Typical Days: Oklahoma Edition

We are settling in quite nicely here at my parents for the month of December 

and here is what we have been up to...

We did some Christmas crafts with our buddy Coen this week!

The kids also let me play around and take pictures of them... for about 2 and half minutes.

{sweet enough for me} 

Enjoyed our new buddy, Coen, that will be joining our crew a couple days a week while we are here.

                                                                
                                     Goofed around at Grammy's and Pops' house.

                                                                
         And H totally enjoyed Pops' Ipad while wearing his new boots from Grammy.

        
                                Riley keeps waking up with the WORST sweetest bed head!!

                                                                            

Oh, and you cannot forget a "must have" once you cross into the Oklahoma border, Taco Bueno.

{yes, I've sent this picture to rub in Jake's face a few times}

Typical Days

 We are classy eaters.

 

How sweet is this boy?

Hunter has been feeding the girls baby dolls and carrying them everywhere, even to bed.

I wish someone would dress me up this pretty at 8:30 in the morning.

 Can you see the excitement on his face?

Excuse me, Buddy, I was just trying to make you a super cool fort.

 Sleeping buddies.

 Oh how we loved the McClenathan's coming to visit us last week.

 {sigh}

Boys will be boys.

 Gosh, I love this man.

And even more so in his dress blues.

{check out that ribbon stack and expert shooting badge}

 Ray Bans, Ring Pop, and a new Toy Story... no big deal.

 I love this 70 degree weather!

 Coughs and runny noses x3

 When daddy's away, our bedtime routine consists of a little more PLAY.

Our typical days as a family are memories I cherish.

Art Appreciation Day

They appreciated a new, squishy experience and I appreciated the super easy clean up... especially when I ran upstairs to get the girls up from their nap and Hunter grabbed a paint brush and my Diet Coke and left them on my white(not so white) rug.

 It's hard to keep his attention for a project, but he did pretty well with this one.

Baby Picasso's.

 Em was not appreciating it AS much as the others, but I made sure she looked the part with paint on her face.

 Riley's balloon exploded.

If you're not feeling as brave crazy on a dragging day, just put the finger paint in a baggie and tape to a window or big door with a window. We did this earlier in the week and it seemed to be a big hit for both age groups. Hunter liked using something to move the paint around like a pen or marker, but the girls just squished and slapped it.

Weekly wrap up: goodbye's and hello's

WHAT A WEEK!

Mimi landed super late Saturday night and with late naps backfiring and a schedule out of whack we somehow were all awake to greet her at the airport. E was beyond tired so a meltdown was her way of welcoming Mimi to North Carolina. The girls headed straight to bed and then the Hunter love fest was on. The love/infatuation that my mom has towards that boy is unbelievable. With that said, if he was doing anything "wrong" during her visit she wasn't about to tell him no or get on to him. That went for the girls as well, including buckling Riley into a car seat that she didn't want to be buckled in to. Mimi was not about to be associated as the "bad guy" by forcing her to sit, so I had to do it.

We had an absolute blast and we were spoiled rotten by her. 

I think I am more spoiled now since having her grandkids than I ever was as a child.

{I am perfectly fine with this}

We shopped, shopped, went to eat, shopped, cooked, planted flowers, shopped, loved on babies, went on walks to the park, laughed, cuddled, and were completely consumed with Mimi.

Needless to say, it was a sad goodbye.

I am also saddened by the fact that I only got one picture of her and the kids!

Now, on to the rest of the week where we:

Rode our new bikes from Mimi.

Did a little seasonal planting.

{making on base housing feel a little more like home}

Enjoyed the rain.

Baked lots of cookies.

For a yummy 5 layer ice box cookie cake.

That ended up tasting incredible with the homemade mascarpone icing.

.

Delicious.

Happy Belated Birthday Daddy!

 

WELCOME HOME!

Are these mine?

You like my card daddy?

It has been a wild, fun, crazy, emotional, exciting week!

Now, trying to get back in to a routine with daddy back.

{who knew 2 weeks could throw us off so bad}