Kaitlyn turned 6

My baby girl turned six. Where has the time gone? I know I am supposed to be happy that she had a birthday but she is my baby girl she is supposed to stay little forever right? She is my quiet one as long as nobody is bugging her she could play for hours by herself. I asked what her favorite things were this year and she said: playing with cousins, petting dogs, going to the zoo, and riding bikes. Her favorite colors were pink and purple. Her favorite foods were Lasagna, Cheese quesadilla with bacon bits in it, Macaroni, Salad, and Potato soup. On her birthday she asked for Lasagna and as I was dishing up her plate I asked if she wanted salad on her plate and she said "no mom I don't like salad" silly girl. When asking her what kind of cake she wanted she couldn't decide so I was looking some up and she saw a guitar cake and said that's what she wanted so here is my attempt.

She was pretty excited about it and I guess that's all that matters.

It doesn't take much to make her happy and I am so grateful for that. She will always be my baby girl no matter how old she turns. We love her so much and she makes everyone smile daily.

October Snow

So much for fall here comes winter. The first week of October and it snowed. My kids were so excited to get outside and play in the snow. Me not so excited to pull out the snow gear yet, and it takes way longer to get them all dressed in winter clothes only for them to come back in after five minutes asking for hot chocolate. Sadly this was the only picture I got because Makenzie is the only one who stayed outside long enough to want her picture taken.

My kids love playing in the snow and are really excited for the snow to come and stay. I would love to enjoy fall a little longer before we see snow again.

Sick Days

We have had a rough couple of weeks of kids being sick. Kaitlyn started off with Strep Throat but quickly became worse and eventually getting an IV in her arm and pumping fluids in for a couple of hours. She started not feeling well on Saturday and by Sunday she had a fever and was not eating anything I was forcing her to take drinks all day long but my efforts were not enough to keep her from getting dehydrated. Monday morning I got her into to the doctor first thing in the morning and she confirmed it was Strep took some more blood work from her and sent me home with an antibiotic. The doctor also said that after her blood work came back in she would most likely be sending me to the hospital. We came home and she fell asleep and about an hour later the doctor called me back saying I need to bring her in right away and give her an antibiotic shot and then send me to the hospital. We got back to the Doctor's office and they gave her a shot and Kaitlyn started crying when they did that but because she was so dehydrated she didn't even have any tears. I felt awful but the doctor said I could pick between going to the hospital for the night or going to the out patient services and doing it. The only difference is we would be at home for the night. We chose to go that route so she sent us over to get the IV in and we sat in the office for a couple of hours while she got fluids put back in her. They wrapped her had up tight and sent me home with instructions on how to flush the IV and that I needed to do it every couple of hours. Tuesday morning Kaitlyn walked into the doctors office and told her she felt better(which was huge for her since the day before I was carrying her and she wasn't talking to anyone), the doctor still took more blood work to see where her numbers were at before they took her IV out. What a difference fluids can make in your body. Even after getting the fluids in her body she started to perk up a little bit. I am so glad my kids are healthy. Kaitlyn was such a trooper through the whole thing the only time she cried was for the shot.

She was excited to eat Popsicles for the next couple of days too. Even after she was starting to feel better she would ask me if she could just have a Popsicle. Sneaky little girl.

Daddy Daughter Date...

Makenzie and Josh had a Daddy Daughter Date for Activity Days and they had to make a car out of card board. This is what they came up with. They had dinner at a drive-thru window. They also had to go through an obstacle course of sorts and do different things, like eat chocolate doughnuts, and drink milk through a funnel, walk in a straight line after spinning around ten times, and clean the water off their glasses after they got sprayed. Makenzie and Josh had a lot of fun I am glad they got to be a part of it. They came home with an award for their car for the "biggest and baddest." It was fun hearing all of their fun stories.

This little boy had a birthday

My little blond hair, blue eyed boy is growing up. As much as I want him to stay sweet and little he is getting bigger and there is nothing I can do to stop it. He turned four this month and was so excited for his Birthday. Just this month he has shown us how big he thinks he really is by cutting his own hair, riding Makenzie's bike, and plays angry birds like nobody else. He can also be very sweet one minute and then be very mad the next. With the girls there is a lot of building up to the mad/sad stage but not with Spencer. I say all the time how very different he has been compared to the girls and I guess he should be because he is a boy. I love when he is very sweet and cuddly and we are all trying very hard  to tame the mad/sad little boy. He loves his sisters very much and has to do everything they do no matter what it is. He loves to wrestle with his dad and if it doesn't happen daily then he tries to wrestle his sisters, mostly Kaitlyn. He still loves every thing about motorcycles and being outside. He definitely makes all of our lives more interesting but for the better.

Here he is just days before his haircut. Look at all that hair.

Then I gave him a trim and then he decided to take a chunk out all by himself.  He is hiding his face because he didn't want anyone to see it.  Not like we could have missed it.  

After he cut his own hair there was no choice but to shave the rest off. When we cut the rest off the first thing he said was "now I am bald like Uncle Troy." For days people would ask what happen to his hair and he would give them the same response "I'm bald like my Uncle Troy." He was so funny about it my brother Troy would ask him every time he saw him if he wanted his hair cut like his and Spencer would say no way. So it was only fitting when we saw my brother to get their picture together. He ran right up to him and said "Uncle Troy now I am bald like you." So funny.

He also showed us that with some one helping him get on the big pink bike he can ride it. When he wants off he just jumps off to the side.

For his birthday this year it was only fitting to do a motorcycle birthday cake. I saw this cake on family fun.com and out of all the cakes I have made for the kids this one was probably the easiest. Maybe because Josh was there to help me this time but I thought it was pretty easy. The most important part was that he loved it.

Love this picture of him while everyone is singing to him. Look how happy he is. What more can I say we love this little boy.

Bee stings...

While we were visiting my parents Kaitlyn was stung by something right on her lip. Poor girl it got so swollen so fast. She has been stung before and she has never reacted this way to a sting. Of course being away I had no medicine on me only Tylenol so I ran to the store and picked up some Ibuprofen and some Benadryl. Her lip was swollen for a couple of days but by the end of the night it had gone down quit a bit. She was so good about the whole thing. Who needs botox when you can get a bee sting.

School has started...

I know I am not the normal mom that gets sad when my kids go back to school. I am counting down the days as much as they are for a couple reasons one I don't have to constantly have something planned to entertain them, two I can get stuff done now, and three I don't hear fighting all day long. The last couple of weeks before school starts seems like they are so hard. We have already done most things and the school shopping is finished so it seemed like all my kids did was either play with each other for five minutes or fight. So for my kids to go back to school and for us to get into a normal routine with a specific bed time will be heaven for me.

Makenzie and Hannah

Makenzie at her desk.

Hannah in her class room.

Kaitlyn and Spencer. Kaitlyn is in the afternoon kindergarten class and she thought it was never going to come. All day Monday she kept saying she wanted to go in the morning but she is not a morning person so afternoon it is for her and the last two days she has been fine with waiting until after lunch. Spencer is lost with out his sisters home in the afternoon to play with. He asks almost every ten minutes after Kaitlyn leaves if it is time to pick up the girls yet.

Kaitlyn sitting at her desk.

We did a Back to School dinner and had a theme this year. The kids loved it and I think I will do it every year.

I am excited for this year the girls all got great teachers and they all have at least one friend in their class. Makenzie has 21 girls in her class and only 8 boys. Hannah has a teacher that she has worked with before so she knows her and is really excited to have her. Kaitlyn has the same kindergarten teacher Hannah had so her teacher knows her as well. It should be a fun year for them.