Getting Creative

So I am a sucker for pintrest! I absolutely think its one of the best things on the internet right now! I've gotten so many awesome ideas from it. I made 3 tutus for Harper...

 

Then I found how to make bath tub paints at home! You use shaving cream and food coloring! Brilliant and cheap! The consistancy is way better then regular paint too!

 Found these how to make your own tracing patterns! I've been having Sawyer trace his ABC's as well as his name!

Him and I also made our own homemade Lava lamp out of oil, water, food coloring, and Alke selser! He loved it!

Tonight, we made a mini volcano! We had baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring! Sawyer Loooooved doing that and what a great way to incorporate some science! I HEART PINTREST! HUGE FAN!!

Kiddos

Its so interesting and miraculous to me how fast kids develop! Taln is learning how to crawl crawl! He has mastered the ability to go from crawling to sitting up too! He also got his 3rd tooth! Its kinda funny cause his tooth is on the bottom right side. Usually they get their top teeth in next. Eh, my kids aren't your everyday kids though! Least, I like to think they're not! Taln has also learned how to stand up on things! I walked in his room the other day to find him standing up in his crib! Thank goodness Brandon had lowered his bed! He is such a handfull and he's only 8 months old! He loves to crawl under and through things! The exercaucer, the jumperoo, my legs, the walkers.... he's a busy little boy! Very curious!
Harper girl is sick right now the poor dear. She still has no desire to start crawling at all but I am ok with that! She shakes her head back and forth which we like to call "crazy baby"! She also loves to play Patty cake and peek a boo! She has her two upper teeth coming in so that plus being sick is making her miserable. She just wants to be held constantly. I have gotten into a bad habit of making her tutus! They are so adorable and so easy! I've made 3 and I want to make tons more! When I brought the first one home and showed Brandon his first comment was "oh man, she's going to be such a girlie girl!" Probably! I still want her to be athletic though. She can be girlie but love to be athletic too! She's going to have to be to keep up with her brothers I'm thinkin!
Sawyer Bear is now a SUNBEAM!! I can't believe it! He did really well the first time he went into Sunbeams. He had a little harder time yesterday though. He's so dang cute! I love listening to him play and hearing his little imagination whip out things! Him and I went and played in the snow this weekend and made snow art! I got a water bottle and put food coloring in it and let him paint the snow! It looks like a clown got massacred in my front yard! It was fun though. He likes to help me feed the babies too! I found a site on pintrest that you can print out your own letters, words, or sentances to trace! Its awesome! I've been having him trace his ABC's and his name! He does really well for a 3 year old. He did the sickest most funny thing the other day.... He said he needed to go potty so he went in the bathroom. He was taking a long time so I went to check on him and his whole sleeve was soaked up to his shoulder! He was drinking out of the toilet! I was dry heaving. I stripped him down and threw him in the shower in between dry heaves! I was pretty upset then but now its funny! Thankfully I had cleaned the toilet earlier that morning. Gotta love kids. I think he has night terrors too. The other night Brandon was gone so I let him sleep with me and he kept me up most the night screaming his head off. I tried talking to him to see what was wrong but it just made him scream more. He's done it a couple of times but not all night like that. Its sad when you can't calm them down. Poor kiddo.
Brandon had his wisdom teeth removed last week. He did one of the wisdom teeth studies, the ones that pay you for doing it and he said it was a traumatizing experience. Said he could hear them breaking his teeth and pulling them out. They couldn't get his left side to numb so he felt them cut his gums.... OUCH! He was pretty miserable there for a while. Its been a week and he's still having some trouble. Least its done though. I'm so glad they put me completely out for mine. I don't think I could have done the study like he did. Got some money out of it though!!

Kid Funnies

Sawyer: I just bought some beautiful new high heels. One pair of black glitter heels and the other is some hot leopard print heels. Brandon and I were in the living room and here comes Sawyer walking in one of each heel and says "I'm a beautiful snow angel!" Brandon and I busted up laughing. He looked down kind shyly, stepped out of my shoes, and said "I mean I'm a snow monster!"  Now that's funny right there!

Taln: This kid LOOOVES his food. I mean loves it. I was sick this week so Brandon made me some chicken noodle soup from scratch (it always cures anything you have no joke) and I decided to blend it up and feed it to the babies. Taln ate a huge HUGE bowl full. After every bite he would do a smacking sound with his tongue and go "mmmmmmm" till i put more in his mouth. His tongue smacking is so hysterical!

Harper: The other night she wouldn't go to sleep for the life of me. I tried feeding her, rocking, singing, you name it. Finally, I just laid her in our bed and laid by her. She kept looking up at Brandon and then would shake her head as if she were saying "no". So i looked at her and mimiced her and she kept doing it back. It was so stinkin cute! We call it "crazy baby"! Whenever we shake our head she smiles and shakes her head back! I love it!

Today is the 1st day of 2012. I can't believe it. I can't believe I am a mother to three beautiful healthy happy kids. I am absolutely in love with each and everyone of them. They are so different and I love their differences! They are so special. I am so glad to have such a wonderful husband. He works so hard to provide for our family and make it possible for me to stay home with our kids. I am so glad he is my hubby! I love him as much today as I did the day we got married! Couldn't be a better man out there for me! He's amazing! Has to be to deal with me! lol
This years resolutions aren't very different than my usual ones. I really just want to strive to be an all around better woman, mother, wife, friend, daughter, sister, and human. There are always things to work on! I am grateful for my family and friends. I hope this year brings many wonderful happy memories and experiences. Here's to 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!