And Now for Todays News

I have been so happy to have seen the sun the last few days! I'm not sure if I've ever been so excited to see spring arrive - Cherry Blossoms and everything! We went searching for garder snakes at a local hiking path.
Found lots, caught 1!

Little A

All my little ones are growing up too fast. I wish there was more of me, so I could spend more time enjoying, and still get the house relatively clean.LOL

Oh the Joy

Av. got a Haircut

I don't have pictures of the back yet, but Averie got a bob. From behind she looks like me when I was little.

Baby Steps

Benjamin started taking his first steps a while ago, but now he's moved up to taking 5 or 6 steps in a row. Yay Ben!

Misc. Ramblings

Well, since nothing overtly exciting has been going on around here, I thought I'd just post a couple pics taken this past week. E & Stripe the mouse. And Averie, she was trying to be mad at me, but it didn't last long once I was trying to take a picture of it. Have a good weekend and for those who get it , a great Spring Break. Hopefully we'll be up to something and we'll have great pictures to put up. I tried to make A's pic a smaller file. But it just ended up being lower quality but still big. Hmmmm.

Field Trip

Today E's H.S. group went on a field trip to PetLand. Everyone had a good time, holding pets, talking to the parrot...
It was funny when Ethan informed every listening ear that turtles can't come out of their shell, because their shells are fused to their backbones. We have been studying reptiles over the past couple of weeks - and I never realize how much Ethan retains.

Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of Ethan holding the Gecko. We currently have an empty fish tank, maybe we could get one....I'm proud I didn't come home with another puppy. They had an adorable alaskan malamute pup that was calling out to me.
A. loves Bunnies and wants one, so not only did she get to where the brand new vest Taunte Heidi knit for her (mom & dad just sent it in a parcel - got it last night - I'll take a better pic of it when I can), she got to hold a bunny . Does it get any better?

Scraps

I'm so excited I had some time to scrapbook this weekend, and taking some advice from bigpicturescrapbooking.com I decided to take a break from all the pictures I am behind in, and scrap something here and now. So I began a mini album. I always want to do this, but feel like I can't until I am up to date on all the chronological stuff. bigpicturescrapping.com is helping me change my philosophy on that. Scrapbooking is supposed to be fun, and not burdensome. And trying to get those photos into books has been rather cumbersome. I didn't get a lot of pages done - we are all sick right now - but I had FUN! Lots of it. My hands got stained with walnut ink and white paint, just the way I like it! Here's a couple pics of what I'm working on.

Peek a Boo

Some one decided to give Benjamin his bowl of food, while I was out of the room. He thought it would be fun to play peek a boo using his bowl. It made for a big mess and some great picture taking opportunities.

Funny Faces

Benjamin just discovered he can make funny faces and get a laugh, here are two of his preferred looks.

One More Messy Picture

Hope you all are having a great saturday. We are. David has Ethan and Averie running errands. Josh and I have been mopping, washing windows, doing puzzles... I have been hearing a lot of my two favorite words "Ok Mommy".

A Little Bit of Spring

It was so nice out yesterday. We went to a regional park and walked to the falls. I can't believe we live in a place where this is right in the middle of the city. How sweet is that?

Home Baked

Here is a sandwich we made with the bread Ethan And I baked this morning. No bread machine either. It made delicious tuna sandwiches.

When Ballerina's Dance too Much

If You Give A Baby a Marker

Chances are he's going to draw all over his face.

A Few Pictures

I tried to capture Benjamin's newest, and soon to be new fang the other day. He's always moving and its pretty hard to capture him on film. I just took the other two today, cuz he was looking so cute.

The Boys In the Local Paper

We had trouble finding the paper. So a great lady I've met through homeschool helped me out and scanned this for me.

Bath Time is the Best Time

Sometimes this kid is the happiest kid I know.

Our Loss

One of our mice died today. The boys are super sad about this. I don't know what happened to the poor little guy (I think it's the dad) He was such a good dad too. He took good care of his babies - until David took some of them and fed them to the Boa!!! (But that's not going to happen again.) It was so sad, he was hardly breathing, then he moved his legs and arms, put his head up and looked at us, and then died. I think he was thanking me for saving them :) Well, he is in mousey heaven now.

Here We Go Again

Can you find Ethan on the sled?

Snow Snow Snow

My Little Corner of the World

We finally got my scrapbook area up and running. Now if I could only find the time... Well, atleast it gave me something else to photograph! (One of my favorite pursuits)

Averie's New Bed

Finally I can get a picture of the new bed Auntie Cindy and Uncle Russ brought for Averie. Complete with all new bedding - what a treat!