SPRING FEVER....

I've had srping fever so bad lately.... I'm ready to take the kidos out and PLAY!!!! I was way bummed to wake up and see snow on the ground today:( Well it's seems that the wind has been blowing quite a bit lately....and what better thing to do on a windy day then fly a kite. So we have gone to the park a couple days now and flow kites! Aspen Loves it while Irelynn seems to be scared of it. We all have a great time for about 10 minutes and then it seems like I'm into it way more then Aspen. Oh well at least we got out of the house and tried something new!

Rylee Flying her babrie kite


Aspen and Rylee trying to get their kite up.

Good night routine....

Ok so I'm not that big on routine. I like to just play it how it goes, but when it comes to nap and bedtime I like to stick to a routine. So ever since we've been back from our trip we've picked up a couple new things to our bed time routine......

All of us go and sit on Aspen's bed and read to a couple of books. Then I take Irelynn into her room put her jams on while she drinks a quick 2 oz bottle and daddy reads Aspen one more book. Then Daddy puts on our new lullaby song and puts it on loud enough for us to hear in Irelynn's room too. It's called "Godspeed" by the Dixie Chicks. I don't know what it is about this song but it's so calming and seems to just settle down the girls so well.... Tonight as I'm rocking Irelynn and the song is playing I hear Dallas in the other room singing to Aspen.... I couldn't help it, tears just started falling down my face. Dallas is such a sweet daddy to our girls and we are so lucky to have him as the man in our lives.... After laying Irelynn down(almost asleep) I go into give Aspen a kiss, she looks at me and says "Mommy sleep with chu". I tell her that I can't and she say "ok daddy will".... And as I'm writing this, Daddy and Aspen are having sweet dreams together in her bed! Oh the joys of being a parent!! Life really doesn't get better then this!

Here's the lyrics to our new bedtime lullaby

Dragon tales and the "water is wide"
Pirate's sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams every night
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

The rocket racer's all tuckered out
Superman's in pajamas on the couch
Goodnight moon, will find the mouse
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

God bless mommy and match box cars
God bless dad and thanks for the stars
God hears "Amen," wherever we are
And I love you

Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Godspeed
Godspeed
Sweet dreams


Please share your bedtime routines..... I'd love to here them!!!!

Pay it forward...

Pay It Forward...So, here’s how it works: the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, some homemade goodies from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (or copy and paste like I did). Then come back, let me know you’re going to play and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your goodies! Please submit in an e-mail or on the comment, your address, if I don’t have it already. Remember that only the first 3 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick! Have fun!

A trip to the Library...

Yesterday I took the girls to the library.So the night before I told Aspen that she could pick out any 5 books that she wanted, we could take them home for a couple days, then bring them back and pick out 5 more books. She was so excited! When she woke up the first thing that she said was " are we going to the library now".

She picked out 5 books!






We've read them all a handful of times. Looks like the Library is going to be a regular visit for us. Every Tuesday and Thursday they have tots story time. Aspen Can't wait to go! Let me know if you might want to join us sometime.

SUSHI ANYONE????

Well April posted a thing about seaweed the other day and it totally made me in the mood for sushi. Dallas ans I have been wanting to roll our own sushi for a while now. So last night when I forgot to get out the pork chops to defrost, I decided to go to the store and get stuff to make sushi. After getting everything and realizing that it would have just been cheaper to just to out and eat. I came home and surprised Dallas. He was way excited (he's been on this chief kick lately)! We had tons of fun! But all in all I think that we might need a little more practice! It's not as easy as it looks! But it sure did taste good!!!