100th post!

so to catch up what has been happening in our world in the last week or so,

i've been meaning to post a pictures so here ya go:

this is the color the living room turned out to be, although it looks different in sunlight vs florescent light... i think i may end up changing it, but i'm not sure. it's kind of growing on me...

so Julie and Blase came with their girls to visit the family in lafayette and so i went with Corine and Guy to go see them. (they live in Houston) the girls are getting so big! Charlie is dancing with Kathryn in this picture above, and Kathryn is doing her new thing with her fingers (crossing them) and she put on Charlies clip on earrings! if you click the picture you can see the full size.

When it was time to go, Charlie was so cute, she went up to her mom and said "but mom, i am going to miss them" and got really sad. here's her sad face. in the next picture, Aunt Cindy is holding baby Brett. Brett is wearing her new hair bow Julie picked out. it's the least i can do for all the lil girlies in my family. Brett seems like such a good baby, easy going, carefree. and look at all her hair! she's 5 months here.

i tried to get the girls to take a picture together, but Charlie was still sad we were leaving. It's funny too because Kathryn didn't play much with her, Daniel did. Charlie was chasing Daniel around and they had a ball, it was so cute to watch. too bad they don't live close and the kids could have fun playing together.

this is the playhouse the kids got for Christmas too bad it's been too cold for us to play outside. but when it warms up, i can see them having a blast going from pool to house to...

the trampoline Corine got from a pharmacist she works with for FREE! and of course, she asked us if we wanted it. ever since i can remember i always said i wanted a trampoline when i got a house... so when it was offered for free, i said heck yeah. and it has a net which was a must. no bumper pad, but we've had it for almost 2 weeks and the kids don't go near the edge, so we'll get one eventually... but lets just say the kids LOVE it, and i LOVE it too. =) i know they can be dangerous, but with the kids young i don't see them trying a flip and busting their face open...at least not yet. not saying it won't happen...but we'll see how it goes. they love it so much they simply couldn't wait weeks before it warmed up again so, when the temperature was about 38º and the sun was out, we layered up and went out.

personally, i've seen a dramatic improvement in Kathryn's jumping. as Jaiden pointed out the first time Kathryn got on, she was skipping rather than jumping with both feet at the same time...not any more! she bounces the right way, and high too! i think this may help her balance.

and Daniel seemed to get the hang of it super quick...after he got over the face planting and whining, he really does good...and he loves it. in fact, he has figured out what our blue chair has in it...

so monday night as i was making a new meal calendar i decided i wanted to start making stuff homemade to use the recipes i have and try new things... and my mom just gave me a pizza recipe book, so on wednesday, i decided with the leftover ham, we would make a pizza. a hawaiian pizza. i was afraid it wouldn't turn out, but it was great! John ate 3 pieces which meant he liked it. i think i liked my crust better than papa murphy's, and the sauce was awesome. it's hard to mess up pineapple and ham, so i'll definitely make it again.

now a few nights ago, i came out of the craft room and saw Kathryn sleeping on the blue chair in the living room and asked John where Daniel was, i didn't hear him, and he said he didn't know, so i peeked in the dinning area, and saw this:

i thought...he's not moving...HE FELL ASLEEP HANGING OVER A CHAIR! AAAAA HAHAHAHA...just hilarious! so i had to get pictures.
sleepy baby.
it was priceless. his little feet just dangling.

and this is how he woke up one morning after i brought kathryn to school...crazy hair! haha. yeah, he needs a hair cut. so i tried to cut it a few days back, and he was jerking his head and batting his hands shooing me away from his hair. he would have nothing of it! so i guess i'll try again later.

he's trying to devour an entire musketeers fun size bar...it was just funny.

so the kids have been doing/saying some funny things so i'll share those before i forget.

one day kathryn came up to me and just started mumbling non stop and before i could stop her to tell her i couldn't understand any of it, i hear at the end "lity and jusis for all" i gasped, said "can you say it again" and she with a smile on her face replied "YES!" and repeats what i thought was just random mumbling...but it was the Pledge of Allegiance! She had memorized it from saying it at school, and she remembered every word too! it was so cute i teared up. she is amazing at this age. so many cute little phrases and her personality coming out. just before bed after we say prayers we tell Daniel to give sis kisses, and he climbs over to her and leans in for a kiss. recently he has done the "over and over" where he just keeps giving her kisses, well, she turned to me one time and said "dats enough Daniel" hehe.

and Daniel likes to investigate everything, so i noticed he had a ponytail holder and he was stretching it back and forth and he very intently says "ooooo" then "aaaaaa" it was really funny at the time. he also likes spray bottles, and i had him on the counter next to me so he could see me mix the pizza dough, and as i focus on fixing the dough, i keep hearing "ch ch ch ch ch" i finally look over at daniel when i snap out of it and realize that's not a good sound to find Daniel spraying Lysol kitchen spray all over his leg, and my phone...it was soaked...i just had to laugh. now my phone screen is blotchy and the buttons work when they want except the U...it doesn't ever work. oh well, that's what i get for not paying attention!

oh yeah, and before the first big frost this week, we were going to cover our bare pipes, but somehow completely forgot, and so monday morning, i wake up and go turn on the kitchen faucet to wash out a cup and...nothing. darn! our pipes froze. haha, once again, quite preventable, but we weren't prepared. i'm just glad they thawed out before it froze again the next night, and John was certainly out wrapping the pipes! luckily the pipes didn't burst. i guess we can thank the cheap plastic PVC tubing that connects all the water in our house.

after the second deep freeze this week, i gave up trying to protect my garden... surprisingly the lettuce isn't completely dead. but i did have to take my broccoli it was frozen solid. we'll see how they fare out through this cold spell.

speaking of how cold it's been since the new year started, i haven't wanted to get out to go to Foxy's so my goal isn't getting off to a good start...but with the trampoline... when Daniel goes down for a nap (usually the warmest time of the day) and they have already been outside to jump, i put a movie on for Kathryn or let her play on the PBS kids website, and i go out to jump on the trampoline. ah, it is awesome. it's a great cardio workout which is one of my least favorite things to do, unless it's something fun...and the trampoline is great fun! it boosts my self esteem when i can flip and flip... and jumping to L sits is a great ab work out. my legs are sore so it must be doing some good! it just puts me in a better mood altogether. it's like my few minutes in paradise... i just feel so weightless...

so this week i am incredibly grateful for:

trampolines!

tough technology that keeps going

space heater that keeps us all cozy and warm in the MBR.

oh yeah, and Walgreens had a 9 cent print special, and so i got 100 pictures to start scrapbooking with!