3/17/13

Russell was crawling around the kitchen the other day and found his way over to the stove. Since we have the mini double stove the handle for the bottom oven is the perfect height for him. The music was playing and he was holding on his "personally ballet bar" and was dancing away looking at his reflection in the glass. I see that becoming a favorite spot in the kitchen.

The other day we were eating dinner and Eden said to the other kids..."Hey guys, Mom is not our servant or our....(long pause, then hesitantly said) or our snail?...no that's not right?....(then she was thinking) OH, mom is not our servant or our slave!"

Gordon has been on spring break all week. It has been so fun to have him home. The girls will miss having him around all morning! We have been doing puzzles, playing games, watching new movies, going to the park, and yesterday we made a pumpkin pie because it was "Pi Day" (3.14=March 14th) and we are going to Chuck-e-Cheese tonight with some friends. I think Spring Break has been a success!

We had a garage sale this past Saturday and the kids had a Kettle Corn and Lemonade Stand. I think they might have made more money than we did...(but don't feel bad for us, we actually were able to sell a few things on Craigslist) so it was a success for everyone.

Russell got hold of a pencil and I went over to try to take it from him and he snatched it back and looked up at me and said very clearly, "No". I should be upset, but he was so adorable when he did it I just laughed.

Taylor and Gordon were watching some youtube clips of kids doing a triathlon. They were watching the swimming portion and Gordon looked at Taylor and asked, "Is there always two boobies in triathlons?" Taylor knew immediately that Gordon was referring to the buoys, but he was laughing too hard to answer.

Tonight for dinner (for St. Patricks Day) we had green noodles, with green sauce and green steamed zucchini. Ella ate at least 4 or 5 bowls full of zucchini. She only ate a little bowl of noodles only because I asked her to. The other kids wouldn't try the zucchini. Ella was trying to convince them to try them throughout dinner... love my veggie girl!

Gordon had his first real skateboarding lesson (from Dad) this weekend. He is loving it, and don't worry grandma's he is wearing a helmet and gloves :)

Love you all! Hope your week was a fabulous one!