More pictures

Everyone is asleep (in MY BED but that's not the point), so I thought I could post some more pictures really quick. Then maybe I can jump back in bed for a while. Wait, I think Aiden I mean Elizabeth just woke up B. Anyway, A had her first "production" at school this week. She had to sing a line by herself and she did a great job. She was a nurse (probably not going to be her real profession due to an aversion to blood that I think is genetic). I love her school. It is a really great school (test scores, up to 15 students per class, only ONE fund raiser a year that does not include selling anything, etc.) and there is so much diversity.
A with her teacher--Brooks got her flowers.


Walking down the hall after the show.

Friday morning A came in and said "there's blood all over Brooks' head" which got us right up and FAST. He had a bloody nose in the night. Also,Cate woke up with a perforated ear drum. I feel like the worst mom ever when that happens (it happened to A when she was little too) but I had NO IDEA she even had an ear infection. The good part is that she had gained 10 oz. in a week. I will keep force feeding her butter and cream I guess!

Also, Candace is in town visiting. Yesterday Lewis had to work--I know, shocking right!?!?-- so the kids and I took her to a state park with a petting farm, "beach", and animal rescue center. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

Baby C's dermabond came off

and her eye looks great. ( this is a picture of the dermabond peeling off. it's just like superglue)

Earth Day

This year for Earth Day I decided we would NOT pick up trash next to the road like we did last year (since Brooks almost got hit by a car twice). Instead, we headed to an Earth Day event and parade. Me and my great ideas........ When we got there the activities were over and the parade was just starting. The "parade" was classes of elementary school kids dressed in homemade paper bag costumes with trash on them who were chanting things like "recycling rocks" and "save the earth" and "reduce reuse recycle". It was a bust. But, it was held in a park in the civil rights district. Here are a few of the pictures I took of the park and some of the sculptures and statues there. ( I think if you click on the first one you can read it.)




It's been getting hot!!! We've pulled out the sprinkler and slip n slide already. And this child would now like to be called Elizabeth if you please. Heaven help us all when she is a teenager.

And this is what Brooks did when I told him that I thought I saw a hornet.

Georgia can jump high

really high

and...

let's hear it for avocados and cheerios!!

nine month stats and why I'm glad to have an oral and maxillofacial surgeon on hand

Cate today (almost 10 months)
15 lbs. 5 oz.---looks like we'll be feeding her sticks of butter this month!!!
27 1/2 inches long

--waves and says "ahhhhhh"
--rolls around like she's on a mission
--cute as can be
--sleeps like a champion (this is BIG news at our house)
--adores Lewis
--can do downward dog better than me
--five teeth, more coming in
--first war wound today when Aiden tried to pick her up and dropped her. landed on the leg of the rocking chair and bruised her cheek and cut her eyelid. lucky for us, Lewis saved the day. instead of spending hours in the er, we spent 5 minutes pinning her down on the bed while dr. lew applied the dermabond.
thanks dad! good as new.

Better late than never

The long awaited and much anticipated video of Aiden's Irish dancing from St. Patrick's Day. At school they watched some Irish dancing (probably Riverdance) and Aiden told her teacher and her entire class that she had been to Ireland and had seen the dancers in real life. Umm, ok. Yeah. To be fair, she has been to Italy, Ghana, and Austria, but never to Ireland. We did see lots of Irish dancers performing at races while we were living in New England. That never struck me as odd until I typed it. Why were those dancers performing at road races (running)? Anyway, on with the video.


(this is actually the second try. the first video is much more animated, but I can't get it to upload)

Also, if you want to read a funny Brooks story, click here.

She's my daughter.....

When I get up in the morning the first thing I have to do is open all the blinds and curtains to let the sunshine in.

I turn red in the face really easily. When people look at me I turn red. When I am upset I can turn red. When I am surprised I turn red. When I am hot I turn red. In fact, if you tell me I am turning red I will turn red.

I am a good hula hooper. When I was about 8 months pregnant with Aiden I took second place in a hula hoop contest at my work Christmas party. I only took second because they had us stand on one foot and with that HUGE belly I was off balance.


When Lewis leaves for work, Aiden has to wave to him from her window. If she happens to sleep though him leaving, she has to make sure that he kissed her before he left.

The other day we ran into someone Aiden knows from school. Literally RAN INTO (not a surprise if you've ever seen me steer a shopping cart). We were all caught off guard and Aiden turned bright red.

Last, but not least, Aiden can do a mean hula hoop. She has been bugging me for weeks to get her one, and I figured I would get her one for Easter. Well, Brooks discovered it before Easter (I'm not the best hider), and so we gave it to her early. And guess what??!?!?! The girl can really hula hoop. It's amazing. We sit and watch her and just laugh because she's so good.


Brooks can't hula hoop, but he CAN do this.

I hate it when he does this.

Don't you?

ps--remember a year ago at our house?!?!?!!?!

Happy Easter

We hunted yesterday because Lewis only had to work from 9 to 4! Gotta love the 7 day work week. He's a champ.