Snap, Crackle, Pop....

My kids LOVE sweets. Heck, I LOVE sweets. Last week, we had a good ol' time making Rice Crispy Treats....and it was fun. Gooey, messy, sticky fun but fun.

My Jack just wanted to "get down and dirty". He is a boy. What do you expect? At every chance he could, he was sticking his little fingers in the treats. So his main job was cutting out shapes...with mom's help of course!

Juliana LOVES to let her creative side show. Anything decorating, coloring, creating...she is all over it. Here she is "creating" her treat. I didn't get a chance to get "after" pics because my kids are too fast. If there is some sort of treat in front of them, it is gone in 3.7 seconds. :)

Oh my sweet Jack. While I was cleaning up our mess and five Rice Crispy Treats later, Jack was going in for the final kill. But I am a swift mom and my camera happened to be in my hand. :)

I Scream, You scream......

On Monday, Jeremiah and I took the kiddos to Memorial City Mall for some $1 Sundaes from McDonald's. (Cheap dessert after spending BELOW our budget for groceries that day!)

Before:

Jacie indulged in MOMMY'S ice cream....

After:

After our delicious ice cream Juliana, Jack and mommy headed to the huge play area and got some of that sugary energy out! (Meanwhile, daddy and Jacie went to the Apple store to get my iphone checked out.)

It was a fun outing that only cost us $5. That's my kind of family time! :)

Walking on Sunshine! :)

I am absolutely LOVING this Texas weather. Yesterday was beautiful - 78 degrees, sunshin-ing - not a cloud in the sky. Jeremiah and I took the kiddos to the park before lunch and they had a BLAST!!!

Juliana was climbing onto anything she could climb on! She likes to challenge herself with new obstacles. :)

Jack, well Jack was being your typical little boy. Walking down slides, climbing on ladders that were too big for him, tugging on another little girl's shirt. :)

And my Jacie Madison. Little thing WANTS to walk all by herself...but for some reason will only do it at certain times and certain places. She had a ball on the slide (with big sister and brother of course.)

Life is their playground. :)

Ethan James :)

My nephew came into the world today! :) He was born at 9:24am, 7lbs - 12oz and 18 in. long....

Hello world, here I come!!

Monster...... :)

My Jack. He is my little boy. He is tough. He is rough. He fights like a WWF wrestler...

Yet, he ran into the living room from the kitchen with a scared, "OMG I just saw a ghost" look on his face. When I asked him what was wrong, he just said, "monster, monster...."

Sadly, this heaven sent iced tea maker is the culprit. Who knew an appliance could be so scary?

It's a Jungle Out There....

This one might be a long one folks.

Below is a picture of our backyard as of Saturday morning. Being that we haven't ever owned a lawn mower or any other yard tool for that matter, we had quite the Amazon on our hands. If you look closely you might spot an orangutan, lion or even a parrot.

This is the after effect and THANK GOODNESS! Needless to say, the kiddos were happy that they could rule the kingdom that was rightfully theirs.

BUBBLE TIME!!! We got the kids a couple bottles of bubbles for outside time and they loved it!

(GP, these are Juliana's bubble glasses. Check your inbox.)

Jacie had a BLAST while Jack blew bubbles in her face. She was so intrigued by all of the balls of color that were floating all around her.

Last night after our ten mile walk - not really, but it felt that way, we came home and had baths and pizza. Then once Jack and Jacie were snug as a bug in a rug in their beds, Jeremiah, Juliana and myself laid a blanket and tons of pillows down on the floor and got ready for movie night. We rented Beverly Hills Chihuahua and turned off all the lights. Too bad we never got around to popping the popcorn.

I LOVE weekends!

Maid Service Anyone?

Last night as we were putting the kids down for bed, I walked into Juliana's room to grunting and the mattress scraping the wall. She had her mattress COMPLETELY off the bed, attempting (and doing a darn good job) to put her sheet on her mattress. Now anyone that has toddlers and toddler beds knows what a pain it is to try to pull and tug the sheet to fit over the mattress. If your lucky, the sheet just magically slides over the corners. But if you have had a sheet for five years that has been through MANY washes/drys you know that they tend to shrink. (Its Babies R US and the sheet manufacturer out to take more money from tapped out parents.) Well after 10 minutes, she did it. She did it all by herself. It made me smile because she was so proud of herself and I was proud of her. :)

Our Jacie girl. She really is trying. She flies through the kitchen while holding onto cabinets, walls and appliances. She flies through the living room holding onto the couch and coffee table. And once in a while, she lets go and realizes that she is walking all by herself - and down we go. But she lets go. Our kids are growing up. Soon it will be kindergarten. Then sleepovers. Then football camp. Then high school. Then our nest is empty. Why cant they be babies forever?