Random pictures

 Last Friday Zoe fell asleep late in the afternoon. Her position is very strange and she's really not supporting her head.

 This is a close up where you can tell she has an over bite. I don't know how that can be comfortable.

For Valentine's Day we let the kids help dip strawberries in chocolate. They loved doing it and eating them after.

I love this picture! She is a complete nut! First off the bunny mouth is to a Mr. Potatoe Head and she's covering her ears because Dad was using the saw building the scaffolding.

 These kiddos love their dog although Lola looks kind of annoyed. I was shocked I got the kids looking at the camera at the same time on my first try.

Chase got new church clothes and he looks very handsome in them.

Maeley was so excited to bring some scriptures to church, these are now hers with her name inside. That made her one very happy little girl.

(our Primary puts a penny in a jar for everyone that brings their scriptures then when they have enough they buy a year subscription of the Friend for someone who does not get it)

 Maeley riding Zoe's toy. Maeley gets it, Zoe not so much.

 Zoe would ride this to the bottom of the driveway where I had to stop her or she would go into the middle of the street. She did this over and over again.

Chase posing for a picture. Its been nice that we are warming up and can spend more time outside.

Project In Progress

Since Melanie posted about my current shenanigans on her other blog, I figure I won't double her efforts, but simply redirect you over to there.  We will post before and afters when done.

-Derek (yea, sometimes I blog, but don't get used to it)

Playing video games

Maeley and Chase love their Leap Frog Explorers they got from Christmas. There are chores that have to be done before they can play and rules to obey.

 I think its funny the way Zoe is always sitting next to one of them watching every move.

Last week Chase had put his Explorer down and came down stairs where Derek and I were. Wondering where Zoe had gone Derek found her in her room with the door locked playing his video game. She really thinks she's as big as her brother and sister.

Decision made

Yesterday I took Chase and Zoe to get haircuts. Zoe ended up getting an all around trim. She just didn't have enough hair in the front and sides for a bob cut to work. So pig tails it is for awhile longer. I'm really hoping this hair cut will spark some growth. Thank you to all of those that had suggestions, I really appreciated it.

Zoe's hair

I do not know what to do with her hair.

 Her hair is stringy, super fine, and not growing in the front.

She most definitely has the baby mullet going on. Look how long her hair is in the back. I put her hair in pigtails every day. It's the only way to make her hair look decent.

When her hair first started growing in the back I trimmed it several times. Once I figured I could do pig tails I haven't trimmed it since. Her hair isn't long enough in the front/sides to do a cute bob haircut. I'm terrified that if I take her in to get a trim all around that she will look like a boy.

If any of you have any suggestions please let me know.

ZoZo

Zoe is at a great stage. She repeats almost everything you say. She is just so eager to learn new words. I just love listening to her. Her voice when she prayers is my absolute favorite, its just so sweet. Zoe does get into trouble often though. She wrote on the nightstand in the girls room and it will not come off. I need more spray paint to fix it.  Yesterday she was trying to get in the cabinet with all the books and broke one of the doors off and it cannot be fixed. We ended up just taking the other door off. I'm affraid that the books will be thrown on the floor even more than they were before. Zoe loves books. She enjoys sitting in front of the cabinet and looking through book after book. If I read to her she won't let me stop. She just gets another book and another after awhile it gets old but I'm glad she loves them.

Zoe loves Lola. She actually fell asleep in this position, Lola too.

One thing that she does often that always makes me laugh is, she will jump on the couch while singing "No more monkey's jumping on the bed" until I tell her to stop.

Chase

For Christmas Chase got a bucket of soldiers. FYI he only calls them army guys, not soldiers. He loves these little guys. He sometimes just carries them around in the bucket where ever he goes. A few weeks ago he was sad because Maeley wasn't being nice to him. I was doing my hair and makeup so I told him to set up his army guys in my bath tub. I helped him set them up around the sides and the bottom. He had so much fun doing that. Now he will set up all the army guys just about anywhere. This particular day I had been mopping the kitchen/dining room floor so I moved the benches out.

Maeley's creativity

Yesterday afternoon I I decided to draw out my ideas I have for the fireplace area.

You see the shelves are ginormous. No joke. To fill those shelves takes so much otherwise things just get lost in there. It was fine with our Christmas decor but not now. I hate them. Seriously! And the only place our TV fits is mounted on the wall above the fireplace. 

This is what I came up with. Note: I do not draw well but it gives Derek the ideas I was thinking of, which is pretty much the same as him.

 Maeley watched me do mine and decided to draw one herself. I think its funny because she drew a cactus next to the stereo. She thinks we should have one. I say "No thank you".  I love her details. I just drew rectangles for picture frames but she drew people in them.


 Then she proceeded to her bathroom. I'm not sure why the shower is in between the vanity and toilet but she again did a great job with detail. Except she added a Mickey face on the shower curtain which isn't there but we are planning on putting a couple Mickey Mouse decor in there. She really is picking up on interior design. I love it! Just a couple weeks ago she said, "Mom, I know you and Dad like to paint because it makes our house pretty. I like to be good for you while you paint." I just gave her a huge hug. She totally gets it.  Oh and last summer she actually drew a floor plan of the house we were living in. I was shocked. It looked great for a 4 year old. I'm thinking she must have seem me on the computer looking at houses and floor plans when we were house hunting. It will be interesting to see what she chooses to do when she grows up.

We are freezing!

This morning we woke up to -6 degrees once you factor in the wind chill its much much colder. Ouch. I've stayed in doors without stepping foot outside for a couple days now. The kids enjoyed some play in the snow Tuesday but not for long.

This was the only picture I got with the 3 of them. Chase came inside immediately after this picture was taken. Its funny because he's our child that can tolerate the cold weather the best however he doesn't seem to like snow.

Maeley came inside about 2 minutes after Chase. Zoe however did her little skip around the backyard a few times singing a little song enjoying herself. I think she might have stayed outside longer if someone was with her.

We ended up getting about 3 inches of snow. Not much but that's okay. I've enjoyed having the blinds open the last several days just enjoying the snow. It's so beautiful. And I was beginning to think winter was over. For awhile we were in the high 40's low 50's. When it's not windy its not too bad.