nana! papa!

 wednesday the kids were surprised by their other nana and papa with a visit.  i cant believe i kept it a secret, i almost blabbed it 100 times that day...anyways....nate's reaction was priceless

and the girls!

 ellie had to show off her latest bruise/cut/scab

 joey was very pleased with the visit. she smiled even more than normal

 ellie was happy too

 mom and dad took ellie with them to run errands, so i had 1 on 1 school with nate. we can cover school MUCH faster with out little ellie around. haha.  joey was thrilled to spend time with big brother nate

 more happy joey

 and more smiles
life is just happy for her

 fri was chris's birthday. we had a bbq, and the kids helped with the candles on the cake

 nate carried it to dad and we sang the birthday song

 joey was delighted to see the cake

 see.  simply delighted

 my little crew

mom and dad left today, and i spent the remainder of the day cleaning, more laundry,  more cleaning another bbq, lots of outside play because it was SO nice out!  the birds are chirping, the grass is greening, and the kids are playing.  spring is here! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:55 PM

parks!

 with nana and papa leaving, the weather was cold but i made up for lost time and took the kids to lots of parks.  one visit was to see daddy

 nate went up and read
while ellie "read her bible"

 joey too

 both girls reading the bible. haha. so cute

 i busted open the sand box!  the girls played 3-4 times this week alone in it.  it also made 3 extra baths and another load of laundry for me. hahaha they got SO dirty. but they had to much fun

 we went for a few walks and checked out the sewage drain cause there is nothing more exciting than this bad boy

 see!

 and we swung  with our boots and a smile

 then we kicked those boots off and smiled some more

 ellie swung this way

 then the kids found this sand toy and dug a huge hole with it and filled it with pine cones

 that ellie carried. not sure why they did this, i didnt mind it kept them busy and they worked together. ha

 joey was sliding, she had no time to collect pine cones or dig holes

 joey had a few more baths because this is how she typically looks after she eats. from her hair to her toes, covered in food

 we did another park. joey smiled some more

 i sat and drank my coffee

 ellie took a sec and posed for a pic. she is SO busy playing i dont get a chance to snap pics of her

 joey did some dancing

and nate sat beside me and talked...haha

SO nice that the weather is warming up. i CAN'T wait for summer!!!!

and that was a quick peek into our daily life! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:55 PM

visit!

 i took the kids to the park last week. it was SO very cold, we all had our winter jackets on, i just NEEDED to get outside and it was nice to let them burn their energy off before school....i was sitting on the ledge and snapped little joe walking to me

 clearly pleased that she was soaked from her knees down

 wed we had the home school library meet up. joey out grew her winter coat and is now wearing ellie's. joey eyes are super sensitive to the light and she wears sunglasses often in the car. she puts them on when she needs them. 

 watching a puppet show

 wed after the class we were met at home by nana and papa plumps who joined us for a visit!  ellie ran to vati, jumped into his arms and stayed there for a good 5 mins

 still holding!

 thurs morning nate wrote up a menu offering 3 choices for breaky and cooked the meal for nana and papa plumps

 he did most of it himself

 some gifts and wine were brought out. the girls got dolls and dresses for them.  joey has slept with her doll every night

 nate got a new pair of shop overalls!  awesome!  those bad boys are awesome. saves me so much laundry!  I thank you!!

 joeys doll

 fri chris took the day off to spend time with his parents, ellie helped him make breakfast. pancakes on my panini press. YUM!

 fri i took advantage of the help. nate and i did school while the girls baked with nana plumps (ok, play doh! ha)  nate and i would come down and visit

 oh they had so much fun

 little jo and nana

 stirr, stirr, mix, mix, mess....joey loves to make a mess. ha

 silly ellie

 i took advantage of chris being home and my hair dresser was able to sneak me in for a cut. she doesnt work evenings, so finding an appointment after 4 is HARD. the girls is usually booked solid for weeks...anyways, i went in and got a good 6" sliced off. i LOVE it

 fri night we went for a walk in the woods.  chris was sad by the amount of snow by the stream. ha

 beautiful!

 me!

 papa plumps with little joe

 pulling and pushing trees down

 tree boy!

 ha. the kids had so much fun just being kids,, cutting trees, pushing, running and being loud

 sticky she said

 see!  tree sap is sticky!

 Saturday my phone acted up, i couldnt get it to hold charge so i was limited to pictures.  boo.  we mostly drank coffee, ate and went for a walk

ellie helping nana make bread

 we decided to go out to eat, but due to a series of unfortunate events, we ended up at wendy's at 6. no one cared, we were all too hungry!  joey waiting for her food

 love how joey looks in all the pics

 get in the pic nate!  the whole crew

 again

 me and nate

 the kids all ready for church on sunday.  ellie finally grew into the dress mom that you bought for her when she was born!

 the girls were knocking nate over

 silly ellie

 ellie in her dress

and ,y camera conked out again after this and i wasnt able to take more pics!  oh well, but that is a teeny look into the last few days!

the kids are loving having their other grandparents here, chris and i are catching up. and lots of coffee drinking is going on. hahahaha

and back to monday we are! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:52 AM