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STROY TIME....LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, I THINK.

Present from my love on V-Day......caffiene. He knows the way to my heart :)

Groundhog?? Chloe's school project....or Mr Hanky?

Boys w/ thier muscles

Eva is 5 mo old!!!

I can't believe my Eva boo is 5 mo old! She is such a doll. So sweet and has the cutest pudgiest legs, arms and cheeks ever! I'm compeletly head-over-heels about her!

Eva can roll over from tummy to back and back to tummy. She recognizes all her siblings and smiles whenever they are around her. She is starting to get mommy leaving her-itis. She likes to rock herself while people are holding her (which I find really interesting and funny. None of my other kids have done this). She sometimes sucks on her bottom lip to put herself to sleep. Luke has gotten her to laugh a couple times by jumping up and down and yelling, but besides that, she doesn't bust a gut very often. She is my most bald and pudgy baby and I have an urge to constantly kiss her cute little cheeks. Saying she is well loved around here is an understatement!

Our Babies

Besides home improvement, and home schooling, these two take the rest of my time! Zach has defeintly hit that "terrible two" stage! I remember the other boys hit it early too. Lots of screaming, lots of testing the "naughty" limit. Oh man, he's super cute, but some days I wish he were 3 already....a little more independent and a little better at comunicating, and a little more self-controlled! Good thing he's so darn cute and gives lots of sweet kisses!

My sweet Eva boo (about 5 mo here) She's such an angel!

You'll notice we have ALOT of pictures of Zach in the highchair. As much as I'm against little kids watching too much tv, and against "cooping" little kids up, we have had to keep him here alot for his own safety lately! He can get out of an playpen and is as quick as a whip! He gets into EVERYTHING, dispises kid toys, and only seems to enjoy destroying adult things! He usually breaks, spills, gets into, or colors on about 10 things/day.....and that's with us trying to keep him pinned! Today John found that he had gotten into the cupboard and dug 6 of thoses whopper easter eggs out of his mouth! 6!!! Oh heavens, pray for safety!

Yes, we have to keep him tied in the highchair when we're watching family movies, or we'll be constantly chasing him. Actually I think this was story time.

Another highchair picture....

Evaboo and Luke :)

"I'm free....."!

Both asleep! Ahhhh peace!

My sweet Eva boo!

Probably got into the chocolate chips.

5 mo old! I can't believe it! Sooooo cute!

Home Improvement

Well, we've been doing alot of kitchen reno lately! You can see it on http://www.blah2beautiful.blogspot.com/

Here is the Lukester helping us with the built in pull-out drawers we made.

Field Trip to the Crehst Museaum

The nice thing about homeschooling is that you can take field trips anytime you want. We went to the Crehst Museaum the other day. It's a great little museaum and if you purchase a family pass there, you can get into about 200 other space/sience centers around the country for free (good deal in my opinion, but than again, we like to travel and would probably get good use out of this).

Um, I'm wondering if Joel will ever grow out of this weird face phase??

The Babies

Most days I feel like we still have 2 babies, and I guess we do. Sometimes I wonder if they'll ever be another night of sleep that is uninterupted. But I know that day will eventually come and then I'll miss having these cute little babies....well, I'll miss their cute faces. I don't think I'll miss all of this baby stuff.

 OK, yes, I totally need to figure out how to flip these, but is this not the CUTEST face you've ever seen?! I just have to kiss her cheecks all the time.

Hmmm, so I obviously haven't figured out how to rotate the pics with the new blogger settings yet?? oh well, you get the idea. Chloe and he art behind her at her school (Three Rivers Home Link) art show. What a cutie. I just love her.