Randomness

Sunday morning pancakes

Watching a show
Twins...and they didn't even plan it!

I'm telling you, he can sleep anywhere at anytime

Big shoes to fill. Reminds me of pictures I have of me wearing my mom's shoes!

Ainsley's sign she posted on her bedroom door...not quite sure what happened to J's legs??

Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Out of the blue today Ains asked, "Mom, do spiders go potty?" I told her I thought they did. Then she followed it up with, "Do they have spider poop?" I told her they probably do since they eat other bugs, use up the nutrients they need and get rid of the leftover stuff just like us (we've had the "why do we poop?" conversation before). I guess that was enough to satisfy her curiosity. I was half expecting her to ask me to look it up on the computer. Many times she will want to know more info on certain subjects or need to know what something looks like so we research it on-line. Usually its stuff like centipedes or sapphires or sea creatures so I was happy when she needed no further information (or pictures-yuck!).

Change

I can't believe how fast time goes by...especially when you have kids! I was noticing, in my last post, how big Dylan is getting. It looks as if I poured him into his yellow monkey footie pajamas! Poor kid...maybe that's why he doesn't sleep so soundly at night=)

Really it's his teeth. Dylan's first tooth has arrived nearly a week after Ains said goodbye to hers. Yet another reason the time seems to be flying by. And then there's the ever approaching first day of kindergarten which I don't think I'm prepared for at all. New school, new schedule, new rules, new kids and new parents (most of which are "worldly") and that doesn't even cover how Ains might feel...just me. Seems as if I begin to get the hang of things just as they're about to change. At least I know that God stays constant in all things and I can always rely on him!

New Pictures

Toothie

Last night Ains was playing with her loose tooth at the dinner table. Now I'm not normally a squeamish person...things like blood and guts don't bother me much but watching my daughter twist her tooth at the table was almost too much! "Look Mom, my tooth is backwards!" She could almost twist it around like an owl turns its head. Thankfully Mike couldn't see that far from where he was seated on the couch feeding Dylan or he might have lost his dinner! This is when Ainsley's tooth got a name...Toothie and you guessed it, Toothie is a girl.

This morning Ains woke up and came out to the table, requesting some breakfast and I turned just in time to notice that Toothie was missing. I asked Ains where her tooth was and she paused for a moment and then thrust her tongue into the partially empty spot where Toothie used to reside. Then, just to make sure, she had to check the spot with her finger and then gasped with amazement and question all in one..."I don't know?!" We went running to tell Daddy that Ains lost her tooth and that we didn't know where it was. As Ains showed Mike the Toothie-less spot in her mouth, I ran to her room and gently searched the sheets and pillows on the bed. Aha...Toothie was just having a snooze in the bed. Much better spot to take a nap than in Ainsley's stomach, which was my first thought! Now she takes up residence in a Ziploc snack baggie that says, "Ainsley's first tooth lost sometime between June 13th and 14th" She is really excited and says that Toothie reminds her of a popcorn kernel...with a little spot of blood!

Want Some Tootsie Pop?

J was eating a Tootsie Pop yesterday afternoon and I happened to notice her "sharing" with her brother. And by "sharing" I mean shoving it in his mouth. The whole thing was very comical because she thought she was being nice and he wasn't sure if he really liked it or not!

Forts and Onions

These days this is how the pac 'n play gets used! The kids are always asking to build a fort and the sheets and blankets never seem to stay when we try to build one...especially when they go in and out a million times=) This seems to do the trick...just wish it was a little bigger because they seem to fight when they're all in it!

This is Jessica reaching for more onions...yep I said onions! Mike was cutting some up the other day for our brats and she kept asking for some. He gave her a strip and she chowed down on it and promptly asked for more!

She's just like her Great Gram Marie (where she gets her middle name) who loves onions too!

Racing Stripes

Those of you who know my mom know that she is very colorful in personality as well as in style. She ordered some new shoes and decided they were missing a little zip and zing so she decided to have Ains and Z help bring them up to speed!

J was never awake during the coloring sessions...we didn't want her to get any ideas in case she ever got ahold of some markers. Ains did most of the coloring...not "active" enough for Z.

My mom helped outline the areas she wanted colored and then Ains finished them up.

Who knows...like my mom said, maybe someday Ains will be a fashion designer=)

I've Been Slacking!

I've been slacking in my blogging lately. Since summer is here and the kids aren't otherwise engaged on a regular basis, I'm trying to establish a routine but still have fun too. And just trying to stay on top of laundry is a task in itself!

Dylan is starting to roll over and is just bursting with smiles. Still trying to figure out what color his hair and eyes are going to be=)

J is very much a ham like her older brother. Even though she isn't very verbal she makes up for it in expressions! Ains is sprouting two new teeth on her bottom row and is anxious to lose her first tooth so she can be like her cousin Emily!

Z is still my sleeper...just not a late one! This was him the other day after he and Ains asked me to put on an exercise show. Guess his workout got the best of him=)

Here they are exercising...thought it was a cool picture because J is off the floor!

Dylan doing some tummy time

Here he is trying to roll over...he seems to have tummy to back down but his arm always seems to be in the way when he goes from back to tummy!