MOO-stache!

I've said this before and it's still true. Ryker is OBSESSED with moustaches. Here is yet another picture in our collection of Ryker's moustaches. I know there are more to come =)

Stavia's First Hair Cut!

Stavia FINALLY got her first haircut. I was finally able to give in. It looks so much healthier. I should have given in a long time ago =(

There was flu and other illness going around a couple weeks ago and Stavia picked up something. We aren't sure what she had other than a fever but it made her completely lethargic. PERFECT time for a haircut. She sat still the entire time and did just what she was told. She didn't have enough energy to fight it.

Here is my cute little sick girl before her haircut. You can tell by her eyes that she's miserable =(

Here is the incredibly patient sickling holding still while Aunt Anna gives her a hair cut.

This hair cut is six weeks before her third birthday and this is all she had to spare... She is a woman of few hairs.

After! Like I said, she was sick so I wasn't going to fight her on looking at the camera. She already did a great job sitting still and listening throughout the entire haircut. She looks older! All ready to be three!!

Super Hawkeye Fans!

For Christmas I made Ryker and Stavia Super Fan Capes. They aren't high quality but the kids have fun with them. One night before bed they wanted to show off.

Happy St. Patricks Day!!

To those of you that haven't given up on me, THANK YOU! I am trying to do a better job with all this blogging business. I'm just not very good about taking pictures so that doesn't help matters at all =(

Today I made a green lunch. It's a tradition my mom started when I was little and I'm trying to carry it on to my kids.

They had so much fun grocery shopping earlier this week picking out things that are green. We had corned beef, cabbage and new potatoes. All of our sides were green: green peas, asaragus, lime jello, granny smith apples, kiwi and mint milkshakes for dessert! I think that's all? It was so fun this year because Ryker and Stavia are old enough to help with prep for the meal and set the table. They ate all of their food because of the theme and asked if we can do it again! They get do do it sooner than they think because I made so much food they will have the same meal for leftovers tonight..oops!

Dress up!

Both of our kids LOVE to dress up! One day Ryker decided to dress up like Stavia...

There aren't really words for this.

Homemade Pizza!

I'm a fan of The Pioneer Woman. I'm not a crazy fanatic like some people...not that that's a bad thing. I just like her recipes and her sense of humor and her taste in clothes and the fact that she makes living on a ranch look like fun and not boring/too much work and I like that she homeschools her kids and still loves her husband and...ok maybe I am a crazy fan. Oops!

I'm not addicted enough to check her blog very often. But when I do I always find something yummy to try. I found this recipe for pizza crust a while ago and decided to try it. We had a bunch of different specialty cheeses around the house around the holidays and this was the perfect way to finish them up!

We had some odd combos. This one was tomato sauce, italian sausage, green olives and smoked gouda.

Olive oil, garlic, ground turkey, feta and cheddar (I think)

Ham, tomato sauce, green olives, smoked gouda.

We did some odd combos but they turned out good. If nothing else, at least our kids are getting use to exploring new foods!

Snow day!

Justys was able to come to our house for a couple hours right before Christmas so all three kids (and dad) were able to play in the snow together! It was good to have a little bit of time with him. We hadn't seen him since August! He is getting so big and responsible! After Christmas he stayed with us for a couple of days until his step-dad was deployed and they had to rush back to the army base... But some time is always better than no time!

Party after the concert!

Even though Ryker did not participate in the concert we still decided to celebrate. I'm not really into bribing my kids to do things but we decided that because so many kids would be affected if Ryker decided to be distracting during the concert that we should probably give him incentive to remain calm on stage. We told him that he could pick any restaurant for lunch if he went up on stage with his classmates and stayed up there like he was suppose to. Well, he obeyed and chose to eat lunch at Arby's. Ryker LOVES mustaches (read: moo-stash) and tries to make one with whatever resources are available to him. This time the resource was curly fries. The entire family joined in on the fun! Here are the results!

Stavia had a hands-free moo-stash!

Blogging

I'm going to take a stab at blogging again....

I have lots of catching up to do!

I am starting way back before Christmas. Ryker had a Christmas concert for preschool. He loves to dress up and look handsome! He practiced all the songs at home a lot but when it came time to go on stage he decided performing wasn't for him. He stood on stage the whole time without expression. Didn't sing a single note. Just stared into space... Oh well, maybe next year...