Thursday----Zoo Day!!!

Chet, myself and the kiddos went to the zoo and it was an absolutely beautiful day for it.

Here are the monkeys we took to the zoo with us...........pretty cute bunch, huh???

 Our first stop was to see the zoo's new polar bear......beautiful animal!

At the polar bear tank.

 Standing with the Gigantic Polar bear.

Some of the other animals we saw at the zoo................

My baby boy all zonked out after about an hour at the zoo, it sure is a rough life huh???

 Some old car at the zoo.

Katelin.

                                                            

My silly monkeys!



Now let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flower and the trees and the camels at the zoo....

Ok, so maybe the song doesn't have a line about camels but let me tell you about the camels we saw!!!!

They almost had me explaining the birds and the bees to my precious little innocent children, i'll just show you what i'm talking about...............



Nature at it's finest?!?! No need to enlarge this photo, huh?

Fortunately, my kids just kind of laughed at it and asked no further questions.....whew!!!

Anyway, moving on............

Chet was determined to get some good pics of these cute little squirrel monkeys and he did.

My kids......Owen wanted to get to the playground so he wouldn't smile, still love that sweet face, I love Katelin hamming it up with Rylies headband on!

It's not a complete trip to the zoo without a train ride and of course a kiss for daddy from his sweet little girl!



My sweet boy and me!

We made one final stop at the polar bear before we left hoping to see him in the water and he was!

Those hands do not belong to my kids but still pretty cool to see the size differance.






I like how you can see Owen's reflection in this picture, pretty cool.

We have a Friend Of The Zoo membership so this was a free trip to the zoo so we let each of the kids pick something from the gift shop.

Evan got a cute little t'shirt, Katelin 2 little polar bears, Rylie a snowglobe and Owen got a little zoo keeper set with a motorcycle but it was open and being played with before I got a pic of it.

It was a super great day with my favorite people EVER! Can't wait to do it again.


Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday!

Well....Monday it snowed. I know, right??? First official day of Spring Break and it snows. But fortunately it was all melted and spring was in the air by Tuesday. Chet was working, so it was just me and the kiddos. After getting woke up, I made us a late breakfast.

This was after I did Katelins hair, pretty huh? She brought me 2 pony tails and like 5 clips and she told me I had to use them all.....so I did.

Then Evan took his first bath in the "big" tub. Then after he was all clean, all the kids got in with him. I would have taken a pic but Rylie is to old to have bath pics taken so I didn't.

And well....this was just too cute not to share.........

Owen already teaching Evan how to play Xbox.

After Chet got home, we went to the doctor to have the younger two checked out, still just an icky old cold!

And Wednesday was absolutely gorgeous, I had windows open, kids played outside, got some cleaning done.....just a day around the house! Then I cooked hamburgers on the grill for dinner, so excited for the nice weather!

Thursday we went to the zoo so I will have pictures to share tomorrow!!!

Saturday and Sunday!

Well we were all very excited on Saturday because we were going to see the "big" kids! We got ready Saturday morning and went to Independence and picked up Cheston and Jakee and went to Chili's for lunch. Unfortunately, we either had to wait or sit at a couple of tall tables and since Jakee had to be to work we didn't have time to wait. Which wouldn't have been a big deal except for the fact that a highchair was too short to be at the table so Chet and I had to hold Evan the whole time. Didn't make for a most relaxing lunch experience but still fun.

After lunch we took Jakee to work and got to see where she works.....she is an assisstant manager at a clothing store. She's really doing an awesome job, we are proud of her. Rylie absolutely worships her big sister and was super excited when she bought her a headband and some make up from her store. She bought Owen and Katelin candy.

Rylie wearing her new headband.

After that we headed home, Cheston came with us to spend the night. Owen was pretty stoked to get to play Xbox with his big bro. I took some pics but Cheston didn't want his picture taken so I had to respect that. Him and Jakee were supposed to come out next weekend too so I thought I would get some then but it looks like he may not come now. Matthew will be in Ca. doing army stuff. Hopefully someday soon all 7 kids will be together for a group picture and one with Chet and all of his kids.

Sunday we had a lazy day.......kept our pj's on all day, played some wii, got barbeque take out and just did a lot of nothing and it was sooooo nice. I did, however, catch up on laundry which was also nice. Then later Chet took Cheston home and that pretty much sums up our weekend. By the way, Cheston is still working really hard at his rap music and while it's not my usual genre of music he does awesome at it and has some real talent.

Lazy Sunday watching some cartoons.

Playing Wii.....Owen seems to be the one to beat.

Wii spectators.

Katelin just hanging out!

Evan Wade 7 months

Yes, it is that time of the month again......my sweet boy hit another month old! He is so close to crawling, he can get into crawling position, he rocks, and turns himself around but just hasn't quite made a crawling move. He will scoot himself a little while in position and can go from crawling position to sitting. It is so funny to watch him, it won't be long now!


He's got the right moves just isn't quite ready to go!

He will sit...well...I shouldn't say sit, I should say he will roll and scoot all over the living room just as content as can be playing with his toys and I can just sit and watch him and also be perfectly content because he is just that darn cute. Any guesses on one of his favorite toys???

He loves this thing and can pull himself up to his knees on it, i'm telling you...he is ready to be mobile.

He has been sick for nearly 2 months with upper respiratory virus'......hopefully with spring here all this yuck will go away. I don't like seeing him sick but he is still just as happy as ever.

I, of course, have his bear pics.......

And then his picture taken tonight..................

Friday

AKA...the first day of SPRING BREAK!!! AAKA...take the kids to the dentist!

Not a big deal, right??? WRONG......were talking about my drama queen Rylie here! Everytime I brought up going (trying to prepare her ahead of time like the experts recommend) she would whine and say " I am not going, they will hurt me." She says she got her gum cut last time, I try to explain to her that we are going to a new dentist and I will talk to them about it. Didn't help, I literally had to drag her into the office crying. Her to younger siblings were not complaining at all. Thank Goodness Chet was able to go with me since we had all 4 kids with us. Rylie wouldn't even let the lady take a picture of her for their files.

So Owen does his thing without one complaint, Katelin is ready not scared a bit until it's her turn and she starts saying the same things Rylie had been saying. I had explained to Rylie that I understood her fear but everyone was trying to help her feel comfortable even the dentist tried to talk to her and I told her she had to buck up. Then when Katelin started whining I stearnly said " she was fine until she saw you freak out, you need to buck up,  face your fear and show your little sister that it is okay." And guess what??? She did it. And she did great, she had a much better experience and left with a smile on her face.

Katelin was still a little scared and the hygentist said kids her age usually won't do it so we'll just give her a ride in the chair. Well she ended up letting her count her teeth....she has 20 and letting her clean them. Besides a cavity in between 2 of Owen's lower teeth on each side, the kids are cavity free. We will recheck those in 6 months.

After we went home the kids got to play outside.....it was gorgeous! I won't mention that today (Monday) we had snow that began last night! It is SPRING break, keyword being SPRING, why won't winter go away and stay gone until next winter. The rest of the week is supposed to be nice, let's keep our fingers crossed!

Zonked out coming home from the dentist.

I love how Owen & Katelin are showing just a bit of sibling love here!

What's This????

Well to most of us... it is just an old, rusty, dirty pocket knife.......

But to these 3 incredible imaginations.......it was a newfound treasure! They examined it, cleaned it and under supervision cut a few sticks in half. It reminded me when I was little and a friend and myself discovered a partially buried bumper in my backyard and would spend hours digging at it. We were convinced we would find human remains and the rest of the car. We never did.

Cleaning the knife.

I sure love these beautiful faces and am excited to have some fun with them over spring break. We have all been sick (Chet and I getting the worst of it, I think or maybe we are just old and not as tolerant as the kids) but we are starting to feel better and I think we will be going to the zoo later this week and maybe make a couple trips to the park.

Brotherly Comparison!

Evan taking a bath 6 months old.

Owen taking a bath 5 months old.

Yes they are full brothers.....I promise! It's amazing how different all my kids look yet I see a lot of the same traits and features in them!

Popsicle!

Have I ever mentioned that Katelin is a popsicle fanatic?!?!

Well..............she is!!!! And yes, she did finish both of them.....would of had a third but mama said No!