April Randomness

I can't believe April is almost over!  How did that happen??

 Piper is definitely learning the ropes from her big brother and sister on how to play.

 She wanted to take a nap in the laundry room...oh Laney!

 I keep her busy during the kids' swim lessons with food, this girl is ready to get in the water!

 The goggles are her favorite part of swim lessons.  Not only does she love to chew on them, she loves to wear them too ;).

 On Mondays, my mom has the Souders' kids so she picks up Cooper and drops him and Gunner off at preschool.  She picks the boys up and they often stay for lunch and to play.

 Lola loves when there is extra high chair girls here ;).

 The kids are still in swim lessons and doing well.  Cooper is learning to dive.

 Laney wrote this the other day and I was stunned!  She can write her name but I didn't know she could write Piper as well!!!  Ok-not everyone would notice that as Piper, but as her mother I recognized it right away!

 Laney is still in dance once a week-her recital is in a couple weeks.  She has really loved it!

 Laney Faith totally knows how to entertain herself!  I think it's a second child thing??  Cooper still asks all the time for me to play with him, she rarely does.  She was in my shower with lots of my Stella & Dot things sending emails.

 Next up was salon time while Piper napped.

 We have been a family of 5 for over a year now, so it's time to get rid of the 4 seater table!  I told Coop to take a picture of us at this table one last time and this was Adam's reaction ;).  

 Laney hopped right up and said she would take a picture with me!

 This table has been a part of our 6 houses in 3 states over the last 11/12 years-lots of miles traveled in a trailer!  

 My sister helped (ok-she did it all) recover the chairs a couple years ago. 

 Our new table!!!  I stopped by my friend Ali's house a couple weeks back and she had me check out some tables she just painted to sell...with no idea I would be interested.  As soon as I saw this one, I knew it would be perfect and I had to have it!

 I adore it, now I just need chairs to match.

 At the top he drew a F=fine face, H=happy face, S=sad face.  I can't remember what the rest of the illustration was about.

 Awful lighting!  They had taken all our little people animals and created a zoo.  They had the animals in all different categories and played for an hour!

 He hates that his sisters like to erase his drawings, so he has me take a picture to remember it ;).

 The Stella & Dot CEO, Jessica Herrin, came to KC and some of the KC stylists got to have dinner/drinks with her.  It was basically like an episode of the Bachelor...25 women eating/drinking, all trying to get one-on-one time with her ;).  She was so gracious and kind!  It's not everyday you get some one on one time with the CEO in the business we are in-it was an incredible opportunity!!  She's the one in the middle.

 My big kids have been nap resistant lately...I know, it's tragic...for me.  It's actually tragic for everyone around 5-6 because that is when the no nap meltdowns kick in.  I found Laney like this yesterday as we were leaving for swim lessons.  She was sound asleep on the playroom floor.

She is still driving us crazy cracking us up every day, all day.

5 days without Adam...we survived ;)

Adam being gone 5 days at a time, and over the weekend, used to be the norm.  Thankfully it's not the norm anymore.  He does travel but it's always during the week and not for 5 days!  We did survive and had lots of fun too!

I was trying to text with my girlfriend Julie that is due anyday with her first baby and I was attacked by all 3 kids!

I told Julie to enjoy her last few days of quiet ;).

She sweetened the moment.

Adam asked for a pic of the 3 kids...Piper was super happy about it.

We went to my parents one afternoon to play outside with Gunner and Landree.  My mom and Coop played an intense game of baseball.

Alli and Rusty had the fam over for a delicious dinner!  Rusty made that picnic table!  If you need one for your kids, let me know and I will get you in touch with him.

Friday morning I took the big kids to the Coterie Children's Theatre at Crown Center to see Cat in the Hat.  We had read the book and watched the movie so they were excited!  She randomly requested pigtails that morning.

I wasn't sure what they would think of the play but they LOVED it!  They thanked me over and over for taking them and wanted to know when they could go again. 

In the room next door, they had a Fairytale Village set up.  

We were amazed by these Lego creations and the kids wanted their pics taken by them.

Friday night we walked up to the school carnival.

We waited in line for 20 minutes for Laney to get her face painted.  The carnival was crazy town so Alli took the babies home.  Thanks to her, the kids and I were able to enjoy the carnival.

The first time they played the Cake Walk, Laney won.  Except it's no longer the cake walk, it's the junk food walk...totally not the same.  No homemade goodies anymore, what is happening to this world?!?!

I had such a fun time with my big kids!!

These 2 greeted me in bed before 7am on Saturday morning.  

 We were dressed and ready for his game and then it got rained out 5 minutes before we were walking out the door. 

 Grandma brought over donuts to cheer up the gloomy morning.

 My sister and I took the kids to Rainbow Play Systems indoor play center.  It was so fun, despite a few hiccups.

We played lots of board games.

Piper loves the drawer with all their cups and plates.  Her favorite thing is to throw them all out.

Nothing says fun like a grocery store trip with 3 kids.  Laney was too busy throwing herself on the floor to smile for a picture.

Coop's Sunday soccer game didn't get rained out...will write more about it later.  

We came home and while Pippi took a nap, Laney and I cleaned out my car and Cooper practiced baseball in the driveway.

She loves to color now!  And I love that she has found an activity that isn't 100% destructive.

As Piper (quickly) outgrows clothes, I just throw them in her closet-yikes!  Who else feels like it's a part-time job keeping up with changing out closets with clothes that fit their kids??  I finally cleaned that mess up...3 big tubs of clothes!  You can see her closet floor again, at least for the next few days ;).

Adam came home Monday night and they kids were over the moon happy to see him and me too!