old spice

Aunt Samarah put this together for us.

This n that

Pretty much the last week has looked like this...

We have so much snow it is crazy! Jess has always loved to shovel, especially if I leave a banana on the table for him. Luckily Hannah lives across the country so we have very few meltdowns.

 

The girls watching there hero shovel snow...

Katurah is talking up a storm! The other night she was downstairs with just Jess and I, and loving the alone time. When Amari came down she said "Uh-stairs Amani, NOW!" She was MAD! She can get away with just about anything with her daddy these days, he has a hard time telling her no. I really don't blame him. She brings me toys throughout the day and always wants me to play with her. I love this age.

 

 This cutie girl is sick yet again. I'm going to have to make the doctor run the tests I want this go round. Sure love paying a ton of money to get no answers...oh wait I don't actually love that. Seneca rolled from tummy to back this week. She loves to play the game where I hold her and chase her siblings, she cracks up. She is going to be just as wild as the rest of them, and I think it frustrates her that she can't get up and play with them all the time yet.

 Amari is just our little diva. Here she is belting out some sweet jam. She has the best pop voice of my life, all shaky and hilarious. She and Zeke were playing guess who the other day and they were both totally amazed and thrilled when the other one guessed there player right. Behold the power of deduction! you would have thought it was a magic trick.

 Jess has been bringing me 2x4's that would otherwise be trashed from work. Other then the hardware my endtable I made for free...

 Last week, I came across this idea on pintrest and fell in love with the idea of a reading nook instead of our eyesore of a front closet. So last Saturday and Monday this is what I did...

 Again all free but the hardware and cushions! I am getting some new tools for my birthday and can't wait to play more!

Zeke loves the reading nook, unless he gets interrupted, "Mom, my reading skills have failed because Amari wont leave me alone." I hate it when my reading skills fail! He really is sounding words out very well, I am really impressed considering how little time I have been able to work on it with him. You're a stud muffin Zekie!

Pantera let me come to her Valentines party at school on Friday. She was so proud to have me...ok mostly Seneca, there. She was the talk of the class holding her little sister. And her little classmates made me feel like a million bucks "Your mom is so tall and pretty and skinny!" They were all quite good at the whole flattery thing, so next time I need a boost I'm heading back to third grade!

Let's pretend I'm not crazy.

 The day after our slimy fish incident, I took the kids to the pet store to pick a pet that Zeke can hold. We ended up with a couple of guinea pigs one named Little Critter and one named Angela. They all love them and the pigs seem very tolerant of the amount of love they are shown.

 Amari loves them the most. She is such a little me when it comes to animals...oh and when it comes to dorkiness.  She wanted me to play with her and she started her make believe game with "Pretend I'm not crazy, and I have wings and..." That's gonna be tough Amari. She got a bag of hand-me-downs from her friend Vivian, when I put her in a pair of the pajamas she was given she took a deep breathe and said "I smell like Bivian!" She was so excited. I made her a shirt with a picture of her primary teacher on it. When I asked her "Would you wear a shirt with a picture of Kristen Binger on it?" She replied "You betcha!"

 Zeke has had a bit of an attitude lately. Since he inherited his own kindle he has been too big for his britches. That's probably just  a coincidence, but the less I let him use it the better his behavior is. Someday you will read this and understand why I had to tell you no so often buddy.

 Katurah is at such a cute age. She is so funny and thinks she is just one of the big kids. She hasn't been going to bed very well lately so she stays up and plays in the bedrooms with the rest of them. Then after we do finally lay her down she is still up when we go to bed and she talks our ears off.
If Katurah doesn't want to do something she will hide from you like this...

If she can't see you, you can't see her. She thinks she is hilarious when she does this and all you hear is muffled giggles.

 

 

 

Pantera is my big helper these days. She really likes to help with Seneca and Seneca really loves when Pantera is near her. Pantera got special permission to sit at the boy table at school, because "all the girls talk about is makeup and barbies." That's not exaggerating at all. She still loves Avengers (it's been like a month, that's a long time for this girl) and her good joke is "When I watch Avengers you might want to buy some rope to tie me down so I don't kiss Captain America!"

 Ahh Seneca, Seneca what am I going to do with you child? She is still just a mama's girl, to the point that it is driving me batty. But look at how cute and smiley she can be...

 At her 4 month appointment she weighed in at 19.7 lbs...that's a big girl!

 If Katurah sees the hand mixer out she automatically pulls up a chair to help...love it.

 Fresh fruit snack for the guinea pigs and Katurah...little sneak.

 Love my girls...

Amari's attitude

Amari is so much like Pantera was at this age. She loves to put on shows and says hilarious things. She is so old for her age, but also so wild and can't sit still to save her life. She has been saying "You know" after like everything. My favorite is probably "Thanks, you know." 

She was really mad when we put her to bed Saturday night. She wanted to stay up and play but she was obviously exhausted. She threw a fit, but unlike Pantera at her age, Amari can't commit. She starts pretty strong, but gives in quickly. In this particular incident she screamed "Mom! I WILL NEVER PLAY WITH YOU AGAIN! EVER!" I replied "I bet you will." She again screamed "I WILL NEVER!!!" I just smiled and said "Hey Amari, do you want to go downstairs and play animals with me?" Her hard face turns to tears as she falls on the bed and says "I actually do."  She still had to go to bed, but after I called her bluff she calmed down and told me she loves me.

Zeke's attitude

Having computer trouble, so I will have to post pics later. Zeke has said some pretty great things over the past few weeks. He is so obsessed with the kindle and ipad it drives me crazy sometimes. I frequently do electronic fasts for our house and during one of these I caught him with a kindle. I said "Zeke it's no electronics time." He replies "I was just going to download a Jesus app." Would I really dare halt his spiritual progression? Nice try buddy.

When the kids were all playing Pantera said "Take five, that means I need a little bread." Zeke then said "Take six, that means I need a snack. Mom! TAKE SIX!"

Zeke still says amazing things when he is upset. The other night he was so mad at me and said "I don't want to play fair games, I want to play UNFAIR GAMES!" What?!? It cracked me up so I listed all the unfair games we could play "Let's play hungry, hungry hippos with the board tilted in my direction, lets have a race where I get a 20 second head start, lets play checkers but all mine are already kinged, lets play uno with a stacked deck..." I went on like this for quite a while and he didn't think it was funny. He then told me "I will never play Afro Circus again!" Cut me right to the core I tell you. Zeke I love that you don't know how to properly insult people, it is so very endearing. And I love that if I do act sad about what you say to me, you take it back with a huge hug and a kiss so quickly. Never change Zekie boy.