The boys were playing in this bus and Lorelei started crying. It took us a minute to figure out that she just wanted inside with them.
We went to a friend's house for Memorial Day. The kids had fun playing with the bubbles.
Lorelei spends a good portion of her day with her hands and arms outstretched like this.
The boys were watching a movie, so I had only Lorelei to test out the new camera on. Notice the grin as she grabbed the computer. The video is just cute.
Congratulations on finishing Law School and Happy Birthday to Frank. He was very surprised to have his parents fly out and be with us for the weekend. Joe, Jennie and family also drove down. It was fantastic to see everyone.
And as a graduation present from his folks we're getting a new camera!!! It should show up tomorrow and I can't wait. I borrowed a camera from my friend so here's a few pictures of my personal Mr. WONDERFUL..... and one of Lorelei of course. :)
We have quite the luck with Cameras. Our second one broke. cry. So I won't be having any new pictures to show.
It is official. I am flying out to Utah with the kids for two weeks. April 22- May 7th while Frank takes his finals.
This is our chunky monkey who must play exactly like the boys.
I realized I had only posted pictures of Lorelei so I just took some of the boys really fast.
Showing off their coloring jobs.
"This Little Mermaid stuff is pretty cool."
"Yes, I know I'm cute stuff"
We had a great Easter, but I left my camera at home, so no pics. So here's another picture of Lorelei and her sweet cheeks and the boys who sure love their mommy. That'll have to tide you over until I have something real to post about.
I forgot to mention in the last post that the picture of the boys is of them playing with Battle Masters. They are way too busy to bother looking up at the camera. And here is the other video, for some reason it wasn't working on the last post.
It is time to get to know our chunky monkey. She is very opinionated and wants you all to know that she IS big. She must sit at the table with her brothers or she'll get pretty upset. Lorelei watches every bite of food you eat and has started grabbing for your plate. We just started feeding her some cereal and while it was new and alarming, I'd say she liked it. As you'll see in the pictures she likes to suck her thumb or her tongue. She can reach and play with toys, but her favorite thing is to be entertained by her brothers. I can't believe how big she is getting!!
I have probably mentioned that I was planning on making some homemade laundry detergent. It took me a little bit to find the ingredients but I now have success. It really is very easy to make. Took me about 15 mins to make (my very first try, so hovering over the instructions with three kids in the kitchen too).
I have been asked why I was doing this-
I replied, "oh cuz I'm cheap and poor."
"Is it really cheaper?"
"uhhh, I think so"
So I did a little math and mine comes out to (keeping in mind that I had to buy online and pay shipping -sigh) $1.24 for a bucket for 64 loads. So yes it is totally cheaper! hurray for my craziness
next up: I will attempt homemade dishwasher soap (it uses most of the same ingredients)
For anyone crazy like me who's interested here is the recipe:
ok, i'm just linking the site I used so I don't have to type it out. click here
I just wanted to share some pictures of the kids. So what do you all think- the boys ready for bunk beds or what? They set it up all by themselves.
This picture is a little silly, but I promised my mom a picture of my new dress and the kids just really wanted to be held.