I want my OWN Room!

TA-DA! 

The twins had been asking for their OWN room for a while now.  We do not want to move to a 4 bedroom house right now, so we improvised!  I bought 2 bookshelves and hung a fabric wall to divide the room! 

Now this is the view one twin gets at bedtime, his OWN stuff!  No more looking at each other faces, and no more twins getting into each other's personal stuff!

They still share their office wall and we have a shared library bookshelf as well. (Most of their toys are stored under their beds and all the games are in the linen closet. 

Speaking of new, here is my new comforter I got for Christmas with my new bed skirt!

LOVE IT!

From Four to More

Erik started off his Cub Scout year with me as his Tiger Den Leader and 4 boys. 

They were very fun to lead, but given the choice, Erik decided he wanted the 2 dens of four to be 1 den of 8 boys!  This also meant that his Den Leader is Casey now!  

Only 6 of the boys are pictured here!  Good thing Casey runs a daycare, she has plenty of room for 8 boys in her house! 

At this meeting they learned about the American Flag.  I just got a picture at the Pinewood derby with all 8 boys, but I haven't uploaded it yet...

Teeth No More!

Camden went to get 2 teeth pulled, he was NOT happy! 

Camden after getting his numbing shots! 

His hands were flying around like crazy!  I ended up holding them for the dentist. 

Camden did great though! 

Grandma Jill to the rescue for after care!  

Grandpa Jim watched the twins for me, Erik was playing on the Kindle. 

Ella started painting her derby car like a horse. 

Grandma Jill was overseeing her project. 

Once we had lunch and Camden has recovered, we headed back to Gresham and saw these awesome clouds!  

Camden's gaping holes! 

Parties

 

WE went to the school's fundraiser at Panda Express! 

Both our husbands were out of town, so we invited Uncle JoJo and Uncle John instead! 

Erik was invited to a cosmic bowling party. 

Erik loved using the ramp to steer the ball down the lanes!

Mom's Birthday!

 

My Mom gave me another Yellow birthday this year!  Check out my awesome window greeting at their house! 

Aunt Jennifer and Cousin were there to help celebrate too.  Erik loves his Aunt!  

After a yummy dinner Mom cooked, I got yellow desserts! 

I took one of each of course! 

It was a fun night and I loved my new soft ice pack I got as a gift. 

Here are my birthday bowls and my pennant flags in my kitchen!

Hey Dad, this is a call out to you and your 101 uses for those big red rubber bands!  The kids didn't want to take their bags to Sunday School; Ella said we could use Grandpa Jim rubberbands instead!

 

Birthday Dinner and Bulletin Boards

My friend Angie and I share a birthday week so we went out to celebrate at Outback without kids! 

It was fun to have a complete conversation with friends and have my husband's undivided attention for a while. 

I changed the church bulletin boards from Christmas to Valentine's Day. 

I try to change them out 4 times a year. 

I also did a 12 foot board for the school library too!

Erik's Night at Applebees

Erik came home from school with a coupon for a free kids' meal at Applebees for good behavior!  He really, really wanted to go out that evening.  Camden really, really, did not want to! 

So we left Daddy on Duty and I had myself a dinner date with Erik!  We scored the cute booth for 2 in the back.  

He ordered from the very hungry, bigger kids portion side of the menu and ate every last bite!   

Then he ordered himself a sundae and ate all of that too, which is very unusual for Erik.  He had a great time and so did I. 

The next night was Camden's make up Christmas party for Cub Scouts.  They played Legos, watched a Lego movie, ate popcorn and had a great time.

Alderson Visit!

Ella, Erik, Cousin, Grandpa Jim, Grandma Jill, Camden

The Alderson Grandparents came over to visit on Friday before the kids went back to school.  We walked down to Abby's Pizza for lunch.  

They each got their own pizzas!  Yum. 

Erik 

Camden 

Ella 

Grandma got special permission to bring in ice cream cups for after the pizza!  (She was trying to get a new photo of all 4 grandkids for her new frame.) 

Grandpa surprised the kids with $2.00 in quarters each, to pay the games with! 

We came back for a 2 hour Minecraft playdate in the twins' room. 

I realized that Grandpa and Erik matched! Twinies. 

How cute are they?!!!