Little Green Guy

Logan loves to impersonate everything. His best one is being electrocuted. He insists on doing that when I am trying to yell at him, err, I hate when they make me laugh when I am trying to be mad. In the pictures below he is a Little Green Guy. This is off a computer game that is played by the male side of the family.

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My brother's gatuation

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From the 12th Floor

This the the view I had from my hotel room while I was in MN. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn(HGI). It was a great stay. I loved the views, I took them on Sunday and Sundays in St. Paul are pretty dead.

Can you name any of the landmarks/building in the pictures?

Fearless Friday- Shredded Pork

I have been slacking about this FF thing... being out of town and then majorly unmotivated. I'll be back next week with something though, my husband will be out of town and I will not have the extra kid running around. I did made Chimichangas with shredded smoke pork and I tell you, they were the best, I am not a pork eater and they were better then when I make them with round steak ( shhh, please don't tell) Also if you do not want to make chimichangas you can use the same insides and make a great quesadilla.

In the Pool

As You can tell Malia was loving the water. It helped that it was nice and warm.

After a very long Friday and finally getting some sleep Friday night, we woke up Saturday and went swimming. This swimming session only lasted about an hour as Hailey and Logan did not want to get in the water and Gabriel was tired from holding Malia, as she loved the water. After our swim we headed off to find breakfast, even if it was almost lunch time. I love Bruegger's Bagels, so that is where we went. The kids loved walking around St. Paul and loved trying to walk while looking up at the tall buildings. While in the bagel place I learned that Logan does really remember things. I had a spinach omelet that look like green eggs and I was trying to get him to try a bite. To that he responded, "I will not try them with a fox, I will not try them in a box." I started laughing of course and he goes on... "I will not try them here or there I will not try them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I Am." I was so stinkin' funny and proof that he does listen to those stories I read him. I like this kind of reassurance.

What a weekend!

I went to MN on Wednesday. I had one goal and two events that were planned while I was there. The goal was to find a car and the events was my little brothers graduation and open house. That was it, lots of playing outside, swimming in the hotel pool and playing with cousins. The drive there was great, we left about 6 am and did not have to stop for the four hour trip. About an hour after we got there I heard the cry of my oldest daughter, my first thought was, oh, now what, she cry A LOT. After meeting her at the door I learned that she was crying for a legit reason, she was bleeding from the part of her nose between her eyes. Her brother was swing a stick and Hailey got in the line of fire. After cleaning it up we found the source of the blood would need a trip to the ER to put back together. This trip was short, only taking 1.5 hours. On Thursday my little brother graduated and as that night went on Hailey cut looked like it was getting a blister under the glue. I call the ER and they told me to bring her back in, so at 11pm, after we got the other kids back to the hotel and calmed down with their aunt, we headed back to the ER. We were seen after sitting there for 3 hours and were out of there an hour later. It turned out that there was something still in the cut and it was infected. The glue was peeled off and the cut was sliced back open and allowed to drain. We are hoping for not a huge scar. The rest of the weekend was just busy. Saturday was Eric open house and Sunday was Brendan's birthday party. There was no car bought this weekend, but my car made it back home and hopefully soon I will have a new to me car (OK, big SUV that fits the whole family and drives through snow)

There will be more post about last weeks events, there are a lot of pictures.

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This big guy turnrd three yesterday. Happy Birthday Buddy!

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DO NOT FEED THE MONKEY!

I need this saying on a shirt for my youngest daughter. She is a begger and trys to get anyone and everyone to feed her, but she is allergic to wheat, oats and milk. At this point in time she can only have gluten free food that does not have milk in it. Right now breastmilk works best for us, she does not react to it, unless I over do food intake in one of those catagories, and it is easy for us. My kids are learning that if you feed sister something that you did not ask mom first, sister becomes very crabby and you miss out on that attention. I try to keep Malia friendly snacks in the house and so if some do get on the floor they will not hurt her. It is much harder when we go to other peoples houses and other people hold her.

I have never had this before so this id new for me. There are so many things in it that have wheat, oats or milk in it. I am hoping this weekend I can make it out to Whole Foods and get her some Malia friendly food.

Rain Rain Go Away!

It is cold cloudy and rainy out. While changing Malia's diaper this morning she peed all over my bed. I have to wash the quilt and blanket and washing I do not have a problem with, but my dryer is still broken. I have to hang them outside, but as mentioned above, it is raining. I hope it stops long enough to dry them, it is not sunny, is very cold (~50) , but it is windy. Wind is the only thing I have going for me right now. I have had my heat on, I am seriously debating on whether or not to turn the heat on or not. It is freezing in my house. If I did not have a baby to be chancing around I would be snuggled up in bed with Logan and Hailey, I am so jealous right now. This rain, cold and wind is suppose to last till Tuesday. That mean now laundry till Tuesday and I am leaving for Minnesota on Wednesday... I really hope they are wrong and I am able to get some laundry done before them.

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Done with Third Grade

Friday was Gabriel's last day of third grade. He finished off the year great, too bad it took three quarters to figure out what worked best for him. We both agree that we are going to talk to his teacher before school starts and set things up the same way we did this last quarter. We have a goal of all A's and B's this next year, his dad says C's are passing, but I would like his striving for A's. He is amazing and I know he can do it, he just needs to not get discouraged.

Today he gets to go to a pool party. It makes me very nervous, I have never left him at the pool by himself and I know he is a great swimmer, I am just having a hard time letting him grow up. He is a great kid.