Laughter is Contagious!

I love watching Chloe interact with her baby brother!

My Little Photographer

Chloe received a camera for Christmas. She loves taking pictures and really does a pretty decent job. Yesterday she said (with exasperation), "Mommy, WHEN can I unload my pictures on to the computer and our blog?" Like mother like daughter I guess! Here is a sampling of her pictures...

My favorite!

She is learning about the days of the week and the months/seasons so I guess she found the calendar interesting!


Many of the pictures are pretty blurry. We won't have a shortage of pictures of me anymore with her behind the camera!

She likes taking pictures of the sunset. Not bad!

Her favorite person to run after and torment with the camera: Caleb (At least he's smiling in this one...that's not always the case!!!)

Water Park Fun

This past weekend we stayed in a hotel with a water park. The kids had a blast of course!

The funniest moment happened the first night we were there. Kyle got wet with the kids and we watched him shiver (didn't make me want to get in too bad!!). Caleb's teeth were chattering and his fingers were literally blue at the end of the night. I dried him off and cuddled with him trying to warm him up a bit and he said, "Mommy, you didn't know that my fingers could turn colors!!"


My little fish! Chloe absolutely loves water. She spent most of her time going down the slide. When she wasn't in the water she was playing UNO...and winning!!

Taking a break from swimming. We enjoyed some Bananagrams, chatting and shopping:)

Cameron was such a little trooper! Thank you Mom & Dad for giving him lots of attention!! He liked watching all the action (probably dreaming of the day when he can turn blue too!)

Kyle went down that slide with the kids WAY more times than I did...thanks for being a FUN DADDY Kyle!! He also enjoyed the big kid slides and the hot tub whenever he got a little break from Daddy duty.

Chloe's Quote Of The Day

It's been a long time since I've posted a good Chloe quote. Today I was checking some of her preschool work and I was pleasantly surprised by how well she did.

Me: "Chloe, this is awesome!"
Chloe: "I know Mom. I'm a genius!"

Just what we needed!!!

Today is proof AGAIN that my loving Lord knows just what I need and when. We have been dealing with the stomach flu for the past week with no outings. As any Mommy knows, the stomach flu is horrible (especially while nursing!) and the isolation that comes with it is almost as bad. Today's sunshine was such a blessing to all of us. The kids and I basked in the sunshine on our "4 season deck" this afternoon. The fresh air did WONDERS for all of our attitudes...including the happy little man in the bumbo chair who giggled at his sister over and over as she "prepared" food for me. Thank you Lord for this 62 degree day!!!