Addicted to Thomas

This is proof that Thomas the Train can dork up even the cutest kid.  Nana got him this hat that he loves to wear, even in 80 degree weather. 

 

Then, the other night he found these pajamas in his drawer.  They are 2 sizes too small.  Still...he thinks he looks cool.

Piece of Cake

I forgot to post these back in January!  I stayed the night at Mom and Dad's to watch the kids while they went to visit Justin.

They played with their new Kindles and Cole wrestled with Blake.  In fact he would wait at Blake's door until he came out (usually just to go to the bathroom) and Cole would say, "Hey Blake, wanna westle?"  Blake never turned him down.

Char got some new bakeware for Christmas and I asked if she wanted to bake a cake.  Then she invited the boys to help.She's nicer than I am.  I would not have chose for them to be included!

She was patient with them and let them help.

Their favorite part was licking the bowl.  Who am I kidding...that's my favorite part too!The finished product looked pretty good.  We made two.  One for us to enjoy and one as a "Welcome Home" gift for Mom and Dad. 

They weren't even gone one night, but Char was excited to have them back. Charity only got upset with me one time but she yelled, "I can't wait for my mom and dad to get back because I'm going to tell them to make me a new sister!" 

It's always fun to relax at Nana and Papa's house.

I have no doubt it's Cole and Zoe's favorite place to be!

Girls' Night!

A couple of weeks ago we went out to celebrate Lindsay, Liz, and Tiffany's birthday.  We went to Pinot's Pallete.  We painted, laughed, and had a great time!

I'm not only the oldest one in our group, but also the shortest!  I tried to take this picture of me and Lindsay.  Oops.

We were given step by step instructions on how to paint a tree. 

 Mostly it was just great to belly laugh, talk, and hang out with the girls.

 Jamie looks scared of me in this picture!  I do seem a little creepy, snuggled in behind her!

 I can't wait to do it again!  It was a blast!

Long Weekend

We enjoyed our long weekend with family and friends.  Abby spent the night with Zoe on Thursday night.

Mom, Dad, Charity, and Judd came to see us Friday.  All the kids love to wrestle Dad. 

 It looks painful to me.

But I think he loves it as much as the kids.

Mom and Dad took Hadley and Hayden home with them and we kept Judd for a couple of nights.  He did great. 

 

Saturday night we hung out at the Hodges while Mark and Michelle went to a concert with some friends.

When I told Brewer and Bomber to hug Judd for a picture they both tried to kiss him.  He wasn't real sure about it!

We all snuggled up in bed and watched a movie, then they all fell asleep. Mark carried Judd back to our house and I carried Cole.  They didn't even wake up.

Judd went to church with us Sunday and then headed home.It was a nice weekend!

Snow

We were excited to see a little snow this year.  Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to keep Zoe home from school.  She was a little disappointed.  This was before she went to school and the snow was coming down.  This was also the amount of snow on the ground when I saw Bomber trying to make snow angels while waiting for the bus!

 We ended up getting about 3 inches.  Cole loved playing with his trains in the snow.

He also loved throwing snowballs at me.  Notice the look on his face!

 By the time Zoe got home from school it was just a slushy mess.

Valentine's Day Fun

I spent Valentine's Day at 3 parties!  It's not for everyone, but I'm thrilled that I get to stay home and attend all of them!    

 We played and had ice cream at Zoe's party. She has a good group of kids in her class.

She also has a sweet, fun teacher, Mrs. Eicher.

 She gave the kids these mustaches.  Zoe came up to me during the party and said, "Do I look like Uncle Charlie?" Then she went into a "Pay the Rent" skit that he taught her!

Cole and I also went to Bomber's kindergarten party. 

They really enjoyed the icing on the cupcakes. 

 I don't think there was a kindergartener in the room that didn't try to make a cupcake beard and mustache. 

They also watched a video.  Cole was really into it!

After we left Bomber's party we went to see Hayden for a few minutes. 

I loved seeing her with her class.  She was so sweet. 

She really looked at all the Valentines her classmates gave her and thanked them.  I could tell  it made them feel good when she told them how much she liked what they gave her. 

 She also let Cole go through her box first and pick out what he wanted.  She's a doll. 

 
Brad brought all of us home our favorite treats and I also got Valentines from Zoe and Cole. 


Zoe's card was to Brad and I and it said:

Thank you for teaching me how to love others.  You are so great to me and Cole.  Some day I want to be just like you.  I LOVE you so much.  I hope you have a great Valentine's Day!



I was really feeling the love this Valentine's Day!