Where we've been...

I feel like I've been absent from the blog a bit lately...

but, here's a little taste, from my phone, of why:

we've been-

hanging out with daddy...wearing camo to match him, after a morning out goose hunting and helping him fix the truck after we get home from school and telling him all about our day :) 

trying our best to keep our little Maelle out of trouble (it hasn't been very successful)

enjoying a little bit of downtime...and a little bit of some crazy views! 

playing and playing some more on the swings

going to baby buddies at our church...and showing up with the twins still in their pj's :)

shopping at Target :)

hugging, snuggling and reading with the twinnies 

packing sweet little lunches for my precious 4k-er :) 

I think food must be a love language of mine...I have always packed Korey's lunch for work and I've really enjoyed doing that for Hailey, too. It's been fun to just have one way to show her my love while she's away all day!  

I knew that life with 4 itty bitties was going to be busy, but I never truly believed that it was going to get busier as the kids got older. It definitely is more fun and a bit easier, now that I'm getting more sleep at night, but it's still busy, busy, busy trying to keep up with these 4!! So, forgive me if you don't see a lot on here :) 

making the most...

Of our day with Hailey :)

I think one of the biggest blessings about having Hailey away for a whole day at a time is that we all miss each other so much that the next day is sweeter than ever! Hailey and Jack just had the best of times playing and hanging out today...and the m's really were happy to have their main entertainer and interpreter home :) and mommy...well, lets just say mommy is so incredibly thankful for just 2 days a week without Hailey! 

We definitely made the most of our "sandwich day" with Hailey! She played school with everyone this morning. We wrote with chalk after Daddy got home. Rest time was spent outside on our sleeping bags reading stories and playing with dolls and dinosaurs. We played playdoh. We did lots of snuggling and Hailey's favorite- we got to watch Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. :) And...last, but not least, Maysen and Maelle played peek a boo with each other in a tree. 

First day!

It's done...and we all survived :) 

Today was Hailey's first day of 4K. 

In some ways it was easier than I anticipated; in some ways it was harder. 

Hailey was beyond excited this morning. I had to wake her and she pretty much bounced out of bed with a smile on her face! I had to force a few spoonful of food into her and barely got a picture before she excitedly jumped into daddy's car and drove off...at which point I cried a whole pile of tears into my coffee cup! The only time she seemed a little sad was when she couldn't wake up jack to say goodbye and when she kissed her kitty goodbye! (I see how I rate...) :) 

Jackson on the other hand shed tears when he woke up and realized Hailey was gone, shed more tears when we didn't pick her up before naps this afternoon and shed even more tears at bedtime when I told him Hailey was going to go to school again. Poor kiddo just had a little bit if a rough time without his little "bestie"! 

All in all the hardest part of my day was as I was rubbing Hailey's back at bedtime tonight and she said "do I have to go back to school, momma? Because I don't want to. It's a long time, I missed you and I'm a little shy without you"! Talk about breaking a mommy's heart. All day she had nothing but good to say, but just those few words whispered in the dark were my undoing! I don't think I've shed so many silent tears for my big girl, in a very long time- actually, quite possibly ever!! I know that Hailey was really tired and that she'd had a super big day, I also know that God is big enough to take care of my girl, I know that He loves her more than I do, I know that He has her best in mind...sometimes I just need to be reminded!

 "Blessed is the one who trusts in The Lord, whose confidence is in Him" Jeremiah 17:7

we made cookies, yesterday, and read the kissing hand and made a little craft to go with it! 

daddy and his little girl on there way to school!

Hailey and Jackson after school