The Simple Things: begining of a new year

So far it's been a great year for 2012! well except for the fact that Presley and Gavin have decided that they don't need naps, which is fine for a 3 year old but is he ever grumpy and tired looking, but he just refuses to sleep. And well Gavin's going through yet another growth spurt so he's decided he'd rather be attached to me all day eating rather than sleeping, it would be nice if he slept through the night, but I guess from 1am to 5am I can't complain, at least I can get some form of sleep. and he's really cute so I don't mind

The kids have been obsessed with books lately which is good, and Presley so far hasn't ate any...which is a first. usually he's all over books trying to eat them....I swear it's Steve's genetics hahahaha.
I love hearing the stories they tell just by looking at the pictures their pretty awesome, my kids have an amazing imagination.

and Christian is my nut bar :) he's the class clown and always doing things to make other people laugh,

at least at school he still listens and doesn't interrupt the class...just yet, he'll probably be doing that within the next couple years

we made a turkey for new years because we forgot to defrost it in time for Christmas and it's the first time we weren't really paying attention to how ti was cooking, this was Steve's attempt at taking it out of the roasting pan, it was so moist the turkey fell apart and the bones just slide right through the meat. One of the best turkey's I have ever eaten (the other one was cooked by Steve too) he's a pro at turkey cooking.

and I can never paint my nails without 3 little ones at my feet asking for their nails done too. Now their getting advanced, they ask me to do designs now. those are my attempts at making Christian a bumble bee. the week before was a race car....Thank goodness he's on winter break, I'll have to make sure it's off before he returns to school on Monday

and my Princess refuses to let me put her hair in pony tails anymore...above was my attempt at doing pig tails, the second I had them in she was screaming at me and taking them out. With 3 brothers shes going to grow up to be a tomboy and she's already showing it. I swear she's going to be one of those girls in nice shoes and a dress because she loves pretty clothes, but playing in a puddle of mud. It's going to be awesome.

For Christmas the kids got packages of playdoh from Santa and i figured why not let them play with it, I finally have a table cloth to protect the table. It turns out adults have more fun playing with it than the kids, and the kids love watching what mommy and daddy are making.