Allie's nightly ritual...

Just about every night when I say "OK Allie, time for bed", she will run and hide behind her curtains.  It is the funniest thing to see....

A blog to share

A girl at work (thanks, Sherry!) shared a blog with me yesterday.  You have to read this woman's blog.  I'm not real sure where she is from (our internet hasn't been working really well here lately, so it won't let me click on certain things?!?!?), but the strength of this family is outstanding.  I know they believe in God, it is obvious by her posts.  They lost their 4 mont old daughter in February, by what they think is from SIDS.  As I was reading SOME of it last night, it really made me think of what is really important in this life.  Not money, not fashion, not big houses, not fancy cars, but Christ and what He teaches us.  It made me not only want to wake my kids up and hold them, but it makes me put things into perspective;  important things.  I hope you are touched by this story as much as I was.

By the way, make sure you have a box of tissue on hand...you're gonna need it!

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Our little superheros

They now have "matching" Batman/Batgirl pj's.

Happy 7th Birthday Sydney!

I'm a little behind on my blogging here lately....had a lot of sickness in our home!    We celebrated Sydney's 7th Birthday a couple of weeks ago....and my birthday last weekend :)  So happy Syd got to celebrate in "full force" this year!

I can feed myself!

Allie is becoming so independent here lately.  

Goldfish

She will do ANYTHING for her Goldfish....or "shish" as Allie would say!

Mama's littler helper

Yes, I have taught him how to vacuum!  He's pretty good at it, too!

Our little fashion queen

Splish, splash....

What can I say...our kids LOVE bathtime.....

finally, a pretty day

Saturday was a beautiful day to get outside and play!  We all finally got a good dose of vitamin D.  This was actually Allie's first day since she's been walking to get outside and play.  She had a ball.  Didn't get a picture of it, but a one time, she was covered in mud....and it didn't bother her a bit!

The groundhog said we'd get an early spring, but today it is 32 degrees.....what do you say about that, groundhog?