Mothers Day

For Mothers Day this year Ellie learned how to make my oatmeal, set her alarm to get up early, and then put this all together for me by herself and brought it to me in bed. So sweet!!

The boys were in Kindergarten and they each had a special program for mothers and a book they made.

Zander's art work for me. He's the only one who did a black background bc he said it was night. :)

So I tried to get a picture for mothers day. Impossible to get them all looking at the camera!

Madison

Madison turned 5!!

      (yes, I know she is closer to 6 then 5, but my computer was corrupted. We found over 200 viruses and suspicious things on my computer. But now hopefully its fixed and I can get caught up)

No idea where she came up with "baker" but thats what she said

Who is your best friend? Kayce (a girl from church)
What is your favorite thing to do? play dollies
What is your favorite color? pink
What is your favorite food? Quinoa
What do you like to do with  your family? jet skiing
What is your favorite toy? baby doll
What do you want to be when you grow up? a baker
What makes you happy? when people say funny things
What makes you sad? when people say mean things
What is your favorite show to watch? Little Ponies
What was the best part of your birthday? getting my scooter
Where do you like to go? hiking
What do you think about before you fall asleep? hugging people
What is your favorite thing to pretend? I'm a princess

Madison:
    is sweet and sassy
    has the sweetest giggle
    loves playing dolls
    says "I love you SO much in the whole world"
    she is a little momma. She takes care of her brothers. ex: if they have a messy face she will clean it, if they cant reach something she will pick them up, and when Connor was too afraid to pull out his tooth she offered to try and he let her.
     she likes to help me with things
      bounces and jumps everywhere!!!!!
      LOVES wearing dresses
      Started gymnastics
 

Zander

Zander turns 6!!! Such big boys!!

 Zander at 6:

 Who is your best friend?  Connor
What is your favorite color?  Blue
What is your favorite thing to do? Watch TV
What is your favorite food? Mac-N-cheese
What do you like to do with your family? go to the park
What do you want to be when you grow up? the first answer he said was "normal". After I finished laughing I explained the question and he said police officer. However, just like Connor, a few days after this, he saw a parking garage being built and he said he wanted to be a builder.
What makes you happy? Playing with new toys
What makes you sad? When I get in trouble
What is your favorite show to watch? Paw Patrol
What do you love to learn about? letters
What is your favorite treat? Chocolate cake
What is your favorite thing to pretend? I'm a rocket ship flying to the moon.

Zander is:

      Inquisitive....very, very very inquisitive
      loves Giraffe's
      likes to know how things work
      loves playing trains
      says he doesn't like kisses or hugs (but usually gives in when I give him some)
      runs around the house making weird noises like the minions from Despicable Me
      and believe it or not, he is sensitive (more then any of the others)

Conor

So my little Connor man turned 6!! WOW!

He said he wanted to be a police officer but then the day after I asked him we were at the airport and he saw a  parking deck being built and said maybe he wanted to be a builder instead because that looked pretty cool. :)

Connor at 6:
     Best friend? Zander
     Favorite thing to do? play with cars and race track
     Favorite color? red
     Favorite food? Spaghetti
     Favorite toy? Waddles, his stuffed penguin
     What makes you happy? penguins
     What makes you sad? losing Waddles
     Favorite show to watch? Paw Patrol
     What do you love to learn about? animals because it might be a penguin
     What do you think about before you fall asleep? Ellie (Connor's teacher told me she knows all about Ellie                  because Connor talks about her everyday. So sweet!)
     What is your favorite thing to pretend? playing that I'm Captain America

I LOVE the way Connor says pancakes. He says "pampakes"
He is (obviously) obsessed with penguins.
He likes to tease Zander and play jokes. (just like his daddy!)
Such a morning person. When I go to get him up in the morning he jumps out of bed, with a huge smile, and says "good morning!!" and runs downstairs to start his day.
Loves to have his backed tickled.

Pinch pots

Connor made a pinch pot at school and he wrapped it up for me. He was so excited to give it to me that he was jumping up and down. It was so cute. 

Zander made one but he said it wasn't for me and he didn't want his picture taken. 😀 So the blue one at the bottom is his. 

Birthday cupcakes

The boys turned 6 in January. Zander wanted Mac-n-cheese for dinner and Connor wanted spaghetti. They both wanted chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. 

Hope the person taking the picture noticed Connor and got him a new knife

This picture shows how different Connor and Zander are....we are singing happy birthday and Connor delights in it and Zander....well, as you can see...not happy about the attention.

Winter wonderland!!

So, I found a app for my phone that uploads my photos from my phone directly to the blog. Hopefully making it easier to stay caught up. These are photos from our recent winter wonderland. At the end are some videos of the kids sledding.

Connor and Zander are using their sleds as shields from Tim's snowballs

Zander was nailed in the head by a snowball. 

After a whole day of playing in the snow, I think some hot chocolate is called for.

Tim built a little jump on the sledding hill