another day...

the sunset.  i stopped to take a picture.  it's amazing.  

sick babies.  and bottles.  the story of the last two weeks before spring break!

three sick babies picking up sick daddy from work.  

new shoes.  cause i needed something between uggs and slippahs.

this boy.

military kid appreciation day and parade at school.

i took my milkids to frosty freez for a little treat after their parade and celebration at school.  

we are now in ohio for spring break.  

i went to the ava conference last weekend.  so fun to hear the heart and passion from ava and her family.  

then, we drove from midnight to 10am from providence to cleveland.  totally exhausting but so worth it to have the kids sleep 2/3 of the drive and only stop once!

and i got sick on my birthday.  

back again...

sweet chris, going for a drive!

b trying to drive!

snuggles with this one.  

baller..

first time she had sat up in days.  and reading with daddy!

then it hit me.  and thankfully b at the same time.  we just snuggled!

this is what the others did.  they might have had fritos (who even knew we had fritos!  i didn't buy them!) and whipped cream for lunch.  

then, she lost her tooth...  

and then he went down.

j is still feeling the last of it.  he just has no appetite and no energy.  it's so sad, cause the kids have all lost weight, and they didn't have weight to lose!  but, i am hoping for a rally from james this weekend.  

and c was doing so well taking his lyme meds.  and we are back to fighting about it.  which is why i can sit and blog currently.  he's sitting until he takes it.  we could be here FOREVER!

down for the count.

this girl.  

and this boy.

getting in to trouble!

how i spent easter.  

how can she look so young and yet so old???

his bottle.  kids don't go to kindergarten with bottles, right?  it's how he drinks.  he doesn't like sippy cups yet.  i would have totally judged before this. and now...  he drinks out of a sippy cup.  cause he'll drink.  and he's the fourth.  and that's important!  and i am sure he won't leave for kindergarten still drinking from a bottle!!!

c has recovered.  and d is down now.  oh boy!

what a week...

this girl.  did her own hair.  wears skinny jeans.  is SO GROWN UP!  

and she lost another front tooth yesterday.

playing geography!

buzz lightyear came to visit!

this grown up baby!

out to dinner with these crazies!  

i love when daddy comes home from work and wants to take us out to eat!

trying to open his peanuts!!!

waiting for daddy to come home!

easter sunday!  nora was home sick with grammie, so we let b nap, too.

bubbles outside with grandpa!

nora woke up saturday night/sunday morning throwing up.  and she was down HARD for a good 4 days.  i have never seen a kid of mine that sick.  and then, i got it.  the same morning b did.  i haven't gone down that hard in YEARS!  thankfully, for me, it was 24 hours.  back to normal today.  but poor c isn't.  he might rival nora for length.  it's brutal, i tell ya!

the kids all stayed home yesterday.  nora was still pretty weak, she's not had a good appetite since being sick.  j had a bad cough.  so, they stayed home and were the best helpers to me while i laid in bed all day!  it was miserable!!!

argh, matey...

this little pirate!  it's a good thing i never throw anything away!  we got this at a MOPS swap four years ago.  and i almost threw it out.  but, i found it the day before our pirate and princess breakfast!

look at that curtsey!

j had a hodge podge outfit that he loved.  and nora had a dress that grammie made her!

d does such a good job in the nursery!!!

and i took the girls ice skating!

trying with crates.

cotton candy!  

bunny holding.

skating with my girl...

she was surprised how hard it was!  it was funny, to realize that she thought she could just get out there and skate!  but fun to see her bravery!

big boy on his trampoline!

caught...

but not upset about it!!!

such a sweet face!!!

what you see...

this kid in his larry boy get up.  this costume is SO threadbare and has been resewn so many times.  SO beyond worth the price i paid in shipping (if i recall, it was more than the actual costume to hawaii...)

he wants to play, too...

first to the door...

daddy's home!!!

somebody's birthday breakfast!

and dinner...

girls' night out at castle inn... so fun!

what happens when you get invited to get in to the HUGE consignment sale early and you bribe your 3 year old with your iPhone.  i had about a hundred of these...

and these...  

but, he was fantastic!  didn't hear a peep and got a pair of rollerblades for nora for $10.  and b snuggled in my carrier the whole time.  good babies!