March Madness!

March has been a good month. Lots of sickness (We still just can't all seem to be healthy at the same time!) but lots of fun stuff too. 

After almost six years of living in Nebraska, we finally decided to go to the Henry Dorley Zoo. It was  a really cool zoo! But, unfortunately, the kids struggled a bit. It was about twenty-five degrees out and we had to walk A LOT. Luckily they had a bunch of cool indoor exhibits as well. Poor Brady probably had the hardest time. This was his first time at a zoo and the close proximity to some of the animals actually scared him. That and the fact that he threw up in the car as soon as we were done  kind of put a damper on his day. 

 Despite the parrot in the background, this picture was actually taken in a Monkey house and none of the monkeys were behind glass or anything. They were just in the trees all around and it really freaked him out.

Notice the monkeys behind us just hanging out in their tree!

 Jackson and Brady liked the penguins! 

Polar bears don't mind when the weather is below freezing!

Giraffes were awesome!

Ike was in charge of Prom (with one other teacher) again this year so prom week was busy busy busy! It is his least favorite week of the year but one of my favorite! I get to come after school and help with the decorations. 

 My blood, sweat and tears went into these palm trees.

 What a beautiful waterfall!

 This was one of my favorite themes yet. 

 Look at that handsome man!

 And look at that handsome baby!!!!

Love this little guy.

This is the only picture we actually took at the dance. One year we will buy prom pictures just of the fun of it.

Brady started Soccer last week and he was SO EXCITED! He is on a 4-5year old team so they don't play by all the rules but the kids learn the very basics. Brady loved it and played hard all the time he was in the game.

Then a few random pictures!

 This kid gave me a heart attack the other day when he managed to climb the bottom two steps to our DEATH TRAP stair case. I found him there. I need to come up with some sort of large baby gate.

 The view on the way to the bus stop. Can you spot Jackson and Brady way ahead of me?

 Jackson decided he would help Hudson learn to walk. No success yet but my guess is that soon Hudson will be walking and then I'll really be in trouble.

I just loved this picture of Hudson for some reason. He is getting so big!!!

Super Heroes and Magic Shows

The boys and I had a good week. Brady and Jackson discovered an unopened magic kit with an instructional DVD. They spent about four hours learning all the tricks. I only took one picture but I'm pretty sure there will be more to come. It was Family Literacy night at the school and it was all super hero themed. The boys were so excited! We got to meet some real super heroes and make some super crafts. They also got to wear their PJ's because it was pajama day at school.

I love these boys!

 How does he do it!!!!?

 Hanging out with Spidey.

 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATMAN!

 Super (creepy?) hand puppets!

10 Months!!!

Hudson Hudson Hudson. This little guy pretty much makes my day every day. He is THE HAPPIEST kid in the world (or at least the happiest kid in my house). He crawls everywhere and gets into pretty much everything. I need to seriously start thinking about baby gates because our stairs are a death trap. Hudson loves all food and all non-food that he can put in his mouth. He turned 10 months this week it is amazing to me how much joy has come into our home this past year as a result of having a baby in the house. I think it brings out good things in my older boys. I love seeing Jackson and Brady interact with Hudson. It brings out a tenderness and protectiveness in them that I don't see in other circumstances.

So here it is! The 10 month gallery:

 Happy 10 months to my littlest buddy.