You wanna piece of this?

 

I sure DON'T!

Emma asked Mike the other day if he wanted "a piece of this?" with these scrunched up, angry faces. We just had to get a picture of them!



Eyes

I sure do love these eyes

 And these eyes

 Aren't they just so cute?

 These eyes, FREAKED ME OUT!!!

Ethan recently had a fund raiser at school and got this eye cover thing as one of his many, many prizes. It's funny but when I go in at 10:30 pm to  turn off his lamp and see this, it's not so funny!

Under construction!

The new house is coming along! As of today (May 3, 2013) just after quitting time, this is what the house looks like!

 We took a walk through! Emma was surprised to find wood in her room! But she's very excited to have her own room that will end up being pink with either princess or butterfly pictures on the wall!

 This is what will be the kids' bathroom. Where Emma and Jackson are will be the bathtub and they are more than excited to jump in!

 They're still in the bathroom only Jackson is now in his room.

More pictures to come as the house gets farther along!!!

Not boring!!

When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mom. I knew I wanted to stay home with my kids and play all day long. (Cleaning and laundry were there too, but I chose to focus on the fun.) However, I never thought my life would be this NON BORING!

Jackson refuses to eat with his tray on the high chair anymore and he really doesn't like to be spoon fed. Tonight we had pasta roni with grilled chicken and garlic bread (mmm, it was delicious!) so I gave him a plate of food, his drink, and a fork and let him go to town!

 He still hasn't mastered the fork so he took matters (or noodles) into his own hands

 Mmmm

 He sure did make a mess...look at my table!

 (somehow things got out of order so stay tuned for the picture of the high chair!)

Emma loves to color on paper plates and I don't care!

Ethan picked up on the fun too.

This top picture was drawn by Ethan

 Emma is a GREAT artist and loves to draw faces and people

 Ahh, the high chair

Messy Jackson!

 (more paper plate art)

 While I was cleaning up, I put Emma and Jackson in the bath, mostly so they would stay out of my way. And after cleaning up wet noodles all over the floor and mopping up Emma's juice she spilled (I just mopped yesterday!) I found these two squirts just where I left them

 Just to make sure Jackson wasn't throwing too many toys out of the bath (his favorite past time lately), I sent in the reinforcement and he was prepared with a gun!

 (no bullets)

I do get frustrated and onry at times, but this face

 and this face

 and then together

They make it all better.....most of the time. I try really hard to stay mad but they make it hard when they smile.

Ethan is the BEST helper too! He is so willing to help watch Emma and Jackson when they are in the bath, he hardly ever causes mischief (anymore), he helps me with dinner. Just a few weeks ago, I was making dinner, the stove was hot, the oven was hot and Jackson just wanted me. Ethan, without any prompting by me (but maybe the Holy Ghost) dropped what he was doing and said, "I'll play with Jack so you can make dinner!" That made my day. I love that kid and what a great helper he is.

Now I say he hardly causes mischief, but he is right now! He's running around the basement having a nerf gun fight with Mike!

Like I said, we are not boring here!

And I wouldn't have it any other way!!

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.