Soccer Starts!

Skylar started soccer today. I was proud that she ran after the ball the whole time and didn't just stand there. When she came home, she went outside and played some more with James. She was so excited about it and told me she never wanted to "retire" from soccer.




The cheering section.

Happy Easter!

The start of the Easter egg hunt! The kids had been waiting all morning for the Easter Bunny to come. When they all got into the bath, he finally came (imagine that)! The kids were so excited.

The race is on...



I think Skylar was the overwhelming winner! She was nice enough to share with her brothers though.



I love my Papa so!

This is what Brennen does when he loves you. He sticks out his tongue and makes it into a real fine point!

Preparing for Easter

We got out our Easter egg dying kit and did the annual Easter stuff. The kids really got into decorating the eggs this year and wanted to do more than just eat them. Skylar in particular tried to make her eggs really pretty.




They did not even want to eat them when they were done...Except for Kellen! He really did not want to dye the eggs. All he wanted to do was eat them. Skylar and James wanted to eat "easter" eggs, but not the ones they had worked hard on. Next year, I will have to make a whole extra dozen just for eating while dying.

Brennen had his first ride in the swing today and he just loved it!

A night alone with Mama and Papa!

Easter break has started and with that the three oldest went off with grandma and grandpa to the hotel, so I had a night alone with mom and pops! I think Mama really needed it because Skylar and James were WILD today! I think she was glad to see their backsides. Me, however, I am an angel! I also got a good report at the doctor today. My eyes are fine and my ears are finally infection free after months of antibiotics!

Skylar demonstrates how to multitask!

Sucking her thumb, talking on the phone and going to the bathroom all at the same time. She is a girl who does not like to waste time.


MY EYES.....

Brennen had a small run in with some Spray-n-Wash stain remover (via Kellen's hands) yesterday. I immediately cleaned out his eyes and he seemed to be fine. However, after his nap he seemed to be bothered by light and they were red and puffy. So I washed them out some more and it seemed like that was really hurting him. So I called poison control and they told me to sit him in the tub and continually dump water over his head for 20 min. Boy, was he pissed at me! They called me back to see how he was doing and told me to take him to the ER. So in we went to get his eyes checked and he did have a little abrasion on his eye. So now he has to have antibiotic eye drops for a couple of days. He seems fine today. All I can say is I am really glad that he won't remember all of the abuse Kellen has laid on him!

An interesting Saturday!

Skylar had an overnight party at the mall last night. It started at 10:00pm and we had to pick them up at 6:00am. We thought there was no way she was going to stay up all night as Skylar is a girl who loves her sleep. When I got there to pick her up, her friends said that she had been crying for me to come pick her up because she was so tired and they would not let her sleep. She got home and ran into bed and slept until noon. Then she fought all day long the urge to go to sleep.


When I checked my email this morning, I found out that someone had hacked into my ebay account and had been selling things under my name. Then they were collecting payment and the people were writing me, asking where their product was. So I had to spend a couple of hours with ebay getting it all sorted out.

I struck gold with this child! He is the sweetest, most caring person in the world. If they were all like him, there would be a lot more children in this world.

Kellen--you have your own style!

Lena and Big James were up to visit this weekend. In case anyone was interested, Lena cut her hair and donated it to Locks of Love (following in her big sisters footsteps).

A very busy day!

Today was a nonstop day. First we went over to a friends house to play and have treats. Brennen was in such a happy mood!

Then James had to go to kindergarten roundup. This is where they test to see if they are ready for kindergarten. The theme of the day was The Hungary Caterpillar. Here is James with his caterpillar.


After school was the Kinsey Book Fair. Skylar comes running in after school and says, "Let's go mama! I don't want my books to be gone. Hurry, hurry!" This is her after the fair organizing her new books (not all of these books are new, she was just sorting them).

Kellen is my outside boy. No matter what temperature and conditions, he tells me,"I go play outside!"

Brenne's new trick. He is really proud of this one!

And, oh yeah. I hate laundry day.