Saturday, March 22, 2014

That one time when the weather was nice....

Last weekend, when it wasn't FREEZING out we took the M & M's and sweet Baby A out for a little hike.
The sunshine was GLORIOUS!
They were so excited to be outside!  And without mountains of winter gear to maneuver in :)
 and of course a little puddle jumping!
 I LOVED her outfit.
 I don't know why.
My sweet Matea....I can just tell she is thinking "Um...are you coming or what old lady?!?"
 love her
 Oh man that outfit!
We strolled on over to Kerry Wood Nature Center and spent some time in the little museum
 And then a little hike outside to the duck blind
Matea was going the wrong way and Mack was "catching" her :)
 Asher was SUPER pumped about the adventure...last year he just hung out in the stroller!
 Snack time of course!
Popcorn for Mack
 Bits & Bites for our sweet girl
 As the 3rd baby Asher just takes whatever he can get ;)
 Our helper Karen came along for the morning.
She is learning more and more about our little "puzzle" aka Matea, and doing stuff with our family really helps - and she helps us out too!!  She is so great with all our kiddo's, and we are so thankful for her.


And then a few days later it was a blizzard again :(

Bampi's lil' Birthday party!

Bampi quietly turned 60 on Thursday!!
Of course we remembered to celebrate!
 Pizza supper!!!
 Lots of hugs!
 and of course lots of silliness :)
 Getting ready to blow out the candles....
 it was pretty intense.
 and of course a little Doc McStuffins
 They get to do whatever they want :)


They love their Bampi...



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

These little cuties....

Books.  I wish that I could take all the credit for their love of books, but I don't think I can.  The M & M's just have a LOVE of books.  We have been going to the public library as a fun outing every week.  We don't even participate in the little programs they offer, Matea and her helper just pick a giant stack of books and "read" them, and then we bring them home and share them with Mack when he gets home after school, it's a super fun time 



Oh Asher....a little update on our little big man.  He is climbing....everything.  Our kitchen chairs now lay on their sides in the kitchen or trapped behind the table where he can't access them.  So I guess you could say that we are still working on our listening skills :)  And he is chatting up a storm....he is trying to answer questions and let us know what's going on with him, but the majority of his words just sound like "B-A-L-L" when he is really trying to tell us something he says ball really slow, it's so cute it's funny :)

Happy girl
Hmmm....always thinking







Saturday, March 8, 2014