Saturday, March 29, 2014

A few little things

Kathryn loves building forts on a regular basis.  And she normally likes to decorate them afterwards.

Oh how I love this little boy.  Poor things has had an ongoing cold for the last two months.  At Michael's insistence, the doctor finally ordered a chest x-ray and found out he had a mild case of pneumonia.  

This little girl doesn't nap any more, but has quiet time instead while the boys sleep.  
Sometimes she helps me with things I need to get done or we read together.  
I'm trying hard to savor this alone time before she rushes off to all-day kindergarten in the fall.  

Doing some laundry with my little helper.  I have a similar picture of Maxwell around this age.

More laundry help from my little buddies.

These two can fight like cats and dogs, so I really treasure the moments when they are best friends.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Art studio

I sent Michael a few pictures and a message one morning.
Jen: The kids are playing art studio, so I don't know if we'll be going anywhere anytime soon.
Michael: Wow, I can tell I am a dad. All I see is a whole lot of potential clean up...:)
Unfortunately, that is the case sometimes. The mess seams too daunting.
But it wasn't this morning. They played until their hearts were creatively content.

This was February

Row 1: It snowed a ton one day, and then rained the next; Kathryn's castle; my sweet baby bug; 
Valentines Day scavenger hunt for the kids
Row 2: Someone (the young women) heart attacked us; Valentines Day scavenger hunt; Kat made four snowmen before the snow melted away; Max patiently waiting for blueberry muffins
Row 3: Another Snowman; Michael teaching Max to fist bump; decorating cookies for Valentines Day
Row 4: Reading Samuel to sleep; Max is "the best big brother"; More snowmen; first try at rice cereal