Family evening walk valentine's day photo shoot

Jason is my hero-- I just couldn't push the stroller up the hill today ;)

Emmy loves fuZz ball-- and spends too much time with her ;) 

Daddy was home for the night!

It's so nice to have daddy home for the night- here he is snuggling the calendula boy 

And how could he not? With those kissable little lips and luscious lashes.  He is so pretty ;) 

Ellie the fashionista

Elles picked her own ensemble -- the best part is that under the tutu and leggings she has a pair of black jeans on... Backwards.  I just love her- she always adds a little extra flare-- like on Sunday I got her totally ready and she added one of her daddy's ties as she left.  Today it was a ribbon tied like a necklace - often it's a hair accessory.  She then says "don't I look beautiful!" And she always does ;)

Life lately has been a little rough when it comes to breaking things and other craziness

My life looks like this lately... In 2 weeks we have lost 2 huge family pictures- our large mirror (my favorite piece in the house)- various decor items- my butter dish (a souvenir from Poland) and a laptop! It's been rough-- the cold weather is taking it's toll on our house! We need to get outside where running around- hiding behind things and playing with a ball are not destructive decisions ;)

Oh and to add to the joy we've been over run by a mouse colony- my life was ratatouille for a few days there. 

The handyman filled the

Mouse path cracks and holes in the house and we have caught 6 of the little stinkers who were trapped so far-- arg 

Edge of the edge

Here are the little crazies ;) 

They just make me happy ;) 

Practicing letters! It's finally clicking ;)

Emmy is loving her letters and numbers- I'm so happy!!

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Callan's first haircut!!! Jan 11--

It was time- 3 separate people in 1 day said he was a pretty girl... Even though he was wearing a wolverine sweatshirt... 

Chasing after the girls and daddy 

The last "before pic" his little wings had to be clipped ;(-- I was sad - but kept the curls and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

This is the after. Not a huge difference-- but a little more manly ;) 

Before and after from Instagram! 

Fuzz ball's first outing

Fuzz ball joined us at petsmart today- Emmy was over the moon-- I thought it was adorable... Until fuzz ball peed everywhere 

Booky came to visit!! And celebrate Ellie's b day

It was a PARTY!!!! 

There were cupcakes-

There was dressing up and dancing and singing 

And story telling

Playing with new presents

Reading stories

Ellie loved celebrating with cupcakes

We shopped until we dropped

Callan learned how to adjust the oven temp- 450* is his favorite- so Booky's goodbye party was not as charming as I had envisioned it.

My mom was kind enough to take pics of us -- it was a perfect weekend ;) Jason's first day off in over a month and my mom- just what the dr ordered!!

Family Pictures January 19, 2014