Mani-Pedis

Ju Ju and I are really enjoying our afternoons together while Britta takes her nap.  With good weather we are usually outside and this time we gave ourselves mani-pedis.  (Well, Juliana got the mani and the pedi.  Polish never stays on my nails for more than an hour before chipping so I just got a pedi :-).)

 Juliana likes color so we added some cute polka dots to the paint too.  (Just check out her cute little hands and feet!  Gah!)

We're twinsies!

Love It...

I love it when my children all play together! (And when it doesn't turn into an all-out brawl I'm especially thankful :-).)

One morning over Spring Break they built a fort of sorts and went "camping." Emily made sure everyone had their bed and Christian made sure his boots were close at hand.

Here they are all pretending to sleep. Being a stay-at-home mom is challenging, but boy-oh-boy, I wouldn't trade it for the world. (Make sure I reference this post when everyone is crying, hungry and the house is a disaster.)

I'm "Old"!

Last Wednesday was my 30th birthday! It's crazy b/c I remember my dad turning 30 and thinking, "Wow, that's really OLD." (I was six.) So, I'm officially "old" by kid standards! The day itself was pretty ordinary, but the weather was great and so we got to play outside in the afternoon---WE LOVE SPRING! My mom also came over with a new organizer for the kids' craft supplies and so I got to organize too (one of my favorite things to do!)

After Cubby got off of work, we ate dinner, opened some presents and had some birthday cupcakes. Cubby and I had planned on going out to dinner that Friday, but Christian wasn't feeling well and Kari was super crabby so we've moved it to this weekend instead. The pictures here are from Sunday morning (when I actually looked a bit nicer than I did on my birthday). Crazy to think that I've now officially come to the point in my life that I remember growing up!

More to come from Sunday's family celebration...right now Kari is hungry so I'd better oblige!

we love you, mommy

mommy,

we love you. thank for:

* being a nice mommy
* taking care of us
* taking us to the children's museum

* cleaning the house
* making food
* washing us
* coloring with us
* building with us
* pretending with us
* playing tmnt
* playing superheroes
* singing songs
* dancing
* coloring
* doing laundry (giving our lovies baths)
* driving us around
* going on walks
* teaching us
* reading to us
* loving us

emily & christian (with a little help from daddy)