hatch’s moment of fame

. . . SO, remember last year when both our home (I know!  Huge selling point, right?) and my hubs were filmed for part of a Sklar Bros new show on the History Channel, the United Stats of America?  (old posts found here and here) Well, the show airs this Tuesday, May 22 at 10pm!  If you’re from these parts, you  may see a familiar face or landmark or two!  So, tune in or record it, and you can say that you know that Handsome Hatch (as my Nana calls him) on TV! 

(more info about the show here)

Filming part of the show . . . outside of my aunt and uncle’s old house, in the garage that my dad’s company built!

and, snuggling with Anna in our den!  this is still HILARIOUS to me!

 

stay tuned . . .

catching up . . . and prayers . . .

we rounded out last weekend with some fun celebrating . . . one of our many hoorahs was for cousin marshall’s graduation!  we had a great ole time  . . .

bumpa and his little watermelon grabbed a seat . . .

while mama got to snuggle on charlie!

 

& take advantage of the scenic overlook with little missy!

My sweet, sweet Nana has been struggling with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and is quickly declining . . . this last week has been very sad and hard in a number of ways.  Sugie and I have been tag-teaming the babes while the other one helps our Nan.  I had a cute little pair with me at Target this week!

And, it seems that Sister may love Target as much as her mama!  ha!

While I was with Nana one day this week, one of our dearest sitters and friends, Ashley, came to the rescue and kept my little ones at the last minute.  I am tremendously grateful for her!  They love being with Miss Ash, can you tell?

some air shots . . . love it!

  

When visiting Nana this week, she asked me to take a picture of this little man.  She has been faithfully praying for Jesus to fully heal his little eye since the beginning . . .

Let me also share what happened this Thursday morning . . . I was getting Anna ready to get in the bath and she ran off in her bare necessities . . . the next thing I know, Hudson screams “OH NO!  ANNA POOPED ON THE CARPET!  AND TINKLED!”  We had just finished cleaning up the boys’ toilet paper-ing of the bathroom when we were onto the poop incident . . . and shortly after that, the boys threw about 100 tiny plastic diaper trash bags all over their bedroom . . . all of this before 9am . . . and we had prospective buyers show up at our door a mere 90 minutes later.  WILD TIMES! 

Below is an example of their creativity and energy put to GOOD use!  The boys tried to tie the car to the wago’—I love the creativity!  Does it get any more fun that playing with Uncle Judah? Look at this crew!

In the midst of the wildness of the week, we had a big ole birthday bash for our Sweet Bumpa!  (Please excuse Anna picking her nose.  Manners, Sister, Manners!)  Happy Day and TGIF to Bumpa!  And, yes, the tiny bakers made his cake!

Ann-Banan likes to make her “silly face” quite often these days . . .

Yesterday, we went to help Aunt Katie get her nursery ready for that cute new baby (3 more weeks-ish!) and “Untle Bet” gave Anna a big ole Lollipop!  So exciting!

     

Last night, when we went to see Nana, we had some outside time . . . it was so funny watching Anna try to climb into the truck!  So cute!  And determined!

  

Would you pray for our Nana?  For peace and rest for her, and for her to remember that Jesus loves her and is for her?  And for grace and wisdom for all of us who love her and are caring for her?  Thank you!

‘prinkler party, this week & say WHAT?

So, the week before last, we had some good springtime heat . . . combined with a lack of napping . . . so, we brought out the ole hose and sprinkler!  The boys had never run through the sprinkler, so it was quite exciting!

Sister was hot, one-shoed, covered in a granola bar, and a little unsure of what we were encouraging her to do!

 

checking out the scene . . . I adore her swim diaper!

  

We invited our friends to come play, and Booker shared in Anna’s wonder and amazement . . .

then, sister got bold . . . I. LOVE. THIS.

sweetness!

. . . and doubt . . .

‘ucy agreed to run through with the boys and teach them the ways of summer fun . . .

there is something about this picture that is just priceless to me . . .

fun (and snacks) were had by all of these cute people!

we headed into the weekend with some celebrating of aunt katie and her baby . . . (as a little sidenote, may I just say that courtesy of her Aunt Katie, Anna now lifts her shirt and rubs her belly IN PUBLIC and screams “BABY!” while pointing at her tummy.  Thank you, Aunt Katie, for this special experience!)

and, we headed into this week with some London Bridges playtime with Sugie . . . the best part of this was that they were ALL laughing hysterically!  It was so funny!

We had a great afternoon stroll with Daddy . . . someone may have been a tad excited!

   

and, well, yes.  this is random, but have I mentioned lately how much I adore my husband?  he is so sweet to me and absolutely cherished by our little ones (the feeling is quite mutual).  this man makes me laugh and LAUGH, and I love that . . . and him.  No wonder I get distracted when grocery shopping . . .

And, some babes in a basket—my favorite!

  

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I’ll end this post with the first edition of what I’ll call SAY WHAT?  . . . things that I cannot believe are actually coming out of my mouth, such as:

William, get out of the dryer.

Hudson, you may not put glue all over the furniture and floor.

Anna, finger out of your nose, please.  Finger out of Daddy’s beer.

We do not talk about private parts.

Get out from under the bed.

Do not pull the curtains down.

Stop peeling paint off the wall.

Did you write on this wall, AGAIN?

You may ask me one more question, and then I AM LEAVING.

Stop talking about bottoms, please.

Please get out of my closet.

NO HANDS IN THE POTTY.  DO NOT TOUCH THE POTTY!

Do not stand inside of the fridge.

Get out of the pantry.

Do not climb inside of the fridge. 

Do not sit on the dishwasher.

Never put anything up your nose ever again.

You may NEVER touch anyone’s eyeballs.  (to this, william said:  But, I just wanted to pull out her eye!)  NO TOUCHING EYES!

Please do not touch mommy’s makeup.  STOP PUTTING MASCARA ON THE WALL!

Before you jump off the sofa, you have to be sure there is no one near you.

AGAIN:  stop talking about bottoms, please!

Stop sawing through the screen on the door!

Hudson, please do not throw things at Mommy’s head.  Ever.  Especially while I am driving.

No hammering the air conditioning unit.

Don’t let your face touch the potty.

No sitting on the bathroom floor.

Do not touch the bathroom floor.  EVERYTHING in the bathroom is dirty.

What did I tell you about putting boogers on the wall?

Leave the food in the fridge, please.

and, everyone’s favorite:  BECAUSE I ASKED YOU TO . . .

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And, on that note, may you have a weekend without a chubby little finger in your nose or in your beer . . . enjoy!

 

 

 

sister

so, my plan was to do another post tonight, but I am very tired and want to go to bed.  so, I will leave you with these little gems that I found on my computer from march.  I adore this little lady and her red shoes!  (the dress was mine!  thank you, “ya-yee,” or Sugie!?)

life as we know it

so, last week ended with a bang, and this past week was (thankfully) much, much better . . .

last week, we popped by the playground to ride on the ole dinosaur with our great friends Max & ‘Veah

we headed into the weekend with a great dinner with our nana . . . and we were color-coordinated, of course!

then two crazies got ahold of my phone . . .

We had a nice calm, quiet dinner with six kids age five and under at a friends’ house . . . the tv couch was quite a crew!

the little sisters were quite a cute pair in their jammies!

Anna and I had a dream day on Monday when we sent the boys to preschool . . . instead of errands, we met friends at a park and had a great morning playing!

Anna kept insisting that I sit beside her in the little fort at the playground . . . we were having “yunch,” so she says, and we both loved every minute of it.

These boys have gotten fancy and now exclusively drink out of their VA Julip cups . . .

And, we’ve started to have a horn ensemble at breakfast . . . I mean, nothing gets the day rolling like some horns!  

We headed back to the favorite playground on Friday, and Sissy was bold and terrified all at once!

  

This week also held a walk for us to one of our favorite spots . . . to see the fish (or “eesh” as AK says!) . . . we also saw a Bunny and a butterfly . . . what a day!

I love this baby and her blues!

  

three little monkeys all in a row . . .

to prep for a showing this week, we carted Woo Woo on over to our neighbor’s house . . . and my helper Hudson was a sweet big brother to Little Miss.  If someone doesn’t hold her down, she will run . . . but, she just loves holding her brothers’ hands.  Precious!

  

and, navigating the curb!

     

hey tree house baby!

And, well, we rounded out a good week with a very fun weekend . . . Feliz Cinco de Mayo!! Ole!