Moments from the I phone

Emmy drew a lady bug- 4.5 yrs old-- so cute!

we took some pics for Grammy's b day-- a whole little photo shoot to come-- but here is a preview-- I can't seem to get 3 kids to smile simultaneously.

so close.

almost.

my little sleepyhead-

she might just be the cutest thing ever.

one of his favorite places to be.

fake smiler.

I love these pics-- they totally crack me up.

Emmy with her "puppy sally" he is such a good sport.

world's cutest boy. *and girl

Little sickie

poor little guy~ double ear infection- eye infection- the whole nine yards-- but now he is all better ;)

Jason is 35!!!!

Jason is 35!! We are extremely tight on funds at the moment- so Jason got shavers from Callan and I... Ellie chose a plastic triceratops (a boy toy) and Emmy caught him a giant moth--- Mother Nature always comes through in the end! Happy birthday Babe! Thanks for being the most amazing husband and father out there- and a pretty great doctor too ;)

Package from Grammy

What's going on

Best friends

Little wild ones

My Little Ponies.

On one of our recent walks Emmy decided to re name the family.
Emmy~Rainbow Dash
Ellie~Colorful Dash
Callan~Handsome Prince
Momma~ Pinkie Pie
Daddy~ Handsome Bum
-- obviously, we have busted out my old My Little Ponies. Rainbow Dash and Colorful Dash are the most powerful- according to the authority.

The Jail Guy

Here, in Columbus, convicts are used to maintain the grounds around the city.  Every time that we drive by them- Emmy is fascinated.  She spins endless tales of what they did- wondering if maybe they are in jail due to pushing someone into a pool-- or stealing a child (yep, that's her range of thought).  Well, they were working on our road when we came back from our evening walk~ Emmy was DELIGHTED-- we waved and said thank you for making our neighborhood pretty.  As we walked further down- 2 guys were right in front of our house.  By this point, Emmy was beside herself.  She asked if she could talk to him-- as he was 3 feet away and heard everything-- I, of course, said yes...
Emmy: "Are you a Jail Guy?"
Jail guy: "yep- I am."
Emmy:"Well, what did you do?"
Jail guy: "I sold drugs"
Emmy: "What are drugs?!" (jail guy's eyes widen in surprise)
Me: "I'll tell you about it later~but what's important, is that he isn't selling drugs any more"
Emmy: "Are you making good choices?"
Jail Guy: "yes I am."
Emmy: "good. Well, thank you for doing our lawn. Goodbye!"
 yep. 

Family Evening Walks

River fun!!!

nothing better than a pic of sandy buns.

the river is WAY more fun with Daddy.

not the mud on his tongue....

skipping rocks!

the dam-- the pic underneath is when Ellie's walking stick broke-- the face!

Flat rock park

this was a super cool park-- slippery as can be~ but SUPER FUN!!!

Ems found a snake skin-- it was a party!

Callahan the crazy man!

This one is crazy! In ONE day- he dove head first into FULL tub (see pic) caught a live cockroach-- and was LIVID that I took his favorite friend/pet/snack away-- chocked on a piece of plastic-- and ate more than his sisters do combined ;) he now stands up constantly and cleanly- like he doesn't pull up on anything -- but refuses to take a step on his own ;) though he crazy bounces and waves his arms like he's conducting an orchestra ;)