Wordless Wednesday (Lovin' The Sunshine!)

(Hula) Hooping It Up - Adelle Style

These pictures sure do make me smile :) She was having a blast with this hula hoop.

(Hula) Hooping It Up - Abbie Style

This girl can hula like a champ!

Pictures for YGMT...Moment

For some reason the pictures I put in my last post didn't show up, so I'll try this again.

Natty and Grandma   Natty and Mama

You're Gonna Miss This Moment

It seems like forever since I have done one of these posts, but this morning I was reminded of something that I am going to miss so much! Natalie loves to give big gigantic hugs, which she calls "queezes". After she hugs you as hard as she can, she asks, "Was that good 'queezes'?" She did that this morning when she came up to my bedroom and it just hit me that she may not do this too much longer. So instead of fighting to get her to let go (because sometimes it hurts!), I'm going to enjoy the moments while they last.

Check out my friend Pam's blog for more details on "Your Gonna Miss This....Moments"

Stellan, Pizza Hut, and Funny Girls

A quick update on baby Stellan... (just in case you aren't already following his mama's blog, you can click here to find out the details.) He had his ablation on Tuesday, but has since gone back into SVT without it being induced. He is on a new drug now, so please join us in praying that it will work. The next option after drugs will be open heart surgery and a pacemaker.

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Tonight Adam was at a track meet, so I took the girls to Pizza Hut. Abbie had a Book-It certificate for a free personal pan, so it ended up being a rather inexpensive treat :). While we were there Abbie had to go potty. I could see her by the bathrooms, trying to figure out which one she should use. She got it right (thank goodness!) and when she got back to the table she said, "I knew which one to go in because I read the sign!"

Adelle said, "How do you know the difference though?"

I told her, "Because 'men' starts with 'M' and 'women' starts with 'W'."

Adelle then said, "Hmm...well, maybe they should just say 'mom' and 'dad'. Then I could read them too."

Smart girl, that one! Then again, in the bathtub tonight she threw a fit when I turned on the water to rinse out her hair. "No Mom, I don't want to get wet!" ???

 

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Every once in a great while, all 3 of my girls actually get along for longer than 2 seconds 5 minutes. Tonight was one of those nights.

Of course, I had to get photographic proof for their teen years!

 

And please ignore the fact that Nat is "w sitting". I really don't let her do that, but I didn't want to disrupt the moment (at least before I got the picture!) by telling her to fix her feet. Actually, now that I look at the picture, Adelle is sitting that way, too. Oops :)

The Woodpecker

My parents have a little woodpecker that sits on the telephone pole right at the edge of their lawn.

Obviously, it's fake, right? Try telling that to a couple of 4 year olds and a 5 yr old :) They were scared to death of this thing! They would run over near about 10 feet away from the pole and just scream their little hearts out at this bird. But it wouldn't fly away! They decided maybe it just couldn't hear very well.

Notice Adelle yelling with her whole body!

I love the way Adelle is looking at Abbie and Abbie is like, "I don't know!"

As we were leaving for home, Adelle got brave and went right over to the pole to look at this bird. Abbie is in the van screaming, "Look out Adelle, you're gonna get woodpeck-ed!"

When Adelle gets in the van, they ask me to honk at the bird. So I obliged, and the following conversation took place.

Me: "Hmm...I guess he really can't hear."

Adelle: "No Mom, I saw him. He's nailed."

Me: "Oh my! Wouldn't that make him die?"

Adelle: "Mom, I don't think he was ever alive. He's plastic."

Well, then, okay.

Yeah, I Don't Know Either

When I walked into the dining room the other day, this...

is what I saw. And the same day we went to McDonald's with some friends and the girls did this...

btw...that's a hamburger bun

Why are my children so strange?

Recent Baby Photoshoot

this actually has his name and birthdate at the bottom, but I took it off for privacy reasons.

**if you click on the trio of pics it will enlarge. I'm not sure why it's cut off on here.**

I'm Still Here :)

Wow, combine gorgeous weather, busy kids, and a track coach husband and you have one very bad blogger. Every day I think, okay, I'm going to blog today. But then something else calls my name. Forgive me? I thought you might :)

The next few posts over the next few days are mainly going to be pictures, because that is one thing I have kept up with. Much to the dismay of my family, who have been digging through piles of clean clothes that have yet to be put away. Ahem.

So, first up, we have Easter egg hunting pictures. The girls did the big hunt over at the park near my parents house on the Saturday before Easter. It was a little chilly! They had a lot of fun, although Adelle freaked out about 10 seconds before the start. I so wish I had snapped a picture of the tears rolling down her cheeks, but I wasn't quick enough. She recovered quickly and snatched up quite a few eggs.

 Yes, it was cold, but she's also slightly dramatic!

   This was shortly before the tears...ignore the rude little girl who walked RIGHT in front of my camera as I took the picture. Grr...

Anyone else have a 5 yr old with a 15 yr old's attitude?!