Kayleigh's 4th birthday

Kayleigh turned 4 on May 14! It's hard to believe that my baby girl is getting so big already! It was also mother's day so what a better way to celebrate than with the girl who made me a mother!

We didn't do anything special but I did promise Kay I would make her a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and strawberries on top. Doesn't this look amazing?!

Well, I didn't actually make it. The night before I forgot that our oven was broke, so Charlie ran out and bought a (delicious!) cake from Sam's and I cut up strawberries on top. She loved it and never knew the difference. (The hole in the center strawberry was for a candle.)

I wish I got more pictures, or did more, but we had a really fun day with our girl and that is all that matters!

Things The Kids Say part 6

(Kayleigh age 3, Alexis age 2)

Lexi: -running around with her feet out of her footie jammies- "I'M BATMAN!!"
(later, running around with her hooded towel on her head after a bath)
"I'm Super Batman!"

Kayleigh: "uh, hellooooo? Can you stop talking and come wipe my BUTT?!!"

We're waking through the parking lot at church when Kayleigh accident dumps her backpack out and one of the men from church stops to help us pick it up. After he finished and we're walking away, Kayleigh says, "That man was so nice. I should thank him. THANK YOU NICE MAN. He was sooo nice. What a nice man."

Lexi: "I want Jada."
Miranda: "no, Jada is in my lap"
Lexi: "Share Jada? I have half."
Miranda: "uh... no, you can't have half."
Lexi: "Mir Mir can't have Jada. Not allowed."

Lexi: "High five!" Slaps her own hand, "high five!" Slaps hand again. "High five!" Purposely misses slapping her hand "too slow!"

Me: "Hey, Kayleigh, I want to take a picture of us."
Kay: "Oh oh!! Wait, I have to go get my baby!!!"

Lexi: -steals my empty coffee cup and pretends to drink out of it- "Mmm coffee. I love coffee!!"

Lexi: Hey! You!! Go home. We don't want you here!!

April 2017 Photos

Normally for these monthly photo dumps, I usually just duplicate the photos I posted on instagram but I think I am going to try to start posting more photos that I didn't post there, or different shots than the ones I posted there. That way its not just "Hey, here is my instagram photos from last month!"

Charlie had a dirt bike race out in Westphalia, MO. We 'camped' out with the girls and my parents came out the day of the race so I could get out and take photos of all the racers. It was surprisingly hot day, but it was nice to get to hike through the woods by myself.

Sebastian is 4 months old and is now rolling over both ways, jumps and stands when you hold him and chews on EVERYTHING. We are pretty sure he's getting a tooth in. Where did my little boy go?!

Lexi's eyes are such a crazy, beautiful color. They started out blue but I think they're changing to green, so right now they're a strange hybrid of colors and I love it!

I won some shop credit to Pickles & Roses and the second I saw this donut dress I knew I had to have it for one of the girls. I was a bit sad because Kayleigh is the one who actually loves donuts but the dresses didn't go up to her size. :(

Lexi is starting to phase out her naps so I've been trying out quiet time with her in her room alone. One day I went to check on her after about 20 minutes to find her asleep on the floor in front of the door.

I got tired of how much of an eyesore the girl's old baby play mat was (Bright pink elephants, anyone?) so I decided to try my hand at making a simple wooden one for Bas. It was actually super easy to make and I love that it folds up so small that I can keep it between the TV stand and the wall. 

I let Kay play in a mud puddle one day and, well, lets just say that dress isn't the same shade of mint anymore!

The girls new thing is to "Cheers!" everything together - cup, suckers, ice cream, ect. It's completely adorable. The left is the only Easter picture I got of the kids. Really, the only picture I took on Easter. They clean up pretty well, don't they? haha! 

Its now May, which not only brings us Mother's Day, but also Kayleigh and My birthdays! The weather is warming up so I hope to have more adventures coming up seen.