Random January- Adam's game room,

 When dad is in charge of taking you to gymnastics you might as well go with bed head and your leotard backwards. Living her best life. ;)

We decided to move Steven downstairs and give Adam his own room. We found a basketball game for $35 used and a foosball table used. The novelty wore off fairly quickly, but it's nice to have them in separate rooms so we don't have to referee who cleans what on chore day. 

Adam and the six foot rainbow bear

 We went to the DI a couple times to find extra lacrosse gear for Steven and a foosball table. (I passed up a $10 foosball table and then had to find a different one a pay a lot more) Mike took the boys one of the times and Adam asked if he could buy a stuffed bear. I said yes, underestimating the size. It was gigantic! It also came from a thrift store, so we needed to take it to a laundromat to have it cleaned. 

The boys decided to gut most of it and wear it like a costume. Yes, creepy furry in the house. ;)

It now sits almost empty in a corner of Adam's room just waiting to be noticed and loved once more. 

Happy 14th Birthday Dudeous Maximus!

 Steven turned the big 1-4! We celebrated with birthday dinner at Mike's parents a couple days before his birthday and then his birthday dedicated to all things Steven. 

Here are 14 years of birthday pictures of our sweet kid. 

On his birthday he chose to have his own pan of German pancakes. Audrey is all about presents, so she helped me wrap his presents. It's a family birthday year, so we didn't have a big party. It's almost June and none of us actually remember what we did on his birthday. Sigh. I'm sure it was fun. ;)

Steven continues to be an incredibly chill and cool kid. He's very helpful around the house and only complains about chores on occasion. ;) He's still an energizer bunny. He is a great sibling despite his light hearted needling. We love your Dudeous Maximus!

Here is his Birthday Interview

Teenage driver in the house!

 Well folks, she did it! Sarah is now a legal driver! She delayed by a couple months because Mike wasn't around and I am not meant to be my children's drivers ed teacher. I was also the mean mom that actually made her get all of the hours she was supposed to get, so it took her a little while. Writing from the month of May I can say that it's been a huge blessing. Mike has been gone a lot with his school last year and Delta training this year, and having Sarah help has been wonderful. 

Little Miss Piggie

 I should probably start taking more random pictures of my older kids so I can dedicate more posts to them, but until then... I thought I would mark the momentous occasion that Audrey's hair can now be put in piggy tails . We got all dressed up and went to the Children's Museum. Audrey doesn't usually let me do her hair, but it's adorable when she does. 

Jesus Wants Me for a SUNBEAM!

 Audrey hit a big milestone today. She became a sunbeam! For those of you not of our faith, this is the name of the Sunday class Audrey attends that is made up of other three year olds in our congregation. Mike taking off for five months has given Audrey some serious separation anxiety from me, so hasn't been thrilled to go to class without me. Thankfully she has the McCormicks as teachers and they are heaven sent. They go above and beyond to make their children feel loved and want to go to class.