Preview of my children in the "easter" outfits. Yes, it is that hard to get a picture of them.. And now for a little story. There once was a cute little girl who loved to read so much, that she would even try to look at her books while she was walking.

She would get so excited and loved to play peekaboo with the books. Sadly, she also ran into things.

And would fall down, and cry.
And then she would need her daddy to help her feel better. And then she would get down, and do it all over again. The End!

Good Morning

What I saw this morning when I walked in the door from work...puts a smile on my face. Apparently Isak said it was okay if Lucy sat there..as long as "the baby doesn't drink my pink one" (strawberry milk). Perhaps they will love each other stil.

Silence is never good at our house. Neither are open cupboards that have no doors. And neither is one curious 1 year old little girl. I would like to say this is unusual...but its not. As Isak would say..that's a naughty baby.

But look how happy she is? Now how can you be mad at that little face?? Isak never got into stuff like this at her age. He liked to climb stuff and run everywhere and give me heart attacks. Lucy likes to dump stuff out and try to eat everything. Makes me kind of scared to have anymore. Good thing that won't be happening for a while.For the past month, Isak has been asking to make cookies almost everyday. I can only put him off for so long before I give in. So far I've managed to keep it down to twice a week. I then pawn them off on Kevin's coworkers to keep myself from eating them all. Now if only I had a new oven to cook them in...one that wouldn't trap all my cookie sheets inside once they get hot so its a major tug of war to pull them out.

What we have been up to this week....
We are loving this warm weather we have been having. Kevin had the kids "help" him wash the car on Friday.Isak was just excited to see the hose out for the first time this season. Lucy loves to run around outside but wasn't too sure about getting wet. Her and Isak are about as opposite as can be in this aspect. Isak will be soaking wet and blue and refuse to come inside and Lucy gets splashed with some water and begs you to hold her because she is freezing. Such a girl.

We have been spending lots of time at the park and Isak has had me identify what every light box, electrical outlet and building are used for...and what every warning sign says. It can take a very long time just to walk from our house to the toys...across the street.
Isak is starting to say some very funny things, I have to remember to write them down so I don't forget. Yesterday he told grandma that Sam the cat is fat...pretty sure I didn't teach him that word but its amazing what they catch onto.

He's also informed me that he doesn't need diapers because he wears "my underwears because I am potty trained!" (yea...kinda).

He also mentioned to me, staring at a plate of newly baked cookies..."mom, the cookies are looking at me!...

Lucy loves to have her feet and back rubbed. Seriously? She's 13 months old! On Sunday she had her head in grandpas lap and her feet with kevin and had one rubbing her feet and the other rubbing her head. Her eyes were half closed and she was loving every minute. I think we're in big trouble!

I have also been obsessed with craigslist lately, trying to find random things for our house. I finally found this awesome solid wood coffee table with matching end tables in Kennewick yesterday. I think with a little paint they will give some color to my very brown and boring furniture. Good thing my house is small, there is a limit to how much random stuff I can buy. Otherwise, we are gearing up for kevin's sister wedding in a few weeks and kevin's #2 CPA exam.

Projects

So every once once in a while, I decide to do somthing productive. My idea of crafts usually consists of gluing popsicle sticks together but I decided to branch out. I can sew in a straight line at least, sometimes even in a square. I found this awesome fabric last year in boise when a speciality fabric store was going out of business. I've been wondering what to make with it and then decided it would be perfect playroom curtains! If you don't look too close, they look pretty cute.My other project..I've been carting around this beast for 3 years...we found it at goodwill when we first moved to Boise and needed a little tv stand. I'm kicking myself now that I didn't buy the matching one to go with it but it would've been a pain to move around. Anyway, its not exactly updated but I figured a little spray paint might make it look more presentable. It took a while, I had to scrape the doors once and work on it when my children were sleeping...which is why it took 2 weeks. Anyway, Isak thought it looked it pretty good..."wow mom, that's nice"

What we've been up to today...Isak loves to help me vacuumn stuff with the "vacuumn gun"/hose attachment. We have to watch him though, sometimes he also tries to vacuumn his sister,,,

Isak has been talking really well now for a while and so I guess it was inevitable that he would learn other awesome phrases, like "hey, stop it" and "I don't want to!". It has made life pretty awesome. I have to sometimes remind myself what a sweet little boy he can be sometimes when he's not kicking his sister in the face and throwing a huge tantrum. Today we played outside and made cookies, his favorite. His potty training is going well and he seems to do a little better everyday.

Lucy has been getting into trouble lately also, if you can't tell by that sly smile on her face. She loves to pull stuff off of shelves and dump it everywhere. She also loves that toilet.

Below, Kevin caught her red handed trying to put Fiber 1 bars down it. Yesterday I caught her throwing her yogurt from the fridge into it. Works so well when we are also potty training.

Kevin has been studying hard for another CPA exam coming up in a few weeks. I don't think I will know what to do when we get to see everyday at 5pm...I'll probably find more stuff for him to work on. Or hand him the kids and maybe I'll go do something. Whatever I can find in this exciting, exciting town of Othello.

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I apologize for the quality of this video, it was taken with my phone in the car in the bright sunlight. Lucy was giggling and squawking at something for a while in the backseat and this is what I caught...