Baby Yeah-Yeah!

I declare that I have the worlds most agreeable daughter. I mean, she says "yeah" to almost every question you ask her. It is actually quite comical so I figured I would take a couple of small videos with my digital camera to share the absolute hilarity.
The first one was shot by me, but she wouldn't hold still so I apologize for moving around so much. Also, you ar going to want to scroll all of the way down to the bottom of the page to pause the music. There is a little pause icon in the black music box. Happy viewing!

The next video was Grant's work of art. Again, I apologize if anyone gets motion sickness from this one!
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This final video shows just how good of sharer (is that even a word) my little Tootie is! She loves her kitten kat.

And I will leave you with this image. Grant was playing around with my point-n-shoot and said "Mom and Tootie, say CHEESE" but cheese didn't work so I said, "Audrey, say "boogers" and Grant snapped this beauty. Hey, at least she knows what boogers are!

Have a great weekend! We're going outside to play.

I ♥ Faces Week 15 - "Self Portrait"

Holy moly what a tough theme for this weeks I ♥ Faces photo challenge! I pretty much was choosing NOT to participate this week until I got a wild hair up you know where! The two pictures I have chosen this week were taken this evening in our living room just sitting on the couch. While I was attempting to capture a somewhat acceptable image of myself, the 4 year old was hooking a plastic slinky to my toe and stretching it across the room and my 18 month old was "throwing" real baseballs around the room! PURE CHAOS!

This is my adult entry:

And my kids entry:

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Lookie-lookeie who's pretty little face is featured on one of I heart faces photo collages this week. It is by no means a win, but a sort of "honorable mention" if you will.

I'll just keep practicing and entering and someday, maybe someday I will have success~

Easter Procrastinator

A day late and a dollar short...Okay, more like a week late! I just haven't had time this week to sit down and share the pictures of the kids from Easter so you'll have to bear with me and see these delayed pictures.
So, as you can see, Mr. Easter Bunny stopped by for a quick snack and he left a couple of baskets of loot for the kiddos.

See what I mean? Now that is some loot.

I actually missed getting a picture of the Punk's initial reaction but he was still this excited by the time I got the camera out. He was in full shock-n-awe mode that the Easter Bunny was really at our house!

Mr. Bunny even snuck into the fridge and hid all of the Easter eggs we colored. That sneaky bunny! I just love the messy hair and the puffy "I just woke up eyes"

Audrey didn't quite understand the concept of "real" Easter eggs. She threw them right into her basket like they were plastic. Oh well, could be worse, right?

She actually really got into hunting for eggs. The bunny must have been lazy because he hid all of the eggs in the house. Next year the Easter Bunny is going to make sure that any and all real Easter eggs are hidden outside. That way when the Easter Bunny outsmarts himself and hides an egg where even he can't find it, there are no worries. Luckily my little genius daughter cracked the bunny code this very morning and found that pesky egg before it started stinkin' up the joint! Yeah Tootie!

This little funny bunny figured out that she LOVES her some Reeses Peanut Butter Cups! She was like a chocolate fiend the entire day. She even ended up breaking into Grant's basket from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Oscar and began biting into every little chocolate bunny she could get her hands on! Of course, Grant freaked out and yanked it all from her hands which then caused her to scream bloody murder and run after him. All the while he was crying because she ate and ruined all of his candy. I finally calmed the situation by promising that Grant could have some of the candy from her basket. Ahhh...brotherly and sisterly love.

Grant even got a new Jeep game for the wii. What a lucky little fella!

And of course he had to try on Audrey's bunny ears! Silly rabbit!

After the morning festivities, we headed up to the lake to have Easter lunch with Duke's family. That is where I took this adorable picture of Tootie (and where I took the one of her that I entered into last weeks I heart faces photo contest) My sweet little dumplin'!

The it was outside to enjoy the nice weather.

It was a little windy by the lake so the kids had to wear their coats but at least it was sunny and the snow was practically all gone.

The lake was still frozen so in made for a "cool" background. Ha! I am funny, aren't I!?!

The kids use the dock as a jungle gym to climb on.

And then came the outside egg hung. Emily, Grant and Audrey each had 15 eggs to find and boy did they hit the jackpot! Candy and money. Lucky kids. When I was little we got to keep the hard-boiled eggs that we found. Yippee!

Grandpa O helped them find and count them.

What a nice Grandpa, huh!

Sissy thought it was pretty cool to go outside and find more eggs. She just LOVES being outside!

Daddy didn't partake in the egg hunt festivities. Instead, he caught a few winks in the easy chair!

After the egg hunt is was time to crack into the eggs and the rest of the Easter baskets.

Grant got this funny Power Rangers mask/cape from Grandma and Grandpa in his basket. He was in heaven. And then he ran around after his sister making her scream. Although it is wonderful to see them play together, I would much rather it not involve blood curdling screams. Call me weird if you will.

After the sugar high subsided, we had a nice quiet ride home while the children slept quietly and dreamt of many, many Easters to come.

Hoping your Easter was as blessed as ours.

Too darn c-u-t-e!

I know I am a little partial, but have you ever seen anything as cute as these pictures?

I found these adorable jimmer jammers at none other than Targe' Botique (aka - Target)! Aren't they just the cutest???

In the picture above, Little Miss is very animatedly hugging the snot out of her bag of new summer clothes from her Grandma! This over-zealous reaction is most likely early signs of a shopping addiction. She doesn't have much of a chance having me as her mother!! Oh, and I just love the next one too...

Tootie decided she wanted to wear real underwear the other day. Granted it only lasted about an hour and there was an accident (luckily a firm one!) but it is progress none-the-less! I do have one question...Why oh why do they make those crazy plastic over-pants so darn big?! I mean come'on, I think my 16 year old niece could wear those as swimsuit bottoms!

Our little Champer Champers was outside helping me clean our grill the other night (DON'T ASK...all I am going to say is MAKE SURE you watch your pork chops if they look a little fatty! Yikes!) Anyhoo...he must have inadvertently wiped some soot on his face and nose and it became irresistibly photogenic!

He kinda looks like a little Popeye in this one!

Destine to be a great mechanic, just like his Daddy!

And just in case you wondered...Audrey is just as good at making a mess of herself. This was the aftermath of Easter sugar rush! That chocolate bunny never had a chance!!!!

Who woulda thunk!?!

I'm sure you're all well aware that my lovely little boy had a Birthday in March..."15, March" that is (as Grant would say!) Wellllllll...do you see those balloons in the background of this picture??? I know, it's kinda hard to see, but it was a mixture of 2 mylar balloons and 6 latex balloons. All blown up and purchased on that very same day...15, March.

It has always been my experience that you usually can not count on latex balloons filled with helium to last more than a day or two so that is why I always buy then the day of. Well, I am known for not liking to be proved wrong, but that is exactly what I have been! This picture was taken on 3/27 - 12 days after they were inflated!

Oh, hold your britches! It gets better...the picture below was taken on 4/1. No we're at 17 days and counting!

By 4/5 we were sick of them "hanging out" on the kitchen/dining room area so they were relocated to the kids' bedroom. Notice, Mr. Happy Birthday Star is sinkin' pretty low but Sporty and Pinky are hangin' in there!

By 4/9 it's down to Sporty vs. Pinky. And the entire time I am thinking, 'How on Earth can a latex balloon even compete with a mylar???' And you are probably wondering if I have finally flipped my lid!

And then I awoke to this on 4/10 (am). Looks like Sporty is holding his ground...

But then when we got home I rushed to the bedroom to check how my new little "friends" were doing before the scene became disrupted by the two little tornadoes we call our children. To my utter surprise, Sporty started losing some steam by the afternoon of 4/10. And now the race is ON!

In steps Mr. Destructive. On 4/11 I walked out to the porch only to witness this:

And on 4/11 the WINNER is...(insert drumroll here)...Pinky! (technically by default, but it is a win all the same :) Still can't believe that stinkin' balloon lasted 27 stinkin' days!

Who woulda thunk?!?

I ♥ Faces Week 14 - "Easter/Spring" Amateurs Category

Ahhhh...Spring Time! The season of a new beginning. The season of love. The season to remember that Jesus Christ sacraficed his life and died on the cross so that you and I can be forgiven for our sins. Which brings us to Easter. This Easter I simply choose to be thankful for having a healthy family.
This weeks I ♥ Faces theme is Easter/Spring. Even if I tried, I couldn't stage a picture that better fits both aspects of the theme than the one below:

Audrey was simply watching her Grandma Sue do the dishes after our wonderful Easter meal and I happened to snap this picture.
Oh, and did I mention that this week over at: http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ they are acutally having an "amateurs" category. Yeah! I simply can not compete with all of the extremely talented professionals that enter each week but I sure do have fun trying! Go check out all of the other beautiful Easter/Spring entries at: