Friday, February 17, 2012

29 months

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How is it possible that they are just one month away from being 2 and a half? Every day they are coming up with new things that make us laugh. The way they talk, play and interact with each other is so amazing. Not to say that every single moment of each day is full of happiness...there is a lot of fighting, tears and frustration as they learn how to work with each other and how to communicate with everyone. Raising quadruplets is far from an easy task and I am really amazed that it has gotten more difficult rather than getting easier but at the end of the day I wouldn't trade our life for any other life in the world!

"There's four to wash,
there's four to dry.
There's four who argue,
there's four who cry.
Two are in the mud having a ball,
The other two are holding crayons
and marking the wall.
My patience grows thin,
the days seem endless
and I wonder, "Why was I chosen
to be the mother of Quadruplets?"
The answer comes clear
at the end of each day.
As I tuck them in bed
and to myself I say,
There's four to kiss,
there's four to hug,
and best of all
there's four
to love."

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sleepover!

The kids always want to play with their cousin Zachary, or Zacky as Matthew calls him, and after his visit a couple weeks ago when he wanted to stay over night we made plans for him to come have a sleepover. The kids have been excited and I used the "Zachary is coming for a sleepover Wednesday if you guys can be good" many times this week and it worked...now I need to come up with a new bribe!

They played all day with the day care kids then after supper Ben made popcorn and put on Toy Story 2 for them. I love how they all attempt to say Buzz Lightyear!
Aubrey: Bye Biteyear
Matthew: Buzz Year
Brady: Buzz Biteyear
Cameron: Buzz-Eye-tear (all one word!)

When it was time for jammies Cameron was not very happy to see that Zachary had Elmo jammies and he had monkey ones so I had to go upstairs and trade his jammies in for Elmo one which resulted in me trading Brady's in for Buzz and Matthew's in for McQueen. Teeth were brushed, five bedtime stories were read, hugs, kisses and pictures were taken then it was tucked in and off to sleep.

I can't believe 5 kids in one room and they all went to sleep so well!

Popcorn and movies!
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Five little monkeys sitting on the bed!
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Chatting it up!
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Lots of love!
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

My little loves!

The happiest Valentine Quaddlers!
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Checking out their Valentine's loot!
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Matthew with the love of his life...a bouncy ball!
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Brady and Matthew with their little buddy Chase!
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Party Time!
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Making party treats!
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YUMMY!
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Aubrey and Abby got matching jammies!
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentine's Day 2012

The kids enjoyed giving and recieving their Valentine's today. It was so cute to watch them pass them out to all their little friends and making some yummy cookies to celebrate with. I couldn't help but look back on the past 3 Valentine's days!

Valentine's 2010
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Valentine's 2011
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Valentine's 2012
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Tiny Musicians

Brady's Day at Work

Finally it was Brady's turn to go to work! He had been waiting a long time for his day to come and happily walked out the door with Daisy tucked under his arm. He was so excited when he got home from work he told me all about his day many times over!

Driving the skidder!
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Driving the four wheeler...
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...and the snowmachine!
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Doesn't look like much work was getting done. ;)

Driving the tractor
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Almost big enough to pedal the tricycle!
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A pencil and a tootsie roll...happy boy!
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Making some yummy brownies with Grammie.
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