What's Going On........

This past week was an interesting one!  We started the week off playing outside with the neighbors and having a blast watching the girls drive around in their cars!!  Daniel was really sick:( he went from croupe to pneumonia to an official diagnosis of being an asthmatic and a left ear infection.  Needless to say mommy and D did a lot of cuddling on the couch (which I treasured every minute of) and lots of nebulizer treatments.  Also the sun came out so we soaked up some rays and spent a lot of time on the deck.  We ended the weekend with a barbecue and backyard firepit!  Here are some random pics I took.

10 stitches later.......

The culprit.........

Chin vs gravity......

I'll have to say she did great and was incredibly brave.  Those of you who know Emily and her blood curdling screams, there was none of that while in the emergency room.  I'm one proud parent and now I know her really hurt scream vs her I need attention because my siblings are bugging me scream:)

Big Kid.... Tiny Toy

The kid is huge and cracks me up when he tries to fit into things he can NOT!

I love you big A!!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Few weeks ago we celebrated the big #3!!  So sweet and fun loving.  I am so blessed to have you as my daughter.  I love our little dates, I love watching you work out puzzles (in fact I'm astounded by it really), I love your laugh and the silly things you say.  You bring so many smiles to everyone we meet.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!!

I love kissing those cheeks!

What a MESS!!!!

D SURE LOVES HIS SPAGHETTI!!!

Blizzard 2011

Fortunately I had went to the store a week prior, not knowing there was a blizzard in the forecast, and I had stocked up on lots of groceries.  On the menu we started off with chicken enchilada casserole.  We also made white chicken chili, homemade pizza, spaghetti, chocolate chip cookie bars, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, brownies, breakfast for dinner and lots of HOT CHOCOLATE!

I had to work the night before when it was freezing rain and ice.  I woke up at noon to this......

Being the ER nurse that I am, I told Aidan to get dressed, we are going outside to see what it's like to be in a blizzard.  I'm all over the teachable moments for my kids even when it involves survival skills.  I told him we should wear goggles so we could see better and this is what he came outside wearing!  I love this kid!

We were talking about snow drifts at one point and the timing couldn't have been better!

The next morning Patrick said he was going to go shovel the driveway.  I went out to check on him and this is what I saw!  We were laughing so hard!  Patrick said, "This might take a while."  It only took 1.5 hours including the sidewalk up to the front door.

Homemade pizza for dinner, with homemade dough!  The smells were amazing!

My drive home Thursday morning from work!  Another moment where I was laughing because it was so ridiculously cold!!

Play time with dad in the snow!!

Emily was so excited to be taller than the mail box.  And yes our street still needs to be plowed.

D came out for about 30 seconds!

Aidan is standing on a pile of snow and is in the trees!!  These are the kind of memories that will remain with my kids forever!  I absolutely love this!!! 

Patrick was so proud of his snow tunnel and I thought this was so cool!!  The kids did too!

Friendly reminders!!

Things I need to remember......

1. Never give Daniel a carrot and let him walk off, I always find chewed up chunks throughout the house.
2. If my 1yr old or 3yr old go into the kitchen, I need to follow within 2 minutes, otherwise they empty out the fridge, placing everything onto the floor:(
3. If the girls get markers out to color, we need to promptly put them away when finished, otherwise I will find nice drawings all over my walls and floors and the guilty victim with a blue mouth (Daniel inevitably always eats the marker tips when finished with his murals)