I have aproximately 8,642 things I’d like to blog about, so I’m going to keep these posts short and sweet. :)
This is from our family trip to the pumpkin patch this year. We went on opening day, and the kids did great! Thomas wasn’t feeling great, and he didn’t want anything to do with the dirt or hay or pumpkins.
But Michael thought they were fab!
Michael’s foot:
Thomas’ hand:
It was fun!
~4:45: Babies wake up; I nurse them. They go back down in their room.
~7: The babies wake up, but I get to go back to sleep. Matt feeds them (and everybody) breakfast.
9:00: I finally get up to a noisy house. :) I nurse the babies.
At 9:30ish Matt and the bigs go for coffee and donuts while I take care of the babes and get some chores done.
10:30: The babies go down for a nap. The bigs and I finish picking up the living room and then sweeping it. I think Matt was in the garage airing up the tires in the van.
Around noon I cleaned up the kitchen from breakfast and then make lunch. Joanna played photographer for me.
After lunch I headed to the grocery store for a much needed restock trip. I spent a looooooong time there. :) Matt oversaw the kiddos in picking up their room.
Then the babies had a late lunch.
I got back a little after 3:00 and started putting away groceries.
Matt took everybody on a walk so I could clean up the kitchen, make a salad for a dinner with friends later, and start getting myself ready.
They came back a little after 4:00.
We left about 5:00 for our friend’s house.
Between the three families, there were 12 children in attendance.
We visited, ate dinner, and chased Thomas up and down and up and down and up and down the stairs. :)
Michael says “I’m coming!”
We stayed until almost 8:00, which is way too late, but it is so fun to visit with friends!
We got everyone to bed as soon as we got home (after a little reading I guess).
Matt left to take care of a couple of doggies we’re watching out for, and I’m sure I did something useful. :)
Then we watched some television, ate some snacks, and went to bed in the 10:30ish range.
I like Saturdays!
So since Michael isn’t eating wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, or nuts right now, I had to come up with something nontraditional to put a birthday candle in. I did a little searching on Pinterest and found a banana muffin I thought I could pull off. I put chocolate chips in it and applesauce on top of it. It was actually not so bad.
The babies’ faces here are hilarious.
Here too – ha!
The babies thought the birthday muffin was pretty delicious.
Thomas especially thought it was wonderful
The big kids all got one too! Natalie liked hers.
James ate some of it, then just licked the rest of the chocolate chips out and threw the muffin into the bushes.
This one thought it was okay. I think she ate the whole thing.
Thomas thought it was good to the last crumb… then he ate some of his brother’s.
But then we told him it was completely gone.
He wasn’t pleased.
“Pays to eat slowly man.”
Thomas got some Cheerios. He was happy again.
Yesterday evening we had dinner and choir at the church. I brought my camera, thinking I might take a couple of pictures of the birthday boys eating dinner, but I only managed to get this one of Thomas, completely covered in sweet potato and applesauce. The boy eats with style.
This afternoon the boys opened up a few presents. This push cart has become Michael’s surfing machine.
While I was taking pictures of Michael, Thomas kept fussing at me to take his picture.
So back to the surfer…
He’s hilarious.
“Sup Daddy?”
Thomas is so musically inclined, he can play the xylophone upside down. :)
I love this scrunchy faced smile.
I sure do love these boys.
