Happy St Patty's Day!

Happy St Patty's Day!!! Kaitlyn & Colin spent the afternoon with Madi and Makenna since mommy went to see her surgeon. They were helping(not sure if they helped or made more of a mess:)) Auntie Kristina fill Easter eggs for the big hunt they are having! We cant wait!
All dressed in their green! Thanks for watching the kids Kristina! And for having us over for a yummy St Patty's day dinner!

Birthday Celebrations!

Spring must be the time for birthdays! We have celebrated three in the last 2 weeks:) The first party was for our friend Bryce who was turning 1! It was at Uno's Pizza. Here we are with Bryce's big sis Abby! Happy 1st Birthday Bryce! Thanks for a fun party!!
Last weekend we had 2 back to back parties.....11-1pm and 1-3pm!
The first party was for our friend Morgan who was turning 5! It was at Jump Zone!
Kaitlyn, Madi, Makenna, Colin and Morgan enjoying some pizza after all of the jumping they did:)

Happy 5th Birthday Morgan! Thanks for a great party!!

Then we rushed over to Kiara's 5th birthday party at Oberweis Ice Cream. YUM! Thanks Kiara for a yummy party and a great time!

Kaitlyn, Colin, Madi and Hailey

Making their sundaes!

Yummy!

Brandon & Cam were VERY into their chess game(while Makenna watched) that was built into the tables at the party:)

The 3 girlies with their Twinkle Toe shoes on! Lots of sparkle!!

Private Swim Lessons

Kaitlyn & Colin finished up their private swim lessons on Friday. Their swim instructor

Mr. Cheyne is amazing and really pushed them to their fullest potential!!! The last few lessons they have been going into the deep pool. Its 6 feet deep and they have been going down to the bottom of the pool to pick up rings. They are ring ROCKSTARS!!! But Friday in addition to the rings their teacher added weighted Easter eggs and also small stones. When I say small I mean they were stored in a Walgreens pill container and he dumped them into the pool and said to go get them:) I really didn't think they could do it but they did!!

Here are some pics from my cell phone. Cam and I are so proud of our little fishies!!

Colin swimming to the bottom of the 6ft pool!

Kaitlyn swimming down 6 ft!

They tried to come up with as many in their hand as possible! It was like a competition to them:) We cant wait for you to show off your swimming skills this summer!!
Watch out Reid and Jay...they are excited to try and keep up with you guys in your pool this summer:)

Dice Game!

My kids LOVE this dice game that I made up for them to play. Its the teacher in me:) Of course they have Math Binders so they can bring them along when we go places! If you want a copy just let me know and I can email the sheets you. They can play a 2(digit) dice or 3(digit) dice addition game. They roll the dice and write the numbers in the boxes and add them up. By using dice they can count the dots to help them if they need it. I also put the numbers at the top pf the page so they can check to make sure they don't write anything backwards. In the right column I give a star for the right answer and a question mark for them to go back and check their work. They think they are SO cool and playing a game but I love that its educational:) Here's what it looks like when they do it. I started circling of they put a number backwards. They seem to be doing that with certain numbers. If you look at the page on the right the first one looks like 2+2 but because they were backwards it was really 6+6 and so I had to explain that it makes a big deal with your answer when you use interchange a 2 and 6:)

My Healthy Eaters!

Here are my little chefs! Cam and I could not be more proud of the healthy eaters that Kaitlyn and Colin are! I know I have posted about it before but I just cant stress the importance Cam and I feel of exposing our kids to all kinds of foods! To this day I am an extremely picky eater and I dont want the kids to grow up that way. Helping mommy make homemade Paleo red sauce with meat!

We use this yummy red sauce with meat and pour it over spaghetti squash. The kids absolutely love it!!! The squash shreds like angel hair pasta and its oh so yummy!!!

Dinner last night....my big salad eaters!!! They had a spring mix salad with their favorite toppings: cucumbers, red peppers, hard boiled eggs and of course they love crunchy tortilla strips and ranch dressing:) Then sauteed asparagus and chicken breast and strawberries too. It was DE-lish!!!! Thumbs up for my healthy eaters!!!

Kate's Birthday Party

Last weekend was Kaitlyn and Colin's friend Kate's birthday party. It was at a bakery. Yum! Here are some of the girls from school:) Madi, Hailey and Kaitlyn:)
Colin and Kate's brother Will. Being the only boys there they stuck together:)

Frosting his cupcake!

Picking out the candy topping!

YUMMY!

Happy Birthday Kate! Thanks for a really fun and yummy time!!!

Home Depot Kids Workshop

Saturday we went to the Home Depot free kids workshop. They are held once a month and it was our first time going. SO much fun!!! The kids constructed cars out of wood. Colin was LOVING using a real hammer!!!

Applying the final stickers and ready to race!

Trying out their cars....they went super fast they said!!

We cant wait to go back next month!!!

Playing with M & M!

I feel so lucky to have Kristina in my life. We are there for each other and always helping each other out when needed. And boy did we really need each other lately. Between my back and her surgery we were both out of commission...luckily at different times!! Here are some pics from the days we watched Madi and Makenna. One day I had PT so my mom actually watched all 4 kids so I could go. Playing with the Pet Shop stuff!
BFF's just like their mommys!

Kaitlyn is OBSESSED with taking pics with my little camera....wonder where she gets it. She took this pic of me with my M & M's:)

The kids had so much fun at my moms. They were playing restaurant here:)

Cheese!

One day I took M & M to swim lessons with us and then to Kels house to babysit. So I had 6 kids...yes I felt like super mom:) The kids had so much fun in Kels playroom!!!

Toys Galore!!!

The girls were all decked out in jewelry:)

Showing off their boots:)