April 2012

Gorgeous weather, unstructured outdoor playtime ALL DAY LONG. Ahhhh childhood! "o) Nairi thinks she is funny when sticks her tongue out.
More tongue
We paint walls with tooth brushes around here.
Happy girl
"Have you seen my tongue?"
"What is Israel doing?"
"I own the playhouse!"
We like to think we own the street
"Hear me roar!"






Israel shows some tongue- its his concentration face!
This kid is going to be sucking her thumb in high school
My favorite tongue pic!

Nairi

"Wearing veils"
"I didn't do anything......"

Happy Easter 2012

Outside pics/ Easter prep

We only make homemade cinnamon rolls once a year- for Easter breakfast! Mike is doing the filling between the "rolls" here with butter, cinnamon, brown sugar and a little cloves and nutmeg. They are so delicious!!!
Nairi excitedly showing me the mulch in her hands. The girl is obsessed with mulch.first mow of the spring!

New glasses. I knew turning 30 was bad. My eyes are getting worse and I found my first gray hair! Yikes!
buds on our flowering cherry tree!

The always hardworking husband
checking the gas
This kid is me with her book habit. She has a few of the little house on the prairie books tucked into the basket on her bike!

Cake

Cupcakes are exciting!!!!
She was a fan of the frosting but not the cupcake!
Cupcakes are gross
frosting is good!


Happy Birthday to Memere too!
1 candle for our 1 year old!
Waiting to sing Happy Birthday.

We celebrated Nairi's first birthday yesterday along with Memere's birthday. We ordered pizza and Mike made some yummy cupcakes. Keira and Israel get so excited at the mention of any birthday party so its so fun to watch.

Happy First Birthday Nairi Anne!

Don't look at me... she was min old here and my face looks horrible!
Our surprise baby! Our crazy haired, overly dramatic, clingly, not well sleeping, but oh so loving, fits perfectly in with the clan baby Nairi Anne! Happy Birthday! We love you so much and can not remember what life was like before you! You are already walking and talking and growing into a person every day!

Miss Crazy Hair is about to turn 1

She is going to be 1 on Sunday!!

This was last week....

And now its 30 degrees with a wind chill factor. :o( Bring back spring!

The faces of a boy

Travel

Mike had to travel last week for work. First time ever. In fact its the first time he has been away really in Israel's and Nairi's life ever. Last time Keira was away from her daddy was when she was 6 months old and her and I flew to IA to visit some friends and escape from the kitchen remodel that was going on in our old house. So its safe to say that my kids are NOT used to daddy being away and to be honest I am not used to playing the single parent game- and I really have no interest in learning it. After taking care of the kids from 730 am to 530 pm I am ready for some assistance from 530 pm-730 am. Bedtime help, nighttime assistance with the sleep walking child, the child that likes to come in our bed, and the baby that thinks she is an infant and still needs to snack from the milk bar every few hours at night- I like the whole shared parenting thing. So when Mike told me he was heading to MN for 3 nights and 4 days I had some internal panic. Our 3 kids are on the younger side ( which translates to needy) for those of you unfamiliar with young kids.

I am happy to say that we survived just fine! Thanks to some tips from friends who are used to traveling husbands, my younger brother who slept here at night to prevent me from hearing noises all night long, and Mike's parents for coming to the beach with us, and watching the kids while I picked up Keira from school- we made it!

The uncharacteristic 85 degree weather helped too as it kept the kids busy doing things they haven't done all winter like playing with the hose and running around barefoot. While I am not ready for Mike to travel any time soon the whole thing went much better than I thought. I am very very grateful that he is home as much as he is and as helpful with the kids as he is.