Babies love suckers

I'm normally pretty anti-sugary treats for my kids, but Gabriel's hair was driving me crazy yesterday and I decided I was going to give him a trim. So I pulled a sucker out of the cupboard (Frejya somehow accumulates a tremendous amount of candy through school and birthday parties so there's always something on hand) and gave it to him. And guess what? He loved it. It didn't even matter that he had a fever anymore or that he had been crying for the last hour. So I set to work trimming the back of his hair and I learned something about myself in the process: I am horrible at cutting hair. I like to think it's because I was cutting the hair of a squirming 15 month old or that I just don't have any experience with short boy hair, but I probably am just not good at it at all. It's so uneven in the back - I didn't know whether to laugh or cry (I laughed). Gabe fixed it up a little when he got home last night, but he told me that I need to leave the haircuts up to him from now on. I didn't even take any after pictures because it's so embarrassing. I'm hoping it will even itself out in a few days.

Gabriel is still super sick. I really want to go to Iris' bubble party tomorrow so he better sleep it all off today. Who doesn't love bubbles and a taco truck? That sounds like my kind of party.

Crazy kids

Frejya was so proud of her outfit this morning. It made me cringe just looking at her, but we were in a huge hurry so I let it slide. I haven't let her wear shorts to school yet because it's still too cold in the mornings, so she came up with her own way to get around this rule. And those aren't tights or leggings. They're a pair of leg warmers that she pulled out of her dress-up box and stretched out across her entire legs. I don't even want to know what this outfit will look like at the end of the day - I can't imagine the leg warmers staying up all day.

Gabriel was looking rather dapper this morning also. Gabe put a swim cap on his head and he thought it was so funny. He even cried when I took it off of him (Gabriel, not Gabe).

And yes, his nose is disgusting in this picture. He finally decided to get the cold that I had last week and Gabe has now. He even had to stay home from daycare because he got a fever to go along with it. We have a couple birthday parties on Saturday that I really want to attend so he better get over this very quickly.

Gracie came over to play yesterday and she and Frejya had so much fun. I gave them my old spice rack and a bag of flour and they made all sorts of interesting creations. Church friends are the best friends.

It's going to be that kind of a day

We got a call from daycare at 6:00 this morning. That's never a good sign. She's sick so we frantically had to make new plans for our day. I'm excited though, because it means we get to have Gracie and Lila over this afternoon since Jana was in the same situation as us. So it will be a full house this afternoon. How fun for the kids! I'll try to take pictures - I've been really bad about it lately.

I started P90X again this week. I love these workouts. Super hard, but so fun. Being on the boat last week made me realize that it is almost bathing suit time again. It's hard to find an hour every day to work out, but I really want to stick with this for the full 13 weeks. We'll see how it goes.

Family walk

Yesterday I was finally feeling better so we spent the afternoon at the arboretum. We walked the whole length of the arboretum and grabbed lunch downtown. We had a picnic under the redwoods and then walked around some more. The kids loved it.

 This picture cracks me up. Too bad I couldn't get a picture of her face right after this.

We love the new boat

So before my cold completely knocked me out last week, we decided the weather was finally nice enough to take the new boat out. It was so much fun! And we bought our season launch pass for the lake so now we can go out anytime we want. This summer is going to be so much fun. And luckily Gabriel loves being on the boat too. He wasn't so sure the first time we took him out, but this time he loved it. It's actually all he can talk about now. He stands at the front door repeating the word boat over and over again. And he gets pretty mad when he realizes no one is going to open the door for him so that he can go see the boat.

Frejya actually swam in the lake when we went. I thought she was a little insane, but she loved it. The next day they took the boat out again while I took a 3 hour nap. That day it snowed on them while they were there. Crazy!!

Back to life

I am just getting over one of the worst colds ever. I was sick for a full week. Horrible! I even had to take 2 days off work. It was seriously awful. Luckily no one else was sick last week (although they all were pretty congested yesterday - I'm hoping it doesn't hit them like it did me) so I was actually able to rest a lot. Frejya entertained herself for the most part. She loves to sing, so she finds karaoke versions of the songs she likes online (with supervision of course) and sings along. Cracks me up! But it can keep her busy for hours.

Gabriel finds weird ways to entertain himself too. Eating is always something he does well. Clothespins can be fun too.

It's also nice to have a cousin who lives right around the corner from us. Frejya and Joshie played a lot the last couple of days. They have tons of fun together.

Birthday bonanza

I'm finally getting around to posting again. Sorry for the break! We had a fun weekend. Maisy had her birthday party Saturday morning so we got to hang out with the whole family for a little while. We all went out to lunch (there are 17 of us now!) and my little porker decided that the 2 pieces (yes, two!!) of pizza he ate at the birthday party weren't enough. So he took Iris' plate and ate her lunch. He's a monster!!

Later that night Gabe and Frejya surprised me with dinner and an ice cream cake and we celebrated my birthday at home. I loved it! Plus they got me a video camera. I can't believe I've been a mom for so long and never owned one. I'm so excited to start being the obnoxious mom who videotapes everything. After dinner, we camped out in the living room and rented a family movie on PPV (because who doesn't want to celebrate turning 29 by watching Yogi Bear?). Then Frejya and I slept out there together. It was fun. Definitely not as comfortable as my bed, but fun. The next morning we decided to be lazy for awhile and just hung out on the couch and watched some cartoons before church.

Now it's spring break so the kiddos are home a lot more. And since the weather has stayed nice, I decided it was time to hang a clothesline. So that was our project yesterday afternoon. Gabriel pushed his cart around outside while Frejya helped me hang the clothes.

He's such a little ham. He must get it from his sister.

I also finished one more project over the weekend. I knit myself a cowl last week. It was a super fast, fun knit. And I love the way it turned out. Of course now the weather is too warm to actually wear it. But I just had to wear it yesterday. With my luck, cowls will totally not be in style next year. So I had to get at least one use out of it. (It wraps around a second time for super cold days, but I probably would have passed out from overheating yesterday if it had been around my neck)

It got mixed reviews at work. Apparently women like weird scarves/accessories and men do not. And please ignore my creepy arms in this photo. They look super bony/skinny for some reason. It kind of freaks me out.

Also, Gabe and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary yesterday. Yay us!!