February/March

Where does the time go?? Our days go faster every day it seems. The weather is getting nice and all the kids love to be outside. I love to be outside too, I am sure going to have to take advantage of nap time this summer to get stuff in the house done!
Duncan: Duncan is still in preschool, a little over a month left and then summer break. He loves school and gets smarter each day. He just blows me away with what he knows and some of the stuff he says. He has started to roll his eyes, boy is it funny. It is hard for me not to laugh at him when he is in trouble and rolling his eyes at me. He is a big help with the babies still, he plays more and more with them everyday. They all love to play with him too. Duncan still loves to ride his bike, and play in the dirt.
Owen: Owen is walking better now. He is always up to something. Owen had also became the bully. He likes to sit on anyone, and the other day I caught him kicking Elliott. I scold him and he just gets this ornery grin on his face. He also likes to take toys from his brothers and sister. Owen can still throw a good fit, but it has calmed down a bit, thank goodness. When he was throwing alot of fits, he was always throwing his head on the floor.
Elliott: Elliott is finally walking on his feet! He still walks on his knees sometimes, but not nearly as much. Elliott is still Mr. Serious sometimes, but he jabbers more and laughs alot. He likes to blow raspberries on every one's tummies. It is very cute and they all laugh when he does it. Elliott loves ride on the little ride on toy we have.
Olivia: Miss Olivia is coming out her shell! She is jabbering more and more. She picks on the boys all of time. She is eating more. Olivia will actually stand on her feet when you stand her down now. She walks around stuff more and more.
Ethan: Ethan is starting to run. He loves to play with balls and can throw pretty well also. He went to the ophthalmologist because his left eye is turning inward. They told us that he is far sided and gave a script for glasses. We are going to wait a couple of weeks and have him get adjusted at the chiropractor a couple times a week and see if that helps first. The doctor contemplated if he would even wear the glasses, so waiting a couple weeks isn't a big deal.
For spring break the kids and I went to Wisconsin Dells with the Hawkins girls. It was a fun vacation. We didn't do alot, just hung out in the cabin, swam, and played at the park. It was lots of work to go swimming, but lots of fun too! It was hard work but relaxing at the same time. I could of not done it without the girls to help. They were awesome to help with everything and Duncan was good, and a very good listener the whole trip. The babies loved to roam the whole cabin! We made it 4 days and then Duncan locked the bathroom door and shut it, we had to call maintenance to come unlock it. Then later in the afternoon it got locked and shut again, the same lady came to unlock it and gave me a roll of duck tape to use over the lock. Problem solved, didn't happen again. We had a good trip up and back home. We only missed one turn each way. The way there it added a hour to the trip, on the way home it didn't make a difference. The kids were good riders. Duncan didn't sleep at all either way, and the babies only slept a couple of hours each way. I had to take the van to an auto shop because I set the emergency brake and it stuck, so they got it undone and told me not to use it. Also the running board broke so I had them take it off. We had a few injuries while we were gone. Hannah ran her toe into the door and it bled alot, also her toe nail will fall off eventually. She took it easy the rest of the day. Owen tried to climb out of the bathtub and fell. He had a bloody nose and a black eye. We have had several black eyes already in our house!