Happy Birthday, Jacer!

Our Jace turned 5!! He not only gets to celebrate his birthday, but St. Patrick's day as well...

Jace is a special boy. He is so caring and thoughtful to his family. He loves jokes and prankes and macaroni and cheese! His sisters love him and are so lucky to have him as their brother...

little FYI: Mace would NOT sit down for a picture, so I starting take pics of Marin and Jace until she decided she wanted to join... all on her own terms baby!! The first picture was the last to get taken !!

Jace got to have his first ever birthday party. He had a blast and thank you too all who were apart of it. He had such a terrific time...

For his party Jace had games, treats and more games! And don't forget the leprechaun treasure hunt!

Jace isn't a big "cake" fan, so we had him blow his candles out atop his left over party cupcakes!

Someone was pretty excited to get the red Darth Vader light saber...

And pretty stoked about a scooter!

(Future GQ cover shot!) ha ha ha

Macey really enjoyed his remote control 4-wheeler. This is how she spent the entire evening.

We love you Jace and hope you had a great birthday!

Top o' the mornin' to ya...

After a long day of braided piggy tails... There are no words :)

Love the twinkle in this kids eyes when he smiles...

Her new fav play place; yes, that would be the dryer... I don't know how this came to be!

3 snug bugs in a rug! We loved watching the Olympics every night. Loved cheering for our favorite teams and individuals, and man, doesn't it make you just want to go to Vancouver?!

HAPPY VALENTINES...

Somebody absolutely LOVES Swedish Fish...

They learn so young...

Like Father, like daughter!

This is of course directly after the phone is taken away...

Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th day! They made these hats at Marin's kindergarten family school night.

So I hear this noise from the other room, walk in and this is what I find. Macey, just so you know, LOVES, no, HEARTS the phone. Any phone. Cell phone, land line, whatever. Well, except for play phones of course. That would be too simple! I usually keep my cell out of reach, but today she managed to snag it!

Style Sense (or lack thereof)

So today my six year old explained to me she was "decorating". Guess my lack of maternal decorating instinct has been bothering her! This is what I found...

Now, not that I've been totally slacking. I have been using my time to tear out every single piece of drawer and shelf liner installed in the kitchen and every bathroom of this house. My raw fingers are the proof. I also have been painting all the hardware in the master bath and

main bath black...

And installing new door knobs for a few of the doors. So I'm not a total decorating slacker... but kind of! :) Yes the majority of my walls are bare, but I'm starting to care enough to start working on it! I'm just realizing I don't have a sense of style. ( Shocker I know! whatever, you've all seen how I dress!) I see something and I either like it or don't like it. You can't say I'm a "modern contemporary" or a "french country"... I'm a little of everything so that's how this house is going to (hopefully) look one day! Now, WHY did I not get black hardware for the kitchen cabinets when we replaced the hardware last fall? Because, I'm still evolving and realizing what I do and don't like!

Guess that's the next painting project (sniff sniff!!)

Just to keep things going...

These guys really make me happy. Even though I complain WAY to much ( Why won't you pick up your stuff? Why won't you use a tissue? Why do you guys always have to fight?!)... they are the best kids!

Look at this puppy/almostadog!! We love Jack and he's getting to be such a good boy!!

It's a time when I really have nothing knew to post. Lots has been going on, but not really anything unusual or blog worthy... but I hate nothing knew to post... So, while it is SNOWING here (again, and expected to keep snowing for days to come) I thought I'd put up something cute!

The Pure Joy...

Of learning to feed yourself!