Big Brothers are So Sweet!

Nate: "Mom, I'm missing a vital organ."
Mom: "You are?"
Nate:"Yeah, my heart because Alina took it from me."

4 months!

My baby girl is 4 months! Where is the pause button on her life? Tomorrow she'll probably be walking, riding a bike for the first time, having her first crush, going on her first date, graduating from high school and then college!

Here are the rest of my babies at 4 months.

Michael John

Andrew Charles

Haley Nikole

Nathaniel Hatch

Big Day

We had a big day in the Taggart House yesterday. We had two significant events happen: Michael turned 4 and Nate got his braces off.

This is Michael at one day old. I can't believe that my baby boy is 4! Where does the time go? Michael is such a sweet boy and is such a blessing to our family.

Nate's before picture....

his after picture!

At Nate's Orthodontist, when you get your braces off, you get to choose a bag of candy. Out of all the choices, Nate chose a bag of SpongeBob Crabby Patty gummies.

HAPPY EASTER!

Snow in April?

We've been having snow here in Rochester for the past two days. When I picked up Andy from school yesterday we had this conversation:

Mom: Hey, Andy I guess the weather can't decide if it's winter or spring.

Andy: Yeah, it's more like Sprinter!

Update

Been a little busy.... here's an update. Sorry I meant to do it chronilogically, but did it backwards.

My kids have been going through a "Star Wars" phase. I found a "Star Wars" cookbook at the library and decided to try out some of the recipes. One night for dinner we had TIE Fighter Ties with Yoda Soda and Wookie Cookies for dessert.

Michael enjoying a Wookie Cookie (a glorified chocolate ship cookie)

Nate also eating Wookie Cookies

Andy enjoying a TIE Fighter Tie

Haley also enjoying a TIE Fighter Tie

The TIE Fighter Ties. A pig in the blanket with the blanket in the shape of a TIE ship.

Yoda Soda. It was way too sour, so we had Sprite instead.

The Wookie Cookies

Over Spring Break we were not able to go anywhere, so we decided to have a fun April Fools Lunch with our good friends, the Paulsens. It was a "trick" lunch. We had "sushi" for lunch, quesadillas for dessert and red punch to drink.

Here is my happy Nate.

Abel showing us the "innards" to his "sushi" (a gummy worm)

Tessa enjoying her red punch (really red Jell-O)

The red Jell-O drink was Matthew's favorite part of the lunch.

Andy showing us his piece of "sushi". Can you tell he'd just had a crying fit?

Yummy sushi!

Haley helped me make the "sushi". It was really Rice Krispie treats with a gummy worm in the middle wrapped with a fruit roll-up. A nice healthy lunch!

Nate had his last Pinewood Derby. We were combined with 2 other wards, so it was boys and cars everywhere! Nate wanted to copy the car that won last year to the "T". He didn't win like the car last year, but I was very proud of his great sportsmanship. He came in third for the Webelos, which I think, is a great accomplishment! Way to go Nate!

My friend, Nicky, started the tradition of the rootbeer trophies. The bottles have a car glued to the lid. It's great fun! Nate's certificate said that he had the "most geometrical" car.

The week before Spring Break, our elementary school, Elton Hills has their "Spirit Week." Each day there is a theme. One day it was "Wacky Day". Here's our wacky Taggarts -

Michael was going to have me spray his hair like his siblings, but he got too nervous. Here he is posing for a wacky picture!

Haley did her own hair, I just sprayed it. Here's the back view.

Front view

Haley always gets in the spirit of things and goes all out. She has the type of personality that she can do this without feeling scared. She wore mismatched pjs with wacky socks

Andy wanted his hair 3 different colors.

Nate showed his school spirit with the black and red (Elton Hills colors)

I asked him if he wanted to dress wacky as well, he said "I am. Black pants with white socks."

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! The Leprechaun left green cookies with green frosting and a gold $1 coin for each of the kids.

Haley set the Leprechaun traps this year. She set the usual top hat one with her ladybug necklace as bait. She said that she did that because Leprechauns like shiny things. The Leprechaun always turns our milk green, so she wanted to set a trap in the fridge this year. She was hoping that a gold $1 coin would intice him enough to fall through her trap. But it didn't work, as you can see from the letter above.