Instead of giving out valentine cards my kids give out sugar cookies to all their classmates and teachers. They have fun helping with the decorating and bagging up all the treats. They are pretty excited for tomorrow. Luckily, we have 2 ovens because they were both in use last night. Another plus, the Voice was on tonight, so at least we all got to watch it while making and decorating lots and lots of cookies.
Lately, she has been calling Laun her husband. She must have a crush on him and I can’t say I blame her. Not sure why she started referring to Laun as her husband, but we have has some good laughs about it. I tell her that Laun’s her daddy and not her husband, but the girl does and says what she wants:) The other day her nursery leaders told us that she was calling Laun her husband and they thought is was pretty funny. She also tells people that she has a baby in her belly, she probably got this idea from seeing her prego Aunt Laura. This girl is always doing things that make us laugh.
This is how Marlee ate her lunch today… sitting on a bucket of wheat and balancing her bread on her knee. Oh how I love this goofy little girl.
We noticed a sign for free pecan wood, so we loaded up. Laun grills with wood a lot, so we are excited to try out the pecan wood.
The boys were such a big help with collecting wood.
Marlee was a big help too, just look at the size of that stick she is putting in the back of the truck;)
Laun & I took the kids to visit Grandma Lucy in the hospital, she just got her other knee replaced. We made a little vacation out of it. We stayed in a hotel, went swimming, took the kids to a buffet, and had lots of visits with Lucy.
Our kids love buffets. I think it is because they have so many foods to choose from, plus they get drinks and desserts. Marlee hammered the slurpies, lets just say she got a little hyper that night.
We watched a movie with Grandma at the hospital.
The kids all shared a bed. They started out like this…
and ended up like this:
They liked eating breakfast at the hotel.
We stopped in to see Grandma before we headed home. The boys had fun seeing how many flags they could spy from the hospital window.
Marlee was a little nervous about this whole hospital thing. We visited Lucy three times on this trip, so I think it helped Marlee get used to the whole idea of Grandma having an ouchy on her knee and wearing some strange hospital gown.
Lucy is doing pretty good. We love Grandma Lucy and had such a fun time visiting with her. Hopefully we made her hospital stay a little more entertaining:)
The kids had fun raising their hands and jumping in the hospital elevator.
In case you haven’t caught on yet, Laun and I love food. We made calzones tonight stuffed with chicken, bacon, cheeses, asparagus, mushrooms and spinach. The pictures just don’t do them justice, they were so good.
Marlee got a package from her Grandma Turley in the mail today. Inside it she found a motivation to start using the potty- big girl panties. She was happy to wear underwear and I was happy to not change diapers. She had success today, with no accidents. We will see how tomorrow goes…
I thought this note from Grandma was cute:
Laun took the kids to Sabino Canyon for some hiking and to play in the water, so I could get some homework done. He ended up getting a National’s Park Pass, so now we can get into Sabino Canyon for free and lots of other great places. I am excited to start going on some trips! If these pictures look fuzzy it is because Marlee threw our camera on the ground (luckily, it wasn’t our nice camera).
Porter can often be found in his room. He loves to create designs with dominoes, play with Pokémon cards, cars, or legos. Here is one of his many domino creations…
Marlee is so happy to have the puppy keep her company while the boys are gone at school. Here they are watching cartoons together. When I tell her it's time to put the puppy outside she cries and tells me he is too cold out there.
Laun took the kiddos to get a puppy. He is a Catahoula with bright blue eyes. Since we name all of our dogs after plants or trees (Huckleberry, Sage, Beech Nut-who are no longer with us…Huck passed away & the other two escaped from the yard) we decided to follow our tradition. This pup’s name is Elderberry since those trees grow blue berries on them, and this dog has blue eyes. Marlee calls the dog: Berry, Elder, Catahoula, or hula. The poor dog will be so confused. Hopefully, we have this puppy for a long time…4th one’s a charm, right?
He likes tummy rubs & he likes Marlee (he might change his mind after he gets sick of all the “loving” from her).
I love that it howls like a hound dog, has paws & a tail that look like they’ve been dipped in white paint, and loves to be held.
Welcome to the family Elderberry!
