Ben's Work of Art

Ben drew this picture during the last few minutes

of his primary class today.

(I am very grateful for the teachers translation)

Irish Day

Time to break out the

4 Leaf Clovers

and anything green!!

This year I added this easy rainbow picture

I made and some felt four leaf clovers.

These rolo's are oooohhhh so tempting!

Spring Break Fun

This year I wanted to make Spring Break...fun.

Usually I just let the kids play and fly by they

seat of my pants when it comes to plans.

But this time I took the bull by the horns

and PLANNED activities for us.

We did everything to loads of play dates,

going to the movies,

playing at the "Harry Potter Park",

explored the Zoo and saw the new

Koala Bear exhibit.

And finally we spent 2 hours at our

favorite jump house!

For $5 per kid they can expel

all of their energy in an air conditioned

warehouse full of huge blow up

jump house, slides and obstacle courses.

And from the enormous grins on their faces,

I'd say they had a marvelous time!

Group Hug

Keira catches some air!

Sydney gives Emma a power jump

Dan finds the kid corner of toys.

But...EW...just say no to germs!

Dan loved these little pads on the ground

and kept jumping on them like they

were his own little trampolines!

Mr. Explorer would only

venture to the front of the steps

into the cave like jump rooms.

This is Dan's "worried" face.

Ben is ecstatic!!

He always had to find new body contortion

of sliding down the slides.

Keira finally got over her fear of heights

with a little help from her sisters

and started to enjoy herself too!

Super fast!

Watch me mom!

Dan adventured into the obstacle course

with help from his siblings.

Emma is truly in her element!

I was surprised at how great Sydney's form

is when I found her playing some basketball.

Maybe Larry has a new sport to coach!

Dan wanted to explore up the ladder,

but couldn't do it himself.

So his family came to the rescue.

Heaven forbid we tell him NO!

Step 1:  Emma & Ben climb up to help from above.

Step 2:  Sydney pushed Dan up the ladder

while Emma pulls from the top.

Step 3:  Use all your muscles to pull and push

a very chubby brother.

Step 4:  Flip Dan around to prepare him

for a large slide.  Then argue about who gets to 

slide down with him.

Step 5:  Yell at other siblings to move so you don't

run into them on the way down.

We had a wonderful, fun filled week!!

And I take full credit for it's success.

Ghosts

One morning I cam downstairs

and found this....

He's highly skilled!

Taco Bell Day

It's that time of year again!

Celebrating my favorite Grandpa Turtle

who passed away many years ago

by taking the family out to his

special restaurant....

Taco Bell.

Grandpa loved burritos.

Most of my kids are addicted to

nachos.

Although Keira wasn't not in a happy mood.

Two extremes in this kodak moment.

Larry is extremely happy,

and Keira not so much.

Maybe sitting on Daddy's lap

will help Keira find her smiley face?

Sydney and Ben find joy in their food.

Even a kiss from Daddy isn't making

this girl crack her lips into an

upright position.

Dan loves the attention from

his sisters.

Ben is a nacho man.

Licking his bowl clean!

Sydney's burrito was quickly disappearing.

Happy Times for our family.

We love traditions!!

Don't Blink

8 pictures of Keira in 60 seconds.

8 personality changes of Keira in 60 seconds.

8 mood swings of Keira in 60 seconds.

A 16 yr old pursed lips.

Blah!!

Maybe I will smile if you give

me candy.

You say "YES" to giving me candy?

This is my Cabbage Patch Doll

smile.

Save it for later mom,

so no one will see it

and I won't have to share!

Do you catch my drift?

I am dying for that candy!!

Thanks for the 60 seconds of fun,

Keira Jane!

3rd Grade Music Program

HEROES!!

Sydney's 3rd grade classes performed

for us songs all about Heroes.

It was great.

Now that they are getting older,

there are more speaking parts

and hard songs to sing.

Here are a few examples of the songs they sang!

Peek -A- Boo

 Dan is well known for being very...

HANDS ON

around the house.

Here he is enjoying getting into

a cabinet hidden next to the computer desk.

Once he's been spotted being naughty

and I call out his name Dan will instantly

hide his face.

As if we couldn't see him any more.

Eventually he knows Mamma

ain't very happy!