Pics of the Month

A few pics of how much Audrey LOVES her brother. ALL THE TIME!!!


I peek into the den and Audrey is coloring with a permanent marker. True a little red flag goes off in my head, but in an ongoing effort to minimize the times I tell my daughter she can't do things, I let it slide. We have had almost no problems EVER with Audrey coloring on things. I walk in a few minutes later and she has colored her entire left hand and wrist in blue permanent marker. Like fill in coloring not just a couple marks. And then I hear her say, "Mommy Ethan has dots"! Now, he is facing her away from me, and i just know, even before he turns around that she has polka dotted my sons face. And sure enough....

Thankfully I didn't even get mad. Although I think I did say something like, "I can't believe you did this" about a hundred times. Luckily I caught it soon enough and it came right off. Because as we all know, this happened on Saturday. Wouldn't it be my luck to send a pot marked kid to church on Sunday!

Audrey pulls Ethan around all day like this. One day he will be big enough to object!

A little later that day I found this on the trampoline.

I actually missed the picture where she was sitting on her bike holding onto the handle of the wagon like she was ready to go somewhere and take him with her! hehe.

Loves him so much she squeezes into to seesaw with him whether he wants her to or not!

And then I usually see this look of desperation when it is time to step in and save him!

One more super adventure when she stuffed Ethan and everything she could find into a laundry basket and pushed him down the hall.

And poor Ethan at the end of his 11 minutes of good natured putting up with Audrey!

But then there are moments like these where she really does take awesome care of him.

And I know we will probably be ok in the sibling department

AND JUST SOME CUTE OTHER STUFF

I love this little coat on him

Such a big helper

I love this little sweater on him. So cute

Playing catch is our favorite game around here.

Audrey loves to fill things, whether it is laundry baskets, purses, or big backpacks

Ethan likes to kind of hide and play peekabo. He usually backs up into a corner like he needs to keep his eye on you while retreating.

Ethan LOVES to read. And loves this little chair in Audrey's room

And finally a cute little pic of me and the kids all together all looking. How often does that happen!

That dang husband

We all love our husbands right....I honestly have an awesome one that basically lets me run the show most of the time. However, he gets these random ideas in his head sometimes that I can't really seem to reign in or control. This was one of those events that I will never let him live down!

I was getting ready upstairs for church one day. And I come down minutes before it is time to leave and the bathroom door is locked and I hear the clippers humming!!!!! He had been threatening for a while, but behind that door, yes my husband was giving my son a MOHAWK!!!! I was NOT happy. Minutes before church, there was nothing I could do. I honestly wanted to cry I was so upset. I mean I was not apposed to the idea 100%, but he used a number one on the sides and so he literally looked like a gangster prisoner or something. Luckily he is a cute kid and so everyone else thought it looked cute, but he didn't quite look like my sweet little boy.

Take not of this nice full head of hair that Ethan has pretty much always had!

Poor kid!

I let it stay for a week but required it be evened out by the next sunday for church. It is finally starting to look dark again and grow in. I have had to get used to it, but still can't wait for his nice hair to come back!

Playing in the snow

I love the usually one day a winter we have that is snows in Vegas! The flakes out by our house were so big as one point. It never stuck but that didn't stop us from getting all bundled up and heading outside. So much fun.

Ethan does not love his big coat to keep him warm.

Little hot cocoa treat to warm ourselves up afterward

Audrey party

Frosted sugar cookies for all the kids. Which is so simple but so yummy of course. I have the best soft sugar cookie recipe if yall are interested.

We did a yummy salad bar for all adults. It was super yummy!

Audrey birthday

Audrey's birthday is right after Ethan's. So we did just a little family cupcakes and pizza the day of and then had a family party over the weekend.

Gotta love a three year old that is totally satisfied with a few dollar store gifts on the way home from work! Yeah for glow sticks!

Ethan thinks he is a big boy

Ethan BIrthday

Ethan turned one right after Thanksgiving so we were able to have lots of family there all squished into our little house. I love little kids. Blow up some balloons, have cake and it is all perfect!

Ethan's own little cake

He did a pretty good job at totally destroying it! I think however that he only ate frosting!

Straight to the sink for a rinse off.

I sure love this little guy!

Random Updates

My cute little boy is officially walking now. He has known how to do it for about 2 months but I think because of the fact that he has an older sister that is ALWAYS on top of him, he had little desire to venture past the secure. Then one day two weeks ago it clicked and now he toddles belly forward everywhere he goes!

Painting snowflakes at Lauralyn's house. So fun

I let Audrey have at it with the make up brush. Unfortunately she does not understand the concept of less is more with make up quite yet!

Not normally a destroyer, however we have now learned that he is a climber! EEK! Hopefully this doesn't cause too many bruises.

I try to encourage some quiet play time in her room every day. I think it is good for her imagination and other such things. This is how she came downstairs one day! AWESOME!