What in the world?!

McCoy made up a song he loves to sing and dance to. He does it all the time. It begins with, "the size of your armpits are so annoying." Crazy, huh? Well, last night he came down from his shower and tells me he has a new song. He then proceeds to sing me a song that begins with," shaving your armpits is so much fu-un." What? Apparently while showering in my bathroom he decided it would be fun to use my razor and shave his armpits, arms and cheeks. He though he was pretty cool. Obviously he's not quite ready to shower by himself :)

Any minute now...

Just waiting for the police to show up and ticket us for violating the noise ordinance. OH. MY. HECK. My children have turned into raving lunatics.

A day at the park

It has been soooo beautiful over the last 2 weeks. We've loved being outside. The other day the kids and I decided to go for a hike and picnic at the park. We loaded up and headed out to enjoy the day. It really was a gorgeous day. McCoy took this pic. Pretty good.

Be nice about this pic. I didn't do my hair and have no make-up on.

Here's all the kiddos in the slide. They loved doing pile-ups. Of course, Madden was just added for the pic :)

Day at the zoo

We went to the Potawotami Zoo for McCoy's birthday. We had a lot of fun. Coleman especially loved roaring at the lions, that is until they roared back. At that point he was clinging to the back of my legs :) We all liked the new otter exhibit and the train ride. It was a fun morning.

Madden's first haircut

My sweet Madden finally had his first haircut :( I was not looking forward to this. I think my babies always look so much older once their hair is cut. I finally agreed that he really needed a cut.

Here he is before...

and here he is after...

Still totally adorable. Why was I so worried :)

Makayla and McCoy's birthday party

We've never done birthday parites before this year. We finally caved and let each of our kids have a party this year :) It'll quite possibly be their last :) We decided to combine Kayla and Coy's parties since their birthdays are only a week apart. They had so much fun. They each had 5 friends come. Our big hit was "Chris McTwist". He's a dear friend of our's who just started his own balloon twisting company. He graciously offered to come do balloon animals for the kids so he could practice. The kids loved it!

After the balloon animals we did a pinata. Lots of fun. Then we did water relays, a water balloon toss and a massive (250 balloon) water fight. So much fun. We finished with some games, a rice kirspy cake and ice cream sandwhiches. It was a great afternoon.

We love swimming!

Here's some pics I love. Enjoying another beautiful day in the pool. Love these cuties!

Another tooth down.

Makayla has a serious fear of getting her teeth pulled. She will wait for that tooth to fall out for as long as it takes, even if it's barely hanging on. She's had a super loose top right tooth. No matter how much we tried to convince her, she refused to let Tyson pull it. Well, she was in the pool the other day and had the breathing scuba tube in her mouth. Our neighbor girl decided she wanted it and yanked it right out of her mouth, along with her tooth. She was bleeding but incredibly happby. They spent the next 20 mins trying to find that little tooth in the pool :) We finally convinced them that we could write a note to the tooth fairy and it would be fine. So cute!

Way to go Tyson!

I just had to say Congratulations to my sweetie. He was recently promoted to General Manager of System 1. Way to go T! We are so proud of you and love you more than you'll ever know.

"Drive in movie"... Lee style

A couple of weeks ago we did our version of a drive in movie. It was sooo much fun. We hung a sheet from the swing portion of the playset and used Tyson's projector and a laptop to get the movie showing on it. We brought out lots of snacks, popcorn and rootbeer floats, blankets and pillows and enjoyed the show. We watched "Rango".

The older kids started passing out around 11:00.

However when the movie ended about 11:45, this was Coleman...

still running around stealing the kids treats as they drifted off.

It was a great night!!

Happy Birthday McCoy!

Yesterday my little boy turned 5. WOW! It's so unbelievable to me that he's going to be starting school in 3 weeks. I'm going to miss him durring the day, a tad bit jealous that some teacher is going to get so much time with him durring the day.

Coy, I just want you to know how blessed I feel to be your mom. You are such a fun boy. You are so imaginitive and energetic. I so love your smile. You light up a room when you flash that grin. I love how much you love people. You already have such a "spirit" about you that people are drawn to you, young and old alike. You are such a sweetie.

Happy 5th birthday Coy Coy. I love you lots!!!

birthday highlights: zoo, lunch with Dad, swimming, homemade ice cream, watching a late movie.