storing up...

this kid.  watching a movie instead of napping.  cause he asked so sweetly!!!  

pretty sure he fell asleep like that!

nomming on some food...

trying to catch a smile!

snuggling in my bed- watching a movie.  cause march madness was on tv downstairs!

this boy and the park.  

great grandpa's 90th birthday!

these 3.  and their backpacks.

c now thoroughly enjoys getting his backpack ready in the mornings.  

singing into his mic!

silly movie day with a friend!

storing up all the snuggles from this one.  

i am storing up this time.  it's going too fast.  my last little one not staying so little.  my big ones getting so big so fast!

i was catching up on a few emails while c was eating lunch today.  he got up and started up the stairs. i asked where he was going, and he said, "to bed".  i asked if he wanted me to come snuggle and he said, "no thanks".  i went up a few minutes later and he was sound asleep.  sweet boy!

b, when you put him in bed, pulls his legs up under him, so he's on his knees.  and tucks his arms under his tummy.  when he wakes up, 12 hours later, his little knees are red from sleeping on them all night!  

nora has been sick this weekend.  and just wants me next to her.  oh, i love snuggling her.  she keeps asking to be rubbed with her (ava) lotion.  so, i rub.  feet, belly, legs, face.  and she's so sweet.  she keeps saying, "i don't want to be sick".  "i don't like this".  i love her so much.

j- oh j.  he's a sweet boy.  and really reading now.  it's so fun to watch him.  and he LOVES legos.  and mine craft.  and combining the two.  and he's really getting in to "star wars".  

i love this time of our life.  i want each moment to slow down just slightly.  it's so much fun!

i had to run something in to school the other day.  i was at the nurse's office, and she knows my older two.  i had the two littles, and it was nap time.  and we had been out all morning.  the littles were being really good.  but the nurse looked at me and said, "oh, you have such a fun life".  

i think so often, people feel the need to comment when they see someone with kids.  or someone with two young kids.  (as is so often my life- out with just the two littles.)  and don't get me started on the comments with all four!  i try hard to let it go, but i don't think they hear it sometimes.  i am sure i don't when i say things!  i surely never mean to offend or come across judgmental!  

but... so often, when someone says "oh you have your hands full" (especially when it's just two of them!), i feel so judged.  like they are misbehaving so badly that they just had to comment.  

but in reality, i think they just need to say something.  and i LOVED the nurse's comment.  i walked out feeling so affirmed and loving my kids.  i DO have such a fun life.  and am so blessed.  because of my four and for so many more reasons than that.