Happy Saint Patricks Day.. yep.. we celebrated!

Mom, what is Saint Patricks Day? That was the question of the morning after I wouldn't stop singing Happy St. Patti's Day.. and told him he had to wear a sign that says "kiss me i'm irish" and Jacksons response.. "Mom, I can't kiss my friends anymore, Mr. Kristi says so".. ok.. I laid off the kissing thing but we still celebrated.. Pictures are backwards so bear with me.

We have had BEAUTIFUL weather so we played outside again for an hour or more.. it was soo nice but wet... soo surreal, warm and things are melting but there is still SOOO much snow! Jackson stuck in the snow.

The crazy amounts of snow still left in our back yard. notice the sled under snow and the sleds are still stuck in the snow.

Yippie.. the house was ok and I was able to move it out of the puddle and onto dryer ground.

My little girl bellys up to the table the SECOND that I get into the kitchen to make a meal... and she proceeds to yell... mom... mom.... moooooommmmmm.... mom..... until she gets food!!

She is a burchill.... that is for sure. She LOVES ketchup... ate it with her fish sticks today as well as her corn tortilla chips and even just her fingers... yuck!! I had to put more on her plate TWICE!! (Notice the green outfit and even green plate!!!)

Now.. these are the shamrock cookies I was soo excited to make... yep, they were shaped like shamrocks. I found a recipe for gluten free spritz/sugar cookies and we were sooo excited to make them.. um... another one for the garbage. It was quite grainy which had to do with the choice of flours.. but oh well, threw some frosting on it and sent it with to Jacksons school... Jackson told me that the kids loved them, except two kids.. Oh well, gotta give a girl credit for trying..

Our craft for today... I loved these and so did the kids. We made St. Patti's day hats. Jenna, being the diva girl she is.. had to have pink antena's... but either way we had a great time making them and then.. of course, dancing with them on. Notice the green face on Jenna.. yah, during color time she likes to color on herself..

What the kids got with his breakfast this morning... green applesauce. Those who know Jackson know that he is not big on #1 new things... #2 change... I was soo proud of him for trying it and he said "not soo bad". It was a fun day... very busy... but fun!!

I have some more hillarous dancing video's to post but I am going to go and chill for the rest of the night..

Cars and Trucks are for boys right... NOPE!

Jenna loves to play with cars and trucks. She will usually put them in her purse or basket, carry them around and then line them up in places and drive them.. here is one of the times she was doing it. Lined them up on the window sil, then the garbage, then the counter.. She is not all about cars though.. she likes to help me cook and bake too. We made pudding and she was my mixer. (All of this goes on during Jackson school... that is why there are no pictures of him on this post. )

Jenna and the way she will treat our new baby... um.. hope not!

The first haircut.. outside, food, yoga, baby and more!

This was Jenna's first "official" haircut at a salon. Her Great Grandpa D gave her the first trim this summer as we like that as a tradition.. but this was a style cut!!! She did sooo great. Just sat there and let the lady cut her hair.. then after she showed off how "peeeeeeerdy" she was!!! Little ham!! notice Jackson in the background chilling!

17 weeks and counting!!

This was Ms. Jenna before her haircut... she was "helping" me bake...

Our swingset.. still under lots of snow but we were able to play a bit on it.

Love this look!!

I was up on top of the hill in our yard taking this picture of Jackson.. still have a HUGE hill in our front yard. Figuring it will melt by August!

Jenna multitasking.. eating food with a straw AND her fork. Then there is Jackson.. the STUD!!

Homemade Granola Bars.. Thanks Tanya for the recipe.. LOVE THEM!

My little helper!!! and his friends.

Jackson doing yoga one morning to Fit T.V. Minutes later I checked back on him and he was doing naked yoga.. I bet that could catch on somewhere other than the midwest!

This video cracks me up.. Just about every day we dance.. just to get the extra energy out and let the kids have some fun... not to mention it is cheap entertainment for me. It is long but worth watching. I SWEAR I do not teach them to dance like this... Jenna at one points does some "stripper moves" on the floor.. Enjoy and next time you are in the neighborhood come and shake your booty with us!

Updating from the past two weeks

Nothing special is going on... but thought I would update anyway.. I visited a thrift store and got a haul on clothes.. quite a few gender neutral things for the baby, couple things for Jenna and Jackson and a few for me for Maternity stuff. The next picture is of my gluten free (half of it) lasagna.. yummy!!!! Then there was Jacksons singing at the church for preschool. He did a great job and they all sounded wonderful.

Here is Mrs. Jenna... showing off her new pretty nightgown!!!

I was feeling ill one day and decided that subway was the only thing that sounded decent.. so we treated ourselfs.. The kids had a picnic and loved the stuff..

Jenna would not take off her pretty skirt all day... so she just left it on even when she spilled water all over herself.

Dressing up.. it is the new theme around here!!!

Stealing my food... another theme around here. Jenna loves to steal my food. I had leftovers from last night and was nibbling on it and she came over and stole it!! STINKER!

Mexico 2009

Here are some pictures from our Mexico vacation. Everything went very well and we had a great time. Weather was 85 and sunny most of the time.. it was relaxing and soo much fun!! We really agree that we need this time to reconnect every year.. next year it may be a the super 8 in Fargo if that is all we can afford.. but we have these memories!! Every night we found towel art in our room..and some nights flower petals sprinkled on the bed. This picture was from valentines day. The next picture is the North Dakota WILD HOGS!!! We rented scooters in Cozumel and drove around the island. It was beautiful driving around the island looking at the oceean. We also saw a lot of huts that people live in.. most of us in the USA would not allow our dogs to live in that... we were very thankful and humbled for what we have.

Our group!! THE BEST !!

The fish that would swim by our feet right in the shallow part of the ocean on our beach.

OUr beach

Scooter time! I was not big on the idea and we almost didn't go.. but after I got over the sickness from the ferry it was a GREAT time.. soo happy we went!

The jacuzzi tub on our balcony.. and for those of you that want to try to tell me that pregnant women can't go in them... the temp was controlled by US... so no lectures please... got enough of those on tanning.. everything was doctor approved... :)

The MEN!

The Ladies

The happy couple plus one... we joked.. this will be the only time we ever take a child to Mexico!!

Dressing up for evening supper!

Floaties and the swim up bar at the hotel... one of many pools.

The bridge that lead to everything.. soo many walk ways, bridges and paths. There were real croc's in that fence area.

The group arriving in Mexico.








It was a great time. We had some fun, sun and drinks (yes... non alcoholic for me) and lots of food!! We laughed.. even cried.. we made many memories. It was by far the best trip that we have been on. Great people, great fun and hopefully not our last time doing this!! We missed the kids but I feel that we are better parents and partners for taking this time for us... the kids had a blast and now we are all together again as a family... waiting and saving our our Disney Vacation in January 2010!