Home Days

We're home today. We planned on going to Bellevue for a meeting, but all three kids got sick yesterday. Not bad, probably the RSV thing that's going around, but just an unpleasant cough and some fevers. So, Gabe headed out this morning, and we're missing out on our fun family day :-( I hate it when this happens. Right when we planned something fun.

The good part is that I was home to see a Seattle groupon on FB for the Children's Museum, so we can now plan another fun day... hopefully, nobody will get sick!

Now, to get started on something productive while the kids are still in good spirits!

Impressive Blond Moments

We were burning "stuff" in our fire pit, but it wasn't working very well, so I took an axe to our Christmas tree (which yes, was still lying in our yard... so, so classy...). My eye began twitching. And wouldn't stop. I started to worry that I was having a stroke or something bizzarre caused by the abundance of smoke and hacking away with my right hand... Finally I had the mind to go look in the mirror and watch it twitch~ where I noticed that I had somehow gotten sap on my eyelid, which then caused it to stick every time I blinked. (twitch...twitch)

While getting ready for bed, I noticed I really needed to clean my glasses. So I did. I tried putting them on again, only to think that something was really wrong-- my vision was terribly blurry. So I went to work on them once more because it looked like a little hand with little fingerprints left lots of smudges all over my lenses. After cleaning them twice, I realized my problem was that I had not yet taken out my contacts....

Adoration

I ADORE what the girls call their "kids" while they play "house" or "family" or "dogs."

In fact, I think we should all adopt this term for our darlings....

"Little Honeys"

Important Parenting Lessons

Don't just go whippin' the diaper off for a bath, no matter how good the kid smells.

Thought from Sunday School this Morning

Anytime I choose something over God, I am setting up an idol. Anytime I prioritize my will and wants over His will and desire for my life, I am setting myself up as an idol.

It's important to look deeper than my wants, to the desires of my heart. Is my desire to choose my way in life, or to choose to follow God's way for my life? Isn't the answer always that I struggle with choosing His way or my way, doing things in His strength or my own? But it helps to LOOK at the choices I make from this objective standpoint. Not from my viewpoint, but from HIS.

LOVE IT!!!

Novilhos Restaurant

So, my extended friends and familia... Anyone been to Novilhos? It sounds like Gabe's dream come true! But what I haven't heard is a price tag.... Care to share?

Novilhos Brazilian Steakhouse

Kiera's Awesomeness

We made biscuits for breakfast today, since we were out of bread and I was too sick to shop yesterday. (Not bad sick, but bad migraine..)Kiera helped me mix and cut, then when we were finished with the dough, she wanted to play with the leftovers.

She is very serious about her baking.

Finally, a smile for the camera.... :-) At one point, she came to me saying "I has my own recipe. I need cinnamon and flour." I said "Cinnamon and sugar?" Yep, that's it. And sure enough, she made some little cinnamon/sugar biscuits!
I had to include this pic- it was the first one I took and thought it was so funny :-)

Nostalgia...

Just in case you can't tell, it's Jello :-)

Isaac's Awesome Moments Today

Isaac was eating oatmeal for breakfast, and he sneezed. The look on his face when all the oatmeal came flying out was priceless!

He also said "water" this morning for the first time. Yea! He's finally learning to talk, and the new words each day are so exciting :-)

We got a Wii

Over the holidays the kids went out for some fun time at the Beaty's house. It evenutally turned into Wii "Just Dance" fun, and we quickly discovered just how well Melia can shake it. :-) Unfortunately, I don't have pictures, only videos (which I'll post at some point in the distant future when I have time) (unless said Beaty's forward me some pics... ;-). After nursing some sore abs from laughing so hard, we decided that it might be ok to get a Wii. We've played with them before at friends' and families' homes, but this was the first time I've considered actually owning one. After a little over a week of watching Craigslist, Gabe found a great deal.

These pics are from when he FIRST brought it home...

Literally. He walks in, puts it on the ground, and Isaac picks up the sticks and starts banging away...

...which was quickly followed by "how do I turn this thing on???"

Not even kidding.

And if anyone wants to buy the rock band stuff, I still maintain that we're going to be selling it... Except it appears that I'm the only person that doesn't like it much! Even the one person we could NEVER drag to a concert was over at our house, drumming and picking away... Annie!!!

We've since purchased the "Just Dance Kids" for the kiddos, which involves a "bit" less shaking that the adult version, but only a bit... :-)