You know that one...

You know that saying that goes along the lines of...it's a good thing she looks like that...the one that used to be said for those pretty girls who might be cute but nobody was home?

Well I am going to say the it's a good thing Nia looks like that....but mean something else....Dang if she wasn't cute she might have had a worse day yesterday than she did...

When a child has pushed their parents buttons repeatedly for hours at a time it shows....it shows even more when it well past midnight...

Nia has decided that nothing should considered out of limits for her.  So yesterday she made it her goal to climb the stairs up to her brothers room.  She got into everything possible to make a step to climb over the gate....it is amazing what a little kids mind can come up with when put to the test.  She was using boxes, toys, mixing bowls..and our favorite...a cup to get over that gate. 

She was very vocal in her displeasure of us not allowing her to hurt herself either...  The screams that can come out of a little girl are incomparable to little boys...  We know that for a fact now..

The worst of it is that she proceeded to do this even after we put a larger gate up...so her stacks of things got more precarious....so of course we stopped her, and you know what that means..

Come midnight she was doing a continuous scream...  The best was we would get her to lay down, her eyes would fight the urge to drift shut, but then she would be asleep...yea not so much.  Then she would pop right back up and scream some more....

Tag teaming this situation with your husband is the only option to save your sanity...but the kid is pretty good at breaking you, I decided...

I love her...but sheesh already.  She can rule the world tomorrow when she is grown up more...like 25, until then we would like to not battle it out with her....

Birthday Plans

We might not have TV but that sure doesn't stop the kids imaginations when it comes to asking for things for presents...

Every day Jenner comes up and tells me something new he wants for his birthday....and that of course sets Ender off in asking for things...

One day it will be a scooter, the next a trampoline....yesterday ended with Ender announcing that he is in great need of a dump truck....

Love those boys!

My favorite is Jenner casually announcing that four is no longer going to be his favorite number.  He said, "I like four now but soon five is going to be my favorite...and then six...and ...seven...and then eight...and then dad's going to go ...sploosh...and I will be all wet..."

So apparently that is cliff's notes for baptism....sploosh and you're all wet....

Sunshine Makes Me Happy

It might be cold enough out that we are still wearing jackets and hoodies,

but as you can see we are enjoying the sunshine....

 

I am sure the rocks and sticks if they could speak are tired of being thrown...but they can't so all

you can hear is the ocean...

 

We will take the chilly sunshine any day.  In speaking to an old friend in Nevada they are already up to 70 degrees there...

 

Don't miss that one bit...

That's All Folks!

Thanks to everyone who called on Sunday!

 

It was really good to hear everyone on the line....

 

You made a great day special for Raiden....

 

We did take some pictures and thought we would share them with you...

 

 

 

Don't ask about Ender's face...I am not sure of the story that goes with it...I do know that Jenner decided he was going to be three faced...

 

The boys have been playing a Batman game and he decided two faces wasn't enough...

So one side is Good/Normal, the other is Bad/Evil, and the middle is an octopus...

 

 

 

I don't get it either!

 

These two were made for the expression, "Only a mother could love that face."

Our little princess sat very patiently on her chair waiting for her turn...unfortunately her hair

paid the price....

Happiest of birthdays....to them...

A little late..I know..but I figured it was going to be after their birthday's and I am sure no one is chomping at the bit to see the birthday greed pictures...

But here they are....our newest 10 and 12 year old's!!!!  They had a lot of fun topped by a lot of cake and ice cream!

Wild Flowers

We were pleasantly surprised to see our flowers out the back of the house had finally opened.  Jenner thought they were the neatest things to see when he went out to play.  He came running in to make sure I had seen them and had taken a picture of them so we could share them with you...mostly his grandma's but you get the side benny!

Saturday Stroll

We sometimes find ourselves in the middle of a beautiful

Saturday, and a little girl asleep...

So when possible we do take advantage

of a simple stroll along the shoreline...

It is amazing what you can see and find

in a stretch of beach...

This time we mostly focused on the views....

However, Jenner did have to additions to the family...

Meet Brickey and Shelley....

By the way...Brickey's birthday is today...so yes we have been celebrating...he is 4 of course...  :)

Shelley is a bit younger.  She is only three...but her birthday is on the 25th....  ;}