Family Portrait

We were reading bedtime stories, as usual, and it occurred to me that maybe if I pulled out my phone it could fit all of us cuddled up so:

Kid Conversation

Something funny lately, Peach often tries to defend herself with the conflicting
"Yes, I'm not!" or "No, I am!" when she means "Yes, I am!" or "No, I'm not!"

On Saturdays, Jay has been taking the kids swimming or to the movies (Peach finally got to come to the movies two times ago- "Wreck-it Ralph" was her first) and then they'll either bring home a pizza for lunch or get burgers somewhere.  Usually, they go to Smash Burger, but this time, when they got home, I inquired:

Me: Where did you get lunch?
The Frog: Five People
Me: You mean, Five Guys?
The Frog: Yeah, Five Guys.
:)

Uncomfortable Feet

Peach has lately begun the stage where she takes off all her clothes after we put her to bed, and then wets the bed.  every. single. night.  Even if I check on her after she goes to sleep, and then put her diaper and pjs back on, she'll take them off when she wakes up in the morning.  Finally, I decided to take matters into my own hands and put her pajamas on backwards- which she says makes her feet uncomfortable. :)

Anyone else deal with this?  How do you get them to stop?  The only thing I can think of that might work is to take her blankie away, but I just don't feel right about doing that...

Kid Conversations

I've been stock-piling notes about kid conversations and other cutenesses in my email for months and I'm starting to look over them and now I can't remember what I meant for a lot of them :(  I'm going to try and get out the ones I can still appreciate over the next few days before I forget!

Both kids often put on their filled-with-randomness-backpacks at say "bye, mom!  I'm going to ____".  Sometimes the doctor, sometimes preschool (Peach), grandmas... all kinds of places.  Well this particular day...
The Frog: "Bye, mom! I'm going to babysit!" (to himself) "oh, I need to bring my axe."

I can't decide if I should be more worried about his current babysitters, or his future babysitting career....

A Little of this and That

Some more pictures uploaded from recently:

Maybe this will give you a sense of the child love going on lately (and the mess...)

pile-o-kids

After finishing The Frog's and Peach's 1st year photo albums, I realized that I NEVER get a picture with the babe because I'm always the one taking the pictures! boo.  I asked Jay to take some photos of Hazel and I one day.

her tongue is a frequent visitor

don't know what's going on here... found her like this

helping me with the laundry

lately, whenever I make bread, The Frog really wants to help.  (it's so cute.  I have to let him!!  Even though whenever I do, Peach wants to help too, and she just eats the dough.  Is that safe?  I get images of her stomach exploding and dough flying all over the kitchen.  Now you know about my wild imagination...)  When he helps with rolls, he just tries to form the rolls (which is so funny to watch.  he looks more like he's about to play baseball) but when I make French bread, he likes to make his own mini loaf.

mini Frog loaf

He is so proud, it's adorable.

I wanted a sibling shot.  Can someone teach me how to get them to take their fingers out of their mouths for photos?!

size comparison

We recently decided to mandate a "stay in your room until 7am" rule to try and get The Frog to sleep in.  Otherwise, he wakes up before 6am to play with toys by himself, and is cranky the rest of the day for being tired.  If we give him a nap, he stays up later in his room, which causes him to wake up early again and the cycle repeats...  Here is the evidence:

The Frog fell asleep at the kitchen table while reviewing his letters with daddy in the afternoon.

After about a week of battling him in the mornings, he now "sleeps in" until 6:45-ish.  Hurrah!  He is SO much more pleasant to be around lately!  (and I get to shower before the kids are up.  PURE HEAVEN!)