Fav Foto Friday (11.20.09)

Happy Friday!!!!

Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving????
Neither can I!

We dont even have any snow yet!

This week was pretty busy... my dh was up north deer hunting... and my mom stayed with us!
It meant that a lot more stuff got done round our house! *laughs*

It also meant that we had a great time and a lot of fun!
The kids LOVE when Grandma and Grandpa visit!!!
(Grandpa was also up north this time...also deer hunting...nothing so far though...)

Kids all got haircuts!!!
This is only the 2nd time that our Little Lady has had her hair cut.
She did great!
No tears at all!
She just got a trim for now...but at least I know she could actually sit for a haircut!

I found some painting kits at Target for a dollar!
So, the kids all had a lot of fun painting!

Little Man F painting with his right hand...even though his collarbone is broken...

The Little Lady also enjoys painting!
She just needs to learn to not drink the paint!
That's why we buy non-toxic products! *laughs*

E cleaning his brush for another color!

K showing off his masterpiece!

This is why we use washable paint!!!!


Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!

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Fav Foto Friday (11.13.09)

Happy Friday!!!!!

I am going scrapbooking for the entire weekend!!!!

In preparation to scrapbook I had to have some older pictures printed off.
I could NOT believe how much my kids had changed in such a short time!

These pictures are only about a year apart.
I am loving watching these kids grow and develop!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

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Wednesday Play Date!

Wednesday's are always exciting around here!!!

Our kids... like most... LOVE McDonalds...
Lucky for us, our McD's around here have $1.50 Happy Meals on Wednesday nights!
They also have different events and activities for the kids!
It's a nice break in the middle of the week...for all of us!

For the past couple of weeks, we have brought our neighbor's kids along with our kids...
They all get along really well..and it gets their kids out of the house for a while...
Since we are already watching 4...adding two more really isnt all that difficult! *laughs*

Shooting straw papers is always a popular event!!!

Little F is beginning to already use his hurt arm (broken collarbone)!!!

The Two Little Ladies enjoying their night!

Great Monday!

Well... with the way November has begun for us... we were sure due a break!
Today I believe we got that break!
First off... we are having some very strange weather... It is November... we are supposed to have some snow already... instead... it's been close to 70 degrees... which means that we have been able to play outside the past couple of days without all our winter gear on!
Woke up today after everyone had a good night of sleep! Then we headed to my friends house in our neighborhood so the kids could play and I could catch up....
S and I went to middle school together... were friends all through high school.... went to Europe by ourselves our senior year... hated each other after that... reconnected during college... kept connected...then somehow lost track for bout 6 years... then, driving out of our neighborhood one day... BAM! There is her and her husband outside their house just down the street from us!!!! (Her husband and I grew up together... his grandma lived next door to us... we were a month apart and were inseparable until high school.
She has a home daycare... so her basement is toy central! The kids also get to play with other kids... so no problem there! We play there for a couple of hours... then go home and dad has Burger King waiting for us!!! Everyone also got Sandy the Squirrel toys!!!! (BK has cute SpongeBob toys right now)
Put the kids down for a nap.... and.... they actually napped!!!!
I got quite a bit of reading done and a couple of loads of laundry done!!!!!
Kids woke up and really wanted to go play... so.... I leashed up Diego the pup and off to the neighborhood park we went!
So... big news of the day... E and K can both go across the monkey bars!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously! I really didnt expect them to be able to do this till much later...but off they went today!!! It was awesome!!!!! and those bars are high!!
E and K also like to use the rings and flip themselves over!!!! They can both do forward and backward flips!!!! They also land on their feet! I'm soo happy!!!! I've got to see if I can get them in a gymnastics class or something! E can do handstands and cartwheels also!!!! and K can do a standing somersault!
F and L also had fun at the park! F was learning how to navigate the jungle gym with only one arm...and L actually climbed up and went down the slide numerous times by herself!!!!
We happened to spot S's kids outside while at the park...so we went back to her house where the kids proceeded to play in a huge pile of leaves till it was quickly becoming dark!
Went home, had dinner, played for a little while...and now... everyone else is sound asleep!
Hoping tomorrow is just as good!
I seriously live for days like today!

Fav Foto Friday (11-6-09)

Happy Friday!!!!

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The following pics are NOT by any means favorite pictures of mine...
However, it follows the theme of my November so far....
Last night the boys were wrestling around...
apparently, it got a little heated and there was a big snap!

F ended up with a broken collarbone.
So now... we have had all 4 of our kids in the ER this year.... what a great accomplishment...

F was/is horribly miserable... poor little guy only has a sling to hold him together... and cries whenever he has to move for any reason.
It will be a week - 10 days before the moving pain stops.... then he will be able to heal a little better...
I've broken many bones... so I know what he is going through... but that is of no comfort when your child is hurt.

The cool part of the night???
The docs made copies of his x-rays for us... yea for scrapbooking! *laughs*
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Little F all propped up in bed
(in his horribly UGLY sling)
(NOT A UM FAN!)

F NOT enjoying my picture taking...

All tucked in...look at that little lip pout... classic F...