The Kids Gotta Learn How to Cook Sooner Or Later

One of my favorite things as a kid was cooking with my mom. Yes mom believe it. Now that I have to make a lot of my own food, the kids might as well pitch in. Mae loves cooking, and I have found that if she helps me make the food she is more likely to eat it. Owen well he just needs to be with us, so he is learning by osmosis. Now if I only had a kitchen with counter space.

Owen News

Owen has roiled over! He will be three months old in a few days, and
he already rolled over. From back to front not yet from front to back.
He also is a major self soother by sucking his thumb. So cute. I
always thought that Mae was a mellow baby, but Owen is even more so.
It's kinda insane to have 2 really good kids. But I do appreciate it.
He pretty much sleeps through the night, only waking up once to eat
and then passes right back out again. And like Mae he sleeps in! It is
so glorious to have another kid who doesn't wake up early. I never did
Owens 2 month update, but his appointment went well he is a nice big
boy 14 lbs, 24 in long. I know he is for sure much bigger even now. He
is the weight of Mae when she was 8 months old and he is only 3 :)
Yikes!

My Special Clara

Mae just saw me put up this picture, and said that's my friend Clara, my special Clara. The girls were so funny sitting on the deck drinking their juice and eating lunch, looking like they were solving the worlds problems.

Out To The Lake Already!!

This Spring weather has been crazy. Super nice one day and 30 degrees colder and nasty the next. We took advantage of one of the nice days and headed out to the lake, it was awesome! Mae had a great time throwing rocks, her and Sean were doing the same positions when picking up the rocks. It was quite cute.

Sean was trying to show her how to skip rocks, she was just having a great time throwing them again.

She had a very exaggerated throw.

There is a turtle out at the lake that lays eggs somewhere, this time of year the eggs hatch and there are little turtles out there. Mae was not a fan. I was surprised that she got as close as she did to the turtle though. 

She was even pretty good about wearing her life jacket when she wanted to go down by the lake without an adult (don't worry we were always close). I think it helped that she picked out her life jacket and its pink.

She also got to go fishing with her new pink fishing pole, and thanks to Denise Mae was hooked up with a lure that looks like a baby fish, a weight, and a bobber. Mae calls the lure greenback and pretends that its the fish she caught. its pretty cute.

Owens First Trip To Nonnies Lake (Liberty)

Last weekend was crazy nice so we headed out to Liberty Lake or Nonnies Lake as Mae calls it. He slept most of the time that we were out there, luckily there is lots of good shade. It was nice that he slept then we could relax a little bit more. Yes his shirt is a true statement.

I had to get a picture of his little fatso belly when we took his shirt off. He hated the cold water when we dipped his feet in. Screamed his poor little head off.

Holding Hands

Owen and his brother from another mother Grant. Every time we lay the boys down together they kinda hold hands. Its so much fun to see these boys growing up together.

Post Bath

Post bath chill time.

Hangin In Walla

Mothers Day weekend the kids and I headed down to Walla. It was a great trip, minus Mae getting the flu. The first thing that happened when we pulled into my parents house was Mae vomiting all over herself. I thought she just got car sick, because after she vomited she was acting normal. Turns out it was the flu and we proceeded to get the rest of the family sick. Sorry guys. Even with Mae being sick we had a great time. We didn't do much but that was the best thing we could do. 

The kids and I were Aprils first house guests, she was a good little hostess and even catered to my high maintenance diet. Mae and Jovie had tons of fun playing. Ainsley and Owen just chilled out most of the time. It was so cute. 

 We got up Friday morning and saw the Hot Air Balloons. The girls loved how close they were to the house, and how many there were. We got to go downtown and hang with Mom and Shannon, then we went to Brights where I found some yummy licorice that I can eat! Then we headed out to Mom and Dads for dinner. Mind you this whole time Mae is still acting fine maybe a little tired but that's it. It was a fun night just hanging out with all the kids and catching up. I had planned on leaving So that Mae would fall asleep in the car to make bedtime easier, but she beat me to the punch and fell asleep on the chair. We hit the road to Aprils house and were about halfway there when Mae vomited all over herself twice. That's when we turned around and went back to Mom and Dads (mostly so I could have more help thank Mom and Shannon). We all decided it was the flu at that point, sad day. Luckily Mae slept through the night and didn't throw up again. Because Mae was sick we ended up not going to the Balloon Stamped and just hang out at the house. Josh was a good help as a baby holder :)

Ethen and Owen had fun rolling on the floor together. We can already tell that these boys are going to be less drama then the 3 little girls. I remember Mae pinching Claras cheeks from the get go. Owen and Ethen just smile at each other.

We also tried to take pictures of the 3 babies only 6 months apart. We missed Misty so much, we are not good at taking pictures at all. I put up a couple of the more decent ones that I took. The kids put up with us and we just snapped tons of pics.

Gma J and the 3 youngest kids. Her total is now 10 grandkids.

We headed home that night and then spent the next week recovering. It didn't help that I got sick when we got home. I can definitely say that traveling with 2 kids is much harder then 1. Although for Owens first road trip he rocked it out and went with the flow.

I Wanna Stay Little

Last night:
Mae: when you eat it makes you grow big.
Me: so then are you going to eat so you can be big?
Mae: no, I wanna stay little.
Me: why?
Mae: I need to fit in my car, it's my favorite.
Sean: do you like mom and dads cars?
Mae: yeah, there really cool.
Sean: well if you eat then we will buy you a big car when your a big
girl.
She still didn't eat, so we don't have to get her a car when she is
big. Well for now anyways.

Moments

I love capturing the moments. I'm not great at it so when it happens I get all excited. It just so happened that I got a picture of both Mae and Owen looking and smiling at the camera at the same time.

I also caught a few of Maes amazing dance moves. Owen was also enjoying the show from his bumbo.

Staying Alive!