Climbing up, on and over!

So Colby is really into climbing into and onto pretty much anything. He loves these little plastic bins the kids have some of their toys in. So if the lid is off then the toys get dumped and he takes the bin--gotta love a 16 month old!

From bins to baskets-if there is a laundry basket around Colby will be in it. It has clothes in it?-No problem! He will take care of that for you and give you a couple options! You can either have him take out the clothes before he gets in or he can get in and then throw the clothes out!

And from baskets to tables. Colby's legs are still a little too short for him to get up on the kitchen chairs (thankfully!) but after a few attempts he figured out how to get up on the picnic table we got out for Lacey's Valentine party (which I totally didnt get pics of! just picture four 4 yr olds decorating cookies and getting out every toy they can reach!) any way-at this point in time he hadnt figured out how to get down and you know me-why help when you can grab the camera and watch him figure it out on his own! He has to learn some how right! He probably would have gotten it but rescue came in the form of Abby. I keep telling Abby and Dylan that they have to let Colby figure things out on his own otherwise he wont know how to do anything!

and from tables to siblings! Abby , Dylan and Lacey all love to play on the computer and when one person gets on then everyone comes to watch! Colby decided that he wanted to watch and the only way he could see was sitting on someones back! So he took turns sitting on Abby and Dylan and while I think he could see fine on Abby---

it is just way more fun sitting on Dylan!

Makin Valentines!

We spent Sunday afternoon making school valentines. Abby and Dylan had fun-they drove me crazy! Dylan was soooo slow to write all his out! He would stop and watch what Abby was doing or stop to talk. I was like hurry up!!

Here is what we used----

and here is what we made!

Abby had to make a "mailbox" for her valentines so we mod podged some scrapbook paper onto a cereal box! I think she had fun making it although she wasnt really into using her fingers to spread the glue!

Then this morning Lacey and I made her valentines! She wanted to have a valentine party just like Abby and Dylan so we are having a couple of her friends over for some valentine fun tomorrow. She is so exicted! When Abby and Dylan started talking about what kind of valentines to make and their parties they were going to have at school Lacey was like I want a party too! So I was like alright we can have a part! She said "o.k. mom for my TinkerBell valentine party....."! I was like "um Lacey it is not a "TinkerBell"valentine party, it is just a valentine party! That girl and TinkerBell!

Rings!

We went over to Bryan's parents house for the Super Bowl on Sunday and the kids were done watching after about 5 minutes! So Jenny kept them entertained with a fun craft! Duct tape rings!

Lacey patiently waiting for Nana to make hers.

I dont know why she always looks away at the last minute when I am trying to take a cute pic of her! The rings are super easy and the girls love them!

Time to complain

Alright I am will make this short. Just a little compaining! So I have been trying to get rid of my Bronchitis but it hasnt been working. I was supposed to get back to running this month and my goal was to be running a good 3 miles a day by the end of it but having been dealing with stupid bronchitis all month this obviously hasnt happened! So super annoying! I also have alot of projects for reorganizing stuff and havent been able to do that stuff either! So anyway I guess that is enough complaining. I am hoping that I will get able to get everything back to normal and feeling better soon---I have things to do!!

You did what?!

So there I was reading a book on the couch while Colby and Lacey were playing. All was wonderful and calm till Lacey came out with hair all wet and a stricken look on her face and said "mom look what I did to my hair!" Yep she cut it. I knew if any of the kids were going to do this that is was going to be her! The funny thing is is that she was all upset by it! It was almost as if she was surprised that the scissors actually cute her hair! So here she is with a lovely look on her face because now she knows she is in big trouble!

Luckily for her (and for me!) she cut them long. I think she was watching herself cut so that is why they weren't super short. But here she is after I fixed them.

She is just very lucky that she looks cute with bangs!! I dont think I would have ever cut her any so anyway good to know for her right!

But I do have to say that if she had cut bangs super short then she would have been wearing headbands and cute barrettes that would have been staying in her hair at all times in public!! yes I am that vain about how my kids look in public! I dont know what it is but especially with 4 kids I want them all to look nice and presentable! You know what I mean?!

Colby wants a snack.

Colby knows where the snacks are. It is his favorite cupboard and luckily he cant reach it! Lucky for me but not for him! He will come and just start jabbering and then walk away and looks back to see it you are following. Or if you are in the kitchen he will stand in front of the cupboard with his hands stretched in the air opening and closing his hands. It is pretty funny!!

Look how happy he is now that he got one of his favorite things!!

Snow!

The snow finally came! Although honestly I would be very happy if this is all we got for the rest of the winter but I know that that is really not a possibility! Anyway it has been super cold the last couple days and I have been totally out of it with my year bout of bronchitis so the kids haven't been able to go out to play. But today it was like 35 degrees so we got everyone dressed and headed outside! Of course Abby, Dylan and Lacey we all about it and had a great time. Colby on the other hand wasn't too sure about all that white stuff. He has already had 1 run in with it and wasn't too thrilled about it! I had gone out to warm up the car and didn't know he was leaning up against the screen door so I opened it and down he plopped. Right in the snow-he was not a happy little guy!!

Colby finally got a little adventurous when we put him on the grass. Don't let the grass fool you, we got about a good 5 inches, we just needed to mow the yard one more time but that doesn't look like that is going to happen!

Building a snowman!

Then they tore it down about 2 minutes later!

yeah we need to work on Abby's aim-she said she was going to throw it at my stomach-she tossed it-I was watching her through the camera and didn't see where she threw it-it smacked me right in the eye!!

More Oklahoma!

Nice way to start Christmas morning huh?! Some nice warm milk! So to start this post off-I have had some problems with blogger being stupid while I was trying to compose it so I had to start new. I had everything written up and a really sweet heartfelt thing at the end but now it is basically just pic because I just want it done!!! (and sorry i dont have any pics of Luxie and Meadow opening presents because whenever I had the camera ready they werent opening anything and then it was hard to see them with kids and wrapping paper everywhere!)

The kids were all excited for Uncle Jeff to open his stocking. They had all gotten some coal along with some fun stuff so they were dying to know if he had gotten some too! and of course he did!

and he got this awesome shirt!! Most of the pics I got were from opening stocking stuff since it got really hectic after that!

Doesnt Eric look excited to up and passing out presents?! He really didnt have much room to complain since the kids didnt get up till after 7!

Dylan asked Uncle Eric to help him put together his Lego thing-how could he say no to that right?!

and Meadow asked Uncle Bryan to help her free a toy from its packaging.

Colby was having more fun with the boxes than playing with the toys he got!

One of the perks of being in Oklahoma was that while it was a little chilly it was still warm enough to go play outside! Here is Jeff capturing all the fun on video-it was hilarious!

Sarah started a tradition of new pajamas on Christmas Eve and wearing them all day on Christmas thats why they all match and look so cute! So we headed outside and it all started out nice and innocent with Bryan and Eric pitching to the kids.

Then they kids got bored and left to do other things-

--and that left the boys by themselves and with Bryan, Eric, Paul and Jeff that is a dangerous combination! It went from just pitching the ball to throwing it as hard as they could across the yard to someone and then throwing multiple balls at one time and then rapid fire.

and escalated to using this plastic pipe thing and putting the balls in and spinning so the balls fling out while someone tries to hit it! It was hilarious! And the most amazing thing was with all the kids running around no one got hurt!!

and for some reason whenever Paul was sitting on the flour he was fair game to jump on! They had been at this for like 10 minutes before I grabbed the camera.

it was such a fantastically fun time! I mean I love Bryan's family and Christmas with them is a lot of fun but there is just something about being with your own siblings that is just so much better! I totally miss those Goodrich Christmases. It was such a blast and I loved every moment of it! Love my sister, love my brother, and love Bryan for driving all the way down there!