The last 2 weeks of February were full of fun and adventure...and flu bugs :). Life is just full and crazy, I'm so glad that I can use my phone to capture so many of these small moments that make up our days. Here we have Kenzie and Carter at lunch one day with a special friend, Woof Woof. Woof Woof is Makenzie's constant companion these days. She insists on sleeping with him, and half the time she won't eat unless he is in her audience. She just has a fun personality and is becoming her own person more every day.
Olivia loves to organize just like her mom. Sometimes, however, she gets herself in trouble because she pulls everything out and sorts it into piles...and then gets distracted by the next activity :). Putting the organized toys/books/clothes back away isn't her specialty just yet, but we are working on it.
Speaking of organizing, I have restarted some of my old home organization and am a much more efficient Mom. I use this spreadsheet to plan my cleaning, extra activities for the week, monthly projects, meals, and random notes. I love it, even if I'm a huge nerd for admitting that. We also have the kids working on chore charts most days. If i'm being honest, we usually go in spurts of a week or so using it, then off for a while, but it gives us something to reference when the kids don't seem to be helping enough.
This 15 month old refuses to be fed by her parents. This means that her meals go everywhere and are quite an adventure. For this particular night, I tried to feed her twice (hence the two spoons) and finally just let her have her bowl of lasagna soup. She totally loved it, and ate 2 entire bowls before she was done.
At least once a week I get about 100 pictures taken on my phone by kids. Usually these are all close-ups of someone's nose or legs, but this time Olivia took some cute pics while the kids were playing with Dad. I love our crazy, messy life!
At the end of February, Alex went to a conference in LA for work. That meant a few days with no backup or kid free time for me, so I tried to get creative about activities as a sanity-saving strategy. One afternoon we spent some time doing learning worksheets, and the kids sent these pictures to dad of their accomplishments. I just love their faces...total fake smile by O and Hulk face by C.
While the kids were working on learning pages, Kenzie serenaded us with her newfound skill of playing the piano without help getting up. The sounds are much sweeter when she has to stretch for the highest keys than when I sit her on the bench, so we are all for this form of accompaniment.
We spent one day with a big Target run, which ended up being SUPER challenging with our first major kid meltdown in a store in over a year. Yes, it was the 5 yo who melted down, and yes I did have to tell some sweet Grandma that she couldn't buy my disobedient child candy to calm her down. It was one of those trips to the store :). However, I found a cute baby outfit and some cheap chocolate to get me through the afternoon, and the kids were thrilled with their clearance slippers.
Just a fun picture of Carter and his sweet friends...and my sweet friend :) walking together after a school dropoff.
Hitting 26 weeks at the end of the month means it's time for the lovely glucose test! Honestly I don't mind this as much as a lot of people I know, but it always makes me nervous because I have been a borderline failure every time I've taken it. This time, however, was much different. Lime flavor is totally drinkable, and the sugar high that I should have been having was transferred to the kids, who spent the extra time waiting at the doctor in a major dance-off. It was a totally successful 2 hours at the doctor, if that can even be said of any 2 hours at the doctor.
Here are some pictures that Alex sent home from his conference. He always sends home pics of food that he's eating, while i'm eating leftover mac'n'cheese and a corn dog that a kid didn't finish. I spend a lot of time jealous while he's gone :)
This was just a fun counting activity that Carter and I did one morning. He totally loved rolling the dice and counting the cheerios...and eating the cheerios :)
We met the Rules for another super fun play date! We try pretty regularly to get all the kids together for a picture, and it's never easy. I love the next series of 4 pictures because it shows what happens every single time we try for this picture...Grayson's face in pic #3 just kills me every time. He knows exactly what he did and is thrilled with himself about it :). As a note, the kids involved in fighting changes every day, and is utterly unpredictable. Our kids are the best of friends, and with that comes the best of enemies some days. Life is hard when you're 5 or 3.
Yay for Daddy being home!! we celebrated with a gymnastics meet and make your own pizza night.
At the end of February, Kenzie learned how to 'jump' (she bends her knees and stands up really fast) and she says 'choo-choo' for trains. She also says 'choo choo' for planes and trucks and tractors and boats, but we are working on that part. I took these next couple pictures one morning when her bed hed was out of control. Her little curls are so precious, and I love how crazy they make her hair look after sleeping for any amount of time.
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