First Haircuts!

Hazel and Dennis just had their first haircuts! Yes, Hazel is almost 3. But she has never had a haircut yet. And, well it was time.



Here is Dennis before his cut.




And here he is after. He would not sit still!





Hazel before:
(3 years worth of hair)




And after! What a big girl!

Piggy Banks

This was a very fun and messy project!!

First, we got to blow up some balloons and mom taped legs, noses and ears on them. She used egg cartons for the nose and ears and for the legs on 2 of the piggies. On the other 2 piggies, we used toilet paper rolls, cut in half.




Then mommy made the gooey stuff. This is how she made it:

Mix 1 cup of flour into 1 cup of water until the mixture is thin and runny. Stir into 4 cups of boiling water. Simmer for about 3 minutes, then cool.

It did NOT turn out the way it was supposed to. It was very lumpy, but it did work! We all covered our piggies with strips of newspaper dipped in the goo. (mommy helped a bit)



Then we let them dry all night. Mom put on more gooey newspaper in the morning, then we got to paint them that evening!!

Everyone painted their pig their favorite color!
Madison's is a cute lil pink piggie.




Morgan painted hers orange and Hazel chose green. (she is obsessed with green right now)



After the paint dried, mom used a knife to cut a slot in the top for money to go in. It also popped the balloon and she pulled the pieces out. Some of the piggies weren't dry the whole way and started to collapse, but mom popped them back into shape!

Here are the artist's showing off their work.

And the finished piggies!

Piggy Banks

This was a very fun and messy project!!

First, we got to blow up some balloons and mom taped legs, noses and ears on them. She used egg cartons for the nose and ears and for the legs on 2 of the piggies. On the other 2 piggies, we used toilet paper rolls, cut in half.




Then mommy made the gooey stuff. This is how she made it:

Mix 1 cup of flour into 1 cup of water until the mixture is thin and runny. Stir into 4 cups of boiling water. Simmer for about 3 minutes, then cool.

It did NOT turn out the way it was supposed to. It was very lumpy, but it did work! We all covered our piggies with strips of newspaper dipped in the goo. (mommy helped a bit)



Then we let them dry all night. Mom put on more gooey newspaper in the morning, then we got to paint them that evening!!

Everyone painted their pig their favorite color!
Madison's is a cute lil pink piggie.




Morgan painted hers orange and Hazel chose green. (she is obsessed with green right now)



After the paint dried, mom used a knife to cut a slot in the top for money to go in. It also popped the balloon and she pulled the pieces out. Some of the piggies weren't dry the whole way and started to collapse, but mom popped them back into shape!

Here are the artist's showing off their work.

And the finished piggies!

Visit to Johnstown

YAY! Just a little bit, but the kids got to play in some snow. They were very excited about it.



They learned valuable skills, like gambling and pool playing.

We all went to a big party! It was for Uncle Nick, Pappy and Aunt Lin. We got to see lots of people!

Here is Uncle Nick with Madison. He was only home for a short visit. Then he had to go back to Iraq. We all miss him very much!



Hazel was the life of the party! Just about everyone there carried her around for a bit. I think this is the only time her feet were on the floor.

The kids hunted for Easter eggs at Aunt Karen's house.
There is Ally, Dennis, Hazel, Madison, and Morgan.
















Morgan, Ally, and Kiera were all born in the same week! Morgan was the biggest way back then. Look how much they have all grown!

Visit to Johnstown

YAY! Just a little bit, but the kids got to play in some snow. They were very excited about it.



They learned valuable skills, like gambling and pool playing.

We all went to a big party! It was for Uncle Nick, Pappy and Aunt Lin. We got to see lots of people!

Here is Uncle Nick with Madison. He was only home for a short visit. Then he had to go back to Iraq. We all miss him very much!



Hazel was the life of the party! Just about everyone there carried her around for a bit. I think this is the only time her feet were on the floor.

The kids hunted for Easter eggs at Aunt Karen's house.
There is Ally, Dennis, Hazel, Madison, and Morgan.
















Morgan, Ally, and Kiera were all born in the same week! Morgan was the biggest way back then. Look how much they have all grown!

Dennis's First Birthday

A little late, I know. But it's busy with four kids!

Poor Dennis had bronchitis right around his 1st birthday and was pretty unhappy. He didn't even eat his cake!


Here he is in his new outfit, very fitting since we spent the night before in the ER.

Dennis had his party at Nana's house. We were very lucky because Uncle Alex and Lexxie were visiting!

We are not sure why Elmo had to die. But Dennis was sure convinced. As soon as Elmo would pop back up, Dennis would run him over again.



Dennis love Lightning McQueen and all things Cars. It is his favorite movie and got us through many sleepness night when Dennis was teething.

Applebees Nurse Out!

On Saturday we all attended a Applebee's Nurse Out. Around 2000 breastfeeding supporters gathered in 44 states at 100 Applebee’s to demonstrate support of breastfeeding in public.









It all started when a mother at an Applebee's in Kentucky was asked to cover up while breastfeeding her baby, in direct violation of Kentucky law, claiming other customers were complaining.








Applebee's responded with “…we are also considering keeping blankets in the restaurants for use by breastfeeding mothers who might not readily have them available….”





As a result of our Nurse Out, our Applebee's will now move the offended customer instead of interfering with a nursing mother!

We really did make a difference!

We were in the news paper, the Naples News.
You can read that here.

Daddy was quoted in the paper!
“I think its absolutely ludicrous that the woman was asked to leave and cover herself up just because she was doing what nature said she should do,” said 27-year-old protestor and father of four Tim Fitzpatrick.

The Nurse Out was also covered on the local news.
You can see that here.

Pizza night!

We made home made pizza last night! Mommy used this recipe for the crust.

Everyone shaped their own dough and topped their own yummy pizza!

Morgan's is the one on top. She used lots of onions and mushrooms. Hazel's is bottom left and she loaded her with cheese and peperoni. Next is Madison's pizza full of mushrooms and spinach.

It was so much fun!(and a little bit messy) We can't wait to do it again!