Thoughts

I was having a hard time finding cute boy clothes but I have found a great place to get a few things. That place is the Gap. They have a sale right now and some of the clothes at Gymboree are cute too. I just can't seem to get into the clothes Old Navy, Target, or even Walmart. The sad thing is that I don't even know what I need yet. All of our boy clothes are in the garage in totes. And they are 5-9 years old. Not sure if they will make the cut this time. We just have not had time to get them out but I am so itching to just do it myself. Probably not such a good idea.

Also sorry no pictures of the bump let's just say that I am getting big and round. The most challenges I have had so far are walking and standing. It's not so bad it's just all the time. I find it pretty difficult to bend over and pick up all of the little things that the kids leave on the floors. I know I should just ask them to do it but I get impatient and get tired of having to repeat my myself so I end up on the floor. It is also pretty difficult to skim the pool. Not my favorite thing but I always imagine myself slipping and falling in. That would just be great. But I am sure the kids look at me strange as I do this and think, "why is she doing this and she looks really strange." Just the grunts may scare them too. I know I should not complain about this but it is a chore that needs to be done and I am the only one who can do it when Mike is not around. The other challenging thing is going to the gym. I know it is good for me to go. But I feel that my heart rate gets up high enough just getting ready to go. When I get there I feel like I should hold my belly in fear that it will bounce run away from me.

Enough of my thoughts. Now a question. My blog name is going to be outdated soon. I was not thinking right when I made one up. Does anyone know if I change it that everyone else will have to change it on their blogs or will it change automatically? Also any good ideas of a new one?

We found out what we are having!!! We went in on May 13th and the baby boy is doing well. Mike and Klara were there with me and Klara kept saying, "No, It's a Girl!" We have worked on that and she loves that she is getting a baby brother. The boys were a little said too but it only lasted a minute. They wanted the family to be even. Mike and I are so happy to have another boy. I reminded him that we have to buy a lot of new boy clothes. The ones we have our 6-9 years old. Yay!! for me. But I am having a hard time finding cute baby boy clothes. I am going to keep on looking!!!!

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For those that are far away, here is #4 at 19.5 weeks. I am hoping to actually take weekly or monthly pictures. I haven't ever done the picture thing before and thought it would be fun to have one of the kids documented. I may reconsider once I see how much bigger I look on photo. Already it seems that I look a lot more than 19+ weeks.

Next week though will be so exciting!!!!

The 13th we will have the big ultrasound and find out what we are having. We had thought that we would just wait till the baby was born to find out what it is but after talking to the kids we have decided we will find out. I am not sure if they would be okay with such a sudden surprise so we are going to let it grow on them.

Easter (I know, I am slow)

Dying Easter eggs in style. Well not really we didn't want the clothes to get messed up so they don't look that great. Got them all to smile. They thought it was fun and we did it in big bowls so we could fit more than one in them. It worked great and went much faster.

The results were even better. I found a really neat egg dying kit. They got to make little animals on it and great felt stickers and I put their names on them.

After we dyed the eggs we went off to the Bass Pro Shop. I know it sounds weird but we heard that they were having an Easter egg hunt. It was pretty crowded.

The kids were able to go find 5 eggs and each egg had to be in a different department. It was not easy finding them. Mike and I would find one and tell them where it was. We ended up getting more from the front of the store. They were not filled so we had to stand in line to get the candy.

After that line it was off to another line. The kids played and looked at the boats while we stood in line. I was so ready to sit but there was really no where to sit. I ended up getting in a boat for a bit and sitting. It was very nice.

The results were amazing!!!! They took one shot and got them all looking at the camera and smiling. So happy with our free picture and the fun the kids had. Happy Easter!!

How??

I am feeling so overwhelmed with all the things I want to teach my children. Tonight was the first time Bryce has really spoken out about his concerns with school. He told us he is unhappy. We asked why and his answer was it is too loud at school. The kids in class will not stop talking. There are also missing basketballs at recess and that upsets him. It upsets him when he is good and the teacher does not notice and doesn't give him credit for being good. He went on and on tonight. It seemed that we need to do a lot more explaining and he to us. I feel that it is hard to get him to talk about his feeling though and I really had to ask and ask over and over tonight. I just wanted to know. He was so upset he didn't even want to eat. This is so unlike him. He is the child garbage disposal so we knew something was up.

We ended the night with family home evening and he started to come around to himself then. But I was again feeling like we could have talked all night about all the things that they need to know. They had so many questions that I wanted to answer but then there came a time where it was just time to go to bed. I hope that we raise our kids right or the best that we can. I hope they can choose right from wrong and be able to stand up for themselves. I just feel that there is more that I can or should be doing, but how?

Spring Break

First of all I do NOT like loading pictures on here. It seems like it takes forever. These are our chains that we made. Just looking at them makes it seem like summer is forever away.

Uggg!

The kids are crazy!! It is really cold in the pool and they thought it was great so we let them swim.

Had to put in another picture of Klara. She was so cute in her new swimsuit.

We took the kids to the Drive-Ins to see Rio. They has so much fun. The movie was so cute too. It was a little windy there so I could have done without that. We brought some blankets and it worked.

Crazy pictures. I would have put in more but it just takes so long. The movie had been delayed because it wasn't dark enough so we were being silly.


The next day we took the kids to Primm to ride on the rides for free. They had so much fun here too. I couldn't go on any of them but I got to SHOP. Found some amazing deals at Old Navy out there. The whole store was 40% off. It was great.

We had a great time but I wish it were longer. Today was hard going back to school. Not for the kids though, just me!!

I am BACK

Spring Break is here and we are not doing anything exciting. I know it is great. I love it. The kids not so much. This is our week...

Monday...
Made chains to count down the last day of school and when we find out what the baby is.

Tuesday...
Went to see the movie Hop. The kids loved it. It was also great because I got to get a large drink to share for one dollar, Awesome.

Wednesday...
Real exciting here---we cleaned the toy room and all the kids rooms. Yes I know I am so creative. Then we went to play at McDonald's. Then they got in the freezing pool. Nice!

Thursday...
Going to the park. Going to get the kids free dinner at IHOP and then taking them to the Drive-ins to see Rio.

Friday...
Going to Primm to let the kids ride the rides for free while I go Shopping. Fun for me!!!

Saturday...
Dying Easter eggs then going to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Bass Pro Shop. Free by the way and you get a free picture with the Easter bunny. Thanks for letting me know about it Kellie!!

Sunday...
Church and Easter!!!!

Monday...
Blah Blah Blah..... back to School. 32 more days for Bryce till Summer and 14 for Mitchel.

Pictures will appear later.