Don't fall over...

Don't fall over, I'm updating the blog.  I'm taking pity on poor Grammy and Papa who are far away and need a grandkid fix,  

 Lainey is getting more and more active.  She loves her toys.

 She's a happy, happy baby.

 Noah loves the workbench he got for Christmas.  He likes to be like daddy.

 I love baby feet.

 I love this baby!

 Katelyn loves making some jewelry.  

 ...and then she loves dressing up with her fine jewelry.

 Noah wrote his first letters.  "T", "U" and "H".  He was so proud of himself!

 Lainey got her first two teeth in at 5 1/2 months and now we're waiting for some more.

 Grammy, the sweatshirt you bought her is SO cute.  (And it's nice and warm!)

 Lainey is eating all sorts of food now.  She likes baby oatmeal, bananas, carrots, peas, green beans, acorn squash, pumpkin, butternut squash and avocado.  She gets really excited at meal time. She kicks her feet and flaps her hands.  :)

 Noah likes to do school too.  He's knows all of his letters and this little game I made is helping him with his fine motor skills.  He's trying to attach all the clothes pins to his letter board.  He needs help getting the clothes pins on but he can match all of the letters.  He likes being big like Katelyn and when she's doing school Noah wants to as well.

 Lainey LOVES the bouncy. 

 We have to be creative on cold winter days when we can't go outside.

 Sweet girl.

 Katelyn's home school co-op started back up yesterday.  This semester in science they are learning about chemistry.  They did a science experiment about water molecules and then they created a water molecule and an alcohol molecule using gumdrops and toothpicks.  

 Lainey is 7 months old now.  She's showing more and more personality.  She is very happy and just goes with the flow.  She loves watching Katelyn and Noah.  She can roll all the way around now so she's starting to get a bit mobile.  I'm not quite ready for that!

 It's been unseasonably lovely this week so we're trying to Carpe Diem and enjoy it while it lasts.  We've been to two different parks and the playground at the church after home school group this week.  When we were driving out the back entrance of the park today there were some horses that were right by the fence along the road so I pulled over and let the kids have a visit.

 The horses were friendly...and huge.  Noah and Katelyn loved getting to hang out with them.

 It's days like this that I really love homeschooling.  I like that we get to have times like these in our day.  Katelyn got all of her school work done, the kids played at the park for 45 minutes, we visited with horses, Noah got to see the train go by, everyone took a good rest this afternoon.  It was a fun day.

All in all, this winter hasn't been too bad so far...

March, in like a lion...

Isn't the saying, "March, in like a lion, out like a lamb."  Well we've yet to see the lamb.  We've got another week though, so here's hoping for the best.

 Here's a picture of Michael shoveling the driveway earlier this month.

 God bless this man.  He LIKES shoveling snow.  So strange, but I'm not complaining.  Marrying a Michigan man turned out for the best.  :)

 This is what happens when Michael comes home and we've been inside all day.  Daddy becomes the playground.  I love it when daddy gets home.  I'm too pregnant to be the playground.

 Noah loves his trains and cars.  The train table I got at the consignment sale ended up being a good purchase!

 We have had a few nice days here and there this month and we've all loved being outside when we can.  Katelyn is ready to plant the garden and she's been "practicing" by planting weeds in the flower box that's up in the kids' play set.

 If this isn't a look of determination, I don't know what is.  I'm sure he's planning on doing something naughty.

 Katelyn was trying to do math today and was using her cuisenaire rods to help her and Noah had to do it too.  Some days getting through school with a two year old in the mix is quite a challenge. 

So here's Noah doing his math too.

A day in the life

Here's a little snippet of what our day is really like. Noah's middle name should be mischief instead of Michael.

Fun at Explorium

Katelyn has been asking to go to Explorium, our local children's museum, for months.  So, we decided that yesterday would be a good day to go on a field trip.  

 Water play was a big hit.

I was really glad I brought him a change of clothes!

I never thought I would get them out of this area.

 Katelyn was so happy while we were at the museum.

 Noah loves the water.

 I'm so thankful the kids play nicely together.

 They were very busy.

 Noah was very focused.

 One giant leap for mankind.

 Just walking on the moon.

 Blast off!

 She's a good little climber.

 My little mountain goat. 

 A budding paleontologist!

 Here are the pile of "bones" she dug up.

 Noah also liked the bubble room.

 And of course Katelyn did too.

 The have a new veterinarian exhibit that's very cool.  It seemed appropriate that Noah just go in the cage.

 I asked Katelyn to look at me for the picture and she said, "Mom (exasperated tone), I'm working!"

 Can't you just picture her years from now in a lab coat and stethoscope?

 The doctor is in.

 Noah was busy sorting the food.

 He loved the little shopping cart.

 Giddy up.

Katelyn loves creating art!