Week in review

We moved here



We emptied these



We caught a fish



We started soccer



Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of:

the green shag carpet we tore out of the basement
the blue carpet we tore out of the dining room
the foot + of snow we got during spring break
the other half of the boxes we unpacked
the green cleaning products Nina poured on Cameron's new carpet
the kids riding their bikes in the street (something they have never been able to do before)

And as you can see, we still have some work to do:



yes that is wall paper on the closet door.



Luckily Nina likes the fact that she has flowers on her wall. Gotta love her positive outlook. She's going to need it since she might be enjoying those flowers for quite some time! (at least until we muster up the energy to tear those beauties down)

Did I set a record?

Nina 3/17/09 "Mom you totally ruined my life!"




3 years and one month - is this a record for total life ruination?

What's wrong with this picture?

I didn't think anything was wrong with it. That is, until I heard Howie and Nina fighting in the back of the car. I asked Nina to get in her car seat and she told me she couldn't because Cameron was in it. Without even thinking about it, I had buckled Cameron in Nina's car seat and was ready to hit the road. Cam didn't complain, he loved facing forward and being able to see everything. He wasn't too happy when I put him back in his own seat.

Cameron is 10 months old today. He sometimes seems older, maybe it's because he's really heavy! He has 1 1/2 teeth which came in just last week. He claps and says "uh oh". No crawling yet, but I think he's showing some interest in taking it up. He's mostly just happy to be here.

What do teachers do when they're not teaching?

Sometimes they play Guitar Hero World Tour.

Nina's birthday

Nina turned 3 on Tuesday and this year's theme was Princess. We had our monthly birthday get together with the siblings and cousins here in CO where Nina got a box full of princess dress-up paraphernalia. Then on her birthday she picked out Krispy Kreme for breakfast, mac & cheese for lunch and fish sticks for dinner. Nina used her birthday money to buy princess and fairy action figures (for lack of a better word). It's nice to have moments where Nina isn't getting in trouble! We had a fun day.

Pictures of our house

I feel weird putting the link on my blog - there are some freakshows out there - so if you are interested in seeing any of the pictures of our house, let me know and I'll email the link to you. I would take my own pictures, but the photographer our realtor used did a much better job than I could do.

Hidden talents

We all have them, and our kids have them too. I thought I would share some of our kids' talents.

By now we all might have guessed that Nina has a rather amazing ability to decorate with any medium, at any time, and in any place. She's so versatile.



For anyone who was wondering which wall in our house this was, it was the one that was painted just a day earlier.



The second round of mascara. She felt confident enough to apply it on her friend Kate as well as on her own eyebrows and lips. Most people wouldn't be that bold. Heaven help this rare gem we have.





Howie can make lots of different patterns and balance a pencil on his head.



Donovan's art got selected to be on display at our local library this past month.



And Cameron has the ability to be happy amid all the chaos that is our household.