BUSTED!

We LOVE Nutella around here but don't buy it all that often. I saw the store brand on sale the other day though, and decided to buy some. Justin saw it right away and started using it on his favorite Peanut Butter and Nutella sandwiches and the kids didn't discover it for several days after that. That brings you up to speed for this conversation I had with Gracie.

Maggie: Hey, Gracie. Do you want a Peanut Butter and jam sandwich for lunch?

Gracie: (super annoyed) NO. I want Peanut Butter and NUTELLA. And don't think that I don't know what you  and Dad are doing. You're  just trying to keep all of the Nutella for yourselves and not share any with us.

How are kids so smart?  

Veterinary Teaching Hospital- Open House

This open house is an annual tradition for our family here in Fort Collins. The kids get to see animals- snakes, cats, goats, Cam the Ram (CSU's mascot), Horses, ponies, and Emu. They also suited up for surgery on some pound puppies:)

Justin has some of these bones at home as well and the kids love learning the names of all the horse bones.

Hootenanny

 Nanny and Gunner- December 2011

I heard the kids yesterday morning before church.
Gracie: (Yells) HOOTENANNY!
Gunner: (Yells) GRANDPA'S NANNY!!

I think he must have heard "Who's the Nanny?". It made me smile

The most sharing person in our family.

 Maisy was awarded the title of the most sharing person in our little family. She LOVES popsicles. She even has her own version of the word popsicle. She is always good, however, at sharing her treats with Gracie and Gunner. And, just between us, I think the older kids take advantage of it a little:).

 All you have to do is lean over and say "Ahhhh" and Maisy will laugh and hold up her popsicle to give you a bite.

Maisy is a happy girl and gets the giggles a lot.  She currently says Mom, Dad, Hi, Bye, Night-night, Gracie, Popsicle, Banana, Jesus, No, Yes and the occasional other words that you wonder if she really said or not like Diaper or change, or thank you.  She also sometimes blows kisses and loves to give high fives. This weeks marks one year since Maisy's surgery and is also her 17 month birthday. More to come on that. We love you, sharing Maisy.

Underwear Boy

 We're kind of catching the super hero bug around here. One of Gunner's favorite characters (made up by him) is "Underwear Boy". Here he is working his magic.

And Yes... this is our FRONT YARD. In my rookie days I would have only allowed this in the backyard :).

Gracie Girl

 Gracie has had a big couple of months. She learned how to ride a bike without training wheels several weeks ago and practiced and practiced. Now she is a regular pro. It is so fun. Over spring break, our neighbors were outside a lot and she had tons of friends to ride bikes with. I thought if she did get hurt, it would be from a biking accident. But, she came in crying one evening and had fallen on the sidewalk while running. Poor thing. It was one of those scrapes that doesn't bleed but you know will scab. She was a trooper though, and it healed quickly.

 We are working on all of the traditional Kindergarten stuff these days. We are learning how to tie shoes and memorize our phone number and address. Did I already mention that Gracie will be going to full day Kindergarten? I am going to miss her, but really think she will thrive on being there all day. She is getting excited to take the bus!!

Dresser Re-Do

 I got 2 free dressers on Craigslist, pictured above. They weren't the loveliest dressers on the planet, but like I said, they were free and I had been looking for a dresser for my closet because I gave mine to Maisy. Anyway, I know many of you have been redoing furniture for years, but this was my first actual re-do.

 Justin was on spring break and was my spray paint man. I used a special primer on the dressers that didn't require us to sand first either. It was great.

 We spray painted the dresser handles to look a little more modern. The upper ones have been spray painted, the lower one is what it looked like originally.

 One dresser in our bedroom.

One in my closet. Ahhh. It always feels good to finish a project and to learn how to do something new.