Random February Happenings

Ignore the mess, mommy is on couch rest and so this is not uncommon. Jocelyn loves to get the barbie car and sit in it. Sometimes she'll go for a ride around the kitchen, other times she just likes to sit in front of the TV and watch Little Einsteins. She almost always has a baby with her on her adventures unless the baby is impeding her ability to scoot around on her rides.

This is Jocelyn's I got caught face. Madison had made a nice little sitting area for herself on the couch. She had her pillow, a blanket and a drink. Madison had to run and do or get something quickly and while she was gone Jocelyn climbed right into her seat and covered herself up. She knew as soon as she was discovered that she was going to get booted - and she did!

Looking through my pictures I'm beginning to wonder if Madison isn't really Brixton's child. When Brixton was younger every single picture we'd take he'd pull a face in. Madison seems to have inherited this knack. For now it is cute but she best realize that if she does this during a nice family picture mommy will not be a happy camper!

Jocelyn for some reason got really ticked with me. This is not uncommon at all. She has quit napping though so the later the day gets the better the tantrum is. This particular day she was throwing herself all over the place while having her fit. I was ignoring her in hopes that it would end sooner rather than later, then it got quiet. All parents know that quietness usually equals trouble. I found her curled up in the car seat fast asleep. She slept like this for half an hour before we realized that she wasn't going to be waking up any time soon and we moved the seat so she'd be a little more comfortable.

Painting the Bathtub

There was a fun recipe for making bath "paint" that required corn starch, food coloring and shampoo.

I had all three ingredients, plus some bath loving children which made the recipe complete.

The kids loved the bath paints and stayed in the tub painting for nearly ninety minutes!

Valentines Day

For Valentines the kids made poppy flowers out tissue paper and they attached a pencil and an airhead with the saying "Valentine - you're all write!" There was no airhead to begin with but when Alexis' friend came over she gave her some grief that there wasn't any candy with it. Mommy felt bad that we were dorks so we went and bought a treat to go with them.

Daddy made these little boats full of treats so when the kids woke up they would have a fun surprise.

One of the favorites out of the boat was the big lips! 

Crazy Hair

Madison may look mad but she was making a "cute face" according to her. As soon as I was done taking pictures she had a huge smile!

Crazy hair day for the elementary school and this is what I came up with. She was so excited to have this done until she got to school, then she got a little shy about going in looking so different. Alexis said everyone called her an alien all day. 

Things we do

Madison loves to wear her dress and pose for the camera. Any dress will do, sometimes it's two dresses at once, with a pair of leggings some jeans and some church shoes!

Jocelyn loves this baby, which is bigger than she is. She is 18 months old and still her head is smaller than this babies head!

Drew loves to play war with mommy, multiple games a day is the norm in this house. The witch hat is from Alexis helping us in our gaming. Whoever had the most cards at the moment would get to wear the witches hat. Sometimes every hand would require that the hat move from one person to the other - the kids thought it was such great fun!

Rock Star Cooking

All the kids love to cook. I think it's because they are able to get dirty and lick the bowl when we're done. While this was great fun, Madison seems to be giving the impression that this was a lot more fun than it really was.

Aunt Carma came and watched the kids for us while John and I went out on a date for Valentines. We went out the Thursday before Valentines to beat the crowds and to be able to utilize such a wonderful babysitter. We went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, courtesy of a gift certificate, then we went to the mall to get John a new hat for his Jazz vs Miami game and to use my Bath and Body Works gift certificate. Then we went and got ice cream. John is getting fat so he was only allowed a mini cone - just kidding. I had been restricted to the couch for two or three weeks at this point to help stop the labor that started in earnest. It was so nice to get out of the house, even if I was in pain for the next two days because of it.

These are the Wellsville Mountains. John took this picture from his work one morning when the clouds were perfectly covering the top and the bottom portions.

Wheeling around with Grandpa

Immediately after this picture Jocelyn burst into tears.

The kids loved driving the four wheeler around and they each made Grandpa Rod let go so they could go faster. Even Madison was able to drive it by herself - although the fence and tree were thankful Grandpa was there to quickly turn the four wheeler at some opportune moments.

All the cousins together. Our camera was being stinky so this is the best there is. With ten kids all under ten I think it turned out pretty good!