Today is his birthday, were gonna have a great time!!!!

Caleb on his 4th birthday
Caleb on his third birthday
Caleb on his second birthday
Caleb on his first birthday
Caleb on his "birth"day

Today my baby boy turned 4! Yes 4!! He came into our world and rocked it and has been rockin' it ever since! We love our lil dude!

Valentines Day home school style

Lil brothers and sisters get to come to
Besties T&K
Our Valentines...Be Mine!
Heart shaped pizza for lunch with fresh fruit and veggies
The Party!

Being a home school Mom there are certain things I don't want my kids to miss out on not being part of an actual school. We have an amazing group of friends that home school so lucky for them they don't have to miss out on a lot!

My dear friend Amie usually opens up her home to host all of our wonderful home school parties. This is the 1st annual Valentine party... home school style!

When you're handed snow make snowmen or ice cream

snow ice cream
even Pia liked it
Big grins
she ate the whole thing
NO yellow snow
getting the snow
the gear


The mid west just got dumped on! I don't even know how much snow we actually got but it is amazing. I think it broke the record for our state. I grew up with snow cold weather and winter 7 months out of the year. I now live far from home and we are lucky to get a couple inches a year.

This week though has been amazing. I look out my windows and I would swear I was anywhere but here. The streets are covered in snow. I haven't bee able to get my car out the driveway for 5days or more.

It is fun though knowing this will probably be once in a lifetime. A friend told me about a fun snow activity I had never heard of. Making ice cream out of snow. My children are young and they love the snow but I was so unprepared. All we have are rain boots, only one of children has a "real" coat and our gloves are fleece for warmth not waterproof for snow. So this was the perfect activity for us.

Wow Mommy that is AW. Some

Our driveway
a look down our street
My Knight in Nikes digging us out
We knew a storm was coming through the night but we had no idea what we would wake up to the next morning. This morning we looked out the window to see TONS I mean TONS of snow! We were so unprepared with gear. I had gone to the store and gotten food etc... but we have no sleds no snow pants etc... I did my best with what we have because the kids wanted to go on a snow hike. They started this last Christmas when we were in PA visiting my parents.

My father LOVES to hike and he loves to take the kids when we come. Normally it is spring, summer fall but we did manage to head back last year for Christmas. He took them on their normal spring hike but this time it was covered in snow thus the snow hike. Living in OK we rarely get snow and we NEVER get it like this!

Anyway I got out all the gear I could to pile on them and off we went into the winter wonderland. Caleb buried waist deep in snow soon realized this pretty white fluffy stuff was a lot cooler when it wasn't down his boots covering his legs and falling to the point he couldn't see. We made it to the end of our driveway not kidding probably 15ft before everyone was following me back inside I was going to get the camera they were coming back in!

So the snow hike was very short to the end of the driveway and back 30ft tops! Oh well Daddy made chili we ordered Secretariat on paper view and had a wonderful day trapped inside enjoying the snow through the windows.

Oh the title for this blog is what Caleb said to me when he was up extra early this morning at a little before 7. We got to open the front door and check out the snow before all the other sleepy heads and he said WOW MOmmy that is AW. SOME so cute love that little dude!

Accidents Happen

When Daddy is around there is a lot more wrestling, running, jumping and rough-housing and of course with all of those things accidents happen. Kyan had been gone the last couple days and when he got home the amigo's were wild and wanting the rumpus to start!! I am not quite sure what game was being played maybe the "blob" ( Kyan goes under a blanket and as the kids run by he sucks them into the blob tickles them and spits them out from under the blanket) Maybe it was just an ol' fashion race, or jumping from the table to the couch not sure.

I was sure however that something bad happened when I heard Khloe say. "OW that really hurt!!" There was a silent loooong pause and then a scream! Te I hold my breath until I can unleash the war cry kind of scream. It was Caleb poor Caleb. Some how is lip met her knee and the rest is history...game over!

After his lip had stopped bleeding and a few minutes passed I was able to with out guilt take a few sweet pictures of his first fat lip.

At least it happened during a game and not a fight!

Cutest Tush in Town

There is really nothing like a baby, is there? I can't think of any other feet I would like to kiss or put in my mouth to munch. No other nose I would wipe with my bear fingers. No other open mouth I would let give me a slobbery, droolie kiss and NO other tush in town that I love more than this one...well except the other 2 amigos, but you get it. There is nothing like a baby.

I was watching sweet Pia crawl across the floor that tiny little tush rocking side to side with every pitter patter step. It is so cute! I often think of how she feels like warm homemade bread, so soft and squishy like a buttery dinner roll. There is truly nothing like a baby.

With this being my last child I can't help but soak in the babyness that surrounds her. The little lips that pout just right, the button nose, the big blue eyes the buttery cheeks, the swollen belly that fits perfectly into the palm of my hand and never needs sucked in. The square puffy feet that have never walked, the ruff patches on her knees that crawl miles before they straighten out to walk and that tiny tush, that sweet sweet nothing like it babyness.

SnOw DaY

after the snow for hot coco
cooling it off
snowflake princess
he was cold and yes a little bit cranky
BOOTS
cheesing it up for the snow
snow kissed
BOOTS
trying to catch flakes

Today we woke up to a very light dusting of snow on the ground. Fingers crossed that the afternoon would bring more flakes, maybe even enough to cover the ground. After Khloe and I finished school and Caleb woke up from his nap, heavier larger flakes began to fall.

The ground was by no means covered but it was still fun to have the little bit we got.