Playground

I am so, so excited!! Jason is building a playground for the kids at our house.

He came in Monday morning, and said he was going to build a toy box.

Side Note: It's not raining, so farmers aren't busy. Which really isn't a good thing.

Well, somehow, he got rid of that idea, and thought he would build a playground.

Monday night we printed out some pictures off the internet of one's we liked.

Tuesday morning we pulled out the clothes line in the back yard, that no one uses, and Jason's dad put in when they first got married. And when I mean we, I took the pictures, because that's important, you know. :)

Wednesday morning he ended up going to Lowes twice to get the wood and screws. By Wednesday afternoon at 4:30, they already had all this done.

The playground is laying on its side in this picture. But that is the floor done and the 2nd story floor done.

Also, I love this picture; you can see Kylee smiling. She is beyond excited, and immediately said she wanted a RED slide. Luckily for us, the website we found to order and ship for the cheapest has a red slide. :)

This is the hope of what it will look like.

He acted like they would be done with the building of the main fort TODAY. What??? :)

I think it's going to be bigger than our house!!

Hodge-Podge

That's a bunch of Hog-Wash.

Oh, I mean this is going to be a bunco of Hodge-Podge.

We told Aunt Hay-Hay goodbye on Friday night; she will be home again in May. Jaxon was really, really cranky Friday night, while we were playing our "last" games of croquet before Haley left, but you know, with Jaxon I didn't think anything unusual of it.

Well, he had bad fever all weekend, getting up to 103.8 on Saturday night; called the medical exchange; they said he needed to be seen; since he was alseep, we decided to take him to the clinic on Sunday morning, instead of going in to the ER which is an $800 bill (don't ask how we know). So, went to the clinic, decided it must have been something "viral", so no antibotics for us, just a cranky baby!! :)

Jaxon has been alive for 232 days. One day last week he actually woke up from his nap "NOT crying". I got a picture of it. Yeah, for reaching milestones (in the most sarcastic voice!!).

He also sported his Texas A&M shirt he got from a couple from our church. Jason and I aren't really big fans of any "big" college, well because he didn't go to college, and I went to "Ram 'em rams, Ram 'em rams, gggggoooooooo Rams." (And no i wasn't a cheerleader).

But, if I had to choose, a "big" college to support, it would have to be Texas Tech. There I said it.

Speaking of Texas Tech, when we play croquet at Jasons' parents house, I play with the Red mallet and a black ball, so I can't help myself from constantly saying "Get your Guns Up." It annoys everyone real bad. :)

Kylee hasn't been up to much lately, just getting her 'grove' on. Or her tan for the year. It's only March, and she has gotten dark already.

Speaking of croquet, Kylee can name everyone's color of ball they play with. That's pretty awesome; just by observation, she has figured it out.

What color of ball is Uncle Josh? Blue

And so on.

She turned 2 1/2 this past week. I missed it; remembered last night. Oh well, I told her last night she was 2 1/2, and she immediately replied, and "I want cupcakes at my party." Ummm, well you're not getting a party at 2 1/2. :)

Alrighty then, Jason has decided to build a playground/playhouse for the kids. Kylee is so excited already. All we have done is pull-up the clothes line in the backyard. Her and Jason just got back from Lowes; we'll see what they found!!

Mini Mozart's

There could be a 100 different titles for this post, like, The Twins, Who's giving who piano lessons?, Opposites, Do we look alike?, Cutest Kids in the World, Who do we look like?, and Mini Mozarts.

Do you think they look alike??

The other day, Lexi and Jaxon entertained the house with the sounds of their amazing piano skills. Ahem...... I mean they were fighting over the piano because that is what approximately 8 month old babies do with each other.

This is exactly the order I took the pictures in, and notice where Lexi is the WHOLE time!!

Playing together.

Jaxon starting to think about leaving this toy.

Lexi remains. See I can even tilt my head like this.

You like my pretty blue eyes.

Oh brother, he's back and in charge. Uh, not for long.

And he's gone again. Oh, you think you should play on that side of the piano. That's nice. By the way, maybe you should comb your hair.

And, now, he's for sure done with this toy.

Finally, I have it all to myself, and I like it that way.

What do you think?

Who do the Opposite acting TWINS, Mini Mozarts, and cousins look like??

Time for a Project Post :)

I've got a few projects I've been working on lately.



I saw this Moss Letter that I thought was great for spring coming up, and not expesive to make. I am loving this lady's blog. She has super cute DIY projects.



Here is mine. Like?






Also, you know, I love looking at Party Websites.



I came across one of these and thought I had to make this "Balloon Wreath"!! For the meantime, I thought it looked cute hanging on the playroom door. Here's how you do it. Click here.

(Sorry for the bad picture, and nothing like using a coat hanger for a wreath holder.)

I've been cutting, and cutting, and cutting more TRIANGLES, and strips, for some banners I want to hang at our Awana Grand Prix coming in April. Should be fun!! Here's my bag of goodies. I've got a long way to go though.


Last, but certainly not LEAST, are these not so COOL? Rain gutters for book shelves!!! So awesome!! I am trying to figure out a way to fit some in Jaxon's room!!

Have a good one.

The measure of a GREAT day!!!

What makes a day GREAT for you?

For Kylee, when your hands, feet, and face are this dirty at the end of the day,

you know she had a GREAT day!

She woke up, and immediately went outside with Jason and helped him load up the piles of leaves in the red wagon, and put them in the field to burn them. She loves doing ANYTHING outside with Daddy. I think I was the same way with my Daddy, so I don't mind. It's just more fun with dad.

Then she went over to play with Uncle Josh and Aunt Hay Hay.

And came home for a quick nap, but immediately wanted to go back again.

So.

She went on about a bazillion wagon rides (pictures to come of train/wagon ride thing that Popsie made).

Swung in the swing, and repeatedly said "I need someone to push me."

Jumped on the trampoline.

Went down the slide, over, and over, and over

with Uncle Josh, me, and Aunt Hay Hay.

Ate.

Rode on the golf cart.

Played with a croquet mallet and ball.

Learned how to play fetch with Gordy.

Then came home, and climbed and played on our slide and swing until the sun set.

Love her to pieces, dirt and all.




Hope you have a GREAT day.

5 of a Kind

There are five of you, for now,

Three girls, and two boys,

All of you unique,

And all of you bring us unspeakable JOY!

Each of you learning at your own stage,

Some of you are writing sight words,

One of you is learning to potty,

and 2 of you are crawling; it looks like a HERD!

You are cousins; you are playmates,

You are each others' best friend,

Some will come and go,



But you always have each other, even to the end.

Loving Life

We have been livin' it up around here, and just lovin' life!!

This weather is AMAZING!!! Are you not enjoying it so MUCH???

The time change was a little difficult, but I didn't mind to much when I went for a run tonight at 7:57PM!!! That was nice!! Of course, if you don't run to long, you can make it home right before the sun goes completely down!! :)

Aunt Hay Hay came home from college this past weekend. She will be here a week, and Kylee already has enjoyed her. Kylee even got a trip to McDonalds already!!

Flying her "Ladybug" kite in her "Ladybug" dressup outfit

We like to swing on tops of barrels that have been cut-off to make a Swing :)

Kylee loves to go "HIGH", and seriously, she loves "Underdoggies" already. Do y'all remember those??

Speaking of loving this weather, Jaxon wore his first pair of shorts on Saturday!!

Doesn't he look cute!!

I told you he was up on all 4's crawling!! Proof!!

And he likes to hold on to something and try to stand....

And he even lets go for a split second..... (Notice his right foot......not quite there on the standing and walking.....the feet have to flatten out I think)

Notice his nice bruise on his forehead. That is litearlly like the 2nd one, and the first one already healed. It's just that phase we are in I guess.

We also have been doing so MAJOR cleaning, you know, since it's spring break. I told our sunday school class that I take "spring break" off too!! :)

We vacummed behind furniture, moved toys, took the rug outside and shook it out, mopped, dusted, cleaned fans, cleaned base boards, and cleaned window seals.

And starting to talk about 'family' vacation plans for this summer!! Gets me SO EXCITED!!!

Enjoy your spring break wherever you are. If you get one, that is.