What???, watercolor and a few funny stories!

I should probably make this three different blogs but i won't. :) Since announcing that we were expecting another boy people have ask what is apparently an obvious question " will we try for a girl after this one?" WHAT??? Maybe it only sounds crazy to me. The answer is no. This is it. HA! I know i have said that before but Eric and i feel like this was what God had for us and this is what we will take. Three beautiful boys and one lovely little girl. Ella has turned into a ball of excitement about another boy. Most days i think that Jack and John are going to give me a heart attack and with a third boy trying to keep up I think it will only keep me on my toes. I look forward to it. As i have grown, i have found that chaos is my groove. I work best under pressure. I love noise and nothing is sweeter than watching and listening to all the kids screaming and laughing as they chase each other in the backyard. As Eric and i watch in amazement that they are ours we try to picture the four of them. Not just as children but what they might do and become as they grow up. We try not to have expectations other than whatever they do and what ever they love they will do it to the best of their abilities ( and there will be no quiting until a season is over. you start it, you finish it). I take comfort in knowing that there will always be a full sideline cheering them on. I am blessed to say that the Lord has entrusted Eric and me to raise four beautiful babies. I get stares in the mall and grocery store when it is just the kids and i. I know some think we are crazy or that our lives must be so hard with so many kids and not living near a support system of family and friends. I don't feel like i have it hard. I think i have it pretty easy with three and a half kids. Yes, it would be nice to be able to go to dinner once a month with my husband but we will get there. Right now i am cherishing the time that i have with just us as a family. Maybe we are crazy. Maybe not. I guess i am done with the rambling so on to the water coloring. I, believe it or not, allowed my 4, 2, and 1 year old to paint with water colors while i cooked dinner. Yes, paint with no supervision. I only went in when someone called for a clean sheet of paper. I was so very impressed. They assisted each other and made some beautiful pictures.:) Jack's looks like a Picasso and Ella likes to paint a more realistic portrait. Her picture is of herself and her friend, Madeline. John ate some but still managed to get some on the paper.

Now, for the funny stories.

Jack learned magic:

I was in my bathroom trying to get my hair fixed before we went to gymnastics. I don't often get to do this so i was taking my time even though the kids weren't fully dressed. Jack came to the bathroom door only dressed in a t-shirt. I questioned him about where his underwear had disappeared to but i couldn't seem to get an answer out of him. I did notice he was scratching his "hiney" (as we call it). I tried to ignore it thinking it would pass but finally i had to tell him to stop. I asked if he needed to use the potty and he said no. Then Jack announced "look what i found!" and in his hand was a quarter! Yes, he said he found a quarter in his hiney and it was magic! HA! Any magician can pull a coin out of your ear! :) God love him!

Ella loves deliveries:

I was upstairs with the boys when Ella comes up insisting i come to the door. "Why?" i asked. She said there was a man and she thought he wanted to give us something. The delight in her eyes was too much! I was thinking it was UPS or FedEx so i run down thinking i have to sign for something only to find a man holding a three pack of Brawny paper towels! Because our door is half glass i shoot Ella a dirty look and wonder at what age it would be okay to explain to her to hide from people like this, I open the door. I am bum rushed. What, i'm sorry, excuse me???? Then i find myself holding onto a package of paper towels watching a man unpack a Kirby vacuum cleaner in my living room! UGH! Ella gets no more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for LIFE!! What was only going to take a minute takes 2 and a half hours. I still won't say yes. I tell them i have to talk to my husband. They leave only with the promise to return when he is home. YEAH! That was a promise they kept. Another 2 and a half hours later, half my carpet has been cleaned, most of my bed vacuumed and even a section of my wall and ceiling have been sucked free of dust by the Kirby. My husband buys the vacuum! So now i am the proud owner of a Kirby vacuum that looks like it came right out of the 1950s. Now i feel like i should vacuum the walls and ceilings, just because i can. Thanks Ella!

And now my little John:John has figured out how to take his diaper off. I guess he just likes to be naked. I don't normally have a problem with my kids running around naked (less laundry for me). However, i am leery when they are his age. As i was in and out of the kitchen cooking dinner i caught him in the hall.... sans his diaper. I got him pinned down and got a fresh one on. I headed back to the kitchen only to find.....too little too late! Yes, he left me a big heap in the floor. This is not meant to be a funny story! As you can tell by looking at his face when i caught him i gave him a good beat down! HA! That was just a joke!! No calls to child protective services please. His black eye is courtesy of his crib or siblings (not sure which, could be both) and the head and nose were the consequence of uncooperative New Balance tennis shoes and the road (twice). What can i say, it is a hard knock life. He is still adorable!