More pictures from the wild painting party

Crazy monsters in the tree!

And a wild Lanny loving watching the big kids

And loving eating big sissy's socks...

From Years Past

1st Annual Painting Naked Party

2nd Annual

3rd Annual photos follow!
These kids are not babies anymore, that's for sure.

3rd Annual Nakie Painting Day!

The Manly Lanny turns 5 Months and Big Sissy Moon turns 3.5

Yesterday was a big day around here, although you wouldn't have known it.
Our sweet Lanny is only one month away from turning the big, scary 6 months (when Moon started to crawl!!!! Yikes!). I am trying to be in the moment with him, but my the time passes so quickly before my eyes that I cannot resist trying to peek into the future a bit.
Today he had a little check up with a new doctor.
He weighs just over 15 lbs and is 26.5 inches long. Lanny was totally exhausted from the trauma of riding in the (very hot) car over to the appointment, so after about 10 minutes he was wearing down and starting to cry. The doctor was so patient and sweet to him and was able to talk him into cooperating just long enough to complete his exam.
The Moonbeam had a super fun morning yesterday playing with Owen at the park. Adrienne and I actually got to have a mama conversation while the big kids played. Chase continues to bet the funnest game in the world and is also the cause of most Moon-Owie drama. Often it's because chasing involves some sort of tool being waved at one or the other. Wild little animals.
Moon ate 5 hotdogs for dinner the other night, weighs somewhere around 35 lbs and I have no idea how tall she is. She is so precocious and is a little lady in every way.
Patrick and I are so blessed. We were talking tonight about how wonderful our life together is, growing children, chickens, food.... We never would have guessed this when we met almost 6 years ago. Is that enough mushy mush for one day? I think it's all I can give for awhile ;)

This must be the reason for having 2 children

I wish I had a better camera because I could have photographed this for days. It was just mind blowing to watch them play together. Lanny would knock down the blocks and Moon would build further from him, then notice that he was bored and push them closer to him to knock them down. Amazingly sweet.

A couple of cute Lanny pictures

When will this poor babies teeth come in? He is so unhappy.

I am going to throw up.

EDITED
Problem solved.
Thank goodness...

Funny Moon Things, take 2

Today Moon says to me "mama, I would like to go to the coffee place. Moon will say "hello, how are you today? I would like chocolate please" ". How funny is that little girl??!! Of course, when we get there she was too shy to say anything at all.
Later on, she wanted to color with her markers in the living room. I suggested that she go get some paper. She responded "mama, Moon isn't that strong. I am just a little girl".
Man do I love her!!!

Photo Booth

I was going through some pictures on Mac PhotoBooth and found this. So cute!

So, for awhile I tried to maintain 2 different blogs, one basically pics, the other basically words.
But it's HARD!!! (whine whine whine) because I want to share some things here and there. So too bad for all of you who are only in this for the pictures, you are getting some of the other stuff as well ;)

This year we are going A/C free it the house! We are allowing it in the car when the kids are in it, and I have no idea if P will actually opt for no A/C on his own, but it's a self monitoring thing. I have the last summers power bill to compare to, so we will look for the difference. We are making other changes as well, but more about that later.

Cuteness

When the Parents are Away...

Patrick and I were in the kitchen.
Moon and Lan made a mess.
Lanny has really started to grab at things and get upset when they are taken away.

Here, Papa was at work, Mama was making pesto, Lanny was sleeping.
Moon was "washing the windows". Only partially naked this time :)

Another Mosaic

This time, your top 12 played iTunes songs. I had to sub in 13 and 14 to fill in the blanks that don't show up. It is so great to look at all of this art while doing this activity. Rewarding, right? ;)

1. house drops, 2. Workers sweating..., 3. Lantern of Hello Kitties, 4. out of tune., 5. yodell ♫ lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo, ♫ lay-od-lay-od-low yodellay, ♫ yodallay, yodal-low… ♫ and they fly low supreme! ♫ little egrets from bali- egretta garzetta ♫, 6. Roots Of Singapore (Chapter One - Ol'Banyan Tree negativedelic), 7. Long-legged Guitar Pickin' Man, 8. Watering the Wall of Indifference, 9. The Bewitching Hour, 10. One Night in Bangkok, 11. 365.115 Tiptoe Through the Tulips, 12. better days

A few more sweet pictures of the Lanny Manny on his mama/papa only night!
And for the record, Moon is having a great time at the hotel pool with Nanny and Papou, "wimming".

This kid makes the best faces!!!!

Landon talks to Papa while Moon visits Nan and Papou at the hotel!

Lanny Sits UP!!!!
As Lan was getting ready for bed Monday night, I noticed that he seemed pretty well balanced when I was going to get his onesie on. I let go and for about 4 minutes or so, sat and leaned forward, then sat back up again. We were convinced he was going to fall over, but it never happened. He eventually started to fuss like he was getting tired. Cute baby boy!

No hands for balance!

Going for the "chocolate chicken". Max and Ruby reference. Be glad if you don't get it. Seriously.

I just did a huge camera dump, so I am starting in on the posts!
This one is rather random, but still cute pictures that I wanted to share.
I have been messing around with new settings on my camera aka "sorry for the crappy pictures I'm really trying to help them be better, not worse"

Double finger chewing
Moon making Ice Cream

Recipe:
2 cans coconut milk
1/4 cup honey
1 T of vanilla (or sooooo)
1 cup cherries
2 T choc chips

Oh, and a naked little girl to make sure the ice cream maker functions correctly ;)

Moon self-portrait

The floor

Unfortunately, I didn't get the best before pics, but here are a couple to give you a good idea of the scene (and the ridiculous amount of kid crap we have!). It was BAD.

And After!

A bit of water stain still shows through, as does some general wear and tear on the floor, but it's 83 years old, so we forgive it ;)

Papa Mike's House

The kids and I had to get out of town for several days while our livingroom floor was refinished. I will post those pics as well. What a difference. We got to spend lots of time with Papa Mike and Great Grandma and Papa came to visit as well.

This final picture is of Moon swaddling herself, like a baby, of course.

The Sibs, Being Cheesy

Lanny, the drool master

and bubble master!

Lanny Manny in his wild new seat from Owen!

A little Mosaic practice
but my lemon didn't show up...



Create a mosaic based on the following questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.


The instructions to create the mosaic are:
Type your answers to each of the questions below into Flickr Search
Using only the first page, pick an image
Copy and paste each of the URLs into the mosaic maker

1. Jessica Got Kissed, 2. Faberge and Popcorn?, 3. West wf vert pan, 4. Black Hole Sun, 5. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, 6. Lemonade..., 7. 20061015_122049 vashista ashram sadhu, 8. Soft Baked Butterscotch-Chocolate Chip Cookies, 9. Enlightened, 10. good vibes, 11. Some days of our lives end in a wonderful warm light and atmosphere... Nu är det gott att leva på en sommardag..., 12. Bell Top Class Picnic-7