planting seeds

the girls had a great time decorating their pots, "growing" dirt, and planting seeds! now it's a face to see whose will pop up first! we're growing forget-me-nots, strawberries, and wildflowers!

world thinking day!

yay! our first big girl scout event . . . world thinking day! :) our troop learned about germany and had a great time designing our poster and making our "swaps" for the day! when the girls arrived they each got a passport and walked around visiting all of the other "countries" to try food, learn a few things, and of course collect a swap! what a fun afternoon! :) seeing how excited they were made it all worth the work! :)

ken's birthday fun with a friend!

ken is turning eight. (so hard to believe!) this year we opted for having a birthday treat with a friend for each of the kiddos . . . it was such a hit last year! :) ken asked to have her bestest friend g over to spend the night! the girls had a great time just being silly! they watched a movie and stayed up late . . . and included the little girls in all the fun! :) in the morning they had donuts and did crafts and then it was off to build-a-bear! ken picked a cool rocker bear that she can plug her mp3 into! :) way cool! the girls picked outfits for their bears and got them all registered! then we hit the food court for some lunch and dessert! :) ken couldn't wait to get home to show off her newest build-a-bear! :) the countdown is on to the big birthday day! :)

sweet aunt sarah

what lucky kiddos. . . aunt sarah stuck a "happy day" present in the mail for the girls! candy, purses and coloring books! the girls were on cloud nine! :) thanks aunt s! we love you so much! :)

valentine's day 2011

happy heart day! :) the kids had a yummy heart donut breakfast, donut balloons, books, and candy . . . and that was just the start! :) the girls had a mommy lunch at school which i got to attend without the little kids (thanks ms. j.! we love you!). and then our afternoon was filled with more goodies. . . little heart baskets filled with way too much stuff . . . and a YUMMY dinner at mama fu's (yes, our kids were up for trying something new!) wow . . . our hearts have four little reasons to be sooooo happy! :)

valentines on our own

wow . . . what a difference this year. my two big girls took their valentines and headed to their room to do their valentines all by themselves . . . they didn't want any help, guidance, direction. uh. so sad! ken took a lot of time trying to write hers nice and neat . . . making sure each one was assembled the right way . . . complete with a silly band! mck had little disney card games to give out and wrote her name on each one complete with a good "girl or boy picture" to go along with it! :) her little pen drawings were adorable! :) hard to imagine in just a few years they will all be doing everything on their own. . .

donuts with daddy!

kam was SO excited this morning to have daddy bring her to school for "donuts with daddy" and to walk her to her classroom! what a treat! :) she ate two donuts (but wasn't supposed to tell me!) :) her teachers said she was just giddy all day because she had gotten to show off her dad! so sweet! :)

SNOW DAY!

a beautiful thing to wake up to . . . and inch of white fluffy stuff covering everything! we were so excited to get out and play! we had several snow ball fights, made piles of snow, ate the snow, and thanks to our neighbors even got to "sled"! the kids loved it! b.c. was even saying "snow" by the end of the day! we got chilly and came inside to dry everything, have some hot chocolate and cookies, and then head out again . . . by 10 in the morning the kids had had their fill of snow play! :)

homeade choo choo!

kam and b.c. create a train in the kitchen at least once a day! they drag all the chairs over themselves and line them all up then take turns getting into each seat! if you try to play with them b.c. is very insistent on where you can or cannot sit and wants everyone to make train sounds! :) omg . . . it is too funny!