Too much of my life...

...is spent at Wal-Mart.  It could be because my memory has gone down hill since becoming a mother.  Last week I went with the main purpose of getting flowers and paint.  I came away with only diapers and had to go back the next day. This picture is of Lily, Hannah, and Gator(a little boy from church we were watching).

Weirdos

Hanny is very silly and came out with underwear on her head and did a dance for us.  The other kids thought this was pretty funny and joined in.

Friends

My mom reminded me how far Lincoln and Hannah have come.  When they were younger a they had some serious fights...including a black eye.  Now they play together happily...a lot of the time:).

Lily loves Lincoln too.  She loves to wake him up in the morning and jump all over him.  It reminds me how Lincoln was the only one who could make Hannah laugh when she was a baby.  Lily loves to laugh at Lincoln too.

Funny Conversations

My kids say funny things sometimes

Hannah-We were driving and I was trying the best to answer Hannah's questions without blowing her off.  She kept asking me the same question and I was doing my best to rephrase my answer so she could understand.  Finally she whispered to me, "Just say 'because.'"

Rachel-  All the kids are pretty excited about my new smart phone.

Rachel:  Does your smart phone know my birthday?
Me:  Yes
Rachel:  How?
Me:  Because I told it.
Rachel:...Do you guys share secrets?

The Playroom Decor

I finished the playroom....I think.  I need feedback.  Here it is:

 This is one of the undecided areas.  Window treatments or no window treatments?  If so what kind?

This might be a better view for that question.

 We flipped our old IKEA shelf on it's side.  I got canvas totes and covered them with material from my mom.  I made the cushions too.  I put grippy material on the bottom so they wouldn't slide.

 My mom's cross stitch is in the middle with all their baby pictures.  I painted black frames and then distressed them.  I found the totes for this shelf at ALDI.  Here's another indecision-do I cover the totes with matching striped material or leave them like that?

 The dress up armoire.  Our neighbor was getting rid of their chest of drawers so I took out the drawers and painted it, put up a tension rod, and now our dress-ups are a little more organized.  (pinterest idea)

 I painted these big paper clips to use for our art gallery.  I like how they turned out.  I like not having our fridge cluttered too:).

Birthday Visitors

The Baker Family came to visit again!  This time it was Thomas's birthday so we used some of our many snow days before they came to make a rockin' Thomas the Train Party.

 Presents

 The train conductors before playing "Pin the Number on Thomas"

 The pinata that we made.  I thought it turned out pretty well considering the heavy kid involvement. 

 Laura did the cake.  Cute!

The last day the Bakers got to experience one of our many snow days.  The odds were in their favor this year.  We pulled out all the standard snow day activities.

 Rides in the Stroller

 Kitchen skating.

 Hannah got Thomas to look at the camera.  She might be a little pushy:).

Last but not least, the awesome fort.

Pinewood Derby Prep

I had to be at the Pinewood Derby so we made cars for the kids to race.  Joe warned me he wouldn't have time to help and I was over ambitious.  The cars looked good...and that's about it.  The kids were good sports about getting dead last.