I Crazy

If you haven't had a chance, check out Gabriel acting goofy/crazy and talking about random things via this video. If you have had the pleasure of viewing the video, just picture that lovely boy attending Sunday Mass. Welcome to my world.

Play-Dohn't

We've determined that Gabriel is just not old enough for Play-Doh. After he and Krista played with some, I noticed that he rolled his entire batch into tiny round shapes and threw them all over the floor. And I mean, ALL over. Some was ground into his socks and some was mashed into the floor. Now the Play-Doh fun has been relegated to Krista's "quiet time" activity. I've made my own Play-Doh rules that make a lot of sense:

1. IF it falls on the floor, it goes in the trash. There is nothing worse than dirt and dog hair rolled up in your brightly colored Doh.

2. Do not intentionally throw it on the floor, as this leads to the issues addressed in the first rule.

3. IF you mix all your Doh together, it will turn a weird off-color that cannot be resuscitated. Mix your colors with caution.

4. Leaving Doh out or not sealing the package completely will result in a hard as rock piece of Doh, rendering it completely unusable. If you need help putting it away, ask.

5. Clean up is essential. When picking up your Doh, remember to roll a larger piece over your workstation. This will pick up all the tiny fragments. If this is not done it will lead to an infraction of either rule 1 or 2, but mostly 4.

Just Do It...

is not just the Nike slogan anymore. It's my mantra here for my basketball tossing son. His repeated, "I throw the basketball?! I throw the basketball?! I make a basket?" According to him, I need to be watching him and acknowledging him for each and every basket he makes. C'mon, buddy, JUST DO IT!

5 Years

Josh and I have known each other for over 10 years. Today is our fifth wedding anniversary. We are blessed to have 3 wonderful children and a comfortable life together. We don't have a lot of money, but we are rich in many other ways. I hope to live, as long as God grants me life, with my loving partner. We get each others' sense of humor and we are constantly laughing. We each play a role in our relationship and complement the other. I think we make a wonderful pair. Happy Anniversary to my other half!

*Photo from Adam Foster.

Attention: The Easter Bunny Was Here!

The Easter Bunny made his way to our house last night and hid all the eggs we colored plus some plastic eggs filled with candy. Here are some of our egg hunting adventures of this morning.

Logan oversees the egg finding from his car seat.

Now we are ready to go to Easter Day Mass and then head down to the "farm" to eat and hunt for more eggs!