An Apology

because we never take the pictures we mean to take...
we forgot to take our camera to Idaho.
we didn't take any pictures of the boys with Nana, because, yes, I forgot the camera on our outings and just didn't pick it up while at home.

I'll do better. I want pictures with the people we love. I am ashamed.

Finally Some Pictures

No. I did not find the card reader thing. But, I did find the original camera cable, so we finally got some new pictures loaded onto the computer.

The kids playing with their vintage kitchen.














Dani being smiley.














Don't be fooled by all the smiley pictures of Dani. She is not afraid to get her cranky pants on. This is a picture of her refusing to take going to bed lying down. Yes. She fell asleep against her crib bars--multiple times actually.














Making faces for the camera.



















Danica in her pretty dress made by Mom.















More pretty girl.



















Standing girl.

Picture-less

Things here have been clipping along. We went to visit Nick's mom in Idaho, and THEN my mom came to visit. Yipee! (Yip, Yipee, Yipitto!). Busy, busy. We were (don't be shocked) a bit forgetful and, among other things, forgot to bring our camera to Idaho. Luckily you can see pictures on Nick's mom's blog, here.
It was super fun to have Mom here, as always. We have a small list of Things We Do when she's in town. They include, believe it or not (who am I kidding, if you know us you believe it) a trip to DI. Let me just say, DI was a fabulous, crowded, happening scene this past Saturday. The boys are now the proud owners of a vintage little tikes kitchen. The ones from, like, 25 years ago. With the green awning and fold-out table--and no microwave. The boys eventually noticed the lack of microwave, which amuses me. Funny thing: I got them the Ikea play pots & pans over Easter, so their pots are nicer than their kitchen. Imagination reflecting real life? Maybe...

I had the following conversation with Reid today:
Reid: draw me a dragon
Me (drawing a dragon) here.
Reid: No, bigger!
Me: nope. draw a bigger one yourself (because I'm mean that way)
Reid: Add fire
Me: (drawing wavy lines for fire) Here.
Reid: Draw a man
I comply
Reid: Ow! OW! Ow!
He set his man on fire.

While Mom was here, we were in the garage doing...stuff, and Gage noticed our old non-sucking vacuum (which we keep because you never know when you'll need a vacuum that doesn't actually suck anything. You know, for a hood ornament or something) and Gage insisted we bring the red vacuum down (a fight ensued because I didn't want the good vacuum in the garage. We compromised on the hall) then, he made the vacuums "best friends" and their hoses played together.

Danica is hilarious as well. She learned to climb on the little toy bench we've got, but quickly discovered she didn't like falling off. She's solved this problem by crying for me as soon as she gets up there. She's still growing hair like a chia pet and has become a real expert on stranger danger. Don't worry Mom, next time she'll love you.

Sadly, our pictures are stuck in the camera as we've temporarily misplaced the adapter thing for the memory stick. Um, I blame Nick. Since no one knows who really lost it, this seems a good strategy.

We DID get professional pictures taken the other day, and I bought the CD, so I'll post those as soon as we get them. They are VERY cute. Very. Prepare yourself.

PS--I'm a little obsessed with the Skippyjon Jones books right now. Hence the Yippito! Stuff.

We used to be

so good at blogging. We did it faithfully every Sunday. Our kids are so funny, how could you not share?

I don't know what happened.

Maybe it was having a third kid, although I don't feel SO much busier, to be honest. Was definitely busier when the boys were little.

Maybe the bloom is gone, and blogging just doesn't feel as fresh as it did. Maybe no one comments so I feel the need to leave posts up forever to cull a few extra comments. Maybe I'm lazy (I think we discussed this already).

I don't know. But, I promise we'll do better. We've redone the kids rooms, and I've got to get some pictures up on the blog. You'll love the rooms. You will. They are cute. And terrible for resale. So you know they're good.

Have a good weekend people. Maybe we'll manage to get back on track. Maybe.

Random

I'm an April Fool's Day Scrooge. I'm not ashamed. I'll do the food-that-doesn't-look-like-it-should trick on the kids someday, but that's pretty much my limit.

The boys call headphones "earrings." So, Gage went in the bedroom to steal daddy's "earrings" (don't have a fit Nick, I took them away immediately). I just liked thinking about Nick's earrings.

Meanwhile, Danica is possibly the most stubborn of our children. I'll just let that soak in for a minute. I have photographic proof of this, but I don't have time to upload at the moment as there is a strange clanking sound coming from my bedroom. Possibly associated with the boys.

Nick cleaned off the computer the other day, and hasn't yet put the pictures back on. But, mom sent me some fun baby pics of me she scanned in. So, although this post would be cooler if you could compare my baby pics to those of the boys and Dani, you'll just have to click through our archives to do it. I know what you're thinking, you're thinking just get the pics from your blog yourself and either link or repost. You're all silly. I thought I explained already: too lazy.

Also: I'm not really lazy. I have to take the kids to Wal-mart, make sugar cookies and lemon curd, and possibly dinner. Besides, you know, taking care of kids and cleaning and...other stuff. Lots of other, big, time-consuming stuff.



Happy Easter!

Spring 1981: Isn't mom pretty?

Personally, I see a lot of Reid here:


I think I'm about a year in this picture