Day 84: Tantrum

Veronica had her official first tantrum today.  It took 16 months, but she proved today she can hold her own with her brothers.  We've had some amazing tantrum throwers here and while she isn't quite up there with the best of them and is no where near the "high water mark" she did throw herself on the floor, scream, cry, roll around and generally let everyone know (even after everyone walked away) that she wasn't happy.

She is a little quicker study than some of her brothers because she didn't really carry on for longer than 10 minutes; we've had some that repeatedly screamed for well over an hour.  She got over it and of course I had to take a picture.  So here she is after she threw herself out of the booster seat you see on the floor (because I took the tray off so she wouldn't tip it over any more).

Day 83: Smile

Samuel was enjoying another day of wonderful weather.  The kids ran through the sprinkler today; they are really enjoying the great spring-time weather.

Day 82: my handsome lunch date

This handsome guy, my almost 5 year old, was my handsome date for lunch today.  I was looking at Facebook this morning when I saw that our local Ruby Tuesday was offering a "kids eat free" day.  I love taking the kids out alone for their birthdays.  Maybe it's a trip to the book store, maybe out of ice cream, a ride on the carousel at the mall.  Just some time out, alone for some special one on one time.

So I jumped at the opportunity to take Augustin out for an early birthday lunch.  He wore the brand-new green polo I picked out this week and new blue shorts.  He thought he had won the lottery he was so excited and as he reminded me "Green is my favorite color!"  We ordered our lunch, mine came w/ the salad bar and he excitedly came with me and helped me pick out all kinds of good things for my salad.  He then ate about 2/3 of it when we got back to the table.  He is a salad kid.

He then ordered a "Mini Burger" meal which he got with grilled green beans and apple slices.  He ate the entire meal, along with my salad, a cup or water and then finished the meal off with his chocolate milk.  He is a good eater and he needs it because he never stops moving.

So I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch with Augustin.  It's hard to believe he is just days away from turning 5 years old.

Day 81: Polar Fleece

I know it's only a fleece sweatshirt, but sometimes I have a favorite piece of clothing for one of the kids.  Samuel got this for his 1st birthday from Brad's parents and he has worn it more times than I can count.  It was getting too small months ago, but he and I both loved it and I never put it away.  It finally needs to be packed up though.  He can't get it off without help anymore and it's really too short.  I love the colors with his hair and skin and he loves how soft and warm it is.  It still looks great for 2 years of wear.  So my nephew Oliver will be getting a wonderful fleece and I will just have to ask Beth to take some pictures of him in it.

Day 80: a 2 for 1 day

There is no tile or linoleum left anywhere.  Now they are getting all the adhesive up.  Flooring will be going down soon.

 Poor Veronica. I put her in the stroller to keep her safe while I gave the boys haircuts.  All was going well as I was getting set up, until Samuel decided to push her around and he got going too fast.  The stroller tipped, he went down and she got a very good sized bruise and bump on her head.  She doesn't seem to notice, although I think it looks like it hurts.

Day 79: Samuel

All the riding toys are out and Samuel is really enjoying them.  He's a little big for this one, but he insisted on riding it.

Day 78: Tree House

Brad spent the weekend building a tree house for the boys.  Grant and Matthias were having fun working on it with him.