millenium place!

we went here monday morning and met friends juanita, keith, cole & erin and also amanda, dominic, and izabella! it was fun!

online garage sale

let me know if you want anything! http://groups.msn.com/halliesalbum/shoebox.msnw

sunday

sunday fun...

kai's first time on the new bike!


daddy bought the kids a new toy... although i secretly think it was for daddy's trip down memory lane ;)

today's walk!

welcome new blog readers! i invited some new readers and if you're wondering what this is you have stumbled upon, this is our blog. i take way too many pictures so this is where some of them end up. it sort of a photo journal of our life... what's new with us... the kids growing up... nothing too exciting but keeps friends & family up to date, especially those who don't see us often.

today after playschool we went on our first bike ride of the year. it went pretty well except i did have to carry kai's bike for a portion of the walk. oh well. emerson did well in the stroller. the kids got soaked but it was all fun! kai was using the trike from last summer but he does have a bike waiting for him... not the best day for learning something new though. we rode to the park and the kids had a short play. once they were wet, it was too cold to be outside for a lot longer.

the muddy, wet mess we live in!

we are finally getting our stone work done on our house. i'll post a whole house pic once it's done. i had totally forgotten what i picked for stone. (actually the builder picked it but i agreed to it)

kai looking mean on his trike

hallie all happy to be out on her bike again!

miss emerson wasn't as enthused, but she did well...
kai got soaked!

i did take emmy out for a bit and she walked up on the playground equipment, but that was a bit much for me... too wet and messy!!! (she had on her non-waterproof shoes)

2 more...

kai on the same field trip the next day after hallie -- he is in the brown, not red

partial update

i'm out of time but here are some pics...

hallie touching a baby chick

a puppet show field trip at john janzen nature center
the baby chicks...
sisters
woah! scary emmy!
sisters...

dayhome shuffle

well i've decided to keep my current dayhome boy. yes, the mornings suck but they are becoming more routine and we're dealing with it. in the end i decided that we are all pretty happy with the current arrangement so why bother changing, especially when i have no clue how the other 2 kids would have fit in. my kids are VERY excited that L is staying, they love him. L is happy too, as are his parents. we don't know what will happen come fall but we won't worry about it until then.

blue lips & hands?

emerson the other night had purple/blue coloring to her hands, a bit of lower arms, and her lips. i still am not sure why... perhaps she was cold? (she wasn't shivering or anything?!?) or is this an oxygen thing? i took a picture anyway just to see if anyone else could notice it or if it was just me. kipp also noticed... hmmm....

through a child's eye

the kids use our old camera now to take pics... the shots below are taken by the kids, some from the old house and some from this house. i find it funny to look at them after and see what they choose to capture... hallie likes to take pictures of her stuffed animals in various places, or her toys, or things in her room. kai usually takes pictures of people, and he really is quite good at it!

yes, that's my son coming down the stairs in his laundry hamper. hallie must have taken it. where was i?!??!!!! LOL

this was at one of our st.patrick's day parties this past week. hallie was hurt and this boy was being so concerned, he was rubbing her leg, it was so cute. what a nice little guy!

kai took this, of hallie and her best bud mackenzie



kai took this as well...

ok i took this one, it's a pic of kai doing his "dancing" as he calls it. he is pretty good at whatever it is he does!
here is emerson trying to imitate her big brother! so cute!

i was looking through my list of people who are on my "allow" list to read my blog and there are soooooooo many of you who never comment. so, this is your chance to comment! i'm going to delete those from the list who haven't commented, just because it's weird for people to view so many pictures of us, read about us, etc. and yet i have no idea that you're reading. make sense?

so... who is all reading? :)

puke

i just emailed this to a good friend... one who does not yet have kids. and i thought it was blog worthy...

"lindsey --

when you have a baby and you're thinking it's so cute... i bet you'll never imagine you will one day be picking pieces of it's puke out of your washing machine... you know, the big chunks of hot dog and other unidentified stomach contents that won't drain out?!!! EW EW EW at least since the chunks went through the wash, they are clean chunks, but still chunks! very very gross.

another funny puke moment was when i bent over and kai was behind me (a year ago or so) and he threw up, right into the back of my pj pants, all down my butt and legs and onto my feet. another thing you never imagine will happen when you're staring down at your beautiful, new baby! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

be warned!!!! you WILL one day have some gross, but funny (funny later, like way later after they happen!) stories that center around puke."

kai

he is so tough to get a picture of these days, but i got a couple last week. the first one i bribed him, the second one he looks like joe kool but still with a sippy cup ;)

our mess!!!

it's SO messy over here now that everything is melting! i really don't want to complain because i want the snow gone so i guess i have to trade one thing for another. i'll trade my parking in my garage for no snow. it sux... i was spoiled those first 2 weeks we lived here. the ground was frozen and i drove in and out of our garage no problem. now... nope! it's a muddy pit! in these pics you can see my van WAS in the garage, but that was likely the last time until after we get a driveway. they are telling me hopefully by late may. so that means.... july?!? ha ha i hope not!

hallie and mackenzie playing in the MUD aka my driveway

kai, enjoying the snow for a bit longer...

there are 5 boys all ages 3 & 4 who live within 3 houses of each other... twins, then my kai, then 2 boys next door. the trucks were out in full force!
slush!!!