A long road ahead

This is about where I left off almost a year ago. I finished Donovan and Howie's room and started on Nina's. Then I fell off the blogging planet. Again. Part of that was because somehow my laptop mysteriously died taking all my pictures with it. There were rumors that a drink was spilled and smoke came from the computer, but neither Matt nor I was there to witness it. Dang kids. So I pouted for a few months and kind of forgot about blogging. It took us about 3 months to get another computer and I was still mad that I lost so many pictures. And I wasn't liking the pictures our camera was taking, so I didn't use it all that often. Basically I've been in a bad mood for almost a year. But I'm over it. I am accepting the abilities of our camera until we can save up for a better one too. I am going to try to catch up and it will likely be a very long road.

Because tomorrow it will snow

One thing I love about Colorado is the little thing that happens the days leading up to a big snow storm. It's called a day or two of amazing weather. Today was 67 degrees with lots of sunshine and tomorrow the temperature will drop some 50+ degrees and bring snow. So of course we wanted to take full advantage of the beautiful day. After we went to Chuck E. Cheese's for Rex's birthday, we headed down to the South Platte River. There are trails that follow the river and it's a great place to take a car full of boys and one girl. They spent most of their time throwing rocks into the river, trying their best to skip them. They also wandered around exploring and getting dirty, because those two things always seem to go hand in hand. It was great to soak up the sunshine and warmth before we get hit with the cloudy and cold weather that's on it's way.

And Rex is three. He will tell you that any chance he gets.

The 3 year old Rex

Rex has been talking about turning 3 for a couple of months now. I think having the older siblings talk about it made it even more exciting for him.

I guess we have established a few birthday traditions and one of them is Krispy Kreme doughnuts for breakfast. I am a fan of this tradition.

We also set up a treasure hunt for the kids to find their presents. I'm sort of a fan of this tradition. If I could fix one part of it, I would duct tape the other siblings during the hunt because somehow they all cause drama.

The last tradition is a trip to Chuck E. Cheese's. I remember when Rex was just barely walking and what a joy he was to bring to this place. He is a pretty stubborn and determined little boy and when he wants to play skeeball, he will play skeeball. Even if it isn't his turn and other kids are playing and he has to steal a ball and climb up on the ramp while the poor other player is wondering what to do. This year was much better on the skeeball front. He didn't hijack any games. He was also able to play some games on his own, which made it more fun for everyone. He also took longer to use his tokens so the older kids lingered around him toward the end in hopes that they might get an extra token.

It has been a fun journey since Rex has joined our family. He is a nice combination of a youngest child who wants to cuddle and let us do things for him and a youngest child who doesn't want to let anyone do anything for him because he can do it himself thank you very much. I can't imagine our family without this boy. He makes me happy and I enjoy the alone time I get with him while everyone else is at school.