A laundry basket concert

Our girls are extremely imaginative.  They can turn almost anything in a toy.  I keep trying to catch Livi's plays she puts on with her toys, they are always amusing.  I never seem to have the camera handy.  Yesterday they decided to put on a concert using the empty laundry baskets.  (Normally these are used as traps and horses) Here are some of the video I was able to capture before they moved on to a new game. 

   

Black and Blue

This is what Emme's face currently looks like.  Isn't it pretty.  Friday morning it was a struggle for us to get going.  Alex didn't sleep well that night and the girls didn't go to sleep till late. Of course they had to be up the minute the sun was.  (They literally come in and tell me the sun is up every morning so I need to get up no matter what time it is. ) So that morning we were all a little cranky.  After breakfast the girls began arguing over princess dolls, horses and a dinosaur.  No matter what the toy was if Livi had it Emme wanted it.  About ten Alex goes down for his morning nap.  Which means they are quiet or they sit in time out.  (Well Livi on the couch making faces at me and playing quiet and Emme plays in her room)  Both were playing quietly Livi was doing a play with her dolls on the fireplace and Emme looking at books.  I had the great idea that I would go take a shower by myself.  Being a Mom of three I rarely do anything by myself.  After a couple minutes Emme came in screaming.  Matt woke up and tried to find out what was wrong.  Her and Livi were playing with Alex's ball.  Livi threw it at her and it hit her face.  Poor Matt went to get something cold for her eye.  (He only had two hours of sleep) He brought back a bag of peas.  Which were open and the fell all over the place.  The next trip he brought back a ice pack.  While she iced her eye she insisted I lay next to her and watch Sheriff Callie with her.  I always love cuddle time with my little girl.  Plus I got to finish my book.  She even wanted me to read it too her.  Later she told me she couldn't help or go to bed because her eye hurt. This will be her excuse for everything for a while.  Got to love being four. 

Valentine's Day

For the first time in six years Matt and I got to spend Valentine's Day together.  Our first Valentine I was in Alaska and he was in Utah.  The past five years either we both worked or he did.  So this year he finally had the day off.  The thought of crowded movie theaters or restaurants didn't thrill either of us. I have never been one for tons of noise or crowds. So instead we decided to go get a couple of red box movies and get some take out from Red Dragon Bistro.  (They have yummy Chinese food that isn't overly greasy)  We got Escape Plan with Arnold and Sly Stallone.  Love it.  But I have always been one for a movie where things blow up.  We also got Ender's Game.  I loved the book.  I have always been a big fan of Orson Scott Card.  It was good.  But there were some things left out that annoyed me like his relationship with his siblings. Or what his siblings were doing while he was at battle school.  Some movies just don't live up to the wonderful books they come from.  But then again the girls and I just finished Stuart Little.  Let me just say the movie was way better then the book.  So far they are enjoying Charlotte's Web and the BFG more. 
  With girls we made Valentines and sugar cookies to pass out to the kids in their classes at church.  They had more fun passing them out in the rain.  We gave them each a cute valentine heart with chocolate.  They then got to go to the Lego movie with Matt's parents and have a sleep over with their grandparents.  Of course we kept Alex with us.  He is such a happy little boy though I wish he would sleep through the night.  I have never seen a baby laugh so much when he gets his shirt changed.  He giggles over most anything. 
 He loved having Mommy and Daddy to himself. 

I wanted a picture of Alex before Church.  Emme wanted a picture with her brother.  Where was Livi?  Twirling

Chewing on his fingers in his Daddy lap. 

She wanted to take a picture of me too.  She loved her heart pancake for breakfast.

Her Valentine from mommy and Daddy

Livi loved it.  It had two of her favorite things Princesses and Chocolate

He was just hanging out in his high chair. 

We went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch.  This is how he was when we walked in.