Mud anyone?

We got a lot of rain on saturday night, O and his best bud Miles found some mud to play in and play they did.  I'm all about kids being kids and don't worry about the mess left behind, not sure about how Kelly felt but it was too late by the time she came out to check on them they were already filthy (my fault).  After the initial shock of head to toe mud she was ok with it or at least didn't kill me for it.

the end result, they even dunked their heads in the mud

time to wash off

look at the guns on these two, be afraid be very afraid

lets ride bikes  now Miles, who needs clothes anyway?  Yes we are those people in the neighborhood, the crazy people.

I'm five

We celebrated O's fifth birthday on thursday, his first official birthday party with friends (from the neighborhood and school).  It was a busy day but I think the kids had a lot of fun and that's all that matters.  Happy Birthday big guy, we love you!

we rented a bouncy house, it got pretty crowed in there.  We only had a few injuries which is to be expected with so many boys being crazy.

to cool off we did bobbing for halloween duckies, pretty funny.

moved on to a water balloon fight, it took three times as long to fill the balloons as it did to break them all.

I decided to do make your own sundae bar instead of cake/cupcakes since I had already sent those into school in the morning.  Can you say ice cream soup?

lining up for the pinata

O gets the first swing, it was a Rio pinata and it was huge (much bigger than I had expected).  We had it custom made in Mexico and that sucker was strong, each kid got at least 10 hits and finally Kev had to step up and break it open.

let the chaos begin, Fin is apparently not interested in the loot.

O and his bud Mateo from school

yes I was at the party, holding my sidekick and manning the camera as usual.  

This one is gonna

be the death of me!  She is the most stubborn little booger ever.  We are just coming off a 6 day nursing strike and she's only decided she'll nurse in the morning, no other time.  I tried everything and nothing worked, she is a girl who know what she wants or doesn't want in this case.  It all started because she bit me and I told her "no no", she got so mad and refused to nurse no matter what.. The good thing is that I'm more stubborn than she is.

Nutella Cookies

I'm slightly addicted to Pinterest, if you haven't checked it out yet you must!  I got this recipe there last week and decided to give it a try, Kev and the kids are my testers for new recipes.  It was super easy but a little on the bland side, I'd add some salt the next time around.  We had some last minute company on friday night so I decided to make the cookies into ice cream sandwiches (it's still well over 100 here most days), they were a big hit and so easy.  Here is the recipe, yes it only has 4 ingredients.

How can you really go wrong with Nutella anyway?  We spread it on warm tortillas, toast, and even ritz crackers, mmmmm.

Welcome

Somebody decided it would be a good idea to welcome our guests, this is the window to the right side of the front door.  I think it was Finley since she's always messing with this window and she was suppose to be napping at the time, who knows how long they've been there...

You're kidding right?

We were back at the doctor again this morning, O had a horrible night last night with fever and barking cough.  He barely slept and at one point while getting him a cold cloth he said "mom this is the worst night of my whole life", poor guy.  So we headed out this morning to see what was going on, maybe his strep had not fully cleared up since we just finished up his antibiotic a few days ago.  Nope, step test was clear and he now has the croup, you're kidding me right??  Back to the pharmacy we go for oral steroids, 4 kids in tow (thank God for the drive through window).  He is suppose to be in a steamy room for 10mins of every hour to help with the dry hacking cough part, this is the smallest room I could steam up really quickly.  He has to go into the toilet part of our master bathroom and passes the time play Angry Birds of course, no complaints - he's such a trooper.  So we're taking it easy today and hoping we can keep it away from the other three....

Come get me please...

I don't really remember the other kids being quite as funny as Norah, she has such a little personality.  She hardly ever cries but is by no means quiet.  When I get her up from her naps this is what I am greeted with.

she is often stuck in this position