Miscellaneous from the end of February

I bet all of you thought I was falling on my "resolution" of staying up to date.  I maybe was, a little, but worse, I haven't been good at taking pictures!  The end of February wasn't very exciting at our house which in turn didn't remind me to take the camera out and snap some pictures.  Here are some randoms to prove we did have fun!

This strange winter has given us opportunities to play outside.  Here Denver is painting the driveway with sidewalk paint, thanks to Pinterest!

Denver and Jacob got to have a sleep over!

Denver and Jacob holding Malachi

Of course I made sure I got some snuggles in too!

Makenna has become obssessed with playing "babies".

This is a common site at our house now.

Our one, and maybe only snowman this winter.

Every time we've been able to go play in the snow it hasn't been very packable and have struggled to make a snowman so we did the best we could.  The kids have been checking out the window on him every day....I hate to say it, but he's almost gone and no longer has a head.

Otherwise things haven't been to exciting with us.  We've had some good laughs from the kids and I've been trying to remember the things they say so I get it documented, but of course I'm not good at getting that done.  Here's one thing from each one,

Makenna: We're eating chicken and it's always a debate if the kids want their chicken cut up or on the bone and Makenna says a little ways into the meal "I want one with a handle on it!"

Denver:(Not really funny, but some thing that gives you insight into his thoughts these days)  "Mom why does it have to be dark outside for so long?" (meaning he would rather run & play all the time and skip sleeping)

A Little Bit of Love Goes a Long, Long Way

I'll have to check with Denver in the morning if I messed up with the title.  Denver had preschool today, Valentine's Day, and they had a fun little party that I got to go to with him.  I missed the first part of the party when I was running Makenna to Auntie Lynn's so I could put my whole attention on Denver and helping with his class.  During that part Mrs. Korn taught them a cute little song about a little bit of love going a long way and Denver continued to sing it the rest of the day.  It was great, because it gave me the opportunity to remind him how a little bit of love does go a long way.  This Valentine's day I was re-reminded how much God loves us and how fortunate we are for all we have thanks to Him.  I couldn't be happier watching my children learn to love and to know more about God.  I hope each and every one of you felt God's love a little more today, along with some love to and from those whom you love.

Story Time

They made a placemat with all of the Valentine's cards they received.  I should've taken a picture of it; it was super cute (maybe it will show up on a future post).  After they were done making their placemat they got to choose one piece of candy to eat before moving on to their next project.

Denver's piece of candy he chose to eat at school.

Painting a Valentine

Building blocks with his friend, Matthew

Table Time, with friends Griffin & Colton

Tunnel Tag (aka Freeze Tag)

And follow the leader.

Rewind a Little: Sunday the kids and I stayed home from Church as Denver was getting over the stomach flu and Makenna was just starting antibiotics for an ear infection and a cold she had for almost 2 weeks.  During our time at home Denver and I got his Valentine's day cards ready for school.  We had a fun time filling out "Cars 2" Valentine's and making some pencil Valentine's out of rolos for his teachers.

Tonight we had a special little supper....as special as it can get for chislic and 2 kids! :)  None-the-less we had fun and finished the evening out with a movie at home as a family.  It was super fun and I'm so thankful for my family whom I love so very much!

My Valentine's Day Babies all dressed up for supper

(Yes, Denver's idea of dressing up was shorts!)

..and another try

...again?....

you get the picture....they don't care about the picture I want...

CHEESE!!!

We have a little princess on our hands.  Makenna LOVES princesses, but even more loves pretending she is one.  She wore her little tiara all day today and her daddy brought home some pretty flowers for his little princess for Valentine's day.  She had her tiara on still when I walked out of her bedroom tonight, but this is what I found when I went to check on her.

...sleeping on her princess pillow. 

What is it about your own sleeping baby....I could just stare at them forever, they are so precious, especially when they're sleeping.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

And one more trip to Omaha!

We couldn't stay away from Mr. Malachi very long as the kids and I headed back to Omaha last week.  Now, I have to say, we truly went to get my mom who had been staying with them for the past 5 days, BUT we didn't mind the excuse to go snuggle the little guy a little more and I LOVE the time I get with my sister and the bigger boys too.  Its so nice for us girls and the kids to all be together, I will always cherish those times.  I didn't do very well on pictures, but it was a quick trip as we were in Omaha less than 24 hours.  The cousins had a great time playing at the park and playing at Auntie Kim and Uncle Jeff's house.

I got a picture of Jacob!

He's such a good big brother to baby Malachi.

And Mr. Malachi in the sleeping owl hat that I had some one make for him...he didn't cooperate very well for my photo shoot, but he did for his Mommy after I left!

Some thing on the Walls!

My dear, amazing, husband made it a priority to get some of my pictures hung on our walls.  I've been starting to go a little decorating crazy as I can't take bare walls and just one color, even if it is latte very long!  Hanging things up is not exactly what Evan enjoys doing so I greatly appreciated his willingness to tackle this project.

And, Denver has been begging for some attention to his room.  After lots of persuasion in more ways than he knows we finally gave into his theme that he wanted so badly, "Cars 2".  I don't think he could be much happier with the results.