Happy Birthday Phil!

We managed to squeeze in a little time to celebrate Phil's birthday on Thursday. Our evenings are usually busy with running a kid somewhere. After our running around, we celebrated before bedtime.




Ruthie running off with the Whoppers. Heee

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite boys...the other is Andrew.

Afternoon at the Park

Today was an absolutely beautiful fall day. After Ruthie's nap, I took the girls to a nearby park to play. This was Ruth's first time at this park. I knew she would like it since the equipment is low to the ground. She LOVED running to the different parts on the playground and going down the slides. Olivia liked showing Ruth around and how to play on it. It was really cute to watch. Clare did her usual monkey bars and hang-glider.

The boys were at Andrew's football game. The game lasts about 2 hours. Ruth can't sit through all of that. We played at the park for awhile then headed to Andrew's game for about 45 minutes. Then it was time to go home and fix supper.










This week, Ruth had her 15 month check-up. She is growing up so fast. Just like our other children, Ruth is high in percentile for height and weight-97%. She weighs 26 pounds, and is 33 inches. She wears 2t tops and pants, size 4 diapers, naps twice a day, likes to drink milk and eat food that everyone else eats. Not a fan of grilled cheese.




My beautiful girls!!

Clare Turns 6

This weekend we celebrated Clare turning 6. She thought this was big thing. She liked telling people her new age. Her teacher at school gave her a birthday crown to wear, and she wore it around the house for a few days.
When planning the kid's parties these days, I'm finding it to be difficult with the availability with family. There is always something going on during the weekends. We celebrated Clare's bday with my side of the family as Phil's mom worked this week and Dan and Raye had company in town over the weekend.

Saturday was a wet, soggy day. Instead of grilling, I made chili for lunch. Not super kid friendly but they all ate it anyway. It was perfect on this cool fall day.

When I asked Clare what kind of decorations she wanted, she said she wanted 'butterflies.' She
picked out her butterfly design at Nobbies. Hy-Vee decorated her cake to match the decorations.

3 months and 6 years





I was over at the kitchen sink, and I look over to see Ruthie sitting on the table eating crackers.




Silly faces



Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts you gave Clare.

What's Happening at Our House this Weekend

Look who I found playing in the closet.

**Notice Ruth with only 1 shoe on. She is always playing in the shoes and has just one on.

Gramma Mary came up for a visit this weekend. Phil started his graduate class and I need her help on Sat. Clare had soccer pictures and a game too. Gramma was able to keep the others home while I sat in the rain watching Clare play.


Today, Sunday, was cold and rainy again. Andrew had a football game and with Gramma still here, she watched the girls while I bundled up to watch the Irish play. Andrew is #12, quarterback. He is on the Irish(green). Phil helps coach and can be seen on the sideline.



The game was tied. Andrew scored the TD on his team, but I didn't video of it.


Videos of Andrew running with the ball.

Where's Ruthie??

PE Teacher for the Day

It was Homecoming this week for the kids' school. On Thursday, Olivia's school had the kids dress up to an -er word. Olivia was thinking Dancer, Singer, or Teacher. Since Olivia's aunt teaches PE, we called her to see if she had a shirt saying something about PE. Sure enough she did. It was PERFECT!!

Thanks Aunt Sara!!!!

Wordless Wednesday