Skating!

I took the big kids skating for the first time this weekend, it was a blast! They did really well and loved it. The rink we went to offered lessons, so we took those first and then free skated for a while. The sounds of children splatting on the ground during lesson time was priceless. I even strapped on a pair, a bit overconfident because I was a skating queen back in the day. I didn't fall down but it definitely felt awkward.

Ahhh the skating rink, brings back good memories of skating at the rink in Belleville, scrambling to find a cute boy to skate with during the slow skates, not to mention shoot the duck and limbo (which I totally rocked)! But my time is now over, and now the children will skate on to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. But they will not slow skate, until they are at least 20.

6 months old!

We can't believe how fast time is going with this little angel! She is so much fun right now, and her new trick is to shake her head no. All day long it's no no no no no. She can finally take a bottle well thanks to the weekend of no nursing, and enjoys her solid foods.

She has an ongoing love affair with her toes, and her brother and sister are experts at making her laugh. She warms up to new people quickly, as long as mommy or daddy are around. We are all so in love with her!

Extreme home makeover: bathroom edition

Whoo hoo! The bathrooms are beautiful!!! It was a taxing few days, but well worth the effort. I even missed bunko, and I don't miss bunko very willingly. There are just a few odds and ends to take care of and then I'll post some before and after pictures. I just go from one bathroom to the other staring at them, I love home improvement (and I love that Brian's dad is a contractor willing to help us make our house pretty)!

Bern was a big help to Grandpa with all the building, and Bella provided entertainment by dancing around in her leotard. Gabbi didn't seem to mind all the noise, sleeping through everything. Oscar, on the other hand, had a bit more trouble and spent the last few days shaking in terror. Brian has been to home depot at least 15 times since Thursday, and I am the mistress of all the painting. Together, we are an unstoppable home improvement team that is a force to be reckoned with.

Now we rest, sleep, and will spend some quality time in the new bathrooms.

Sorry the blog has been a little quiet...it's because our lives have been a little loud. We had one or more sick kiddo for the past 3 weekends and are getting ready for a double bathroom remodel. Which I'm very excited about, not the work but the finished product.

This weekend the Gabster picked up a yucky virus and was/is so sick. She went on (and is still on) a nursing strike, and isn't sucking her thumb either so her throat must be bothering her pretty bad. On Saturday she stopped nursing and had a fever so we were concerned she'd become dehydrated, but luckily she started taking a bottle and has been eating a few ounces here and there. I miss cuddling up to her while I nurse her and our quiet time together, hopefully she'll drop her picket sign soon and come back to me. I've tried to negotiate with her but she doesn't communicate so well.

So, needless to say we missed church again and missed the super bowl fun. Hopefully we'll be back to the land of the living soon!