Ryleigh

Ryleigh came over to play with Noah this morning and they had a blast! Well, let me back up with the Noah and Ryleigh story. Noah is a very agressive player when it comes to kids that are his size and smaller. He basically attacks them, especially Ryleigh, because he is so excited to play and love them. Well, her mom has figured out that these "occurrences" are less frequent if Ryleigh doesn't have hairbows in. So now they are easier to watch together while their older siblings are at preschool. Anyways, they had a blast just pushing each other around in this baby stroller this morning. Thought it warranted a blog posting!

Hair-Do

Elina got pretty fancy with her momma's hair do tonight! She was very proud of my "rock star" braids and couldn't wait for her dad to take a picture. Well, while she was waiting for Jason to get the camera she did spray and spike her brothers hair too!

Nutella

Who doesn't love nutella? Mummi sent some nutella snack packs and when the crackers run out then Noah just uses his fingers. Can you blame him...

First day of school

Elina had her first day of preschool on the 7th and here is an adorable picture of her. She just loves Ms. McDonald and the kids in her class. And it is wonderful to have a few hours of quiet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Every year for my birthday Jason makes my cake, and of course as the kids get older he gets more and more help from them! Ellie is actually doing her best to spread the frosting, while Noah's only contribution is eating the sprinkles! They love it and so do I!




I got a wonderful "Mary Poppins" bag from Jason and the kids. A new (big) maternity shirt to finish out these last few weeks, a new blow dryer (mine was dying), blue nail polish, The Host by Stephenie Meyer, and Giradelli caramel filled chocolate. Top that off with dinner at Chilis and a strawberry cake, what more could a mom ask for?

Toilets

This is how we found Noah on Sunday afternoon, hollering "Peepee-Peepee". Of course he had emptied the toilet paper roll into the toilet and was squashing it around with his feet. All I could do was smile! Potty training is coming soon, but we will leave that to Mummi. What else would my mom do when she comes for me to have a new baby if there wasn't an almost two year old around to potty train?

Family Reunion and Nanas House

Well, long time no post, but we spent the last three weeks at Nana's house in California. It was a wonderful trip, just hanging out, and the highlight: Jason's family reunion! We loved it, especially my kids and all that wonderful dirt and fun fun cousin time! Most of my pictures were on Nana's camera and have already been printed off, but here are a few that I found on my big camera...



While we were there, Nana's washer and dryer died, so when she get new ones my kids thought the boxes were wonderful! And Elina even got to paint her new "house", which was loads of fun. The problem came when she went inside her house to paint her brother and found an amazing shade of lipstick for herself.



Noah was quite the little climbing monster at Nana's but luckily we made it home without any stitches. I know that day is coming soon...anyways, he did find a great friend in his cousin Brock. Noah just loved "Rock" and Brock was such a good help following him around in the mountains so Momma could sit down for a minute!