St. Patrick's Day at the Zoo!

Happy St. Patrick's Day and what a B-E-A-Utiful day it was!!!
I took Haley and my niece, Izzy, to the zoo this morning for some girl time.

Izzy spied a bunch of peacocks and could hardly contain herself. She showed Haley just where to look.

Izzy poses just right for pictures.

Haley on the other hand, has older brothers who taught her this smile. Thanks boys.

Yep, there it is again. I had lots of good laughs at me today by passing by moms as I begged for the perfect picture from these two.

Haley really wanted to see the cows. This is a progression of what happened when Izzy saw the cows.
Izzy: "Oh, this is kinda interesting. They sure are big."

Izzy: "Oh no, Oh no! Make this nightmare stop! Why are they still looking at me!"
Haley: "Mommy, mommy! Did you see all the cows!!!"

Izzy: "Auntie Erin, why are you still taking my picture....PICK ME UP!!"
(Notice the mom in the background thinking that I am the worst mom alive.)

Haley just loved the cows. I think she will be really excited to see the cows back in Nebraska on our next visit.

This seems to be the smile of the day.

Crazy Amazing Concerts!

A friend and I went to Elmbrook Church and enjoyed an awesome concert! We saw Point of Grace, Mark Schultz, and Jeremy Camp live! And even better we had 2nd and front row seats!!!! Because of all the completely inspiring music I changed up my music player to showcase the artists we heard. I hope you enjoy the music!

Star-Studded Kids

We had a very normal week with a couple of colds, croup, and lots and lots of Rescue Hero's!

This was the scene Saturday morning. All three got in on the fun!

The boys were feeling left out of my last couple of blog posts so they wanted to spice things up with a couple of "silly faces" pictures. Here is Jacob or a.k.a. Gene Simmons.

Here is B-Boy Bad himself...Tyler!

Of course not to be out-done...Haley or a.k.a. Audrey Hepburn made an appearance as well.

February Fun

We had a great, big, busy week! It was filled with 12 more inches of snow, a snow day for the kids, and a late start the next day. So needless to say, we spent lots of time being stuck indoors and coming up with some creative ways to pass the time!

For Christmas Haley received a music box from Grandma Gail and Grandpa Andy. Inside the music box is a ballerina who spins around in circles to the music. So Haley dresses up just like the ballerina (hence the no-pants) and spins around in circles to the music.

She keeps the music box on the kitchen island so we can ALL enjoy the music and her dancing!

This is her "behind" look...no pun intended :)

One of Haley's dancing moves. But, more interesting in this picture would be the scooter that races through my kitchen all day long and her "gummy worm" that wiggles it's way through the house ridden in a parade of vehicles.

Snow pictures...we haven't had too much snow this winter so the kids were very, very excited for their snow day and a day to play in the snow.

OR as Haley likes to do...eat as much snow as possible.

The boys got some serious giggles out of laying down for the snow blower. They would position themselves to get buried by Brian and the snow blower.

I know we did this at a waterpark once, but it was water that dumped on them. They could have done this over and over and over!

Is it ice cold snow or nice warm sand? I'll take the later and palm trees, sun, and a beach. :)

Snow Day

Here is what I am feeling like on this wonderful snow day!!!!

Any Given Day

On any given day this is what you can find my daughter looking like....

Or this...

And this....

On any given day this is what a Minnie Mouse leotard wearing butterfly two year old girl looks like when she eats broccoli with dill dip. :)

Say "Cheese!"

Basketball Boys

The boys started basketball a couple of weeks ago. They LOVE it! And with Daddy helping with the coaching, it is really fun to watch them together.

They have only practiced and scrimmaged so far, but this coming Saturday is their first GAME!

Tyler was taunting his sister from the floor. :)

Jacob said that he was sooo tired and needed to catch his breath. Can you imagine all the running those little legs had to do!

Starting guard (imagine booming voice) Number 5,....Jaaaacccoooob Benes!!!!

Or, as their coach calls them...."Give me the Twin Towers down here." Gotta love it!

So you might have been wondering what is going on with Haley lately. Well, she is very, very into dressing up (in the middle of winter.) I have been cleaning closets and she loves trying on everything. And we found this Belle costume with red shoes. :)

Haley also does alot of twirling in all her dresses and tu-tu's.

And that is about how long she will stand still for pictures. The End.