What's UP??

What have we been up to lately?

taking care of little babies who aren't feeling so good...isn't he delightful??
and taking care of bigger babies who also aren't feeling so good. We have had a bout of stomach flu that lasts and lasts make its rounds through the kids, not the throw up kind...but still no fun. It's finally made it's way to me YUCK YUCK.

Bella is expressing her independant fashion taste lately. My mom picking her up from pre school commented, "she looks like a bag lady". Sometimes it's just easier to let her wear what she wants and freeze than fight her on it, she is soooo stubborn. Her new favorite outfits are the one below, accentuated with a large bright yellow scarf of mine that she wears like a pashmina and her ballet tights, leotard and skirt that she insists is appropriate pre-school attire if you just add the skirt below and a cute sweater to the ensamble. She truly wears this skirt at least 3 x a week. She is almost as bad as David who tries to sneak to school in the same holey sweats every day.


My lovely birthday cake, that my sweet husband...otherwise known as my BFF (BEST FRIEND FOREVER for those who didn't go to my junior high and aren't familiar with our lingo). He had Tuesday off which was my birthday and he is really good at making a fuss over me, always cooking& taking care of me. He baked these cupcakes earlier in the day, frosted them and put the candles in and left them in the oven until the party. Then forgot they were in the oven when he went to pre-heat it to make lasagne (another favorite treat of mine). I was disappointed because German chocolate cake is my absolute fave! I settled for a 7 lb chocolate cake from costco...YUMMY!

Would you like some blue wax with your pecan frosting??

David had his pinewood derby on my birthday so that got to be my pre-party. He loves building the car, but was tortured when I made him sand it and paint it 3 times. But he and his dad have gotten pretty good at making cars, this is the 2nd time he has come in first. Not as cool a car as last year's spongebob square pants car because I did the designing of the body and he painted it himself...but it still won. Well, technically he came in 2nd but that is because they let an 11 year old race so David will get to be the one to represent the pack at the district competition.

The siblings enjoyed movies while the older boys raced.

Here is David reigning in his enthusiasm!

Baseball season is upon us...wet, rainy baseball season. We were all bundled up to watch David's first game, except for bella who was wearing her outfit above, a light jacket, and mary jane shoes with no socks...I am mother of the year!

We love our cupcakes. This was our FHE treat for tonight...

The girls are really into the sprinkles, more so than the eating the actual cupcakes. Isabella said it felt like she was spreading fairy dust on her cupcake-just like tinkerbell.

Old Rachel would have eaten all the leftovers...

New rachel still has the stomach flu

THE END!