Motivated

I was a motivated mom today. I got this house caught up!
Laundry (4 loads)
Vacuumed
Mopped
Did dishes (3x)
Dusted (hate this one!)
Put said laundry away
Bathed kids
Usual mom stuff, but felt like so much more. Maybe it's because the snow is gone now, or the new sentsy wax...either way, I feel accomplished!
Tonight we just hung out and had fun!

New face

Adrian started making this silly new face today. It's funny because rather than move his tongue around he moves his lower lip.


Our day was really this exciting. I wish those warm temps would come back!!

AEA

Adrian finally had another AEA evaluation this morning. It was awesome because we were able to be outside and enjoy the nice weather.
Meet Julie. Our awesome home guide! Vi was nice enough to steal a picture of her. She is the sweetest person!


Julie was able to really see just how active and busy Adrian's become in the last couple of months. He's excelling in his gross motor skills, which he always has! For those he's right where any 18 month old should be.
His communication skills is slightly different. He's not where he should be for an 18 month old, but since we can still adjust his age by those extra two months, he's ok. He's where a 16 month old should be.
We're going to really start working on pointing out objects, people, animals, food and so on. Then we'll work on trying to say them. How successful I'll be in that is beyond me. It's tough with the other three kids, but we'll find a way to make it work! I need to buy new baby books!
Overall, it was a great visit!

Location:Highway 65,Indianola,United States

Our wall

No. Not the one our excuse of a president is talking about building.
Ry is building a wall with concrete stones- bell guard vintage- to be exact on the type. A retaining wall.
I can't wait until he's done with the whole process. It took most of the day to dig out the dirt and get it level, yesterday. Rain today hindered more progress.
But here's where we're at so far!






We repurposed most of the dirt to fill in holes all over the front yard. The biggest hole will be when Ry digs out the tree stump!





So tonight he got some started, but it started to rain again and got dark. These home projects are hard, but we love being able to finally have our own home to do it the way we want!


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Spoiled

Isabelle is getting spoiled at my moms this weekend. She came down yesterday and slept over and took Iz back with her.
She's currently at a Ramona Quimby play! That I'm super jealous of.


She got a special outfit:


She got her hair done just right by Grammy:


Then she ate out with Grammy and papa for dinner!


She also made a tutu. She did a lot of the work herself, too!


The cutie has been texting me all day on moms phone too. It's quite hilarious the conversations or emoji texts you can have with a seven year old!
I'm so glad she's able to get all this spoiling! She needs it!

Confences

Had both girls' conferences tonight!
Both are doing awesome.
Viola has bloomed out of her shy bubble and is talking much more with her teachers. She's come a long way.
Iz is doing great. She's rocking her reading more and more, and is doing great in math.
She's far above where she's supposed to be!
I'm proud of her!


We spent all afternoon playing outside! This weather is insane! Like is this real life? We'll totally take it though!


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Mr. Sneaky

Adrian has become a master of being mr. Sneaky the last couple of days.
The biggest issue we have is him constantly pulling out the kitchen table chairs and climbing up onto the table. He loves this. He dances when he's done. He also pushes the chairs everywhere. I need bungee cords!
This morning I was in the shower and I glanced out to see he'd tossed my glasses to the floor behind him!
He's keeping us busy!





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Dirt for miles

It's safe to say Ry is back to feeling like himself today. He spent all afternoon finishing up the tree clean up and moving the river rock to the back of the house!
While we have eager helpers, they played more than anything.


Safety is a must for Iz!


It's all mud now. The bricks are gone, the weed traps and rock. We still have a messy looking yard, but we can't really do too much more until it's warmer. It'll be so nice to have all grass! I want a flag pole too!


So like I said, Ryan did awesome. It took me all day to get laundry caught up. I'm still very fatigued. I haven't been this sick in years, so I guess that's what I get! I'm just glad my body aches and headache is gone!

Laying low

We've been pretty low key the past few days. Henry, Vi and Adrian are fighting a rough cold. Vi looks rough today. Her poor eyes just water and she coughs to the point of gagging. I'm so ready for spring!
Adrian's been super snugly lately-which I'll take any day!

Three

One thing we all learned today: Henry hates being the center of attention. He didn't want to be told happy birthday, he didn't want to be sang to, he didn't like the car cake, he liked the blue cake. Put a candle in said blue cake and life is swell.


He didn't want help with his gifts, but he did love them!


He got these light up go tracks and a remote control car. By far the biggest hits!


He and Ryan played a lot this afternoon with the remote control car!





As any party goer does, he passed out just before six tonight!

Purple palooza

Isabelle's school had their annual silent auction and dance fundraiser tonight. Lots of craziness.
A DJ, three bouncy houses, face painting, a photo booth, and lots of people!
The girls had pizza and an entire bag of cotton candy to themselves. Yes. I let it happen. Surprisingly-they're both completely passed out! Mom win!!








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Unit 31

I received an amazing email via Isabelle's teacher today!
She's just been soaring in reading lately. She was bumped up a couple units last week, but this week she was bumped big time! My reaction was "finally", followed by "yes"!
This girl went from unit 24 to 28 and skipped to 31 in a week. She absolutely loves reading!! I'm so proud!!!



I'm glad my book shoving is paying off!! Mommy brag over!