Lent

This year we all gave up candy for lent. The kids didn't know what they were getting into. We threw away all the candy we had in our house so we wouldn't have temptations. They have all asked for it and asked if we could give something else up instead. It has been a week and we are all wanting candy. Peanut M&Ms are my vice! I LOVE them and always have them in the house. Now how does one get a chocolate fix? All I need is a little. Well good thing I have a great chocolate frosting recipe! Yum...frosting on animal crackers. I only need a couple but it does the job..until Sunday ;) Braeden learned at CCD this week that Sundays are not included in Lent so we can have candy on Sunday. You should have seen how excited he was. The smile that was on his face was priceless. Now all the kids are planning what they are going to eat for candy on Sunday. Braeden did also explain the purpose of lent to the kids so we had a nice lesson at supper on Wednesday night.

Champions

Congratulations to my husbands basketball team for winning the Championship game last night! Way to go Buffaloes. I wish their games were always at 6:15 so the kids and I could go watch. Last night was the first game I was able to go see. Emma was at dance but Braeden, Charlie and I were there cheering Nick on. Charlie would say..'Go Daddy'! It was so cute and he just sat there and cheered. He said to me..'mommy when I get big like daddy I going to play basketball here with the boys.' Cute...we are going to have a few basketball players in our house. Hopefully Emma will too. This will make my husband so proud!

Crazy Hair Day

Friday was Crazy Hair Day at school. Braeden was gung ho and wanted just spiked hair. We can accomplish that easily now that he has longer hair. Emma was a different story. I had several ideas but she was not having any of them. After a lot of convincing and reassuring that we would use lots of conditioner to get all the snarls out, she allowed me to do her hair. It turned out so cute and it was a ratted mess.

 

 

 

Valentines Day Pictures

My friend Nissa from Nissa Nakia Photography took some amazing photos of my kids! Check out this video she did. I had a hard time deciding which ones to order. Thanks so much Nissa!! You are fabulous.

Sweet Sweet Boy

I am such a proud mom right now. Braeden gets home from school today and was working on his homework. He brings a note over to me and says.."Mom I am buying Emma a Valentine through school. It is a secret so don't tell her. It only costs $0.50 so I took it out of my piggy bank." Insert big puddle right there. Blessed boy!! I told him to put his money back in his piggy bank and handed him some to cover it. WOW! What a sweet sweet boy we are raising. He drives me crazy sometimes but I do have to remind myself he is only 8. It is moments like this that make me so proud. I want my boys to be the romantic my dad always is to my mom!

Tooth Fairy

It was an exciting weekend at the Otto house. Not only did we rearrange all the bedrooms but Emma lost her first tooth. She was so excited and worked so hard getting it out on Saturday. She dropped it Sunday morning so we thought it was lost. Actually we thought the dog ate it BUT it was found. The tooth fairy showed up in the middle of the night and we had one happy, excited little girl!






We decided it was time to put the boys together and let Emma have her own room. It was quite the chore to get everything rearranged on Saturday. It took all day and some of the day Sunday but it is done and everyone is settled. The boys are happy and have a ton of room to spread out. Emma is quite the princess in her own room with the big queen size bed. I wish we would've done this when we moved in instead of tackling it in the middle of the winter. At least we didn't have a ton of snow and cold temps. Walking some furniture around the house to the back door wasn't a big deal. Nick and I were pretty sore and tired yesterday though. I am happy to have it all done!!

Thirsty Thursday

In college this statement had a whole different meaning. Today it means I will be drinking a LOT of caffeine to stay awake! Charlie was up every hour starting at midnight. Nick went and laid in bed with him but he still came in to our room wanting me to read him a book, rub his back or cuddle with him. He asked where daddy was and I said in your bed. It was a long night! Then comes a phone call at 3am on Nick's cell. My heart always races when the phone rings after midnight. It was a mistake call from a co-worker. YAWN...I am exhausted. I am hopeful that after a room switch around this weekend Charlie will settle into better sleep habits again. Or maybe after his ear infection heals he will feel better. Whatever it is I could use some sleep.