Joshua's beard

We were playing with Mr. Potato Head and I have to admit, Josh saw me do this first. He thought it was hilarious. The beard fit his face so well.

Bathtime

Rylie and Emily are really enjoying bath time together. This is one good thing about them being so close to the same age.

Valentines Dance

Our ward had a Valentines Dance as a ward activity. Our family really enjoyed it. I think we danced every song except one (all of us except Jacob. He is at that age. He did dance one line dance with us).

Shocking!

The other day, the kids and I were building forts. Yes, it is February and I have stuck with my new years resolution to do fun things with the kids (yeah). We had a great time. I don't know if it was the materials we were using or we need more humidity, but the girls hair was sticking straight up. It was very amusing. I am really enjoying the kids. They make thing so fun in life. What do people do without kids?

Snow Fun

The weather was wonderful Saturday. It got up to 24 degrees and so we decided to take the kids outside for some fun while Emily took her nap. We have a hill in our backyard that is great for sledding for the younger kids and a larger steeper hill on the side of our house that is fun for the older ones. It is great in the winter (I am not so sure about the summer months).

We also have a large enough yard that the kids could pretty much do anything they want. We all wrote notes in the snow,

climbed up the huge piles of snow from shoveling (that is our mailbox next to Joshua),

dug snow forts,

ate snow,

made snow angels and also hid behind forts to avoid snowballs. Jacob insisted he was just too hot to keep his hat on. He is only 12 and he thinks he is invincible (we are in big trouble).

Alison is helping Darren shovel the driveway.

And even Darren and I had a few turns down the hill.


We had so much fun. Now the temps are back down to zero. We will have to wait a little longer to do this again.

Silly Kids

I have started to really enjoy the silly things my kids do everyday. Rylie was twirling around in the family room trying to make herself dizzy. I continued to say "Rylie be careful" as she got close to things. I guess I said it enough because she started saying "Careful me!" as she twirls.

When I change diapers I usually put their pants on my head and sing a song about having a silly hat. Today Emily put Joshua's pajama bottoms on her head and walked around the kitchen dancing.

Emily's hair is finally long enough to try to do something with it. I tried piggy tails yesterday and it made me laugh because she looked like she had horns. Am I a bad mom to continue to do it this way just for my amusement?

Emily is growing so fast lately. We no longer have a baby. We now have a toddler. She likes to tease, walk around and now is very interested with playing in the bathroom. Yesterday I caught her twice putting toys in the toilet and unrolling all the toilet paper off the roll. What a fun stage!