My mantra lately!

Remember my post with these pictures?

This one had to be added today!

 My book case is usually FULL to the MAX but if you can see there are two nearly empty shelves cause Jackson got to them.

Whatever!

At this stage in my life, this is my new mantra...

I have a feeling my house will look similar to the above pictures for at least the next 10-12 years!

Just for fun!

Jackson is just like his mom! He loves chocolate and to get him to let me cook, I give him a bowl of chocolate.

 

 He usually leaves to eat it in the living room!

 The older he gets, the more Jackson is like Ethan. Cars, cars, cars, everywhere!

 Jackson is silly too! Drinking juice under the table!

 Ethan and Emma like to snuggle and watch tv on my bed. It's cute so I take pictures of em!

 I had a relief society activity that was a Hawaiian theme and I joked about wearing a coconut bra, over my shirt of course. When it was pulled out...Emma wanted to try it on!

 My kids love to dress up for holidays, St Patrick's Day was no different!

 Then I asked Ethan to take a picture of me and Mike!



Eating like a big boy!

Jackson has decided that he'd rather eat at the table, like a big kid, than eat with the tray on his high chair.

Just another reason that we need a bigger kitchen! There's just not room for all 5 of us to eat at the table, and still move around in the kitchen.

Dino fun!!

Ethan loves dinosaurs when he was about 20 months until he was 3 1/2! Then he found other stuff, hot wheels, transformers, bakugons. Lately it's been Star Wars, Legos, Wii games, but in the last couple of weeks, he has found a new love for dinosaurs and is sharing the love with Jackson.

Ethan woke up Saturday morning and asked to go to the dinosaur museum. I wanted to go and I knew Jackson would have fun too, so we waiting until after Jack's nap, which was super long (3 hours plus!). We headed out and got there around 5. I also knew it would take a long time so we tried to fill the kids up on snacks before we left.

It was fun to get out of the house and into the museum again.

Jackson looks so small next to the dino leg and foot.

 Ahhh, the cave. My kids are goofballs but I love em!

 Ethan and the Utahraptor

 See, Jackson had fun

The kids and Mike designed their own dinosaur. It was prett cool. 3 heads, 2 tails, 6 legs, and a bunch of spikes!

 Ethan and Emma loved the sand and water area!

Ethan's creation

 Emma's creation

 A picture on the dinosaur

 Playing in the sand

Eventhough it was after bedtime when we left to go home, the kids were all so good and we had so much fun. I sure do love these kiddos!

We love the craziness!

We are nuts at my house. We love to be crazy and silly and it shows in my pictures!

Emma was coloring with markers and I think used her mouth to hold the marker lid so when she put the lid back on this happened!

 My kids love push pops, really any sugar, but these were earned. We went to Target to get new underwear for Ethan and Mike told Emma that her job was to yell at everyone she saw that Ethan was getting new underwear! I told her if she did, she'd get a push pop! She did! It was so funny.

But so the boys wouldn't feel left out, I got one for each of them too!

 My dad made a rocking horse for my kids for Christmas a few years ago. They love it! Jackson has recently discovered that it is FUN!

 (that's not a look of fright, it's a look of excitement!)
Last week Ethan's school had crazy hair day. He wanted his hair colored green! Then Emma wanted sparkles in her hair. It was her dance day (hence the leotard) and I thought it would be appropriate to get a picture of the crazy haired kids!

 Yeah, you can't really see the sparkles but they are there and she was so pretty!

 Ahhh, gfeen! (He didn't come home this green though!)

I got Jackson involved too. Just a little green at the front!

My brother got married!

Last month, my baby brother got married to the BEST girl ever!

Here's the happy couple and my parents!

 Emma got a very pretty dress and wanted to twirl and twirl and twirl, so  I took pictures.

 This little man loves his new aunt. I wish I would have had my camera all ready when she kissed his chubby cheek. He got very bashful, he may have even blushed!

 Oh, oops, another picture of Emma twirling...just in the wrong order!

 So handsome...but where was Ethan? Probably running around with his cousins.

 Our family all dressed up!

 The cousins, that were there, and awake!

Congratulations Bryan and Haley!

If you come to my house...

...and it looks like this

 ...or this...

...or this...

I may not excuse myself, my kids, Mike, or our stuff cause I am too busy doing
this...

...and Jackson is is too busy doing this...

...Emma is doing this...

...more of Jackson's busy day...

 ...Ethan even gets in on the action...

 ...this is good to do too...

 ...a favorite to be doing...

...ahhh, more silly Ethan...

I'm starting something new. I'm going to NOT put toys all the way away until after ALL the kids are in bed, a sleep, and eventhough I am EXHAUSTED, it'll be best for us all to just push toys out of the way until a later time. So watch your step when you come to my house. However, I promise I will always have a seat for your bum so you don't have to hover or squat.