St. Patrick's Day

The sneaky leprechaun visited our house again this year.  He was even more mischievous than usual this year.  He left us a little present in our bathroom.  The kids thought this little bathroom escapade was very hilarious.  The leprechaun of course also died our milk green and left us some delicious chocolate coins.  The kids looked super cute in their green church attire so I had to snap a quick picture, of course none of the boys were cooperative so they both look a little goofy in the picture.  The kids always enjoy the yearly visit of our leprechaun friend.

Basketball 2013

Carson finished his second season of basketball last weekend.  His team this year was called the Warriors. He had a great season and improved tremendously from his first year.  Carson was a lot more confident with his dribbling and shooting, and kept excellent control of the ball and scored almost every game.  In one game Carson was on fire and managed to score 6 times!  He had a really fun season!  He worked hard at all of his practices and you could definitely see that he improved by the end of the season.  Go Warriors!

Skiing

Nate took Carson out of school this last Friday to take him skiing for the first time.  Despite a rough start and a lot of falling, Carson kept trying. By the end of the day Carson was off the bunny hill and going down a normal ski hill.  Nate was way proud of him.  He said Carson never gave up despite a lot of hard falls and was determined to get the hang of it.  They had a great time together! I think that skiing is definitely going to be a sport that Carson takes an interest in.  Way to go buddy!

Valentines

For Valentines this year I tried to make sure I spent some good quality time with my little kids still at home.  So we started out our Valentines day fun by making these cute "love bug" valentines hats.  Then Lincoln and Lily helped me make some red velvet cup cakes for our family Valentines dinner.  When making the cup cakes the kids apparently discovered that plain sugar is good.  Lincoln kept saying to me "mom did you know this stuff was good?"  Well, yes but I was hoping that you wouldn't figure it out. Lincoln was so taken with the sugar that I may need to move the sugar to a higher shelf in the pantry.  We waited for Carson to get home before we decorated the cup cakes.  Lincoln and Lily's cup cakes were covered in candy and sprinkles they were about half a pound heavier after they were done decorating them.  When Nate came home we had a nice family dinner.  We had a very nice low key Valentines day. 

"Ne Ne"

For whatever reason Lily has started calling Lincoln "Ne Ne."  I asked her what that meant and she said, "it means I love my brother." I thought that was very sweet. She really does love Lincoln. Almost everyday on the drive to school she asks if Lincoln is staying home from school, and if the answer is "yes" she gives a little cheer. Lincoln sometimes uses his title as "Ne Ne" to his advantage.  If he wants to manipulate Lily he will declare that he is not her "Ne Ne" to get her to do what he wants.  Despite the back and forth between these two, they really do love each other and can be very sweet together.  The day I took this picture they kept asking me to take a picture of them being "snuggley" together (they had piled about 10 blankets on themselves). I just love to see these two having fun together.

# 4

We are expecting baby #4 this May.  And we are having another boy!  My boys were pretty excited about this development, and they danced around yelling that it was "4 boys to 2 girls."  I think Lily and I are going to need to stick together, we are pretty out numbered.  If everything goes as I have planned,which almost never happens, this baby should be born around memorial day.  We couldn't be more excited to be adding another darling boy to our family.

A little change

Somethings different about the Lincster.  Can you guess what it is?  He lost his first tooth! The beginning of this month my visiting teachers were over, and Lincoln comes into the room and says "mom I can't feel my tooth."  Sure enough, his tooth was long gone.  I think it probably disappeared with his lunch.  Despite not having his tooth, the tooth fairy still visited him.  He just barely turned five!   I can't believe he is already losing teeth!  He really is getting to be a big kid (sniff, sniff).