warming trend.

we had some hang out time at dina's house yesterday.  it was pretty warm out and the kids were actually able to do some laps outside in dina's big yard.

things are always eventful when there are 5 kids at one house.
three kids wanting the same shovel. 
two girls trying to smuggle an apple out of the house so they can grow an apple tree. 
one phone call from a sick boy in the school nurse's office.
and a two year old, a tad surprised when "shushi"(that's susie) was at his house to get him up from naptime and not his mommy(she was getting the sick one from school!). 

so during our chat time, dina pulled up this page.  farm chicks antiques show in spokane, wa.  which happens to fall just a mere 4 days after we leave spokane/cheney area. 

ugh. 

my travel dates just changed.  lol. 

honestly, it's probably good that i won't be there. 
1. we're taking a car, not an suv.  no room for stuff.
2. we wouldn't have $$ left for the gas to get us home.
3. we would have to stay in washington.

hmmm.  maybe we should stay for it. :)

anyway....i didn't get a single photo taken while we were over there.  we sit and talk too much, i guess.

after we got home, we did all of these photos.

i'm working on some projects for some friends with magnetic paint.  i'm pretty excited about them.  they're gonna be fun to use once they're done! :)

the boy hadn't had his treatment in his mouth for a full minute before he'd crashed.

all that playing at dina's house paid off.

 i started cleaning this basket in the fall.  it was a $6 purchase from an antique mall and very rusty.  the kids and i had gone to lowe's in the morning for paint and supplies, so i was able to spray it down with some rustoleum primer.  i love that stuff.
i'm not planning on painting the basket that aqua color...not yet, anyway. :)

the kids allergies kicked into high gear last friday after the drastic weather change...they're pretty snotty these days.

emily has really been wanting to dig into the dirt lately.  i'm going to have to get her some gardening tools and gloves and send her over to her granny's house. 

her boots still have missouri mud on them. :)

the sidewalk chalk made an appearance, as well.  i took this shot as we were cleaning up our things to go make dinner(all of this happened while aiden was sleeping. without the nebulizer still in his mouth, of course).