Tid-bits about Connor....

Happy Birthday to you.....

Today my second born monkey is 5!!! I can't even believe it!!! So I figured today would be a perfect time to fill you in on "Tid-bits about Connor".
Connor is a creature lover right down to his soul! He loves creatures of all sizes. Animals, bugs, lizards, frogs, inch worms, caterpillars.... OK, I think you get the picture!

This is "black kitty". He is a cat that lives down the road and visits any time we are playing outside. He seems to really love us and the kids absolutely adore him. Sometimes I think he is a glutton for punishment considering he keeps coming back to the "loving" hands of my children.


This is some kind of green caterpillar that Connor recently found. He loves finding them and letting them climb all over him. A lot of the time he keeps them in a bug catcher for a while and feeds them leaves. This is one of the "lucky" ones, in my opinion, cause he was let go.

Farm animals are a huge favorite of Connors! Here he is milking a goat at a family fun farm day that we went to last year....

This picture is also from last fall when Connor was playing with the frog that was living in our AC unit. He was a really cool looking frog! I think he was some kind of tree climber because his paws were like little suction cups and he could climb up anything. If I had to guess I would say that frogs are Connor's favorite creature.

Here is Connor at his school on his first day. He loves his school! He loves that it is on a farm and there are lots of animals around all the time. Goats, chickens, cats, a bunny, cows, a donkey, fish, and lots of bugs.... Connor's idea of heaven on earth!

This is Connor on the beach last summer. In the boat and the bucket are hermit crabs that he collected that morning. He had a blast making castles for them and taking care of them all day. After we got home from the beach we even went out and bought hermit crabs to have as pets!

Connor is such a wonderful little boy with such a compassion for all creatures big and small. I just love him dearly and am sooooo happy to be his mom!

Could he be any cuter?

Seriously, could he be any cuter????

Time is going by so fast....

Yesterday morning while I was still laying in bed one of the children came into my room. By looking out of the corner of my eye I could tell it was Connor because of how tall he was. Imagine my surprise when I turned to see Maggie. When did she get so tall? When did her jammie pants start looking more like capris? Did this possibly happen just the night before as she slept or has it been slowly happening and I didn't notice?

It seems like just a few weeks ago that we took these pictures of her tiny parts when she was three weeks old....


I don't think more then a couple of weeks have gone by since she was shoving her mouth as full as possible with her first ever bites of cake when we celebrated her first birthday....

Wasn't it just the other day she was started acting like a mommy to her dolls??

She is growing up so quickly and time is going by so fast! Boy was I glad when she climbed into bed and snuggled because it won't be long before that passes too!!!

Zippity Doo Da....

Zippity doo da, zippity day, my oh my what a wonderful day. Zippity doo da, zippity day, Daddy made a zip line so we could play. Plenty of sun shine, laughter and play! Zippity doo da, zippity day!
Chris worked very hard to put up a zip line for the kids! It is kinda a birthday gift for Connor but I guess it is more a gift for everyone. When we received the box in the mail yesterday neither Chris or I were convinced it would be a safe idea. After sleeping on it Chris decided to put it up and give it a try. If we still felt it wasn't safe we could take it down and try again in a few years (it goes up to 225 pounds). I am happy to say it is up and we are confident that it is safe for our monkeys! It was a balance for sure to make it fun for all the kids given their different heights but I think my talented hubby got it perfect.

The kids just love it!!!!

They go fast enough for them but not fast enough that I am at all worried...

Zippity doo da, zippity day, my oh my what a wonderful day!!!!

Surprise!

Sometimes I get good surprises and sometimes I get not so good surprises......
I thought I would share one of my recent not so good surprises with you....
A couple of weeks ago I was busy feeding Ben while Maggie and Connor played down in the basement. Not long after I started feeding Ben the other two ventured upstairs and into the bathroom. A minute later I asked what they were up to. Connor's answer was, "playing in the water" and Maggie said, "we are making blue water". Honestly this was not a big red flag for me for two reasons. One being, the kids play in the bathroom sink all the time. This really isn't a big deal in my opinion and they don't typically make too much of a mess. The other reason it wasn't a red flag was that Maggie has a wonderful imagination.
They played for a bit and then left the bathroom. I totally forgot about them being in the bathroom and went on with my day. It wasn't until about an hour later when I went in to use the bathroom that I found this.......

Oh, WOW! Paint! Dishes! Towels! Wash cloths! Hand soap! Blue water! WOW! Maggie was telling me the "truth"! They were making blue water! And actually with the mix of the blue paint and the yellow soap they also made green water!

So, what was my reaction? Well.... OK.... Guess we better clean this up.... Glad it wasn't an even bigger mess because it could surely have been a complete disaster.... Good science lesson.... Let's ask mom next time so she can supervise a bit more.... My days are never boring....

I got my hair done!

I went three days before Ben was born to get a hair cut and seeing that he is now three and a half months old I desperately need to get it done again. As you can guess getting to the hair salon is not an easy thing to find time for.



Well....



I



finally



got



my



hair



done.....

The best part is that it was.... Free!!! Compliments of Connor and Maggie!

No words needed....