little gym,  then she did some cheerleading,  now she's back at spirit's gym taking a tumbling class.  It is so awesome to see her working on her cartwheels and back handsprings. She loves it so much!

The greener side of me

So sometimes I get these ideas in my head about projects that I want to take on.  My most recent project is un-paper towels. Or, reusable towels on a roll that will replace my favorite paper towels that I use all day.

I made my first batch of un-paper towels.  Well,  they aren't quite done yet,  but I'm so excited to share how cute they turned out. 

I used flannel on one side and terry cloth on the other side. I'm not quite done,  still want to sew around the edges and put snaps on them and make them into a roll.  They are going to be so cool.  I have used cloth diapers for so long that I think this is going to be a great move for our family.  I have other patterns to use that are going to be super fun for our house.  Can't wait to share more. 

Bring it on blog world!

I am so excited to write my first post on my new blog. I have such a fun life and family, I think it's worth sharing. So here goes.

Everyday is a new adventure for me. Whether it's just staying at home, or doing something exciting outside of our house, it's always exciting.

You have to know about my kids, they are hilarious! Here's a pic of my Kate today.

This girl is one of the funniest almost 3 year olds I've ever met. She talks my ears off, and she says the funniest things. Just check this outfit out. Jane had a dance recital when she was about 3, and Kate has recently found Jane's leotard and tutu, so here you go...Kate's new favorite outfit. They people at Dierberg's today just didn't know what to think about her. Her grandma found her the cowgirl boots and they have been glued to her feet now for 2 days. Oh what a girl. So much fun!!

So my great friend Emily, at www.theycallmemama.com, has helped me get this blog up and going. She is my blog and lots of other fun things expert. She has a super fun blog about her mommy world as well, so check her out.