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The Difference a Year Makes...

Feb. 2007

Feb. 2008
Feb. 2009

Basement Transformation

Stage 1- as it was when we bought it...

Stage 2- new carpet and curtains...

Stage 3 (done this week-end) may be more difficult to see for those who have not been here yet (plus our bad camera photos don't help) but, new paint on walls and rearranged the furniture...

Zachisms 19

In the car the other day he got the hiccups and told me, "don't touch me, mom" I asked him why and he said, "cause I like you". I asked what would happen to me if I touched him and he said, "you will get the hiccups!"

Zach has wanted Lexi to sleep in his bed with him lately. She will crawl in with him for about 2 minutes and then leave saying she will be right back. Well, after about 3 nights of her saying that and never returning Zach thought he needed to tell her what 'right back' really meant. As she was crawling out of bed saying, "I'll be right back" Zach says, "Lexi when you say I'll be right back it means you go somewhere and then come back!"

A Day in the Life of Lexi

This is where Lexi can be found a good 70% of the time that I am on the computer- on my lap. Makes typing and uploading photos a little more challenging (but I would say that has been the motto of my life the past 6.5 yrs since having kids- everything is more challenging, and definitely worth every minute of it and more:) So she likes to occupy herself with digging through the junk drawer and writing, using scissors, tape, etc...

Watching Kung Fu Panda with her doll (and her doll's new pillow- thanks, Gram!) She can now be heard quoting a good portion of the movie. She still absolutely LOVES it.

Her hair gets a little static crazy these months.

I have been taping her a bit with the videocamera lately and after a few minutes of that (or after taking a few photos) she has started saying, "that's enough, mom!"

She can also be heard saying, "oh, yeah?!" "You want a piece of me?" and "I'm gonna take you down!" again, the girl needs some girls to play with!

Sweet Sleepers

Couch Sleepers

Car Sleepers

Focus on the Family

Whit's End Soda Shoppe

Narnia

Play Room

And... Snow!

Trying to catch a snowflake

Some of the other visitors leaving

Cold is Back

I guess I got what I wished for. If you noticed our little weather button on the side of our blog- we are at 18 degrees this morning! When we came out of Focus on the Family yesterday afternoon - it was snowing. Although when looking down south of town where we lived there was some blue skies. We are in the "banana belt" of the springs and don't get as much snow as the north side of town. So in usual Colorado Springs fashion we have gone from 70 degrees to 17 degrees in no time flat! I have photos from our day yesterday coming.

This & That

We have had the BEST weather the past 5 days! Nearing 70 degrees. Feels like a Jan. in southern california (when they re not having their summer weather in Jan. that is) Yesterday we were at the park in short sleeve shirts, looking for some shade, and I had the windows open at home. Love it. I am still hoping for some good snow days to come though because I feel we have had not too much of the really cold or snowy days yet this winter. I think it may be coming before too long.

Lexi now tells me, "I need coffee!" Oh, no! But I think what she really wants is to stand on a chair next to the counter, stir stuff and throw coffee grounds around everywhere.

The boys are enjoying their Wii games. Maybe too much. The other night I heard Zach crying in bed, when I went in he was not really totally awake and when I asked what was wrong he said, "I can't get to the next level."

Today taking Zach to school he said, "Zhoria says I am her boyfriend, but I am not. She says so, but I don't like the idea."

When Lexi does something good she likes to give high fives. She puts up her hand and says, "Give me my five!"

Lexi uses my hair as a security blanket just like the boys did (even though I swore I would not let it happen a third time- it hurts sometimes!) She has told me a couple times lately, as she grabs for my hair, "I love you (your) hair"

This past weekend Josh wanted to watch the home video of him swimming a race in swim team a couple summers ago, so we watched that and others of the boys when they were younger. They were so sweet and little and cute (it's too bad I was too exhausted and overwhelmed at the time to fully enjoy it!) The boys really liked watching them and were laughing at themselves. It was fun. We did get some of Lexi her first year, but have now realized we have missed the past year of her growth and changes so that is one of my "to do" list items now- video Lexi.

Yesterday we had 2 friends from bible study over in the morning. The moms got to enjoy coffee and adult conversation while the kids played downstairs. Josh has tomorrow off school for a teacher in-service day. We are going to meet my friend Joan and her 2 boys at Focus on the Family to let the kids play.

MLK- Monday

We decided to spend Monday checking out an area of Colorado we had yet to see- southeast of us in the La Junta area. We decided to start out heading east through Ellicot, Yoder, Rush, to Punkin center and then head south to Rocky Ford. (with all three kids squished into the back of the civic, mind you) Bad idea. It was a LONG drive and the most exciting things to look at being tons of tumbleweeds and a pretty good dust storm. 2 hours of our life we need never to repeat. (We took a different route home through Pueblo which was shorter and a LITTLE more interesting scenery)

We finally made it to Rocky Ford and stopped there at a park to have our picnic.

Then headed a little more east to La Junta.

We stopped by this fort, did not tour it but just got out and looked around. It was impossible to hold the camera still for photos- it was SOOOOOO windy. (and dusty)

So it definitely was something different to do, but as far as I am concerned, all the town names you saw on this post- no need to spend much time there if at all. (My camera is not taking very good pictures, of course it could be due in part to the photographer who knows very little of what she does, BUT, I think we have other problems and could be in part to all the little hands that grab and sometimes drop it, and even dropped by mom when she is trying to juggle squirming kids while taking a picture- I am bummed)