A few other pictures..

Here are a few other pictures from yesterday that I wanted to share.....

We weren't sure that these would bloom or not.  But they did ...  we figured one would - but didn't know about the others.  But they all did......

Flowers....

I went in the bathroom .... saw this..... and I had to.

Noah was super amused that he had a banana car...

Kaedyn was caught being good again - and got another prize.

Nathan just came in the bathroom (with me) whining about something - LOL .... and then he entertained himself by doing this.....

Miss Elly had a good day!  

She got to play with wrapping paper .... (got some in her mouth without us seeing and ended up having to get her mouth finger swept.)

She tried frozing....... and oooooooooooh boy did she like it!  She'd cry until you gave her more.  LOL....

At one point, Dennis went to sit outside.  We don't have a picnic table or anything yet, and so he did this.  LOL...

Tulips

This popped up on Facebook ......

These are the directions.......

Grow Indoor Tulips . . . Step 1 - Fill a glass container about 1/3 of the way with glass marbles or decorative rocks. Clear glass will enable you to watch the roots develop . . . Step 2 - Set the tulip bulb on top of the marbles or stones; pointed end UP. Add a few more marbles or rocks so that the tulip bulb is surrounded but not covered (think support). . .Step 3 - Pour fresh water into the container. The water shouldn't touch the bulb, but it should be very close, so that the roots will grow in.

And so I really wanted to do this.  Lilac, Tulips and Hydrangea are my favorite flowers.

So I got some bulbs that were already opening .....

Here is a better GUIDE though

Planting & Clairah!

I feel like crap today.  But I really want/need to spend some time with the family - while NOT being in my bed.  So I'm gonna push myself today.  And tomorrow..... my baby turns 14.  So yeah, I have to push myself tomorrow too.

This little sweetie...  she's checking out that baby doll bottle....  wondering why the heck she's not getting anything out of it...

So Kaedyn did a planter out of a 2-liter bottle in Scouts one night... and I had seen it on PINTEREST too...  but I thought it was awesome...  So we did it with 1.5 liters too.   So some were smaller - some were bigger.  I found the 2 liters were a lot easier to work with.

So - 2 liter bottle, the pic of the cleaned out de-labeled bottles.  You cut the bottles in half.   You flip the top part of the bottle and you put it upside down in the bottom half.   So the neck is pointed to the bottom of the bottle. Then take a couple strips of felt cloth and put it in the bottom (or the neck of the bottle that's upside down)  This way, you can water the plants, and you make sure there is water in the bottom half, it acts as a "self waterier" ...

We have this too.....

So I did some with each of the younger kids individually ....  Kaedyn was really excited to do it, so he was begging to be first.  I kinda - actually - did Kaedyn and Clairah at the same time...

Then I worked with Nathan...

And Noah who would only do one...

Here they all are with their first plants they did ...

Here are all the planters we did - we had more, and plenty of seeds, but we ran out of soil.

We have them sitting in our front window - but on warmer days I'm going to put them out on our front patio.

But Clairah wanted her "Doc Mobile" ... from Doc McStuffins...  and so her and Kaedyn were playing with it, mostly, and Nathan joined in.  They started treating their various stuffed animals (they did this for hours!) ...

This little girl is soooooooooo loved here.

I hadn't gotten any FULL family photos since Elly was born.  So I wanted to get some - so I took some quick shots.  I want to take them out to a park and get some good GOOD photos of them all.

Then I had to go get back in bed - the pain was just suck-ass.  So Clairah came in to keep me company and she ate dinner with me, and Elly was hanging out with Shila too...  and eventually everyone in the family worked their way into the room at some point.  So I just kept snapping pictures.

Here are a few of Clairah.  I love love love her curls.

Miss Elly

Elly's toes ...

Clairah wanted to show me her toes too! LOL ... she even pulled off her sock...

Daddy and Kaedyn were being super silly....

Kale with Elly-belly ....

Nathan was trying to steal Daddy's Dr. Pepper... LOL...

Kale and both girls....

Calahan & Noah

Kinsleigh

Finally meds were given and kids started dropping like flies.  Kaedyn sleeping with Marshmellow ...  Mellow is his buddy.  I like how Mellow gets to use the pillow and Kaedyn is all pushed down...

Nathan doesn't like pillows, he likes to use his stuffies....

And that was today......  and boy o' boy was it a day.