Easter

This posting is a little late but I forgot I took these pictures on Easter. Since we were all sick with the flu we didn't go to church or get dressed up. The kids looked for Easter Eggs and I took the required picture of the baby on the easter grass.

Logan and Lukas

Here is a pic of my friend Rebecca and I and our two boys who are 3 weeks apart. We have been friends for over 15 years!!!! And now our boys will be friends for their whole lives and we wanted to start documenting it from the beginning.

black and white

I took these pics of Logan and thought I would share them with you. I love taking close up pics of my babies. I took these pics in color but thought the B&W was fun.

Baby shower mirror

I have put up the mirror my wonderful friends and family made for my baby shower for Logan. It resides in our family room that is still awaiting a coat of taupe paint that will really make the mirror "pop". Ha ha. What am I, on HGTV or something?
I must brag that I have it up on my wall already. I thought it might take me, oh ... about 18 months or so to get it up. My friend, who shall remain nameless, has still not put hers up so I thought there must be some magic trick to it. But no, just 15 minutes and a tube of super duper glue. I even put the tiles on upside down the first time. So hopefully this post will inspire her to get hers done too and post a picture of it. (Another friend has one awaiting hanging as well but her baby was just born a few weeks after mine so she gets some leeway. They were sort of a trend in our group. A great way to celebrate subsequent babies who don't need a bunch of baby essentials.)
Let me know if you want to borrow my glue JK!!

who's who?

These are pic s of my 3 kids at about the same age. Don't they look almost identical? When they are awake they look fairly different but asleep they look alot alike. how funny. the first photo is logan, then Noelle and Wyatt. Sorry about the underlining. Don't know where that came from.

Happy Birthday to you!

Here are some pics from Noelle's birthday party. The girls had a ton of fun. They played Princess, Princess, Queen (Duck Duck Goose), Pin the crown on the Princess and Toss your Polly Pocket Princess into a Bowl (game courtesy of Gracie)

This post is so late because I wanted to ask Noelle some questions to be repeated every year on her birthday to see how they change as she grows up. If anyone has any good ideas for more questions let me know. These were the few that came to mind. I will surely add more over the years as she grows in comprehension and I can ask more in depth questions.

What is your name? Noelle Elyse Landolt
How old are you ? 5
What do you look like? A girl, a pretty girl.
Who are your friends? Audrey, Gracie, Madisen, Korina, (anyone else?) I think that’s all.

What is your favorite outfit? My Cinderella outfit and Aurora outfit and all my other princess outfits.
What is your favorite food/drink? Macaroni and cheese, juice.
W What is your favorite toy? Polly pockets
What is your favorite color? All the girl colors, pink, purple, turquoise,
What is your favorite TV show? My princess movie
What is your favorite game? Vsmile
What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? Cuddle Daddy? Play Wyatt? Play Logan? Cuddle
What do you like about school? That we always do different things.
What is your favorite thing to do at school? Crafts
What don’t you like at school? I like everything at school, except for coming home.
What makes you angry? When people don’t share with me and when they don’t say nice things to me.
What makes you happy? Playing with my friends.
What makes you sad? That I hurt my knee when I fell and I cried.
What makes you excited? When my friends come over.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A princess a lifeguard
What do you think about God and Jesus? That they are special (why?) because Jesus is the father and they live in heaven.
Where do you live? In Mexico, kidding. I don’t know

Apparently we have some theological work to do. She really does know more than that, I have asked her before. She also knows where we live but it is fun to hear what comes out of her mouth. Her friend Kaitlyn who we talk about a lot lives in Mexico so I am assuming that is why she said that.

Well I cannot believe I have a 5 year old!!! 5 is definately a kid age. No longer little kid but legitimate kid. It does make me feel more mature in my motherhood to have actually raised a child to the ripe old age of 5. Although I must brag a little. I got a haircut the other day and the lady asked about my kids. I said I had 3 and the oldest was 5. She said" Wow, you must have gotten married really young!" I said "Not really, I was 21 and I am 30 now." She was shocked and couldn't believe I was that old. Apparently she was thinking I was a teenager when I got pregnant. So I need to hold on to this great discrepancy between my looks and my age for several more years when it will really be useful.

twins?

I am so excited to dress the boys in matching clothes.
This is the first outfit I bought that matched.
Aren't they cute?

Our Family

Do we have cute kids or what?!?!?
I am so happy with my 3 kids. I am glad we decided to have another one. I thought I was going to be done with 2 but it never quite felt like a family. Now these 3 adorable kids feel like a family!



It is so fun to have them all at different stages and enjoying and interacting with each other.

Our little songbird

Turtle, Turtle,
Turtle, Turtle
I made you, I made you
I cut you out and then
My teacher stapled you together
I love you, I love you
and my whole family.
(sung to the tune of Feres jacque)

Noelle made up this little song about the turtle she made in preschool today. How cute!

What a deal!

I was so excited to get this Bumbo seat for $6.95!!! And just my luck it was blue. If it had been purple I would have had to get it anyway for that price. I got it at Robin's Walk-In Closet which is a small consignment store that has great prices but not a lot of selection. I have gotten a ton of deals there but you have to check in often. Logan loves his new seat!