Memories!

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.  ~From the television show The Wonder Years

Catching the kiddos in moments when they have no idea I'm watching...and they are busy playing, reading or being sweet to one another, are so very precious to me lately! I'm not gonna lie - this super busy 2.5 year old BOY and 4-year old DIVA are a hand full these days. They try daily to see how much they can get away with or which of mommy's buttons they want to push...ERGH! So when I catch them in these moments - I try and grab the camera/video and capture it and if that's not handy then I press record on my tiny little mommy brain and hope it stays there forever...... (quality is poor in some bc lights were dim or I used my phone as usual).

Ella Rae loves her baby sister and Haven adores her too!

Alden loves to watch Dora...on this day with chocolate pudding on his face. :) 

Carpool line... 

Right now they love to play matchbox cars together!  

Showing Haven how to use her bouncy seat....such good little helpers. 

I love watching TV in my bed with these munchkins! 

On rainy, cold or hot days...they love to play in the shower. 

Sweet Haven loves her white noise while napping! (that's her portable sound machine under her left arm)

Alden loves to read in bed - especially his Little People books...he often falls asleep with them on his head.

My Little Shoppers

During dinner one night I looked down and found Ella Rae holding Haven's hand. 

LOVE our snuggle time in the playroom on our air mattress! 

Alden reading Little People again...in mommy's bed! 

Dress up!!

Ella Rae and Alden LOVE to play dress up! For months Alden was walking around in princess gowns and daddy quickly said to get that boy some dress up clothes fit for a boy. So I ordered him a cape and pulled out the doctor scrubs but still he ended up in the gowns like his big sissy! Sweet thing! Sometimes dress up doesn't mean princess dresses - it might mean clothing and purses and shoes pulled out of mommy's closet! I just love watching their imagination grow!

Curls!!

Everyone always asks me where the kiddos got their curly hair....I'll let you be the judge!

Anne - Curls in the Tub! 

Me again - Sleeping Curls....does this look like Alden?

Me - More Curls!

Sweet Alden - love his curls.

My big girl...love every curl on her head!

Flower Power!

No girl is completely dressed without her hair bow (and her Papa Jacks tshirt?!).

aunt nena bought this for ella are when she was a baby….now Haven wears it!

Petting Zoo at School

Every spring the petting zoo comes to the kids preschool and they love it so much!

and they love Ms. Dayna too! 

Christmas in April?

Sweet girl….she just loves to be all swaddled up and cozy in her cosleeper and we love her in her Christmas PJs…who cares that it's April.

Hey Mom!

Ear Tubes for Our Boy?!?

Our poor little guy has been suffering with ear infections for some time now and so his doctors (AND MOMMY and DADDY) decided it was finally time to put in some ear tubes. This is his prepop appointment to test his hearing etc. Poor thing could hardly hear. :( Tubes should definitely help! He was so brave!