Thanks Polly!

A couple weeks ago we visited my Dad and Polly and she was fixing a quiche for dinner that smelled amazing! I finally got around to trying it and it was delicious!!!

Savannah was my little helper chef

She was a little spastic with cracking eggs but overall was helpful

Mike on the other hand was less helpful with dinner :)

Kate and Owen played nicely with legos

The finished product

Later that evening...

As part of a reward we bought Savannah crickets



Oh my word....he's so cute

Thanks Polly for the recipe!!! It was yummy!!!

Success!!!!

After 3 weeks of potty training, we have finally had some real success!!!

Owen we a full 24 hours with no accidents! He slept overnight and woke up dry, spent 3 hours at church and used the potty there, went out to lunch and stayed dry, slept through a nap dry, and then wore undies the rest of the day with no accidents!!!! Way to go big boy!!!!

Growing Crystals

We finally got around to starting our growing crystal experiment!

Goggle girls :)

About a week later

One of the main reasons that I chose the crystal growing kit is because it came with 3 different crystals so this will keep us busy for a while!!!

Progress Reports!!!

This week the girls came home with their progress reports from school - and it was good news all around!

Savannah got all 3's and E's which is the best you can do in Kindergarten

Kate got 3 A's and 2 B's which is awesome considering it takes me longer to check her homework than it does for her to complete it most days :)

So we all got ice cream!!! Keep up the great work girls!

It's a pirate's life for me!

There is apparently a spin off of Peter Pan with a pirate and Captain Hook that plays on the Disney Channel and the boys in Owen's Sunday School class must all watch because after church on Sundays he comes home quoting the show....and when we came into a Long John Silver's pirate hat I just couldn't help myself!!! He had me in stitches that day!!!!

 



The Last of the Furniture....finally!

It has been like a two week process from purchasing to finishing all the new furniture. After I finished with the white dresser for the girls, all I had left to do was stain and varnish Owen's dresser. But as I was thinking about his bookshelf (that was Savannah's) I decided to paint it as well.

I was hoping one coat would do the trick, but I ended up having to paint it twice :(



After I stained it but before I varnished it

Owen actually did help me paint the finish on! Between the stain and the finish, I painted the dresser 5 times!

He loves posing lately

I think I am finally happy with his room! It's still pretty loud with the yellow, but since Mike is interviewing with companies out of state, it just doesn't seem practical to repaint the entire room.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

We are a little late but we had a computer meltdown here recently. In the same week our home lap top and my work lap top both crashed leaving us with only Mike's work computer and Mike's work iPad. So I have to blog when I get a free moment...

We had a tough morning so I didn't get the pic until after school!

For dinner, I had little candy hearts for their plates

And just as a bonus I got the girls the crystal growing kits they have been asking for. I really love how much they are into science experiments!

Owen didn't have his Valentine's Party at school until Friday

Mike and I really didn't do anything for Valentine's this year since we just got a ton of new furniture and we need a new computer but it was overall a really nice day for our family :)