The very first thing Grace says when she wakes up, “Is Timmy up?”

And it’s kinda sad but Mimmy has recently turned into Timmy. She’s starting to say all the letter sounds so the baby talk is going out the window.

For the past few days she has made me read to her If You Give a Moose a Muffin 15 times. Again mommy again! So sweet tho.



When Gracie tells me I’m pretty 😍

Driving in the car and both my kids telling my “You’re the best!”

Timmy telling my cousin Jon that he loves the pictures on his arm {tatoos} lol

Timmy woke me up this morning at 5am saying he needs to tell me a secret..”Jesus loves me mommy and I miss him. I want him to come to my house so I can take care of him.” I think the Easter story we’ve been reading has him alittle concerned about Jesus well being.

When Grace gives her nighttime kisses she’s about 2 inches from your face and making a circle. It’s hilarious because she thinks she’s giving you kisses all over your face but she no where near you.

Timmy packed a plastic bag with envelopes and said he was going to talk to Jesus. And then he went and sat in the corner and kept telling grace that he was visiting with Jesus.

Tried to give Timmy carrots for dinner. Says he’s not a rabbit, he’s a boy. 

We are big into tweezers right now. Sqwwweeezers in Timmy language. this is how we unloaded the dryer today. 😒



The best view.



I guess I let in a lizard when I opened the door to put some things in the car because when I came back in the kids were on the hunt. Timmy with his whistling, “Woooohoooo baby lizard come to me!” And Gracie all like what there’s a baby somewhere? “Come to me baby!”

Driving in the car Timmy says, “Look mommy it’s a lizard cloud!”

“Here mommy look! I made a carrot booger.” As he puts it in my hand. 😝

I really wish I had more patience for the dogs especially when this happens.



This has to be in the top ten most treasured moments. Gracie’s first mommy manicure. I can’t get enough of this picture with her little hands matchibg mine.



Blowing them dry all big girl like.





I haven’t really been in the Easter spirit. My house isn’t even decorated which is so unlike me. But Timmy has been begging to use this big container of crafts my cousin bought him. Pretty cool gift, comes with a book of crafts with ever supply in a big bucket.



Timmy made a frog and Grace {mommy mostly} made a chick.



Then Timmy wanted to make this mama bird on her nest and I was pretty impressed. It was his idea to add a cracked egg with a baby bird in it.



I never blog any of the holidays. I always say I’ll do it later and never do. Hopefully Easter will be different. The kids have 3 parties next week!

Mmm yum!

It was really fun to watch it all play out but I’m guessing the clean up won’t be. I’ll let you know whenever that happens 🙊

It rained yesterday and filled the outside toy kitchen sink with water. We have a mole in the yard that was busy yesterday because there were little dirt mounds everywhere. 

The perfect storm. I watched as Timmys mind put it all together. 

“Mommy! Look! I’m cooking.” He went on to tell me that everyone was coming over and that this pie was for Uncle Tom and Aunt Sam.  That’s the cost for being the favorites. 😊

Can it get any grosser? Yes.

When the pie started getting a little too dry they went to the dogs water dish and filled up toy cups. Grace didn’t get the memo that the water was for the mud pie and before I could get over to her she was taking a sip. Ahhhh!

The chef & Sous Chef:





Today when I had to yell at Timmy not to kick his sister in the head he ran off saying, “I’m running away forever!” I thought this was a little dramatic and way premature. Isn’t it early for my son to be running away? He’s only 3!

Gracies new obsession is watching her baby on the monitor. Sometimes there’s not even a baby doll in her crib but she watches that baby like its her job, constantly updating me on the baby’s sleeping situation. 



For Saint Patricks Day we did nothing festive but I did make some green pancakes for the kids. Grace was a little less than amused by the gesture.



I looove having my sister Sam here. It’s like having a second mother for the kids. And when she plays with them it’s for real, like she is actually totally into it for herself. Making cakes in the pretend kitchen, painting like she’s Picasso.. I think the kids really appreciate that all in kinda playtime.



Major plus. After this paint session, she bathed them and cleaned up all the paint! What a blessing.

Then of course there’s Gracies latest fashion trends:

One sock, pajama shorts, 3 t-shirts and a bow!

Or a zebra headband and Timmys grasshopper shirt on top of her pjs.

We call it hamper diving now. Sometimes it’s clean clothes andddd sometimes not. You just never know.

But this is what it’s all about. Nothing convinces me more to have like ten, twelve kids than these moments.



Timmy screams bloody murder at anything with wings, including birds. However in his defense he did get attacked by birds at the zoo when he was eating lunch annnnd they stole his chicken nuggets. Bad birds!

Grace, on the other hand, HUGE fan. Lover of all things gross. Wants to give everything a kiss, where Timmy likes to keep a healthy distance. 

She fell in love with this {already dead} beetle.



And then there’s lizards… Good thing Uncle Tom is a master lizard catcher. Under his traing I think she will be catching them herself in no time.



Timmy says, “I love your eyes mommy, they’re so black and blue.” 😂

When Max or Grace cries Timmy runs over and starts singing them a Jesus song. IT IS THE SWEETEST THING EVER. His go to songs are “Come into my heart Lord Jesus” or “Jesus Loves Me”

Timmy fell asleep on the couch and Grace quietly snuck up right next to him and literally watched him sleep. 😍



Listening to them saying sorry to each other and the other one saying it’s ok without my prompting. Makes me feel like maybe they are listening to me.

Grace putting her tiara on backwards and sitting in the middle of a pile of Every. Book. We. Own. 



We’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach and every time I feel so blessed that this is my life. That I get to spend everyday with my favorite little people basically on vacation in paradise. And how thankful we are that Daddy works so hard to make this life possible for us.