THe Daddy, Daughter Day Dance

Well Daddy and Nicole are out at the Daddy Daughter Dance. I hear Nicole is having a blast even though she didn't want to go. Daddy got her a new charm for her charm bracelet.  Pay not attend to to stuff on my counters.  I know I'm not the only person who looks at all the stuff in the background of a pictures.  I mean seriously.  I made Michael pick up his underwear before I took the pictures.

Isn't she beautiful?  I tried to curl her hair but it just wont take.  I really wanted to put her hair in rollers overnight but she wouldn't let me.  She doesn't like to be uncomfortable.  The theme of the party is butterflies.  I wanted to get a few and pin them on the bottom of her dress but we only had one pink one at work.  I'm sure I could have found them somewhere else, but I would have had to go shopping and I just don't enjoy shopping like I used to.

Pool time

My silly little kids.

They have been having fun in Uncle Rays pool alot this summer.  They get to go swimming every weekend there. 

Let the Memories Begin

Our First full day at the Magic Kingdom.  It was a long day for the kids we got there before the gates opened and stayed long enough to be one of the last buses out of the park.  There was hardly any lines.  And with four kids under six, I think we visited every bathroom in the park.

Our first stop was to Tony's for a character breakfast. 

Dillon hid under the table almost the whole time.

After a breakfast the kids were too excited to eat we jumped on the the train to head to the back of the park.

Silly Pictures

National Night Out 2010

this one just looks wrong

Time to kill

Saturday we had some time to kill.  A very rare thing for us.  We had set out to hit a couple of yard sales.  We only hit one before my husband desided to head as far away from town as we could get with only two hours to kill.  We ended up at Assunpink Wildlife Refuge.  A very nice a quiet place.  I'll have to take the kids back there to fish. 

As you can see Ed found some mud puddles to play in.  The kids had a blast. 

knitting loom

We have been playing around with our new knitting looms.  We have more scaves than we know what to do with.  We made a few hats too.  This is our first one.

It's currently on the snowman outside.  I'm working on a blanket now.  I find the loom easier to use since the surgery on my wrist.

cute and funny little things that make me laugh

Last night Ed asked me to call in an order at the Chinese restaurant for him to pick up on his way home. After I ordered Nicole asked if she could try to eat with the sticks. I had called him and asked him to pick up some chopstick for her. He came home with couple chap sticks.

Just a few minutes ago I saw Nicole standing in the bedroom door way- just standing there. When I asked what she was doing she said Michael told her to stay there. I tried to get her to go in the livingroom to play she just looked at me a shook her head and said "No, Mom I just want to make him happy."

Having fun in the sun

We hit the beach on Sunday with some of the other Koch kids. I really thought the water was going to be to cold for the kids. I should have known better. It was perfectly mild so I didn't have to be on top of them at all times and I could back up a few feet and snap some picture. I have no idea what she was doing yoga?? Just look at the joy on this kids face. He had a such ball running through the water.
We did some kite flying too

Have you ever...

been out and about and have a fabric softener sheet or better yet a pair of panties fall out of one of your pant legs. How embarrassing, right? Yes, I've done it. Well, I think I can do one better than that. Yesterday I went to Home Depot with a slice of cheese stuck to my a**! OK you can stop laughing now. I mean it stop laughing! How? Why? You ask. Well, I don't really know. I do know that I gave Moe a slice of cheese before we left. I'm guessing he put it down on the chair right before I sat down to put on shoes. I mean stop laughing!!!

Building a doll bed

OK, OK, I got a call from sister in law telling I have to up date my blog. It's two in the morning and I'm already up for the day so I figured I better get to it. This is another one of those post I started but was pulled away by one of my kids. Probably the big one. If you know what I mean.

One of the things I love about my husband is.... even thou he is in the middle of working on two major construction jobs he will still stop and take some time for the kids.

Cole had been following him for several hour with a piece of scrap wood. She just kept dragging it from room to room behind him. This was after she nailed several pieces of molding in the middle of the floor. So anyway she pulls the piece up to him and says "Daaaaaddyyyyyyy" You know in that way only a little girl can do, with a little eye batting thrown in there. Oh, he was a goner. "Daaaaddyyyyyyy, can we build something?" taking measurements

assembly

painting

A nice little doll bed made from just scraps of lumber and left over paint mixed together. I know he had planned to make a cradle together with Cole, but for a quick spur on the moment project I think it came out great.