January Picture Post

Not a lot of excitement went on around here this past month... but here are a few pictures to chronicle our January 2012.

Birthday tulips from my dear friend Robin... these puppies brought me daily JOY!

Playing at the sand table

And THIS, my friends, is how you rock the jeggings.

A wagon ride courtesy of the leader of the pack.

Getting his beloved cars lined up just so...

Roughhousing with big brother

In a crawling race

Not really sure what this face means, but usually it precedes some meanness on her part.

Scenes from the high chair

It's become my favorite place to take pictures of her.  The light is fantastic from the windows, and she's captive in her chair.  These are the faces I'll always remember.  How is it that she's going to be one so soon?  

Double 3's

I turned 33 on Monday, and it ranks up there as one of the best birthdays on record.  For starters, it ended up hitting 75 degrees that day.  In January!  One of our babysitters was out of school because of MLK Day, so she came over and spent a few hours with the kids while I got a facial at Ihloff.  MAN, was that wonderful.  It had been a long time since I had had a facial, and I forgot just how pampering it is.  The rest of the day was relaxing, the kids were happy, and we went on a walk in the gorgeous weather.  Tomorrow night Grandma and Pa-Pa are having the older two spend the night while Jason and I hit the town for a belated birthday date night.  Hot Sauce will be picked up on the way home.  I keep reminding myself that this is the last (insert special occasion here... birthday, anniversary, whatever) that I'll be nursing... freedom is so close I can taste it!  

Jason has had quite possibly the busiest start to a new year ever.  Since January 1st, he's recovered from a vasectomy, taken a trip to Omaha, succumbed to strep throat, and taken a trip to Denver.  Next month he's got meetings in Dallas and Las Vegas.  Such a busy boy!    

When playtime goes terribly wrong...

Video of the Week

This week's video is of Baby Hane, now affectionately known as Hot Sauce (nomenclature given by her daddy), the big almost-one-year-old.  She loves to crawl from the living room to the front door, but on the way we play a quick game of 'You Get Back Here,' and she gets ridiculously silly and hyper.

2011 Interview

I meant to ask the kids these questions on New Year's Day but forgot.  So here are the answers they gave me over breakfast yesterday morning.

Favorite Toy:

E - My dolly from Christmas

J - A corvette toy

Favorite Food:

E - Sandwiches and pizza

J - Cereal and toast

Favorite Book:

E - The Seven Silly Eaters

J - Beauty and the Beast

Favorite Movie:

E - The Little Mermaid

J - Cars

Favorite Song:

E - Born in Bethlehem

J - Beauty and the Beast

What do you want to be when you grow up?

E - I want my kids to help me make some cookies and cakes

J - A corvette

What makes you laugh?

E - Silly words

J - Funny race cars

What makes you cry?

E - When you give me spankings

J - Giving me spankings


Favorite thing about preschool?

E - Playing baby horse with Lenna and Lauren
J - All of my friends


Where do you want to go in 2012?

E - Disney world

J - To the movie theater