The first and definitly NOT the last-

Today's fabulous weather brought lots of playing in the yard and yard work!  It also brought the season first scrapes from sidewalks for Sam.  This is going to be another year of trying to get a little one to understand why the very attractive street is not the goal destination!  Sam is so quick it is hard to imagine that once he was "delayed" in gross motor skills...Makes me reconsider all my prayers for him to speak, since all my prayers for him to walk have turned him in to a sprinter...and a silent sprinter at that.

Sam took the first tumble on to the sidewalk.  Luckily he jumped right back up to only take another digger an hour later and scraped up his elbow and forearm.  Summer?  In March?

St. Patrick's non uniform.

So back to the blog I go.  It struck me the other day as a friend posted on FB that her first daughter had gotten her 2nd tooth.  The post was so cute....sadly, I think I can only tell you when Gabby, Nate and Lucia got teeth.  I know Gabby and Nate's because I have books with that information written down in it....Lucia I know cause her's were shockingly early....3 months.  The other kids I haven't got a clue.  I will lie to them when they are older and ask.  SOO my slackerness as a mother has led to no baby books or amazingly beautiful scrapbooks...or photo albums like I had just files of unprinted pictures on this computer.  I am going to attempt again to keep one picture a day.....as their JOINT scrapbook/alubm/babybook.

Today was non-uniform day for St. Patrick's day.

The zip-up has a satin hood which as she inspected was the bling that gave the final go ahead and approval for sporting today at school.

Nice $ necklace Nate.  I didn't even say NO, I figured I would let Mrs. Smith make him take it off!

 

Let's just be glad it is a clean shirt and pants for this one.

Daddy never disappoints.

GAbby didn't want her photo taken but I got it anyways.

Apple Orchard

We went to the apple orchard and these are some of my favorite pictures!

20/20 or even a bit better!

After going to "preschool screaming" as the kids call it, the screener thought that Lukas' eyes didn't track together.  She thought maybe one lazy eye.  I was surprised, I have NEVER noticed it before.  I ended up setting up an eye exam to make sure I had not missed it.  So after a very long 90 min. appointment Lukas walked out with sun glass, sucker and amazing vision. 

today....stomp on toys day.

Today turned out to be one of those days you just wanna step on your favorite toy.  At the grocery store while Sadie was pitching her typical "hy-vee" fit.  With a smile, I asked a produce guy if he could just growl at her or give her a mad face.  His reply, "I could get her a cookie or balloon".  My response- "Noooo".  I said it in a tone as, really?  You got to be kidding me- a balloon reward for this?  HA!

Although Sadie keeps me hopin' and keeps outings exciting like when in her usually loud and clearly understandable English,she asked me (at TJ  Max in front of several grandma type ladies) "Mom, you like old ladies?"  At those times, I am thankful for Sam and Lukas who very much take after their father and his "Yup, that too shall pass" personality!

Non-uniform day!

The first Friday of the month is non uniform day.  Usually the kids are suggested to wear a certain color for an upcoming holiday or event.  I THOUGHT I had read that September's non uniform day was Lourdes colors for homecoming.  The kids looked MARVELOUS!  Luckily, I was wrong and it wasn't any color day....LOURDES colors are to be worn THIS coming Friday as an extra out of uniform treat!  Good thing the kids don't know I goofed!  Well this is what they looked like on the first Friday in September and this is what they will look like on this next Friday in September!

Sam- typical Willaert boy, play with sticks at the bus stop!  Sadie and Lukas both packed lunches to get on the bus too! 

Thank you for the stickers!

These pictures are of some stickers we received from Aunt Natalie who got them from a friend at work.  We finally got to post some pictures as a Thank you to Natalie's friend for the amazingly awesome stickers.  The stickers are about the size of the kids' heads.  They look VERY official and important.  One sticker ended up on the living room wall which has now been removed.  One ended up on the girls door.  As you can see from the picture they followed my rule of sticking stickers on paper then to the wall....rather than straight on the wall.  The writing on the paper says something about no boys allowed just girls and mom and dad and you can come in if you ask and....it goes on and on.

The boys stuck one sticker on their bed.  They never remember the rule of sticking stickers on paper first.  They stuck it straight on the bed...and there it will stay.  They feel very important.  This picture is also like find waldo, find Sadie.  She had just gotten out of the bath and wanted a picture of her "doing this".  Sorry this picture got slightly fuzzy....