omi

Little Naomi is growing fast!

Take a picture that can last!
This must be the indentations Uncle Matt is referring to sweatheart. Says us
Olsons have them, well...they are cute. Must mean your smart...haha!
So for a while I would try setting her in the carseat. She was crabby
at home but we could be on the go or have her in that thing for two
shifts of errands with not a single whimper. Worked a few times,
not always though. Hopefully she is over the crabby pants,
seems to be doing good lately. Her cuteness makes up for it!

And Kalu, the feline friend to even our smallest. He will nap right there with her. Like Lassie, if she wakes he is surely to find me! Luke does say he is like a dog, because he follows me around. But he is even creepier than that, as if not, he is following me with his eyes. He loves momma too. Everyone loves a sleeping baby, especially momma!

bench warmers

Noah and the pretty pink scooter, man does he love that thing! Luckily he is too young to know it is girly. Then again, the other day...a commercial was on for barbie and kelly potty training set. He had been watching it and very thoughtfully says, "hey Mom, I should get that." Then he got the talk...

well that is for girls and your a boy so ...

then I realize he was thinking beyond wanting a dolly and recognized that he is working (hmmm?) on potty training...

but you can use the toilet too like a big boy!














My future is so bright I have to wear shades! Libby sporting the first signs of spring. Too warm for a jacket, see one chucked to the sidelines behind. Cute shades and flip flops, we have waited so patiently for this!! Thank you God! We love spring!!













Even Reany loves spring, even as a benchwarmer. She is the untuchable though. Before she even gets on time out, she has convinced herself she wants to sit there and half the time "forgets" what got her there. Even for future reference which then makes the consequence questionable. But, if you read our rules, "kicking" constitutes not having your hands to yourself and touching another. Surprised, she didn't have time to smile- but a second later is all it would take. Resiliency I should learn from!







Even if that other is David, who gets more emotional when he has to serve time; however, typically that doesn't decrease the odds of reoccurance. Sure is cute though, his charming smile. He knows how to melt moms heart.















And Naomi, who could resist? She has been better tempermented lately. Luke was glad for that when he had her most the day on Saturday, she was great. This pic focused more on the background than her, but you get the picture of her smilins at her momma.

CoUsiNs!!

Naomi, just fussing...this is what she looks like at home quite a bit. What a doll! Her cousin Zachariah is a good little baby though:)

Noah the Ham. Here is is surely instructing Henry. Noah is the QB and is telling him something about the game.

They get a good laugh out of eachother! This was at Grandma Linda's when Henry and his folks were visiting from Virginia state. Soon they will be in Iowa so we look forward to spending more time with them...yea!!

A smooch for the cousin, how sweet!! Henry isn't so sure about cousin Noah, as he can be...hmmm, aggressive at times. Seems Noah only acts up aggressively twards his peers with Mom or Dad to impress (or test?!) When he is under other adults supervision, he does not show random acts of "toughness," such as just plowing a push down or something of that nature. On our way home though, it was nice to see some remorse. "I want to say sorry to Henry," all on his own. But here is proof, that he can be a sweetheart, he really does love you Henry!

Spring is in the Air

This time of year always seems refreshing for me. The new life, the first glimpses of green, the fresh air. It reminds me of God's mercy and being born again through what Christ has done for us. Now if that could just push me through the tough jobs. Like reorganizing the closets, no- if I can have the time (haha) I enjoy that- accomplishment! If only I was not the only appreciating force here!! Tough jobs mainly include the day in and day out emotional involvment and redirection of children with processing problems...every day is a new day! Don't know if that is a good thing for them or a bad thing- is life always exciting or just confusing- perhaps a mix. Here are some spring things for us:


- out with the boots (for sure? there has been later Easters that my kids were in their pretty -dresses and boots for afternoon play!)
- out with the sweaters and turtlenecks, taking out the cooler clothes in all of the closets.
-shoes...Reany just said she didn't have any sandals yet- as Luke and Libby have been sporting them. I know though once they are out she will surely chose them EVERY time, so I have to get around to it. I have a cute pair that wasn't worn much by Lexi that I am looking forward to her fitting into
-GARAGE SALES...other than my $.99 savers day, I wish I could garage sale all the time. I am guessing there won't be too much of that going on though, as my 2 year old and infant seem to think there should be minimal enjoyment for me. This Saturday is the mothers of multiples sale and the spring one is my favorite. A $17,000 garage sale usually finds me a deal or two for my now 8 wardrobes. When I pay a quarter for clothes, I cannot be too upset when they are ruined the first time my kids wear them.
-gardening...oops, that reminds me of so many unfinished projects! A couple years ago I tore up the back side where only mossy grass grew and the dog would tear it up all the time- so now I need to find about a day or two to complete the project. Ideally I will transfer rocks from our hill as I make gardens there and then make a patio of rocks in back around plants. Perrenials all the way, no time for annuals! Looking forward to my neighbor's raspberries again. I really want to get some good ones of my own and wish I took them from our old house. I had golden ones that were fabulous.
-Just the freedom to throw shoes on and go (well after 101 things have been done,) without having to bundle up. But the winter helps us Minnesotans enjoy summer all the more!

Well from our home to yours.............HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Noah Needs Surgery:(

There is no picture post here, to spare you the details; however, little Noah has a hernia. We brought him in today, due to some enlargement of his...um....jewels- or one I should say. Sure enough, he has a hernia and will go to the urologist tomorrow. We are praying that he will have a smooth corrective surgery. His manhood will not be affected and he is still all boy. At one point, I thought perhaps his all boy crazy phase was extra testosterone or something, but really only fluid from his abdomen is sneaking into where it shouldn't be and the fluid door needs to be corrected. No alternatives to surgery and we are in good hands. He's got the whole world in His hands...

Spring Break and Spring Fever

Spring break for the girls last week. It was cold and wet with rain most the week...nice...time...to spend indoors... snuggled up with a baby and a cat...could life be better? Kalu is such a great pet for us all!

OOUUHHH! I just love my new princess towel and the cute fuzzibunz is getting smaller on me! Thanks Natalie! Don't I look adorable! Your purple towel is so awesome, Mom might try stealing it!

Spring fever...what a great excuse to donate 10 inches. Thanks to prenatal vitamins, the hair grows quick! What fun with a little burgandy and blonde? Only problem is the blend may look like pink in a good light, but girls just wanna have fun, so no harm there! Enjoying not having to detangle Naomi's little fingers from my hair.

Clearly the Laura Ingalls hair gone Wilder wasn't doing anything for this momma.

favorite new pics...

i just love this pic...the little bunny ears over grandpa's hands.

naomi and cousin zachariah...aren't they cute!!


"okay just don't touch the swing, don't don't don't...

when it's said and done, nothin' says it better than

a fresh basket of folded diapers!

the shirt says it all...ha ha!

are we going?

Is Adams words to me. When I ask him to move the lunch bags by the door since he just took them out of the fridge. He counts on his hands to try and figure it out when I then ask him how much time he has. Frustrated, he quietly blurts, "a long time, I know!" Oh what will the good Lord have in store for Adam come a few years? Or any of our kids for that matter. A wise woman of some excellent young adults said how graetful she is to not have to do it on her own and knowing that wasn't to do with her. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Doesn't get more reassuring than that, Amen! There was a house down the block and we can see it from the top of our hill in our porch. It foreclosed (and was snatched up,) I said that would be great and the boys could live there. At ten I could call down there and be like, "who has the red car, it's lights out, or time for your friends to leave..." seriously! Only God knows and halleluia we trust him!!

Naomi Naomi beautiful girl

Each of my babies, including Lexi, have had their own songs. This is hers:
Naomi, Naomi, beautiful girl. Naomi, Naomi, beautiful girl. Na-Oh- Mi beautiful, Na-Oh-Mi beautiful girl. Naomi, Naomi, beautiful girl...

She is the cutest thing in the world!

Lunches

fyi
In between these posts here I have made 2 school lunches, half the work this week. isd742 has off this week so the girls get some momma time. Then the boys get their 842? break the week before Easter, which I seem to prefer, but the last March week and start of next month. I want to take them to the Mall of America lego place or something for a mom date. They missed out this weekend and that was part of the deal too. We are so blessed to have PCA services and they stayed back and did stuff at home. Adam made some excellent lemon bars too! On Saturday Luke drove 11 happy people to the airport for a flight to Florida. We met up at Ikea. If you can't take all your kids in one vehicle don't count on having some lavish relaxing wander through Ikea. I forgot you had to be potty trained for their free hour of child care. Then why do they have to have the big window for all the fun and then send me on my way with my (advanced, wink/wink) active 2 year old?!?!

Difficulty to blog!

Due to life...it just seems there is a difficulty to blog! I guess getting a chance to "blog" takes more time than I have! It is worth it, especially when I see such candid moments. Here Noah, I am sure is trying to teach these kids a thing or two. There still are a couple peices that were...left behind. You'd think a travel version would be less peices! Naomi is sporting her super cute bow.















Unfortunately, I do not know what was on television! We are not big tv watchers, but something caught their eyes. Then again, David- my darling, watched a full two hours of batman in spanish once! Few part story here. Or many more within, I should say. First of all, at the time santa existed. We blew the cover this year, as Luke decided it was lying to the kids and didn't want to partake in the worldy wow of commercialism. Granted I still stuffed stockings and... got credit...woo hoo. Like how laim is the chant by a couple kids..."thank you santa," while looking dreamy into the sky. I don't remember feeling tricked when I realized there was no santa- I was just like, "where are the presents?" or, "that's all?" even though I knew that was all because I had snuck into the bags in a locked office to raid and see what everyone was getting. I am sure none of my kids will be searching for their presents. Not yet anyhow. Noah is searching my closet for a long lost treasure because Luke made the mistake of letting him in on the closet bin of gifts and that. Went to walmart for a few garage sale bins and they had 10-30$ toys for 2 and 3$! Of course that is my favorite birthday and Christmas shopping stop! Anyhow...how many stories was that? So way back when, I came into my old bedroom where the vcr was playing some movie I scored for a buck or two (like no wonder...) but here it was batman in spanish. So I said to the boys, amazed that they wouldn't have said anything by the 20 minutes into the movie, "oh wow, santa must have thought you knew spanish, David! That's funny!" About 10 or 20 minutes later, Adam came and I asked if he was done watching the show, "well I just don't understand what they are saying and, ahhgg I don't even know what they mean!!! (clearly agitated:) Gosh I love my boys!! So David watched the entire movie is spanish though. So here is why blogging is so much work, there are little little word descriptions to my life. So in the pic, Noah is like, hey getting some recliner on and I wish he could learn to pull his ear under the hats:) You wouldn't know it, but Luke is actually holding a bundle of joy there. Or semi-content at any given moment we should say.

Of course, it turned into an ordeal when Libby realized she had been bunny eared. By the time they recovered, the time had too and there was no chance for a nice sissy pic when we met grandpa and grandma at mexican village a while back.

The other funny thing is that I wish I always had my camera, why Noah let on to the presents is because that is where Luke made the appropriate exit from with his new helmet. Noah is a total boy and would often, prior to playing imaginary sports- would slap his face, crunch his eyebrows and say in a growly whisper, "helmet, helmet." So we wanted to get him a helmet, but they were like 30$. Found one for speedracer for 6$ and snatched it up. Luke is such a daddy warbucks he wanted to see or be apart of the extacticy (is that a word, Eva?, my grammar coach) and so he had to give it to him. Best pic ever is on my cell phone, Luke wearing the helmet at the BK drive through, gosh I love that man!! So life as you have it does not allow much dilly dally on the computer- and with picture and programs my luck seems to run out with technology all too often!