Smoothies!!!

I've discovered that my kids will eat anything in smoothie form if you throw a few berries in it. Spinach? Pumpkin? Flax oil? Yes, and plain yogurt too. Here's Maia truly enjoying hers. Yes, that is smoothie in her eyebrows. Maybe it's some new sort of beauty treatment?

Using up junk and getting organized

In an effort to get Joshua's room organized and clear out some of the junk in the garage I have used up a leftover board piece, the old knobs from our bathroom vanity, leftover paint from Joshua's closet, stamps from a garage sale and some sharpies to create a set of coat hooks for Joshua's room. Hooray for packratiness!
I also turned all the old broken crayons into heart shaped multicolor crayons.
For my next trick...shelves?

A tired Birthday Girl

Princess Peep's birthday was a success. She had her tea party with family and as you can see was very very tired after the weekend was over. But Grandma and Grandpa weren't done spoiling yet! They went shopping on the way home and sent the monkeys little shirts with "ocean animals" on them. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. They love them!

Happy Easter

Joshua did really well on the egg hunt this year. Maia found a couple too, but was mostly very, very excited that, for some reason, she had been instructed to find a pink bunny basket full of treats this morning and given a pretty new dress to wear while eating those treats. To top that off, she was then whisked off to church where there was a breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes and an egg that had somehow magically turned pink. I think she's still pretty confused about why all these things happened today, but very excited nonetheless!

Preschool Photo

Hello, family. Here is my little man, looking so grownup in his first school photo.

Daddy's baby

I just liked this photo a lot. Maia doesn't usually want to hold still for long snuggles. Gene says she gives "micro-snuggles." Tonight she decided she wanted a longer daddy snuggle though and spent a while cuddling her sick daddy. Here's baby peep with her Daddy.

Thanks for the wings, Grandma!

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Here are my little butterflies sporting the wings grandma got for Christmas. I haven't had the heart to tell Joshua that butterflied don't typically go BUZZZZZZ!!!

A very long day

It looks like Maia may have inherited Mommy and Daddy's asthma. I called the doctor Thursday because little Peep was still sounding a bit wheesy after her cold had gone away. We were rushed in, had to leave before starting the breathing treatments to go get Joshua from preschool, rushed back, spent the mid day eating lunch in the pediatrician's office while giving Maia nebulizer after nebulizer. Went home, rested for an hour and then were sent to Children's hospital. We made it home a little after bedtime and the woke my tired little Peep every 4 hours for her next albuterol treatment. Needless to say, Mommy and Peep are very tired. Fortunately Gene was able to take time off work to be with Joshua after the pediatrician. Princess Peep is into everyhing again today and feeling much more like her old self. Here is my little baby with her nebulizer mask and her very stylish hospital gown. She was such a tiny little trooper through the whole thing.