Some Photos

On Saturday I got to take pictures for my friend Sarah. I had never done family portraits before and I was nervous and short on ideas(to the extreme). Luckily, they were forgiving:) I think we got some pretty cute ones. Here are my favorites.

                     

Green

Happy Birthday to Zach

For those of you who don't have the pleasure of knowing my darling brother let me tell you a little bit about him. Zachary Randall is my younger brother (1 year, 6 months, and 26 days to be exact) He was my first sibling and how grateful I am that he entered my life! Zach is a lover of nature, rocks, and Irish accents. His talents include backflip (on hard flat ground!), jumping off stuff, skateboarding, playing the guitar, and melodic vocals. He speaks spanish and is fluent in the pirate dialect. Happy Birthday Dear Brother!!!

a MOVIE (super short, but super cute)

I finally decided to put iMovie to use on my new Mac (thanks Mom! I LOVE my computer!!:)). I've never ever made any kind of video; this is my first one ever, and while its not the coolest, its the coolest I can do for now. Plus, my kids are cute no matter how great the video is.

I guess I should probably mention that the first few clips are of Kaylee speaking in her finest English accent. She does not have a speech impediment.

In other news, I have gone 48 hours without nursing Riley. This is the first time in over 5 years that I've had my body completely to myself. Weird! Now I just need to get her potty trained;)

Other than that I don't have much to report. I need to go to bed because I am babysitting beginning at 6:15am. Yikes!

She makes my heart sing

She was concerned because she didn't want me to take a lot of pictures of her in her headband. She was too busy playing.

"Not a lot, mom. Not a lot of pictures"

Finger Paintings

 

Lily's

 

Riley's (with a little help)

Kaylee's

I'm pretty sure that when we do stuff like this I have more fun than the girls do. I definitely outlast them. This was a cornstarch recipe. We try a new one every time, but I still haven't found my favorite. When I find the perfect recipe, I will share it:)

We are not snow people

 

Exactly 10 minutes later...

The girls have been begging to go sledding so we got them all bundled up and took them to our sled spot. Lily and Kaylee went down twice before the tears started. Riley was not excited about sledding down the little hill at all so I took her down on the little disc sled and she. hated. it. All three of them were screaming and crying about their cold fingers, noses, and cheeks as we loaded them in the car precisely ten minutes after we parked it. Michael thought they were acting like babies. I thought it was hilarious.