April 2nd-Coloring Easter Eggs

Jake, spinning eggs like Picaso (yet again lol)

Showing off what he made

Liv, really intent on painting a good egg.

We went to decorate eggs. I didn't pay attention to what I bought, and realized, to my horror, it was paint on, instead of the regular ol' vinegar and die tablet in water deal. To my surprise, the painting of the eggs went very, very well. The kids enjoyed it alot, and so did I! The clean up was easy, and the eggs turned out great =)

And when you get a new loft bed, what's the first thing you do??

Why, it's go over the side, of course!! Apparently, I can't leave Josey and Jake alone anymore ;-) (she's the camera woman lol)

Going off the edge:
Jake to Josey "HELP ME!" lol

Ahhh, I'm back!!

Me? *sigh* that's what I said when I downloaded these pics. I guess I should be thankful he didn't fall on his head or anything...

Tuesday, March 30th-Jake's New Bed!

I was going to buy Jake a new bed because the one he had was falling part. I started looking at loft beds, because Jake desperately wanted a desk in his room, and there wasn't any room for one, so I figured the loft bed would be the way to go. They were so expensive, then Brett said he could easily make one. I think, in total, this cost about $125, plus it's handmade. You can't beat that with a stick ;-). Jake adores it. He's already got his desk filled with legos. I bought him a bunch of stuff for his desk (pens, etc) so he could also do all his workbooks that he loves to do there.

View from the door:

View going up the ladder:

Monday, March 29th-Like Father, Like Son.

except for the mouth breathing part...Jake, unfortunately, gets that from me.

Wednesday March 24th-A Visit to High Desert Musuem

We went to kid's day @ the High Desert musuem last week. The kids had a blast, though Jake was getting over a cold, and Liv was just starting some weird virus thingy (though, after giving her motrin, she INSISTED on going since it was reptile day and she loves reptiles-I think, much to Hank's dismay lol) so they were both more tired than usual. They got to see lizards, spiders, turtles, eagles, a porcupine, all kinds of snakes, etc (yes, I am aware some of them aren't reptiles LOL ;-) ) They even saw a new sea otter that HDM aquired. He was sleeping, so we didn't get to see him in action.


Liv, looking thru the tube in the park area, looking for Jake.

I love this pic of Jake. He looks so cute!!

A semi decent pics of the kids posing in front of the Eagle statue. You should see some of the out takes (though, in my house, there are always out takes lol)

Me and the kiddos.

My sweet boy

Jake, building a paper snake.

Liv, her newest "I don't want to smile for a picture" face, making a paper snake.

Really, Jake??

Jake's been at tennis camp this week. He decided to put his tennis racket up to his head, and ask another boy to hit it with a ball. Of course, he prefaced it by saying, but not hard. Of course, the boy being a boy, decided to take the ball and smash it into Jake's face. So, he's left with a mark on his forehead and what looks like a soon to be black eye. It's difficult to have sympathy when kids do these things. I mean, really, what did you think was going to happen?!?!?!

Liv and her "stuffed" animals

Liv has found a joy in those sponge animals in the capsules that you put in the tub and let them dissolve. She carries them around the house, and insists on a couple each time she gets in the tub. Jake had an obsession with them as well, so it's cute to see her do the same. She talks to them, creates stories, etc. She calls them stuffed animals. I was confused at dinner the other night when she said she wanted to take her stuffed animals in the tub with her. I told her stuffed animals don't belong in the tub, they'll get ruined. She looked at me so funny, until it dawned on me what she was talking about LOL