Mothers Day gifts

I got so many cute little crafts and poems this mothers day I really couldn't fit them all on here. I decided to show just a few. They are not necessarily my favorites. Cause you can't do favorites when it comes to kids or you will have a huge therapy bill the rest of your life. But I love the stuff they make. Its my favorite part of mothers day.

Dallin

Addie

Dallin

Olivia

" I love my mom because she is a wrestler. Well my mom she had to fight some ones dad" Olivia

Project

Just to clarify I still hate "crafty" people. Not all of them. Truth be told if I like you then I am ok with you doing anything really. But if I hate you I will pull apart and break down everything you do to make it seem simple and lame so I feel better about hating you.. At the end of the day just try to stay on my good side folks. Hey at least I can admit it right? Any way back to crafty people. I hate them (except for the ones that are my friends) and I will do anything to stifle my creative juices and keep myself from being artistic just to stay far far away from being anything like them. The problem is I recently lost my phone and have not been able to find it for 4-5 days now and I am freaking out cause I have yelled and yelled at Andrew for any rediculous expense he costs us so now if I have to buy a new phone my game plan is ruined. But I digress. My point is without my phone I can't spend the countless hours looking at e-mails,facebook, and pinterest, that I normally used to spend surfing the web on it. The kids usually come home and take the laptop and I-pad so I got bored without the outlet of my phone. Reading a book makes me fall asleep. I got bored...Like I have never been bored before. I decided to take on a "project" (that word makes it feel more like home improvement than crafting). But again, it couldnt cost allot cause I am hell bent on Andrew being the expensive one here so.... I found a $25 dresser on craigslist and picked it up. I had to reinforce the bottom and sides to make it stronger and then I painted it and decided to use it as an entry table. I can keep the kids crayons and school stuff in there. I used old random accessories that I had lying around to stage it and BAM!! Camille got crafty for a half second....which is not nearly long enough to put me in the same category as those scrapbooking bitches right?

Piano Recital May 2012

Addie had another recital. She skipped the one in December cause we were just getting back from our cruise and I was too tired to go. In reality you sit for hours to listen to a hundred other kids you don't care about play just so you can here the one kid you do care about play the song you have already heard her play and practice at home 100 times. soooo....(sometimes I wish I were more optomistic about all these mundane things that happen in society that other people go crazy over). I think the experience of preforming in front of other offers are different dynamic than our home living room so I want her to go to these recitals at least a few times. Just not every time. The odd thing about my child is she memorized her music and refused to bring her book. All the other kids even the older ones didn't do this but Addie is a different bread of nut so we roll with whatever she sends our way.

Olivia turns 6

Mixed in with school, Easter, and Andrew buying a new car Olivia's Birthday got lost in the shuffle. Every other year they get a big party and this wasn't her year. We did a bunch of fun little things through out the week and I am hoping that if we combine all of it she will see how much we love her cute little butt. Annette got her a new bike and we did our regular Chuck E Cheese party with ice cream after wards. I brought cup cakes to her class and met her for lunch. I took her to a special day of shopping. And then on the weekend when things settled down we finally made a cake and sang to her. She is ADORABLE and has the most infectious laugh.

Easter

Easter this year was kind of mellow not major crazy or fun but still it was celebrated and enjoyed. We dyed eggs. Had yummy EASY food and as usual my dad went big on the Easter egg hunt. All the little ones under 5 did a little hunt and held their breath while grandpa added points. In our hunt each egg is worth a certain amount of points. So its not like you just get eggs and eat your candy -one and done. We have prizes and awards for the first place winner etc.. Good times. Especially since Annette was able to fly in and visit.

The kids made such cute eggs.

This is my brothers baby. He came up on Saturday and I was high as a kite cause I was feeding my little boy Cole and put him down cause I thought he wanted to play but he reached out to me and wanted me to hold him. Melted my heart. I love being an Auntie!

In the mist of hunting for eggs

Counting points with Grandpa. Ohhh the stress! You could hear a pin drop.

All of the above happened on Saturday. On Sunday my dad had another hunt for my kids. He played into the sibling rivalry between Addie and Dallin big time. Annette added a $100 prize for the winner and my gut dropped. I knew it would KILL who ever lost and lets just say it did just that. He fudged the score in round one and made it SEEM like a double over time was necessary between Dallin and Addie. Olivia was already drying at this point. But my dad loves that tension and it only gets him more excited. Round 2- they had to find one golden egg in a certain amount of time.... Addie found it. The shit then hit the fan. Dallin lost control. Annette decided to help the situation by telling the kids the truth and doubling the money they would get. For now it has calmed down but I dont want this same game plan next year sheesh!

Olivia was visited by the Tooth Fairy

We all know I am way bad at playing the tooth fairy. I have dropped the ball waaaay too many times and with Olivia's first tooth gone, the story was the same. She slept outside with her siblings in a backyard camp out. So when she came to me with sad eyes claiming her tooth was still under her pillow I took advantage of the situation and made a tiny little note (about the size of one a fairy would make) that explained that she came but Olivia wasn't in bed so she would be back the next night.
Then I decided to resurrect the whole tooth fairy magic cause lets face it the kids in our house were really seriously doubting the whole thing. I found this website that allows you to make a picture so it looks like the tooth fairy really came. Hallelujah!!! We are back in business folks! She bought it HOOK-LINE-AND ---SINKER and so did Addie and Derek.
Dallin is so over "believing" but that's OK cause he is at an age where its not that cool any more. Plus I was so inconsistent with his fairy rewards at this point we would have to question his mental abilities if he hadn't drawn that conclusion already.

Now if I can just stay proactive and not forget, then that's one less thing they can claim ruined their child hood right???