mix up

Evelyn gets horrible excema.  Mostly in cold weather or extreme hot, but the allergenist and our NAET doctor said to use Cetaphil cleanser to wash her... can't wash her with the other kids and to use the same kind of lotion morning, night and after a bath.  The problem (besides it being expensive... which Costco is having a great deal on Cetaphil right now...) is that the lotion and cleansers look alike besides the words "lotion" and "cleanser" on the bottom of the bottle.  I wondered why my baby looked like her hair was all oily all day... and today I found that the lotion had been put in the tub where the cleanser goes. 

Week end

We had a weekend full of birthdays.  Jer's dad turned 65 yesterday... he's an amzing man and very serious about his chocolate.  I've enjoyed the last 8 years knowing him.  And Ada's friend Emilia had her 4th birthday.  It was a Belle party and they had a dance party and pinata.  Ada decided she wanted to go as Cinderella.  So cute.

Ada and Sam were the dance competition winners... they were so excited... Sammy was rather distraught that Ada wanted to keep the trophy instead of share it...

 

 

Love kindle

So, we all have one single kindle account at our house so that we can share books back and forth with each other... I love it for another reason.  I get these emails from Amazon saying thank you for my order... when I haven't ordered anything.  If I go into them I find things like this:

Forget me not by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Your Happily Ever After by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I love my husband!

Love

My one

My one and only adventurous eater will eat cauliflower, but not without playing with it first.

I'm a big kid now

Obedience

I asked the kids to put their coats away and this is what they did.

Laundry

These two have gotten to the point that if I even glance at the laundry they jump in and start folding. I've never asked them to, but Ada likes to help me during the younger kids naps. And Evelyn's favorite thing to do is load the dryer... I'm going to miss this when they decide not to help me anymore. Ada has actually gotten pretty good, as Evelyn is a good rag folder... I think they are easier to handle at her size.

Quilt

Isn't this the most adorable quilt? My sister makes and sells quilts on etsy. My mother in law, who is also an amazing quilter, usually makes a quilt for each grandkids. With 35 or so grandkids it's easy to get a little behind.  The solution? She bought this one from my sister for Sam. He loves it.

I love this

My grandmas have had breast cancer and ovarian cancer and my mom had a tumor taken out when she had her uterus taken out, so I try to be pretty good about going to my yearly OBGYN stuff. Those are the days that I don't enjoy being a woman, but better alive than dead right? This picture was taken when my mom came to watch my kids during my appointment. Isn't she wonderful and aren't they cute?!

Sam's first cleaning

Sam had his very first teeth cleaning yesterday. He was a no cavity kid and loved getting his picture taken for the wall. He had never seen a polaroid picture before so he was so excited. He chatted away at the hygienist from the second she said it was his turn. Dh came back to where I was with the other two and told me how adorable he was and that she loved doing his teeth.
Ada and I both had cavities and neither of us are looking forward to getting them fixed. Both of us still gag on the xray film bite wings, so I understand why it takes them 30 mins to her Ada's xrays.  But you can tell she inherited her bad teeth from me. She hates getting fillings so she's determined to brush extra good.
Evelyn, true to her baby self, was determined to touch every button and flip every switch. I had to hand her my phone and sit her on my lap during my cleaning... So now I have about twenty pictures of her legs on my phone.