Circus Day

Thursday was "Circus Day" at Izzy's school.

The activities began with each child being an "acrobat" and doing a "routine" of walking a tight-rope, jumping on a trampoline, hula-hooping and then climbing through a tunnel.

Then there were about 20 different games the kids could play and win prizes.

I had 4 kids on this day to guide through - since I had driven Danny to school and his mom was busy watching other kids for a friend. Here are my four "fishing".

And of course - couldn't leave without getting our faces painted.

When we got home - Emily helped me make pudding.

Changing diapers

This is how the kids spent most of today... "changing" diapers on their stuffed animals. Hey... it kept them entertained!

Mason's Birthday Party

Izzy went to her first birthday party last weekend. A friend from school had his party at a place filled with inflatable slides and bouncy houses. Needless to say - it was a blast and she loved it.

Going down the big slide. Wheeeee.......

Crashing at the bottom.

"Trucker, trucker - anyone out there?"

All the kids singing Happy Birthday and waiting for cupcakes and ice cream.

Diving in with another school friend, Lincoln.

New Years

For New Years, we went back up to Steve's parents house. It was lucky we drove up on Tues night, because Wed morning a big snow storm came through and dumped over 7" on us in one day.

Mommy and Izzy playing out in the snow.

Emily LOVED the snow.

Daddy trying to chase Izzy through the huge snow banks.

It was hard to see, the snow was coming down so hard! Notice Zach is absent from all these pics - he refused to leave the garage and go out in the snow. Didn't like it at all. So he stayed inside with Grandma and Grandpa.

One of their favorite past-times at Grandma and Grandpa's house - playing with the cat food. We joked they'd get a case for Christmas! They stack it, carry it around, use it like blocks, pretend to eat it and serve us "meals." Who knew cat food could be so entertaining?

Cuddling together on the counch.

As one friend called them, my resident "Bonnie and Clyde". Here they've taken all the soda bottles and are playing with them in the living room, pretending to drink them. This is after they climbed on the counter, got my wallet, and took everything out and threw it down the cat hole into the basement! Dollar bills were flying everywhere, credit cards landed in litter boxes, insurance cards flew into storage boxes... anyone want to keep two 2-year-olds for a while??? =)

New Year's Babies

Our youngest children decided to start off the new year with a bang. Instead of taking their naps yesterday, they decided to strip themselves naked - diapers included - and have a little naked baby party in their room. This is how I found them, when they were SUPPOSED to be napping! Notice Emily's flying hair... they were using their mattresses as trampolines and jumping up and down in all their naked glory! (Yes, that's their clothes, blankets, stuffed animals AND diapers littering the floor of their room.)

We obviously don't know WHO instigated it - and they finished their romp by peeing on their beds - both of them. I tried REALLY hard to be mad, but I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Crazy kids.

He's just WAY too happy!