Just Us.

Having three little ones can be quite challenging at times.  It is definitely the most rewarding challenge I have ever encountered in my life, by far.  My biggest challenge is dividing my time between them all when they all want attention.  I love being at home and being able to spend the time with them that I do.  How lucky am I?  I get an abundance of one-on-one time with Kenzie while Landon and Kadence are at school.  Kadence and I like to do a lot of "girly" things together so I get time with her pretty frequently as well.  I don't always get as much time with just Landon-for a few reasons.  1.  He's a boy and has "boy" interests that Ryan also enjoys (playing the iPad, wrestling, football, ect.)  2.  He's is totally laid back and can entertain himself while the girls can not.  3.  His age-he's able to be more independent.  With that said I decided him and I needed to have some time with just us.  I took him to The Lego Movie and for some supper.  It was so fun to have some time with just the two of us.  He is such a sweet, good kid.  It's amazing how easy just one child is.  I felt like I could actually focus because there weren't 3 little people with a gazillion different needs all at the same time!  Ryan took the girls to the mall to eat supper and look at puppies.  I think we all had a great night and need to do that more often! 

Silly Girls!

 These two girls spend a lot of time being silly together.  They definitely have a typical sister relationship.  When Kadence is in the mood they play together and play extremely well.  When she is not in the mood, that is an entirely different story.  Kenzie looks up to her big sister so much and wants to do everything she is doing.  The above photo cracks me up because they look so much alike! 

Kadence does quite a few puppet activities at school and also enjoys to do them at home.  Grandma Sue bought the girls a couple of adorable puppet stuffed animals for Christmas and they are sure getting their use!  I grabbed a video of the latest puppet show...

Adorable and Hilarious at the same time:)

Sioux Falls Jaunt.

We took a quick trip to Sioux Falls for the weekend with Arin and Gary and Sue.  We usually try to go sometime in Feb/March every winter.  It is a nice little way to break up the long winter months!  It was nice because we were all able to go see Rich at Sanford and all the progress he had made.  The above picture is a natural picture...what I typically get from the kiddos when I want to take a picture.  It frustrates me and cracks me up!

 

We had a jacuzzi in our room because we got one of the last rooms at the hotel.  It turned out to be quite the entertainment for the kids! 

 

We spent a lot of time hanging out and of course swimming!   The kids had a lot of fun and I was so glad to be able to get away for a weekend.  The best part of the entire weekend-our yummy Sunday brunch at The Pancake House.  Until next time Sioux Falls...

Baby & Me.

I feel kind of bad because I have so many more pictures of Kenzie than the other two.  This happens for two reasons: 1.  3 is an adorable age and I often catch Kenzie doing adorable things.  Her personality is like no other.  2.  Let's be real- I spend a lot more time with her while Landon and Kadence are at school. 

She fills my days with so much happiness it is hard to even explain.  Although she can be a challenge at times she truly has a heart of gold already and acts extremely mature for a 3 year old.  She loves music and was thrilled when I bought a new iPhone so she could take over my old one! 

Kenzie and Emma have a love-love relationship.  Kenzie loves that Emma eats the things she doesn't want to (i.e. crust) and Emma loves that Kenzie feeds her more people food than anyone else. 

The life of a princess puppy...

 Kenzie was proud to make us a pizza for lunch!  It is so much easier to do things and let her help when there is just 2 little hands and 1 mouth to monitor as opposed to 6 hands and 3 mouths. 

I treasure every day I get this little girl home with me.  They grow up too fast and before I know it she will be off to school...tear. 

Girls Date.

The girls and I had a little Friday night date at the mall!  Landon was at a Fargo Force hockey game for a birthday party and Ryan headed to Sioux Falls to be with his family in lieu of Rich's recent stroke:(  At any rate after we dropped Landon off we decided to have a date of our own.  We spent a couple hours shopping at the mall and eating some yummy Qdoba (Kadence and my favorite).  

After we spent as much time at the mall as possible we ventured back home to wait for the game to get over.  The girls had to stay up until we could go get him-which turned out to be 10pm!!!!  The girls were troopers and we all were in bed sleeping by 10:30...too bad the kids were still up bright and early the next day!  Love these kiddos so much!

Long Winter Days.

January is such a long month.  The weather has been terribly frigid and we have spend a great deal of time hibernating inside.  I'm trying not to complain because aside from a couple bouts of strep throat and a minimal cold here and there we have been extremely healthy this year. 

 

On a positive note I have had plenty of warm and cozy snuggles!

The kids and I have played a TON of games!

Landon has been reading up a storm!

Kenzie has had a lot of time playing "mommy" with her baby.

Even Emma has had some extra snuggles...

When she isn't pretending to be a person that is...

OH we just can't wait for some warmer weather!!  This is the time we should be on vacation...

Osgood Family Dance Night.

Kadence had a Family Dance Night at her school.  It was a fundraiser for the P.E. department and included: face painting, hair dye, cotton candy, art projects, wii games, pizza and a big dance in the gym complete with loud music and glow sticks.  There were a ton of families there and I think the kids had a lot of fun!  Grandma Sue and Papa Gary were in town so they got to join in on the fun as well!  Ryan and Jack joined us at the end of the party so Kadence had  a lot of her family there!  She was pretty overwhelmed about the whole thing and had a bit of trouble controlling her emotions but it was great to see her in the gym dancing away!  The P.E. teachers had practiced dance routines to certain songs with the Kindergarteners during the week so they were all following the lead of their 2 gym teachers.  

We ran in to Kendallynn and Kendra for a little Wii game!  

It was a great event and I was glad to see such a great turn out!  I'm sure they P.E. department reached their fundraising goals!