The Facts of Life

Fact- you should always check pant pockets before doing laundry..this way you will not be surprised to see an Ipod touch when you are putting clothes from the washer to the dryer.

Fact- Ipod touches will be very clean but will not work if you wash them

Fact- $200 bucks down the toilet is not my idea of fun

Fact- My birthday was a few weeks ago...I got this gem of a chair for my bedroom

Fact- What is it about men and watching things in HD? I swear it looks the same as regular TV..but Nate begs to differ..and we all know I am totally right..

Fact- Also for my birthday, my brothers surprised me with something they made..it involves animals...they got me 4 chicks..and wait for it.......a chicken coop!

So from left to right we have, "Bird" "Feathers" "Ricky" & "Bugsy" I know what you are all thinking.."wow I must have clever kids to come up with those original names" When we asked Maggie what she wanted to name her chick..she simply said, "Ummm...Bird" and that was that. And don't worry, the boys made sure each one of my kids got one...so in 6 short months, I will be gathering eggs in a basket like they do on a regular ol' farm. This was definitely not in the life plan... but oh how these kiddos of mine love them...

Sophie and Feathers

Connor and Ricky

Here is the fruit of their labors..the coop..and behind it is the doll house they built several years back..you know the one that Rob almost lost his fingers to..but this year with the chicken coop project, you will be happy to know that no body parts were harmed.

Fact- You know that movie "We bought a Zoo?" Well I have actually never seen it but it sounds like what is going on at my house since Connor recently purchased a lizard or iguana (not sure which) and my kids are dead set that we are getting baby bunnies from the neighbors who have a bunny who is expecting. All this happening at a house where we were never having animals! Such a sucker I am becoming...but I swear if anyone gives us a cat or dog, it WILL be returned :)

Fact- We got our fence and tramp in...next on  the list..curbing, trees and shrubs..well as soon as I find a money tree..

Fact- Maggie loves sleep..she also loves Doritos..put em together and life is pretty perfect

Fact- I am totally a sucker for matching girlies..and curse the fact that I am becoming my mother

Easter Times Three

It seems like my photo-taking ability gets put on pause from Christmas until Easter every year..I am a total slacker these days in capturing the moments in my kids' lives.But here we are again at Easter and man did we party Easter/Belnap style. Here are an overload of pics from three different hunts.

First we dyed Easter eggs...only about 3 dozen but we had a million colors to choose from..

 Next we partied at G &G Belnaps for their annual hunt...here is Chloers chillen in her first swing ride

 Every year, my sis-in-law makes these Cascarones..or eggs filled with confetti..this year she went over the top and made a billion..she must have been saving eggs since before Christmas..she lives out of state and sent them for us to enjoy..Thanks a million Pete!

So the pictures somehow got out of order and here we are back to dying Easter eggs

This is Sophie on Easter morning at 9am..obviously she wasn't too excited to see if the Bunny came..I had to wake her up

You betcha I made these..thanks to Pinterest and my neighbor..and although they look super cute, they tasted nast-o...way to much salt.Not sure what happened but they went in the garbage.

These next pics are at Nate's Aunt's house. They used to have a huge hunt here every year when he was younger..and the last one was about 11 years ago. They made a reunion/Easter party of it and the pink clad jumpsuit slash white puffy hair who you might mistake for the Easter bunny is none other than Nate's Aunt Molly..she pulled off the whole sha-bang for over 200 people at the young ol' age of 80-ish...

This is a pic of what Maggie found on a different kind of hunt...at least she doesn't eat her boogers...she politely shows me and wants a tissue

Mags caught totally stealing the tulips

cousins..Katelyn, Brooklyn & Ellie...Brooklyn & Ellie are only 6 months apart..but you would never guess that with how much taller Ellie is.