2 down....3 to go

Taylor's party was a success. I love planning for the kids parties and getting ready. It's a lot of work but so worth it when they come down in the morning and their faces just light up when they see how the house has been decorated etc. The preparations all started on Thursday with making cupcakes and decorating which took about 7 hours to do. A late night that night and then the decorating on Friday night. Which was another late night. Thankfully I have a great friend who came to my rescue to help me out. I would have been blowing balloons forever it seems. Thanks Andrew for your help. House decorated complete with a ballon arch, streamers, red carpet, balloons everywhere. Taylor was very excited. She hasn't stopped thanking me for everything. I guess I underestimated how appreciative a 5 year old could be. As the kids arrived they got a crown and a wand or sword. They had fun making their own pizzas, decorating goblets, drinking Shirley Temples (they were all so excited to have pop), cake eating, pony riding and present opening. Oh and I can't forget the sword and wand fighting. Ethan asked me if they could prince and princess. I was informed how it's played. The boys(princes) play fight with the sword and the girls(princess) boss them around. Too funny.

Chris' birthday is tomorrow so I had a few people over at night to celebrate. I think a good time was had by all, Hey guys!

Now on to getting everything for Spencer's (2 parties. 1 kid and then cake with the whole fam. Something I did for the other 2.) and then Quinten's.

I'll leave you with some pictures of the fun times.

There were kids at the party but I haven't asked permission to post there pictures.

Pics

As promised pictures of the kids. 11 month old ones of Spencer, first day of school and some of the kids wearing there build a bear animals' clothes.

Come and Gone

The day was a success. No tears from Taylor till I picked her up. She was sad she couldn't bring her new indoor shoes home. Us girls know that when you get new shoes you want to wear them all the time. She had lots of fun and is looking forward to tomorrow.
This getting up early thing is going to get old real quick though. Somebody was a little bit sleepy this afternoon. She'll get used to get up early sooner or later.
Hope every body's first day went off with out a hitch.
Pictures to come. Too busy invitation making.

The Big Day

Tomorrow is the big day. I'm not sure if Taylor is super excited or just can't sleep but it is almost 10 and she is still wide awake.
Tomorrow is the day that 90210 sort of airs again. Every Wed when the original 90210 was on, Jordan and I would watch it together. I'll have to give this round a try. I wonder if he will be watching too?

Poop

So normally a title like that would be a cause for concern but it's a yeah for poop. Quinten was dry and no poop in his gaunch. I was pretty excited that he did it in the potty. YEah Quinks! We're so proud of you. Hopefully my poop cleaning up days are over till the next poo crazy kid. Please let Spencer be disgusted by the stuff. Quinten did enough for a bunch of kids.

Have a super hump day tomorrow!

1 week

My baby goes to school in 1 week. I hope she continues to be excited about it. There will be less tears that way. I'm finding it hard to believe that she is turning 5 in about a month. Wow were has the time gone.
My middle baby is doing pretty well with potty training, except for the pooping. Why is that one so hard? Can't believe he is almost 3.
And my youngest baby is getting close to full on walking. And he is almost 1. Just call me a party planning Mama.
At least with Lobbster birthdaypalooza coming up I'll have lots to post about.

Woohoo Visitors!

My youngest bro and his fiance will be arriving tomorrow around this time. I'm pretty excited. I haven't seen either of my brothers since Christmas. I wish we could all be together as a family. Devin and Liz I hope you're prepared for a week full of me. I plan on seeing you as much as possible. We will get to see Kristen in October, right in the middle of birthdaypalooza. Too bad Jordan won't be joining her. Who knows when we'll get to see him next. Anyone want to donate there airmiles? :)
Potty training is going fairly well. Okay except for the pooping. But we went out yesterday and today and Quinks was dry the whole time. Woohoo! On to only 1 in diapers.
Well I should probably do something. Not feeling very motivated lately. When the weather is crappy I feel like curling up and watching a movie or right now the Olympics, with my punks instead of cleaning and laundry.

Have a great night!

Time Flies

I'm a bad blogger. I've been home since Sunday and I haven't blogged yet. I'll try to be better. Camp was good. Still trying to catch up on sleep but the late nights were worth it.
My baby aslo took his first steps a few days ago. But now he is being stubborn. When I stand him up he just laughs and looks at me with this silly little grin. As if to say I know what to do but don't feel like it.
We've also started potty bootcamp for Quinks. He's done well so far. Dry through the night and naps. And we even went out for a few hours today and had him in underwear. Crazy I know. We're armed with skittles and lots of underwear. I'm crossing my fingers that it sticks.
Taylor starts school in less than 2 weeks. Hopefully I don't make a fool of myself from crying. My baby is growing up so fast.
Well I should get back to the mountain of laundry. Will it ever end?
Have a great hump day!

Sad day

Tonight I had to say goodbye to one of my best friends. All along it hasn't seemed real that they were moving. Today it is all too real. Man I am going to miss you Karri, Chris, Jacob, Nathan and baby Sarah. We have been truly blest with such great friends. All of our friends. Lucky for my Chris we have free long distance cause I will probably be phoning during the day lots.
Then to add to the saddness I don't know when the next time I will get to see my brother Jordan. Seriously why do people keep moving away. Luckly we still have some more great friends left.
I think my count down to Ontario will begin very soon.
We love you guys!

Weighing in

On Friday we took Spencer to get weighed. So at 10 months he is 17 lbs 2 oz (down 10 oz.) and 28". Taylor and Quinten didn't want to be left out of the whole weighing experience. Quinks is 26 lbs and 34 1/2"(I think) and Taylor is 37lbs and 40 1/2". We thought that Spencer was going to be our heavier kid but not so now. Tallest at this age yes but not heaviest. I guess we just grow them small.
I don't have much to tell. We are going to Spamelot tomorrow so maybe I'll have something interesting to tell after that.
Hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Happy Heritage Day!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to my favorite Mom! Hope you have a great day!

I'm Baaaack

We had a great vacation. Although with kids is it still called a vacation. Anyway it was time away. The weather was awesome. We haven't always had great weather when we've gone to Penticton. It was great to just hang out, soak up the rays. Actually I didn't soak up a lot of rays as I was the one to spend a lot of time under the umbrella with Spencer. Chris likes to laugh at how much darker he is than me. I just don't tan dark. You'd think he would know this as he has to see my pastey white skin all year round. Next year I'll probably be darker but wishing I could sit under the umbrella cause I'll be chasing a 18 month old all over the beach.
All in all it was a great vacation. Pictures soon once I go through them.

Woohoo!

Penticton here we come. Can't wait to lay on the beach. Okay who am I kidding. I've got 3 kids I don't think I'll be laying on the beach. But it will be great to bask in the sun.
Later!

Confirmed Diagnosis

I do indeed have an IT band injury. Matthew, the physio guy, worked on it, gave me some exercises to do and sent me on my merry way. I shouldn't have to go back to see him unless I feel I need some more ultrasounding and electro thingying. Which by the way felt quite funky. And the thing I was happy to hear is that he said to take a week off and then start slowly running again. Meaning run/walk. He seemed to think that after being pregnant the muscles and such tightened up more than normal.
I can't wait to get back to running.

The Race

The race started off really well. I felt great. Chris and I were going at a good and comfortable pace. I started to feel a twing of pain. At around 10k took a bathroom break and off we went well my knee decided no thanks. My knee injury was back and worse than before. I was in a lot of pain but I hobbled my way through the finish line. Chris figured we were on pace to finish at around 2 hrs 10 min. My goal was 2 hrs 30 min. I know that I finished and that in itself is an accomplishment but I am very disappointed and frustrated in how it went. I've trained really hard the last 5 months. Starting from getting back into running to being ready to run this race. I've had mostly positive comments and everybody has been really encouraging. It just plain old sucks right now. Hopefully the physio will help and I'll be back running and training for the next race, once I'm healed.
Chris was awesome. So encouraging along the way as I was crying and fighting to finish. He kept reminding me of what I've done to get to this point and the accomplishments I've made. I love him so much and I'm so thankful for him.

Parade, naps, Stampede and food

Yesterday we got up at the unpleasant hour of 5:00am. I haven't been up that early for a long time and I'll be doing it again tomorrow. The parade was good. The kids love going so getting up early is worth it. Although we still didn't get there early enough to get a curb seat. We had to wait till the intersections were closed. Next year I guess we'll have to send Chris to camp out. :)
The parade was followed by naps for everyone, even me the non napper. After that refresher we got ourselves to the stampede grounds. A few rides were enjoyed by the kids, corn dogs for the wee ones, cotton candy for the kiddlets, bbq beef sandwich thing for Chris, lemonade, Cowboy beef sundae for me followed up with mini donuts which I will mention are not all gone. And I love mini donuts but restrained. Quinten does not share my love of mini donuts. He had one and said no thank you yucky(actually it came out as lucky but we knew what he meant). Who doesn't like mini donuts?
So a good day was had by all. Today will be a relaxing day followed by the stampede concert at church.

Thanks Y'all! (In the spirit of Stampede)

Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me. And for all the positive comments.
And especially to my best friend, my husband, who hates running but is supporting me by running with me. He said he would even be my water and energy substance carrier. What a guy! Love you Sweets!

And as an added note the running attire has now changed. I bought a running skirt. Who's girly now?

Happy parading and stampeding! I'm like a little kid when it comes to the parade, even though we have to be up at the crack of dawn.

4 days to go

The big race is in 4 days. I'm feeling pretty good about it. Hopefully the knee holds up for me. I've got my gels ready, and being a such a chick I already have what I'm going to run in picked out. See I am girly.

I forgot to post on Monday. Spencer is now 9 months old weighing in at 17 lbs 12 oz and 27 1/2 inches. At least that is what we got him as. He goes tomorrow for his 9 month check so I'm sure the Doc will be more accurate.

Well I'm feeling kind of tired. Must...go...lay...down.

Night.

Spoke too Soon

In my last post about poop I mentioned that we hadn't had any trouble with Quinten. That all changed the other day. It was all over the floor, the mattress (which he had peed on earlier so everything was off the mattress). Let me say gross! Then today we were at Wal-Mart Quinten was sitting on the handle/canopy part of the stroller. Next thing I know Taylor is freaking out about having poop on her arm. Quinten had a big time mess. It was coming out of everywhere it seemed. All over him, all over the stroller and a bit on Taylor. And of course I had left the diaper bag at home. Wipes, pull-ups and disposable change pads were added to the purchase. There Quinten was being changed on the tail gate where everyone could see. Poor kid.
So it was an interesting night. Did anything interesting happen to any of you? I'd like to hear some interesting stories.

Trading 4 for 2

A bit ago Taylor decided she didn't want training wheels. Off they came but with our crazy weather she hasn't had much time to practice. Today she officially became a 2 wheelin' 4 year old. We're both so proud of her.
And yesterday at soccer she took the ball away from the other team. That is huge. She doesn't really get in there because she doesn't want to take the ball from anybody. Gotta love that. So those of you who have seen her play soccer know how big of a deal this was. You should have seen the huge and I mean huge smile she had on her face. Could make a mother cry. Okay so I did. I'm so proud of my girl. I'll post some pictures later.

Rockband is Awesome

I truly suck at it. I'm not a natural like Chris. Dani ordered us a set/copy, not sure what to call it, for our wii. It's a lot of fun. Practicing is in order.

Today I'm off to do the dreaded bathing suit shopping once again. Wish me luck. This post baby body is proving to be hard to cover up the right way, so I feel comfortable and not an old lady.

It's that time of year

I love this time of year. The weather is starting to get hot, the kids can play outside till they wear themselves out. It's all around great. Except for the sneezing, watery/itchy eyes and runny nose. I thought this year I was going to escape allergies. Nope. All the rain just delayed it for us. After this mornings run I am feeling the itchyness. I know that I am allergic to ragweed and our neighbours have their own garden of weeds, that I might add are getting to be as tall as I am. So maybe that's where I'm feeling it from. Who knows. Other than that things are great. Finally able to run again. The knee felt pretty good. 2 weeks to go till the half marathon and I think it's going to be a scorcher. That's it for now. Maybe something exciting will happen today. No pooping though I hope.

It's been too long...

since I wrote a post on poop.

Now that we are having some heat in our day the kids wanted to play on the slip and slide. Jacob and Nathan came over to partake. They were having fun till we heard Jacob say look out for the dog poop. Well we don't have a dog. Chris went out to investigate, the next thing I hear Taylor getting in trouble. She comes crying in followed by Chris trying so hard not to laugh. Now with all the poop stories I written you assume it was Quinten involved right? Wrong. Taylor took a crap right in the middle of the backyard. She even wiped. Chris of course was gagging too much so I had to pick up the poop and toilet paper. If she had to come in for the toilet paper why didn't she just go inside. The things that go through a kids head.

This is what we, plus both sets of Grandparents, got the kids for their Birthdays. I know their birthdays aren't till Sept and Oct but now is the time they can play with it. No riding has happened yet but tomorrow is the day. They still had fun playing on it and so did Chris and I. Yes the last picture Chris got a little stuck and of course my purse had to make an appearance.

More grass talk

Before we got our new grass cutting device we did not grasscycle. As a matter of fact the last time I cut the grass before getting our own mower, I had 11 1/2 bags of grass. I guess that'll happen when it rains constantly.

You may be asking yourself right now why is she telling us this. We all do things our own way and I don't want anyone to feel singled out for doing something differently. That was not the intention of my last post about grass.

P.S. I'm still having fun using the reel mower and getting a little added exercise.

Happy Dad's Day!

Especially to my favorite Dad and to my favorite Dad to my kids.

I can't believe it

Today was the day. I just happened upon it. It always seems that way when you aren't looking for something you can find it. If you go shopping with something in mind fat chance of finding it, at least that has been my experience. What did I get you ask? A Purse. That's right you heard right or I guess saw right. It's not an expensive purse but for my first one it's good. I thought about getting a fun color but went with black. I can always work my way up to others. I'm still getting used to the idea of having it. It might look funny tomorrow taking it to church. I can't stop laughing at myself while I'm carrying it. Maybe sometime I'll post a picture to prove I got one.

New Mower

We finally bought a new mower today. We had a hand me down electric one in our other house but it didn't get to come with us. We've been borrowing our neighbours lawnmower, but will no longer have to. We didn't get a fancy gas or electric. It's a good ol' reel mower. I actually had fun cutting the grass tonight.

Day 3 of potty training went well. Quinten was dry the last 2 nights hopefully tonight it continues.

What is going on?

I'm starting to wonder if I should pull the winter clothes back out. This weather is starting to really suck. I know that out east they are feeling a bit differently. I don't want the crazy humid weather but some sun would sure be nice. At least we haven't had to water the grass yet or our new bushes/plant things/shrubs. (Not sure what category they are in) Although I did see someone watering there new grass, while it was raining. Can you say over kill?
I hope wherever you are that you are having a great day, whatever kind of weather.
I just thought a really big bonus for this weather. Quinte has been forced to stay inside so we are trying to potty train him. He was dry all night last night and so far all day too. Except for poops. At least it's not on the floor. Sorry no poop stories.

Holla

To all my peeps out there, HOLLA!

lawn mowing

Who mows the grass at your house?

I mowed today and because of all the rain I think it might have been longer than last weeks mowing. We cannot let it get that long again. It's going to have to be a twice a week job. I knew that our yard was bigger than our last house but seriously, it felt like I was mowing forever. I might be exaggerating a bit.

Now back to the packing.

All grown up

Tomorrow is the parent meeting for Kindergarten. Which means I'm growing up. I find it hard to believe that I am Mom to someone who will be going to kindergarten in a matter of months. Taylor is really excited about going in the fall so I hope she feels the same way when the day actually comes. I've already told Chris that I won't be going alone. Not sure if it is apparent but I can be a bit emotional. ;) I'll probably need his shoulder to cry on.

Just curious

I've tried out a few features on my sidebar. I'm curious as to where people are coming from to read our blog. So far I like the one I added today the best. Now I need to try and update more often. Don't be afraid to drop us a line.

A question for today: How is it that 2 little kids can make such a mess in just a couple of hours? Argh!

Stop growing up

Our kids are growing way too fast. Now that Spence can pull himself up to furniture has figured out how to walk along. He's not fast. But he's growing up too fast. I'm really going to miss all of these different stages.
Speaking of babies I forgot to mention in my previous posts about our friends that lost their twins, but were pregnant again. They had a healthy baby boy a couple of weeks. I know they'll make great parents. Continue to keep them in your prayers. Thanks!

Now that I have 5 weeks till I do it, I'll say that I am doing the Stampede half marathon. I'm a little nervous about it that I won't be quite ready, but then other days I think I will be. It should be interesting. I'm really enjoying running. Chris will be doing it with me, and he hates running but wants to support me. What a great husband. I don't take him for granted.

Well that's all for now. Happy Monday to all!

8 months old

8 months today. Wow! Where has the time gone? He now weighs in at 17lbs and measures in at 27 1/2 inches. He is an inch and a half bigger than the other 2 were at this age and 1/2 pound heavier. Maybe we have a future NBA star. Okay who am I kidding, the tall genes aren't that strong.

Today is the first day in a long time that I feel caught up around the house. I'm sure that will change very quickly tomorrow. I guess it helps when the kids play outside most of the day.

I'll leave you all with a few pictures. Must take more pictures been a bit of a slacker lately.

Taylor is big into measuring lately.This is how I am greeted after naps and the morning. He is so proud of himself.

The goings on

Not much has been happening in Lobbster land. Except for a certain baby pulling himself up to standing on everything. Crawling around, getting into things, bugging his brother and sister now that he can get at the toys they are playing with. He's growing up way too fast. Taylor continues to impress us at soccer. She has come miles from last year. Quinten has been quite the little ham lately. Maybe a future comic who knows. I love just watching them play and just being the innocent kids that they are.

Pictures as promised

Quinten supervising Doing their "homework" End of the Mother's day race. Post 10K Finally got her on the diving board.
Our little fish who didn't want to be held on to. He loved jumping off the side.

Flying high
flying high
Didn't get pictures of Spencer swimming, but he loved it.
Hanging out by the pool.

One of the dirty times.

Long weekend

A couple of weeks ago we decided to buy a tent trailer from a guy Chris works with. We don't want the kids to miss out on those types of experiences. So we put it to good use this weekend. We went to Pine Lake with the Presley's, Haskey's and Whitbread's. We a had a great time. THe only downside was forgetting the playpen at home. Trying to sleep with a baby wasn't too fun. And trying to get Spencer to sleep was interesting too. He kept trying to climb over my barriers. But other than that we had a good time was had aby all. Ate lots of crap which should make for an interesting run today. I've got pictures, mostly from swimming, I'll put them up when I get a chance.
Another bonus is that we got home yesterday and part of our fence was done.
Hope ya'll had a super d'duper weekend.

Continued prayer

Please continue to pray as Jaymee has her surgery today at noon. A&T would appreciate everyone rallying around them at this time.

Visit

We had a really nice visit with Jaymee and A&T. You guys impress me so much with how positive you are and your strength. Please continue to pray for them.

A first

I took the kids to the mall to pick up Spencer's pictures. My kids were so good. No whining, no fighting, no asking for stuff, no crying and they sat and ate their lunch without me bugging them to eat and no running away from me. I noticed this older lady (probably in her 70's) watching us. As I was getting the kids ready to keep shopping she passed by and told me I had very well behaved children and I'm doing a good job. That just topped off my day. I am having such a great day. Just finished a great run. Grey's is on tonight. A blizzard would be great to top off the evening but I don't think that is going to happen. I'll leave you with Spencer's pictures.

I heart flyers

I really do love getting flyers. When we moved into this house we didn't get any. I was slightly disappointed. In the old house I would love to look outside on Thurs and Sunday's. (Flyer days)
I know I'm weird. Because we moved onto a street that was still in the works they won't deliver flyers. I guess the whole street has to be finished to get them. I guess our street is done enough because you guessed it we got a nice compact bundle of flyers yesterday. Now that I've bored you all.
This week seemed to fly by. The kids went with Grumpy and Nana to the Wiggles. Taylor has seen them before but not Quinks. They loved it. I pretty much had to tear them from the ceiling they were jump around so much with excitment. Then Sarah was born. So exciting. What a beautiful baby. Thanks guys for the snuggles. You're already making 3 look easy. And of course the snow will NOT stop. Ah spring in Alberta. And that brings us to today. What to do? I'm sure we'll find something. Have a great Monday. Mine is apparantely starting with temper tantrums. Good times.

Just say no to eggs

Well tried having a poached egg again. Yuckarama. Must have been a fluke that I liked it. I will resume eating my eggs either scrambled or in omelet form.

Now for the important stuff. Spencer has finally cut his first tooth. And he is a biter, Yowza. He is now army crawling, backwards crawling and getting up on his knees. I'm sure by the end of the week he will be almost real crawling.

Taylor and Quinten continue to amaze me with what they are learning. If you get a chance ask Taylor to tell you some knock, knock jokes. This is one of our favorites. (the joke was originally told to me by Steve. Thanks Steve we've really enjoyed it.)

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Pile up.
Pile up who.
HeeHeeHee!

I know I'm such a kid.

Well I am going to get back to the hockey game. Happy Monday!

I hate eggs

Okay so maybe hate is a strong word. I dislike them very much. I will eat them scrambled or in an omelete. Other than that blech. I think it is the yoke that I dislike so much. Yet today Chris gave me a taste of his poached egg and I liked it. I liked it so much that I had him make me one. It's so weird. Normally I would have gagged. I must just have been in the mood for it. Not sure it will be a regular occurance.

Swapping P words

We no longer are having poop issues with Quinten, thankgoodness. We now are having puke issues. Thankfully it is baby puke but it still stinks and stains. Therefore we have been going through a lot of prosolve and baby wipes. My favorite are the baby wipes. They get the job done and are handy. A little costly but great cleaner uppers. (I know I can't really say that.)And because of the puke we have a 4 year old gagger. I think she has her Dad's stomach. It could be just drool and she is gagging.

In other news Spencer got himself up on his knees and is skooching backwards. He's growing up too fast. I don't think it will be long before he is full on crawling. He wants to keep up with his sister and brother. It's kind of sad to know that this is the last for us.

It's back

I routinely check Shaw on Demand to see if Dexter is back on. Chris says I'm obsessed. Well my obsession with the show has paid off. I just checked and it's back. And of course I ordered the last episode right away so that when Chris gets home tonight we can watch it. I'm pretty excited. I know some of you must think I'm a freak. Woohoo!

God is Good

One of the blogs I have been reading is about a husband and his wife, who has cystic fibrosis. They also have a baby girl who was born 24 weeks early. His wife has been waiting for a double lung transplant. They just posted that his wife has been taken down to the OR for her transplant. Please pray for them right now.

Oh Dexter....

how I long to watch you. Recently Chris and I have been watching the tv series Dexter. On Shaw on demand it is unedited and free, and we can also watch them whenever we want. Or so we thought. There are 24 episodes and on Saturday night we watched episode 23. Chris fell asleep so I didn't think it would be fair to order the 24th one and watch without him. Sunday we went to order the last episode and it is gone from shaw on demand. In hind sight I should have ordered it and we could have then watched it. (Once you order you have 24hours to watch.) NOw I am on the hunt for it. If I have to buy the series I will. I even looked again today to see if maybe they put it back on. No such luck. I was really into the show. Very dissapointed am I.
Today was vaccination day for Taylor and Spencer. Taylor was adament that she would not be getting a needle. Well she was right about a needle. She was lucky enough to get 2. Boy did she fight it. For a little girl she sure is strong. Spencer wasn't too thrilled about his either but it didn't help that the poor kid is sick. Spencer weighs in at 15 lbs 7 oz and 25 and 3/4 inches. Taylor is 35 lbs and 39 1/2 inches.
Last night we had a little camp out in the bonus room. The kids thought it was so great. (Taylor's words.) We had Subway up there and for those that know we don't let them eat on the carpeted areas very often. That in its self is a treat. THey got to have chips and pop, in the can. Another treat. THen had banana boats. Yummy! I think the kids liked having the whipping cream sprayed in their mouths better than the banana boats. We then watched a movie and all slept out on the floor. I didn't have a great sleep. It was the one night that Spencer got up lots. The kids slept great though. They had so much fun they asked if we could do it again tonight.
That's all for now. Who knows what the next days ahead hold in store.

It's been awhile

I'm sure my blog readers will remember the lady from Penticton calling me a bad Mom, and a few other incidents of people trying to tell me how to parent. Well it has happened yet again. This time I just gave the lady the ol', uncomfortable laugh. Like what ever you say, chick. I have to say it didn't really bother me this time, okay as much. I was out with the kids yesterday at the mall and Quinten was being quite loud. THe girl at the till was trying to talk to him to get him to stop. She first said to me maybe he doesn't want to be in the stroller. Ya think, what kid likes to be in the stoller especially when his big sister gets to walk. Then she asked him if he was going to go to the park when we got home. So my reply was that probably not as it would be nap time. In response to that she said I should let him have fun too. Actually her exact words were, "You should let him have fun too, you know." And I of course can't write what her tone was like. Sorry that was a long way to describe the events. That aside we had a pretty good day.

A day of playing

cartwheel in case you can't tell.
Quinks upset because he wants to go outside. He's not wearing any pants but does have his rubber boots on.
First time having green beans. Yumm! (Hey Grumpy?)

This is how I found Quinten the other night.
So proud to be sitting.
Yes he dressed himself, from the too small bin.
Hand stand time.

That's so cool

I find as parents we know that our kids are learning from us but always worry about the bad stuff they might pick up. I've gotten back into running and Taylor is very aware of this. Everyday she asks if I'm going to go running or out for excercise. She has also asked if she can start running. We were hanging out after lunch and she asked me if I wanted to go for a run with her. I was taken back. Of course tears came to my eyes. I love that she wants to do this with me and I'm glad that i can be a positive influence on her. After the last couple of weeks being kind of hard it was nice to spend sometime with just her. Hopefully we'll get a chance to it again very soon.

Amazed

I have been reading some amazing blogs lately. I am drawn in by their faithfulness to God. They've all gone through some sort of challenge in their family(mostly kids) but they still remain faithful followers. I'm not sure what else to say about them. Maybe someday I'll add them to my links.

Nothing much new has happened here at the Lobbsters house. I tried the bananas and they are fine. I wonder what our next experiment will be. Any suggestions?

They're ready

A few things are ready today. Quinks got a new bike, he's ready to learn. Spencer is ready to crawl. He figured out that he can creep along while pushing his legs. And the bananas are now ready after 3weeks to be eaten.

On to week 3

Almost 3 weeks and the bananas are still green and hard. Had to buy new ones again. I'm sure I have more exciting things to say but I have kids fighting, as usual, so no time for more.

New Experiment

2 weeks ago I bought some very green bananas thinking in a few days we would be able to enjoy them. They're still green. So now we are going to see how long they will last. Will they rippen or go bad first? Who knows. But now we are curious.

About the same

Spencer will be 5 months either Friday or Saturday, seen as there is no 30th. I had him weighed yesterday. 14 pounds 11 oz and 25 1/2 inches. I thought he was going to be our "big" kid. He's pretty much areound the smae as the other 2. I find it all very interesting. He is a rolling machine. He doesn't crawl yet but has figured out how to roll and roll and roll to get the toy he wants. I love just watching the kids playing and learning all on there own.
We gave in and bought a Wii. One came available to us. Chris and I have a friendly competitive relationship and the Wii is no exception. I suck so he pretty much beats me at everything, but we still have fun trying to beat each other. Taylor loves bowling and Quinten is happy to play with the nunchuk. He thinks he's playing.
That's all for now. I should probably get off my butt and get some laundry done.

Aw Shucks

Thank you to everyone for the encouragment. Desiree is right. It takes those 9 months to put on the weight and it doesn't just magically fall off. Especially when you gain more than 50 pounds. Not sure how that happened. But only 11 to go. So I have to keep that in mind that alot has already come off. Oh the things men don't have to deal with. Better go. I think the Presley boys are here. Have a great day!

I heart shopping..... maybe

Well at least I thought I did. Yesterday Chris and I had an opportunity to go shopping by ourselves (and Spencer). Do you think I could find any clothes? No of course not. Why is it that some people after they have a baby are right back in there "skinny" clothes and they have no extra skin or anything? And then there's people like me who have to work our butt's off, literally, to get back to "normal". Or at least close to normal. It's frustrating but I knowing I'm not in the skinny category I will continue to work at it. It might be slow but I have to keep telling myself it will happen. So maybe in a month I will try the whole shopping thing. I will not give up. I even suggested that I buy a purse. I know.
Tonight a lovely evening was had by all in our scrapbooking group. We made this cool box thing. Thanks Karri for always coming up with cool ideas and all the preparation that goes into it. I think I can speak for our group and say that we don't take you for granted. We definately appreciate it and you.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Happy Monday.

Hmmmm.....

What's new in the Lobbster house? Well Spencer is a rolling machine both ways. Can't keep the kid still. He's almost 5 months old and I feel like the time is just flying by. Taylor and Quinten seem to surprise us everyday in what they are learning. And they continue to make us laugh. And Chris is so great. He just asked me if I was at the part where I say that. So that is for you sweetheart.
Yesterday we spent the afternoon/evening with family. A little skating at the lake and then back to our house for special hot chocolate (sweet potato surprise) and pizza. I had a really great time. And Maguire and Taylor didn't get into any kind of trouble. I think it might have been a first. I wish we could spend more time with family. And that's all I have so far.
Hope you all had a great long weekend and a superb week ahead.

Happy Valentine's Day!

So around here it is pretty much just like any other day. I gave the kids and Chris some chocolate. Tonight we are going to have heart shaped pancakes and chocolate covered strawberries. Chris and I normally don't do anything special. Normally he is working the night shift and this is so exception. So today is just an excuse for us to eat like crap. Good thing I worked out this morning.
On a side note in case you haven't noticed but I haven't blogged about poop lately. Today I was feeling on the edge and put Quinks down for his nap sans duct tape. Cross my fingers there isn't a mess when I go get him.
Well I just got Quinten up and I'm happy to report no mess. At least not with poop. The bed is stripped but that is a mess I can clean up. Yeah Quinks!
Well I hope you have a great I love you day!

Picture time

I've been somewhat of a crappy blogger lately. Maybe it's because I wonder if anybody is still reading or even cares to read about my life, for that matter. But I will carry on even if Chris is the only one to read. I haven't posted any pictures lately and thought it was time.
Taylor is big into doing whatever Daddy is doing.

Spencer's 4 month picture. He actually likes being on his tummy. Quinks likes to share everything even if you don't want it. Here is sharing a grape I think.He had already eaten 3 potato pancakes, 2 fruit skewers and in this picture is eating more potato pancakes with the skewers. The kid is an eating machine.

Hope you all have a great week so far and I will try to be a better blogger.

Happy Birthday Jordan!

Hope it was a good one.

Picture me doing an evil laugh

So my mom got me the Deceptively Delicious cookbook. It's a cookbook that uses vegetable purees. So last week I made up my purees. 5 vegetables in total. I still have more to make. I made hot chocolate for the kids and it uses the sweet potato puree. They had no idea. There's all sorts of great recipes. Chicken nuggets with broccoli puree. Even brownies and cookies. I might just have to make some for our pickier friends. I'm actually pretty excited about it. And today our kids ate potato pancakes. Although no puree hidden in them but still great that they would eat them. Woohoo!
This has nothing to do with what I was just talking about but I rolled all our change and have 3oo dollars. So now I have a Wii fund. All I need to do now is find a Wii. I'm pretty pumped about it. Although little things can make me excited.
The kids are great. Chris is great.

Missing Tuesday night dinners. Hopefully Nathan will come lots and Heather will be able to come more often.