Let's Go Fly a Kite

My little high maintenance child running away from me!  She is such an energy ball.

 The kids have been outside at the park 3 xs this week already.  It's been such nice weather!

 Helping Emmett get the kite flying.   They didn't fight over it once.  A modern miracle.

 Now Emmett gets to help :)

 Sequence of Emmett being silly - which usually doesn't happen often.  This little boy is usually very serious - even in the fun so it was hilarious to see him break dance some sweet moves.

Loving the outside!

Quilt

I finally finished my quilt!  It's not perfect and the back is out of control because Emmett picked it out, but it is my FIRST QUILT.  Booya.

Love

Moments when I just cherish this time in my life.  Being a mom can be so challenging - yet so rewarding.  I never feel more loved then when my children are happy and I get to be a part of it.

Kids

I had postpartum depression with my first two in varying degrees, so it's been SO nice to just laugh and enjoy Ellie. I didn't realize how bad I must have been until I had Ellie and found out how funny kids are and how much I just love watching them.

This is Ellie being high centered on her zebra. She wasn't even complaining, just hanging out waiting for me to take the picture.

This is Zoë. She loves to practice drawing pictures. This week she is all about Rapunzel.
Hanging out with Daddy.
Their new favorite activity is the Wii. Never thought I'd let my kids be gamers, but this actually gets them moving and active.
Making St. Patty's decorations. She painted this herself and cut everything out!

Nervous Energy

Nervous energy is what I have right now. I hyper focus on these little projects and it's my little happy place for a few minutes a day. I love it. And it's all selfish with no other purpose then "I want to"!! I made a rug for Ellie's room, made a wreath for outside my door, and am thinking on what I can do next...which unfortunately is cleaning and doing laundry.

I made this today

Chocolate cookies on the bottom, oreos in the middle and fudge brownie on top cooked together. I made it for Alex and the guys at his shop today. They should love me. AND I make my family home made bread all week and have made a home made dinner since the day we moved to Minot. They are SPOILED. And I am tired.

Ellie's Birthday and One Room down

We celebrated Ellie's birthday! A year has flown by for us with Ellie. She started out a bit high maintenance :) but thankfully is now in the "grubbing-into-everything" stage. I can't watch her close enough. She's putting things in her mouth, figuring out how to take things apart, and she is VERY vocal. She makes me laugh all the time and is trying so hard to learn how to walk.

Emmett and the big Z are sharing a room again. It's a little smaller but it was fun for them to pic out their favorite picture to put on the wall and decorate their own shelf.

Ellie bellie's bday party. We made pumpkin cake and vanilla pudding. She LOVED it. Although at the beginning she was just yelling that she wanted my camera.
What a squishy baby!