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I have been in a bit of a blogging funk lately which is why I haven’t been posting very often. Maybe it’s because it’s winter and I don’t feel like I have much worth posting. But I hope to eventually be motivated to keep this space updated much more often. So I’m going to throw it back and post some forgotten pictures that never made their way on the blog.

Back in November (I’m telling you, I’m way behind!) Kingston turned 5! I used to do little interviews with the kids on their birthdays just so I could see the changes over the years. I failed to do it this past year but some of his favorite things are Star Wars, dogs, wearing pajamas, Legos, waking up early, and making people laugh. Our house would be a lot quieter without him and that’s something I don’t want to experience. We love having him in our family!

He requested a “brownie cake” for his birthday so I just layered some boxed brownies and ganache. If you see me starring in my own Food Network show someday, you can say that you knew me before I was famous 😉

This picture of Clem was taken a couple of months ago but it’s still one of my favorites. I can’t get over her big, kissable cheeks!

These pictures of Des bring me so much happiness–until I remember the cold noodles I had to clean from the floor haha

The past 4 months have zoomed by and it makes me very sad that Clementine isn’t a tiny newborn anymore. But then I get glimpses of this sister relationship and it makes me so excited for the future. It helps to find things to celebrate the “now” instead of being sad that the past is in the past.

The boys got this Beatles Yellow Submarine lego set for Christmas and it happens to be their favorite now. It makes me so proud that all the kids have a major Beatles obsession. It makes me feel like we’ve done something right with parenting.

These pictures were from New Year’s Eve, right before Kingston knocked half a jar of pizza sauce all over Evangeline’s dress! But the sister matching was adorable while it lasted.

Clementine + clementines—my favorite combo! I need some adorable clementine clothes for her for this summer so if you come across any small shops (or big stores) that carry clementine outfits, PLEASE let me know!

These pictures of us girls and our babies in our wraps are some of my favorite pictures ever.

Also, this. Because those eyes!!!

I think I’ll do a blog post about weaving sometime soon (not a tutorial!!) Liam and I have been loving this hobby and I thought it would be fun to share a bit about it.

Thanks for hanging around all the way to the end. Hope you all have a good weekend and I hope to be back around next week with some Valentines pictures!

February 10, 2017
Blog, iphone, Kids Say, Month In A Minute, Videos

January Recap


Happy February! I’ve been a little MIA around here because our 2017 got off to a rough start. Every couple of days, it seems like someone else is puking. Desmond was hopefully the last one to get it–he was sick yesterday. Clem is the only one who didn’t officially get any kind of bug!! Anyway, we did have a lot of good moments that were mixed in with the sick days so I’m recapping our January without the puke…you can thank me later.

First up, our month in a minute videos-

mine:

and Don’s:

And January’s iphone photos–some from my instagram and some just treasures from my camera roll…

 

Our first snow day of 2017 and Clem’s first experience with the snow. Nothing beats that defeated look on her face. That picture has given me tons of laughs over the past month.

And of course, nothing says “you live in the midwest” like a 70 degree park day the week after an ice storm.

Clem got to spend the day with 2 of her baby best friends. They are such a cute trio!

Love these two girls and their personalities! We had another 70 degree day which apparently meant it was time for swim wear haha

The sea lion tunnel at the zoo is one of our favorite places when we go. The sea lions were so playful that day and kept coming over to the kids to interact with them. If you know anything about me, you know I am totally not an animal lover. But these guys are okay in my book.

Also, hippos. And a baby girl who look like a real life doll. This bonnet is from Yarn Republic, the same place where I got the Santa bonnet. Obviously we are a bit obsessed with it.

I posted the picture (below) of Desmond on instagram and captioned it with a few facts about him that I feel like I need to share here–This kid: takes 5-6 hour naps every day//legit eats more food than I do in a sitting//loves to whip nae nae//smothers everyone with kisses, all day, every day (especially his baby sister!) He can be a lot of work some days but we love this kid. He is hilarious and so much fun when he isn’t hangry.

Yesterday I took the 3 big boys to the dentist for their cleanings (where I learned that, while none of them have cavities, all 3 of them have jaws that are forming incorrectly and will definitely require braces if we don’t take steps to correct it now $$$$$$$) Afterwards, we picked up Evangeline and ran a few errands and stopped to get frozen custard from Culver’s (a treat from their dentist for being cavity free!) A few short years ago, taking 4 kids in public by myself was overwhelming. Yesterday it felt like such a breeze! Whether you have 2 kids or 10 kids, when you are able to go out with even one less kid, it always feels like such a huge difference!

 

I don’t have a ton of entries for Kids Say this month but I finally do have a few things!

When talking about what they wanted for Christmas, Kai said he wanted pig underwear for him and Evangeline so they could have matching underwear.

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Kingston–“Wake up…go potty…take a drink…go potty…feeling better!”

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Kai thought the Beatles’ lyrics that say “and I do appreciate you being ’round” actually said “and I do appreciate you being brown.”

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Don–“Evangeline was walking around and kissing that potato.”

Evangeline–“No I wasn’t!!” I was just learning about it with my mouth.”

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Kai–“It’s a good thing Clementine eats from a bottle now and not from you…so she won’t think you’re a cow.”

(Haha not how we feel about breastfeeding but I thought that was so funny.)

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Liam–“I had a nightmare that I actually enjoyed.”

Me–“Ummmm….what?”

Liam–“Our house was on fire and we were trying to get out but our stairs were really weird.”

(On multiple occasions, I wish I could use emojis in my posts to emphasize my feelings about stuff. This statement would be one of those occasions. What a creepy thing to say!)

If you made it all the way through this post, I applaud you! Thanks for reading! Have a good day!

February 1, 2017