WATER!!!

Water is very important to my kids.  They love everything about it.  Then you add accessories and they can play for HOURS!!!

 $15 pool

 $15 slide 

$2 water torpedos

 3 hours of fun in the sun . . . 

Priceless!

And as a side note you know your kids are going to be different but they both look 

adorable in this swimming suit! Lily in this same suit!

Owen Daniel

Lily Elizabeth

Taylor Jean

Basement fun . . .

Ever wonder what your kids do when your not looking?

Guess how I found out, I loaded my camera onto the computer and there were pictures taken by a novice photographer.  Since Owen cannot be seen in any of these pictures I'm guessing he is the thief and photographer in question. 

Or we could try fingerprint scanning. 

 Say cheese . . . and maybe we should clean up. 

 Showing off favorites

 Practicing our OCD

 At least exercise is going on.

Oh my wonderful kids! 

Soccer Star

We decided Owen needed to get out and run so we signed him up for soccer and were so excited that his friend Porter signed up too.  If their team only had them on it it would have been the same because they were the stars.  Poor Chet was so embarrassed with me yelling for him since we were in an indoor arena, but hey its my baby in his first sport!

Owen receiving his first ever trophy! 

While he was 'on the bench'  I should have got the 2 little girls he was flirting with the whole time. 

Taylor bored out of her mind. 

Lily bored out of her mind too!  

Our little graduate!

Owen just graduated from PRESCHOOL oh goodness! I was so proud of my little man that day.  

Can you believe this was him 9 months ago.  He is such a different kid now. 

Fire Engines

From the first moment Owen heard about the field trip to see the fire engines everyday I was asked if it were fire engine day.  Thank goodness when it finally was a week sooner than expected. I wasn't able to go but my friend took pictures for me!!!

Easter Beagle

I'm a horrid Mother, yes I admit I do not do an easter basket.  My kids don't even know who the Easter Bunny is, they believe in Charlie Browns easter Beagle. We do have Easter Baskets for the annual Easter Egg hunt though and this year is was so much fun to see them go.

Owen showing Taylor where the eggs were, although she was off and running when she saw the first egg.  Taylor is a hoarder and LOVES purses, loves to put things in purses and . . . 

Loves to hook a purse on her elbow and walk around like mommy. 

Lily was off and running with Janessa her best friend of the day. 

Don't you just hate it when 2 cameras are going at the same time?

Lily and Nessa jumpin'!

CHEESE!!!

 AND MORE CHEESE!!!

The only remotely good picture of the girls in their dresses.  We will try again cause they were stinkin cute. 

Stitches

One quiet evening in the Porterhouse Chet and I were remarking how well Owen and Lily were playing downstairs.  JINX!!! Not a minute passed by a there was a sickening thud.  One that made this mother move faster than ever known possible.  I was able to make it to her fast enough that all the blood ended up on me not her.   

We took her to Community Care thinking that there wouldn't be a wait and we'd be able to get out relatively fast. 45 minutes later and a photo op later we were told they had nothing to numb her and we'd just have to hold her down and do the stitches that way.  We immediately left and went to the empty ER and were taken care of with numbing cream and all.  Lily was the model patient, her only request was ice cream, which the nurse delivered once her bandaid was on.  

You wouldn't think with that big smile she had a gash in her head at all.  It never bothered her to have it. She even let me take to stitches out without a fuss.  

She is now bandaid free but she does have to wear a hat and sunscreen all summer to reduce chances of a scar.  

*While adding these pictures Lily stated, 'My head's not dripping now.'