Rumour has it

Love this song!

Happy Friday!

Zoey!

My little bundle of squeals.

Zoey is a joy!

He did it himself

 I have mentioned before that Zackary adores playing with Ty's i-pad.

Yesterday, while I was folding laundry, he found it and set it up with a show for himself and Zoey.

 He knew how to find the show, and how to control the volume.

It's kind of like he was born knowing how to use this thing.

At least he was considerate of his little sister.

She enjoyed the show too :)

Waking up is hard to do

I was trying to make a little video of Zoey rolling around on the floor.

We had just begun when Zackary woke up from his nap and kind of ruined everything.

Oh well....we love him despite.

Mothers

This quote by Abraham Lincoln inspires me to be a better mother.

With Mother's Day coming up next month I am starting to think a lot about this life I live as the mother of 4 children.

I hope I can be an inspiration and help to them. I want them to lead beautiful lives.

A new week

1. We had a great weekend! Saturday night was movie night at our house. We ordered pizza and Max, Mia, and Zack all sat through the film. Sunday we had a dinner party with some friends. I made kebobs and 3 kinds of ice cream!

2. I somehow managed to injure/strain my left wrist/arm. I am living on advil right now and trying not to use the arm very much. The whole not using my arm thing is not going so well. Hopefully the advil will help and the pain will go away soon!

3. After a very warm week last week, and a sunny weekend as well, this morning began with fog and cold! It is the perfect day to stay inside, light the fires, do some baking, and enjoy a little cocoa.

4. I started Zoey on a few solid foods last week. She seems to really enjoy them. She gets really full after a meal of rice cereal and fruit and then goes to bed for several hours. Living the dream :)

5. I finally bought a new bathing suit for this summer. I haven't bought a new bathing suit in 7 years. Hopefully I can make this one last for just as long, because I kind of hate buying bathing suits.

6. Poor Max was kind of a mess this morning. He was tired, didn't want to eat, and still had a fat lip from falling off the trampoline this weekend. He was so bummed that he had to go to school on such a gray and gloomy day. I hope his day gets better soon! I have some surprises planned for the afternoon to help brighten his day if his friends at school don't do the trick.

Happy Monday!

Tech Savvy

 When Ty bought his i-pad, I had no idea how much the kids would be using it.

Zackary can use it to play games and watch his favorite shows. He can find them all by himself. This is always very impressive to me, because I still have no idea how to use the i-pad.

Zackary was watching Dora this afternoon while Zoey and I hung out nearby.

Zoey seemed pretty okay with it.

(and I love that Zoey is still little enough to not be so tech-y as the rest of the crew quite yet!)

Breakfast

This Morning:

1st thing, power shake for Max....tofu, banana, peanut butter, almond milk, and a little nesquick to sweeten the deal. :)

Quick drop off Max at school

Scrambled eggs with ketchup for Mia and Zack. (gross, but they love it)

Last of the peanut butter cup granola for me. (so yum. Must make more soon.)

2nd day of baby food for Zoey. Rice cereal mixed with bananas and peaches. (  I finally got what  I always wanted....an eater!)

The baby's a mess. The kitchen's a mess.

Time to clean it all up so we can start again for lunch in a few hours!

Tidbits

1. Mia is still loving her ballet classes, and Wednesdays in general. My mom comes out on Wednesday mornings and takes her to ballet and then out to lunch after. It's serious girl time! I love hearing about their outings when they come home!

2. Max also loves Wednesdays, but he loves them because the school day is shorter than usual. Max is currently finishing off the last of 6 chocolate chip cookies. I made them using ground almond meal rather than flour. He asked if the cookies had nuts in them and I said no (It was sort of lying.....well really lying) but he is loving the cookies regardless of the hidden almonds!

3. Zackary enjoys a green monster smoothie for breakfast every day. He is our best eater and I love that I can feed him spinach for breakfast. It makes me feel like a good mom :)

4. Ty and I are planning another little beach getaway with the kids. This time we want to take the train to Monterey and check out the bay and the aquarium. ( we just really love visiting those places! )

5. I spent a little time online shopping today. It was awesome and did wonderful things for my mood!

6. I finished season one of Downton Abbey on Netflix. Is that the only season available right now?

7. Halfway to the weekend! Woo-Hoo :)

Squishy and Sleepy

Little Miss Zoey is 5 months old!

It's a lot of work to be 5 months old :)

She is doing so well. She has a very happy spirit. She smiles a lot! She loves people and she loves to watch the world around her.

Zoey is a great joy!

We love our little miss!