A Photographic Montage

I have some photographs that haven't seemed to fit anywhere else this month,

so I've put them all together. Enjoy!

Levi, the cutest baby in the world

Many naked children. Perhaps we need a bigger bathtub!

How many people does it take to sweep the floor?
(I guess 3, but whether they are actually "helping" is debatable)

I have titled this photograph "Hunter, You Have To Wait Until After Prayer"

Toothless!

Corbin has had a loose tooth for quite some time, and an adult tooth growing in behind. Well, today we decided to bite the bullet (literally) and pull it out for him. Neither Spencer nor I realized beforehand how queasy and chicken we really were. This was definately a learning experience. I've included a photographic journal of our adventure.

Dental floss was a great idea. Spencer the eagle scout was able to lasso his tooth with some floss. Ella-marie, Miles and I sat on the floor in front and counted to 3. And this is the part where we realized that Spencer was a squeamish chicken. Poor Corbin...all of that anticipation...then nothing! So Spencer and I traded spots and they counted for me. On 3, I closed my eyes and yanked. Perhaps I should have kept my eyes open. It took a while to find the tooth across the room. Hehehe!

Corbin was very brave and didn't even cry. I think that he was so shocked that his mom could be so mean as to pull his tooth out that he couldn't even comprehend.

If that's not a sad face, then I don't know what is! Note, the little tooth in his hand!

Ta-da! We have success!
Final conversation...Spencer-"Corbin, how do you feel now?"
Corbin- "Toothless"

Our new fabulous Dining Room!

I really wish that I had some before pictures of our dining room. I'm not sure that you can fully appreciate our new room without seeing the old nasty green curtains, or nasty green paint, or the nasty green painted window and door frames. It looks so much better now. And the dining room is now also officially Miles' favorite room in the house because it is all blue.

The curtains, made by me, are made out of the same fabric as the chair seats. Spencer was even brave enough to glue the wobbly chairs back together. It's like having a new dining room table set. No fingers are allowed to wipe themselves on the chairs.
Note the new silver chandelier and silver curtain rods...all spraypainted so that we didn't have to buy any new ones. And the lovely stripes were painted by Spencer and I. I love when Spencer has spring break and needs a project to work on.

Flour, Flour Everywhere!

I've decided that I'm glad that Hunter is a part of our family, even if it is just for the sake that he makes for very exciting blog posts. This week may have been the kicker.

Hunter found my big bucket of flour from the cupboard and sneaked into the dining room to "cook". He didn't tell me what recipe he was using, but it needed a lot of flour. Once I realized that he was being too quiet and I needed to go find him, it was a little too late...

"CAUGHT!!"

I was a very calm mother thought and thought "Gee, this is kinda funny...I should go get the camera because this would make a fabulous blog post!" Hunter is lucky that I thought that...all I could do was to say "NO, no flour" and try to keep a straight face.

He looks so innocent, doesn't he?

Levi's the Man!

Levi officially had his first bites of solid food this past Sunday. What a trooper he is! Levi opened his mouth with the first bite and managed to eat most of the bowl of cereal that I made for him. I was wondering who exactly he was...no babies eat rice cereal the first time and enjoy it...

All of the children truely enjoyed watching Levi has his moment of fame. No child has had a bigger cheering section than Levi. Spencer did a great job capturing most of the kids in this next picture. Corbin is there too, just hiding behind my head.
But unfortunately all good things have to end, and the second day of cereal Levi wouldn't open his mouth at all. I guess he had figured out what was happening and thought it's better to nurse than to eat bland rice cereal. Hmmmm, we'll try again tonight.

Happy Birthday to Ella-marie!

Today is Ella-marie's birthday! I can't believe that she's three now...where has the time gone? We had her party yesterday evening because Spencer will be gone all day and all evening tonight. Ella-marie was in heaven all day long! And just in case you were wondering, yes, she did manage to get a pink princess cake for her party.

I think that the term "Tickled Pink" would definately apply to Ella-marie. She has been in heaven all day long. I still think it's amazing that I could have tried so hard for so long to make sure that she didn't like pink...and yet what do we have? Why, a girl who wears pink every single day and who's favorite color is pink and who wants a pink cake! Where did I go wrong??

Happy Birthday Ella-marie!!

Desert Island

We were having pleasant dinner conversation one night this week and I thought I'd ask a thought provoking question. And since I enjoyed the answers so much, I decided to share them with everyone. The question was...if you were on a deserted island, what three things would you take? Easy enough question, and here are the answers, in order as they were given:

Corbin:
1. Bathtub
2. Washing machine
3. Drying rack
(Island must have a banana or coconut tree)

Spencer
1. "How-to" book
2. Bag of various seeds
3. Machete knife

Amber
1. Water purifier
2. 3 year supply of chocolate
3. Blanket

Miles
1. Blankie
2. Bathtub
3. Washing machine

Ella-marie
1. Blankie
2. Ice-cream
3. Boat
4. Bathtub filled with water
5. Swimming suit

We thought together that Hunter would need 1. first-aid kit 2. cookies 3. blankie

I really thought the answers were priceless. What are you going to hook a washing machine up to on a desert island? And for that matter, why do we need a bathtub filled with water if the island is surrounded by water? Ah well, it's good for some laughs!