mmm food

Kaitlynn's first food

Getting ready

did you just put something in my mouth?


What is this stuff!!!

hmm it tastes pretty good.


Then again so does this bib.




As to be expected things were a little messy but once we put her in her swing so she was leaning back a little she downed the rest of her food.

Ice skating

Kaitlynn watching everyone (she just woke up)

Lilly loved Ice skating, she just didn't want to put any effort into it, and wanted to be pushed the whole time

Payten and Kassidy had fun as well, Payten was flying around the rink

The group shot

Saturday Patrick's family went Ice skating to celebrate Kevin's birthday, coincidentally he leaves Tuesday to Iraq so it was great to get together and see him.

girls night out

Last week My mom and I, and one of my sisters went to color me mine, it was a great night out. Although if I go again I will only choose one thing to paint and have some ideas ready before I go, and remember to have patience!!!

Here are the things I made (after i had finished I was cleaning up and accidentally dripped paint all over the kids plates, I managed to clean up most of the mess)

Here is the mug my mom painted (she loves to crochet and knit)

Happy St. Patrick's day

I had planned to do a Leprechaun hunt and have the kids find a pot of gold (chocolate coins) but couldn't find any, so we decided to just make rainbows. Lilly wasn't very interested in it today, and Payten started to do his but said it was taking too long so he only did half of his. I was explaining to Payten what today was and since his daddy's name is Patrick he turned to me and said "we have a Payten day too"? We were also going to make cookies or something fun but I think we'll save that for another day!

some more pics from Daddy's birthday

The yummy oreo cake

Lilly helping me make breakfast for daddy, later that night Patrick and I went out to dinner it was yummy and I ate way too much! I tried to get a picture of the birthday boy but he didn't want one. so here's an oldie

real quick

The kids helping me make Daddy's birthday cake this morning, hopefully more pics to come.

Bowling take I

Last night we headed out to the bowling alley. The kids were so excited! They would jump and cheer whenever the ball hit the pins. About half way through the manager came up to us and let us know that they had bowling leagues that night and so we would need to end our game and that we wouldn't be charge anything. We were a little sad that we only got halfway through our game but hey you can't beat free. Maybe we'll try to go next weekend for a full game.

Friday fun

Today we had fun dying noodles and turning them into necklaces/bracelets. When I first was looking for noodles to use other than rigatoni I tried to find the wheel shaped ones but no one had them I was a little disappointed, but the kids still had fun with the ones we had.

One of those days

It's only 10:00am and I'm already wishing it was over. First off it snowed 6in last night after having 60 degree weather this last week. I needed to head to the store (always a task with three kids). While in the store Lilly slipped and put holes in the knees of her last pair of pants that didn't have any, Payten was also all over the place (he could care less if he got lost) the store ended up only having about half of the things I was looking for so we went next store to the dollar store where we had no luck of getting what I was looking for, and then on the way out to the car Lilly fell (more like sat) in a huge puddle so she cried all the way home along with Kaitlynn who was hungry. I decide that maybe I need a drink (soda) and calm myself down, shucks no luck I only had two quarters. We get home and hurray the people are here to fix/finish our garage (happy it will be done....not so happy about dealing with the hammering and saw sound all day). Stand outside in the cold talking with the worker while the kids roll around in the snow with no snow clothes on. Get to the door and I can't remember the number to get into my house (key pad lock) I've never done that, so I have to call my husband and ask him what his is. One hour later...... remember that I left the milk in the car..... hopefully it's still good, otherwise I'll be heading back to the store again, maybe tonight without kids. But for now onto the mountain of laundry and house work.

some goodies from Grandma J.

Some cute little booties for Kaitlynn

and a hat for Lilly.

She also made a cute birdie rattle for Kaitlynn but wasn't quite finished with it so I will have to post a picture of that when I get it.

4months and 4 years

Today we had Dr. appointments/check ups for Payten and Kaitlynn. Payten loves to go to the doctors because they have "toys" (medical equipment) to play with. After getting all the measurements nothing was too surprising; Payten weighed in at a meer 31.75lbs. (one pound heavier than last year), and was exactly 3 1/2 ft. which is a little below average. He has always been skinny and it seems that he will be taking after his dads side of the family. (a little side note Lilly weighs 30.75 pounds as of last week)! Kaitlynn is back down to an average weight of 13.67lbs. but has jumped up to the 87% for height at 24.5in. Payten didn't have to get any shots but Kaitlynn got 4 and a rotavirus(oral). All in all everyone looked good and healthy.