March Sum Up

Welp. Here I am again playing catch up!

So here’s another big, huge post about what’s been happening…

Towards the end of February, my brother, Jesse had a major snowboarding accident…he shattered his knee and broke his leg.   They couldn’t do reconstructive surgery right away because of the swelling.  So instead, they drilled a 20 lbs. bar into his thigh and shin bones to stabilize his leg until they could do the surgery (a week later!)… gaaaaggggg it still gives me the willies!There was lots of time spent in the hospital, but the boys kept us entertained…After they did the surgery, we got Jesse home by making a bed in the back of my van for him.

—Bad Mom Moment—  I had to rearrange the kids car seats when I removed the middle seat section to go get Jesse.  And I may or may not have forgotten to lock Ty’s carseat into place…The first turn I made out of my neighborhood, this happened… So of course, I pulled over, took this picture, AND THEN fixed it…nice, tight, and secure.

Scared him silly.

Jesse is in physical therapy now, he has a long way to go, but is doing 100 times better!

The boys have been helping decorate

Ellie’s hair looks like this every night after taking her hair out…

Ty has been practicing his name a lot… sometimes that ‘s’ just gets the best of him.

We got a package with a whole lot of bubble wrap in it…nothing better than that.

Ty loves to watch Easton do his homework, but really, who wants to sit in a chair?Not this boy.

Ty started Itty Bitty Ball.  He was pretty timid and shy, but he always came home completely thrilled and still hasn’t stopped talking about it.  The best part was the sucker after every game.

The last day, they whipped out the parachute.  I mean, who doesn’t love the parachute?!  Ty was all smiles.But he may have just been smiling because they gave him a grocery bag to hold his certificate and treats in… He came running up to me, “Mommy!  They gave me this bag!!!!”  Ty does love a good bag.Ty and his new neighbor friend, Brandon.

Ellie has become a little tornado of destruction everywhere she goes.  But her favorite place is the kitchen.This was all done while I was making dinner…and all of the stuff in this picture doesn’t even go in those drawer…she completely swapped all of this from other cupboards.  Lovely.

And then our friend, Claudia, got our family tickets to Disney On Ice!The kids LOVED it…It’s possible I loved it more.

Now, my dear little Ellie.  She loves to eat.  There isn’t too much that she won’t eat, and eat a LOT of.Food makes her happy.

But she has learned that it takes far too long to use a spoon, or even her hand to get the food to her mouth…This is the most efficient way.

Easton wrote this cute letter at school for St. Patrick’s Day.  I love it.And then, there’s this girl.  Katie.  She is in our carpool.  Easton talks about her a lot.  Easton says “maybe I have a little tiny crush on her”.  But I think it’s a pretty big crush when you dedicate your final animal research book to her AND her family…

Easton got to have a sleepover with his cousin, and so,  to compensate, we took Ty for a ride on the Sheels Ferris Wheel…he’s never been happier.And last, but not least… I know it’s completely unrealistic, and maybe a little revealing… But I just couldn’t help myself!  Come on!  It’s a yellow polka dot bikini! But, it will be the only bikini I will allow…ever.

That’s all for now…anyone who is still reading this, I commend you!

Get excited… the Easter and Conference post is coming tomorrow.

The Hotwheels Party

 ---We've been in the midst of  "Birthday Season" and busy busy, so I finally had a chance to blog about all the festivities...four posts later.  (To see Ty's birthday post you have to click 'older posts')---

This is the second time that we’ve moved to a new place right before their birthdays.  So we only had a couple friends from the neighborhood, but luckily we have a slew of cousins who saved the day.The birthday boys!

First, the Cakes and Décor…

We started out painting racecars…I made this “Pin the Wheel on the Hotwheel” game.  The kids loved it.  Easton and Ty still ask to play with it.Only problem was that I forgot about a blindfold…luckily shoving a hat over their faces works just as well.

We had some straw blowing races…There was some cheating.But it was still well received.I just love this picture of Carson.  He was so excited to tell me he made it to the finish line, but also didn’t want to stop chewing his licorice (who wouldn’t).  Ha it makes me so happy.

Present opening…

Singing Happy Birthday…Twice. And Cake and Ice cream

The birthday gang…Minus Carson and Jack because I’m an idiot and forgot to take the picture when everyone was there.

Welp, I’m officially all partied out.

Until Next Year!