Isn’t this what they are for?!

Brecken likes to climb around in the doll beds and has finally stopped but I looked for Joelle the the other day and this is where I found her.

That sweet girl had set up shop with her books and her babies (her 2 favorite things) and was all set to read.  I think she missed the memo it's not quite big enough for her...

Easter::Take 2

We headed to my Aunt's house for Easter, on Easter.  They ate lunch at 2:00.  I knew that wasn't going to fly with the kids, since we were at both services, for church.  We let them nap and then headed out.  I think we got there around 4.  Just int time for the Easter egg hunt!

Such a sweet picture of Auntie helping Joelle.

Uncle Ken and Papa helping little B

Nana helping Adelyn getting an egg up in the tree.

Poor baby spilled her jelly beans..                                      Pretty excited about the piece of chocolate;)

B sniped all the candy off the vehicles ;)

This was the last piece of candy we could find laying around..guess who made their way there first?!

Brecken, Lily (on the floor) and Jojo

After the Easter egg hunt I consumed a large piece of cherry pie, a piece of raspberry dessert and a small piece of mint brownie.  YUM.  I fed the kids some leftover ham...and passed on eating anything else;)

Angry Lady.

This little lady.  She is something else.  In case you didn't figure it out, by the diaper sticking out of the tights, it's Joelle.  She is our drama queen.  Extraordinaire.  Right out of the womb, we knew she was going to be our difficult one.  I can pull up a picture of when I had just given birth and she's laying on my stomach, compare it to a picture of her screaming today, and it's the exact same face.  Not even joking.  She was our "non-sleeper" (not even that bad, maybe once a night until she was 1), she has a temper a mile wide, one wrong move and she's wailing like no tomorrow, loudest, sassiest, littlest lady.  BUT she is also soooo sweet, loves to laugh and has the best giggle, makes the funniest faces, and has the best little personality.  She will, seriously, scream and scream and scream until she either gives up, or gets her way.  She doesn't get her way very often.  So it's usually a lot of screaming.  It's usually when we are leaving somewhere or getting into the van.  I do know how to calm her right down.  She needs to be tightly held/cuddled and she will stop almost instantly.  That's usually a last resort.  And only if she's been screaming for a long time.  I DO feel bad for her.  But don't want to cater to her every whim either.  No amount of threats will get her to stop.  She knows.  Sometimes, she'll stop, say "sorry mommy" and it's done.  Other times, no such luck.  I fear for the teenage years.

fdsafdsa

THE Doll Beds

My parents gave the girls the doll beds last night.  We had them sitting out and covered their eyes.  They opened them at the same time.  They were sooooo excited.  Joelle was excited for the TV ;)  Surprisingly B wasn't upset in the slightest.

Seeing the beds for the first time.

Checking out their beds

Brecken makes do with what he has.

Adelyn tucking her baby in.

Joelle trying to get into bed with her baby ;)

Little B found his own doll bed to play with ;)

A close up of both beds.

Joelle's bed.  The mattress do have buttons running down it.

A close up of  Adelyn's bed.

So glad we finally got the beds all done.  My dad built the beds, my grandma sewed all the bedding and my dad and I painted them.  The girls will have years and years of enjoyment out of these.  LOVE them.

Easter-Take 1

We went over to my Dad's side, to celebrate Easter, tonight.  We had ham, mashed potatoes, squash, I made green bean bundles (green beans wrapped in bacon, drizzled with a butter/brown sugar mixture), fruit, deviled eggs (which all 3 of my children LOVED.  Weirdos.), and my mom made zucchini cake and angel food cake with strawberries inside.  We had dinner, an Easter egg hunt, dessert and my mom tried to do a pixie dust in a jar idea she saw on Pinterest.  It went so well my cousin Nathan told my mom "I think you need to start getting your ideas from somewhere other than Pinterest."  Some days, I couldn't agree more.

Jojo hunting for pretzels and eggs.

My, incredibly pretty, incredibly sassy, little Jojo.

Papa helping Brecken get the toy hanging in the tree.

Love them.

Brecken hunting for pretzels and eggs

Brecken and Joelle sharing eggs and pretzels.

First shot.  Nice and sullen.

This was my second to last shot and my grandma said "how many did you take anyways?!" I said "10-15" She says "well surely there is one good picture."  She's right.  There was one.  This one.

That's better.  Nothing like "want a piece of candy?!" to get everyone's attention an a smile.

Miss J

I know.  We are confusing.  We have a daughter whose names starts with "J" but yet we call Adelyn Miss J.  Always have, always will.  Adelyn J.  Miss J.  I finally decided she was old enough to cook at the stove.  She has been fully informed from the day she was out of the womb that the stove was hot.  All of my children are.  She's very careful not to touch the stove and if she happens to fling food onto the stove, she asks for help instead of trying to get it herself.  She thinks she's pretty hot stuff.  And so do I ;)

Pretty Girls at Panera

I was headed out for a moment of peace and quiet with Adelyn.  Eric asked me to get the van tire fixed and I thought we could grab a snack at Panera while we waited.  Joelle desperately wanted to come so we made it a girls night.  I got them a cinnamon roll to share and I, of course, had one too.

Adelyn has been really into making silly faces for pictures.  Joelle is saying cheeeeeeese.

Like I said.  Silly faces.  But she's pretty cute so we'll call it good.

Love going out with just the girls.  The boys had a pretty special night too.  Daddy took Brecken for a walk and then they came home and made homemade hot chocolate.  Brecken talked about it for dayssss.