making valentine cards!

allie and i had fun painting and making valentine cards for friends and family. caleb made two brush strokes and then played games nearby on the floor. apparently, painting is not his thing!

daddy had the day off!!

lance has been on a recruiting trip this week so he was able to take today off! we decided to make today as special as possible! we went to shipley doughnuts for breakfast... and, yes, we did bring our own gallon of milk. you have to think thrifty these days!we then headed to barnes and noble for the friday morning story time. if you haven't tried this at your local barnes and noble - it is definitely worth the trip. This morning they read The Rabbit Who said MOO. After the story, the kids got to color a picture of a rabbit and glue a fuzzy tail on it.
and, as if that weren't enough fun, they provide snacks from the Starbucks. here are the kids drinking their hot chocolate shots and enjoying chocolate chip cookies!
we then headed to the park for a picnic lunch and playground time. no one else was there so we had lots of privacy.... which was good considering the bathroom doors were locked and we had to get a bit creative.
don't judge us... this really was the next most responsible thing to do. wouldn't you know that both kids had to pooh. allie went first and said repeatedly, "i'm very disappointed!" (we have not included her picture as to protect her femininity). caleb went second and enjoyed singing, "pooh pooh in the potty, pooh pooh in the potty!"
once that was over we could enjoy the park for the afternoon!
now we are home.
kids are sleeping.
mom and dad are relaxing on the couch.
happy Friday!

mommy and me date

isn't that face priceless?
about two weeks ago lance and i were itching to take our kids out on "daddy and me" and "mommy and me" dates. the boys went to lowes together for some male bonding, but allie and i had our own agenda.

we got dropped off at Brookshires (of all places) and i let allie go to the bakery and pick her favorite doughnut. she, of course, selected the chocolate glaze with sprinkles and enjoyed EVERY bite of it!
we then walked over to the coffee shop (java jams) and ordered a hot chocolate. But you can't enjoy hot chocolate in Styrofoam so mommy pulled two mugs out of her purse and we drank in style!

after enjoying our treats, we played hi-ho cherry-o, one of allie's favorite game!

it was really fun to see her act like such a little grown up and it was good to give her some one on one attention!

belly pics

i had a request for sisco #3 pics. here are some shots of the kiddos kissing him/her.
fyi: had dream last night that i had a beautiful brown haired / blue eyed baby girl???????

pitiful!

cooper licked his stitches open... here is the result!
i thought he would fight this thing until it was non existent... but, instead, i think he feels completely defeated by the lampshade! he's been home almost an hour and has not moved from that spot!

funny pic

my mom emailed me this picture recently. she found it on her camera along with other "interesting" shots. i think we know who the culprit is!! do you?

cold days.... drastic measures!

mom pulled out the hot chocolate to warm us up....
hum... i think this might be good....

ok... yea... BEST THING EVER!!!

and mom is the hero!