livingroom tent

too cold to go outside today, so we were trying to be creative...wyatt LOVES a "tent"!!

"rocker" claire!

it's funny how crazy her hair looks in this picture, i can't even remember what she did to get it this way! but isn't she the cutest lil' "rocker" girl you've seen! i also love her outfit! oh, and the reason i was taking the picture...because she just stood up from the middle of the living room!! not holding on to anything! she still doesn't take more than 2 steps at a time, the few times that she has felt brave enough
to try.

rear view of the cute standing girl!

cute claire

new deck

like many BIG projects, this has been one of those we just haven't had time to do yet. it's been a here-and-there kind of project (also, a project type we are very familiar with!). our deck HAS a great foundation, but it HAD lots of rungs, nails, splinters and life (aka: mold...eew!) popping out of the railing and floor. matt tore the rails and floor up/out mid december, so it's been a while since we've been out the back door! BIG thanks to vati (my dad), mark (our neighbor) and dustin (matt's friend/co-worker) who helped matt finish the deck! they all did a great job! the kids and i can't wait to be out on it...when the weather warms up.

wyatt...doing inspections!

lucy is so glad she'll be able to stare in the window again,
with her sweet "sad puppy dog" face!!

"everything looks good here."

kids and the laundry basket

seriously, they are like magnets to this thing...whether empty or full of clothes they have got to get in it! (and then of course they want me to push and pull them around in it! what's fun for them is exercise for me.)

larry boy, go to sleep!

we were out shopping with wyatt's grandma the other day, and the two of them found a really good deal on a "larry boy" toy (from veggie tales). today he had to take a nap with him. the thing about larry boy is that he has a button that you push and once pushed you have to listen to his full 30 seconds or so spill. not so bad until that's who wyatt wants to sleep with. i had to go in a couple of time to tell the two of them to keep it down! finally, i told them that they had better be a sleep when i came back to check on them. this is what i found when i came back!

not long later, this is what i found...i know that wyatt was asleep the first time, but larry boy must have been playing opossum!!

Claire's 1st steps!!

that's right, claire took her first steps today! of course, i am with her all day long but she does it while i'm cooking dinner! but how fun for daddy to be the witness of one of her firsts! :) maybe i'll see it tomorrow!! way to go claire bear!!