Playing

Here are some things we've been doing indoors to make these dreary winter days go by quicker... ugh.

Reading lots of books (we love new ones... thanks, Mom!)...

Making forts (with the ottoman moved in front of the opening to keep Reid out (poor Reid!)...

Glitter art (messy but vacuumable)...

Watching glitter art and munching...

...and screaming...

Building lots of puzzles and then smooshing them together to make a rug to lay on...

Playing with shoes from the cabinet while Mommy does laundry...

Meeting Daddy for lunch and playing in the squadron bar...

Checking out Daddy's new rifle scope...

We had a little break in the weather last week but are still waiting for real spring/summer to arrive.  Hopefully soon!

This Picture Needs Its Own Post...

... because I love it that much.  Taken at Emmett's birthday party this past weekend.  Oh, my heart!

Happiness and Love!

My sister Becky just got engaged!!!!  

I cannot fully express how totally happy I am for Becky.  I love her so very much and it just makes my heart want to burst seeing her so happy and excited.  And we LOVE her fiance, Ryan.  He is successful and kind and funny and fun AND he is a former college marching band member... just like Phil and me!  But he went to Indiana University, not the fab Florida State University.  But that's okay.  :)  They are getting married in September in the town in Ohio that we lived in when I was 10.  They picked that town because Ryan actually used to live there, too, when he was younger, and his grandparents still live there!  We all loved living there and I can't wait to go back and see our old house and explore the town while we are there.  It's all so EXCITING!!  :)

Congratulations, Becky and Ryan!  We love you!!

Left Behind

Daddy took the big boys to Fred Meyer the other evening and someone else did NOT like being left behind! 

It was precious!  Don't worry... I stopped taking pictures and picked him up and cuddled him.  :)

In other news.... Emmett said a funny thing the other day:  I had just come home from the gym in the morning and he saw me and ran over and hugged my leg (his hand went between my legs).  He then quickly pulled his hand back, looked at it, and then looked at me with a disappointed yet understanding face and said, "Oh... you go potty in your pants?"  HahaHA!  Because I was sweaty from the gym he thought I had gone potty in my pants.  Phil and I just died!  Sorry if that was TMI, but getting sweaty is normal, right??  ;)

Sorting It Out

I remember back in July I posted this picture of these monkeys I found in the playroom all sorted out by color.  At the time I wasn't sure who had done it....

... but now I know.  It was Emmett!  He has a thing for sorting things by color.  In the past few weeks I have seen him doing it on his own at least three different times.  With jelly beans...

With a set of 64 crayons that he got in his Easter basket...

And today he was playing in his room by himself for a little bit and when I went in later I saw this...

We have a bunch of these plastic balls in a bin in the boys' closet (they used to go in a ball pit that we had once) and he had taken a bunch of them out of the bin and sorted them.  He must have run out of room on his bed because the orange pile was on a chair nearby.  :)

Just a fun fact I wanted to share about our sweet little E-Dogg.