Happy Birthday Matt!

You are a great husband and dad - we love you, are proud of you, and appreciate ALL that you do!

(He is probably going to kill me for posting some of these :)  But I just love them all - shows the many different faces of Matt.  And they all remind me of different times in our life)

A few things we love....

Bailey got The Ladybug Game for Christmas - super easy, and super, super cute!

Kaden got both of these for Christmas and I HIGHLY recommend both of them!  No Stress Chess has several ways of playing from very beginner to advanced.  Great for kids and adults (like me) who don't know how to play chess. :)  I have really enjoyed learning to play.

A friend recommended these snap circuits - I had never heard of them, but they are awesome.  If you have a kid who loves legos, k'nex, and building - they will LOVE these!

And our latest new love, the movie "How to Train Your Dragon".  It is my favorite kids movie I have seen in a long time!  And Lexie is OBSESSED....she begs to watch it 3 times a day and talks about it all day long.  She is always saying: "Mom, on how train dragon....." and tells me all about it and then laughs hysterically.  She is obsessed.

The first time we watched it Kaden commented several times on the music and at one part said, "This sounds kinda like Kung Fu Panda."  Come to find out, same guys did the music for both movies.  Anyone who knows Matt and his love of movie scores is probably not surprised that Kaden picked up on this....he definitely is his father's son!

Say It Isn't So!

Kolten is 6 months old today - and that makes me so sad!  He has been SUCH a good baby and I have really really enjoyed the last 6 months.  He never really even had that hard newborn phase like I have had with my other kids.  I wish I could slow time down and keep him a baby longer!  Time just seems to be flying by!  I guess I will just do what I can: enjoy him at this age, take lots of pictures and video, and try to figure out a way to bottle his delicious baby smell so I can save it forever!

Who Knew?

Who knew that such a little thing could make such a big difference?

Mornings with Kaden have been a little rough, to say the least. So we got him an alarm clock and let me tell you.... Best. Thing. EVER!  Most mornings he is up, dressed, hair combed, and shoes on before I even get out of bed!  

(I'm kinda ashamed to admit this.  But a couple days ago I had had a rough night with Kolten and didn't hear my alarm.  Kaden came and gave me a kiss and said he was leaving for school.  I jumped out of bed freaked out that I overslept.  But he assured me he had already eaten toast and yogurt, brushed his teeth, and packed his backpack!  It was cute that he was so proud of himself, but I felt like a big jerk.  Seriously, when did I become that mom?)

All I have to say is thank goodness for alarm clocks! (his, not mine!)

Valentine's Crafts

Alright, I got blogger to cooperate and upload photos.  Just a couple Valentine's crafts I did today.

This is small - bout 2 inch blocks.  I want to like them, I'm just not totally sold.  It looked a lot better in my head than it does in real life.

 This one, however, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! :) ha ha ha. Seriously, I am happy with how it turned out.  And the best part?  I didn't spend anything on either craft - it's all stuff I had around here! 

I think it needs some embelishments...I'm just not sure what. I'm gonna leave it up for a couple days and see how I feel about it.

Out of Space?

Ok - I'm trying to upload pictures (of a darling Valentine's craft I just finished!) but anyway....blogger won't let me upload anymore pictures.  I am getting a message that I am out of space and that I can pay to upgrade to more storage?  Anyone else have this problem?  Seriously, I haven't done THAT many pictures!

....more to come on my Valentine's decoration and on my bedroom remodel