February

another month gone. here's how we have been spending our time:

we do school. 

we hang out. 

we take adorable pictures on sundays if we have time before leaving for church. (which is now at 11...)

we have friends over.

we see dad for a little bit before bedtime. 

we take time to smell the flowers =o]

we have rockin family home evenings! SO much fun! seriously, this program is the best idea ever for families. natalie and caleb are always sure fire winners for the lesson. 

and since i help seth and jenna take their turns i still have plenty of opportunity to get in bad boys like this. we talked about how we wouldn't want these storms inside of our house, and yet these things feel like they are happening when we yell, make huge messes, etc. it was awesome! the kids loved it so much we laminated it and put in up on the wall next to our chore chart lol we also had lessons on feelings and knowing how to deal with hard feelings like anger, frustration, sadness, etc, and on pornography (age appropriate of course =o]). now i have to wait a few weeks for the rotation to swing back around but i'll be saving up my ideas ha ha

we find out new things each day, like how this toy we have had since natalie's first christmas has been in demo mode all these years (caleb noticed this piece of plastic in a crevice and extracted it with a pair of tweezers- voila!) seriously, HOURS of entertainment lol

we watch each of them sprout up and blossom before our very eyes!

also, WE READ HARRY POTTER

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Seth. my little seth. such a cutie! he has been eating like a champ (even though our pediatrician still says he is underweight)  

i mean, seriously, how adorable is he?

and check it out! eek! i think those teeth are going to pop through any minute!

Jenna. ah my little jenna. 

rarely to be seen with out a book, 

or her blanket and one of her babies

or all three!

we have started potty training. she SO wants to but we are SO not ready. she will go in the toilet every time i take her. but she has yet to tell me she needs to go. this morning she had SIX ACCIDENTS before i threw in the towel. she cried when i put on her diaper before lunch ("no mama! peas! me potty! ME POTTY!") i told her we would try again tomorrow. i guess there is one reason to be grateful for all our non-carpet floors.  

Caleb. oh my caleb. he is always on the go! he had his first official dentist appointment and he had fun letting them count his teeth since he has one extra on top. 

the outrageous amount of eating continues.  

what can i say? he never does anything half way, in fact most of the time he doubles it up =o]

Natalie. my sweet sweet natalie girl. if she's not doing school she is playing in the sunshine. 

and boy does she play! i wish her cousins lived closer. she talks about them almost everyday, and includes them in her adventures. 

she LOVES one on one time. and honestly, i'm glad to have her as a friend. =o]

my family makes me a better person. i don't know where i would be or what i would be doing without them. and quite frankly i don't want to know. i love them! my life isn't perfect by any means, but i choose it and i wouldn't trade it. here's to february!