Funnies

Two funny things my kids have said lately.
The first was Ethan's and my conversation on the way home from church on Sunday. He loves the show Phineus and Ferb on the disney channel and this cute litle girl on it Isabella.


Ethan: How do you spell Isabella?
Me: I.s.a.b.e.l.l.a.
Ethan: Can you write that down for me when we get home on some paper?
Me: Sure.
Ethan: and can you put heart around it, 'cause I want to marry her...


Then tonight Samantha said:
"When I 1, I a little baby. When I 2, I a baby. When I 3 I a kid.When I 4 it's my birfday. When I 5, I go to school."

Cute. These kids crack me up.

Hair

Today I did the regular french braid where you pull from both sides, but sideways of course. This was my first try and she didn't want to sit still. It is a very messy one and not as tight as i'd like, but I think with practice it could look really good.
We are sitting in the van right now outside of p and e's school waiting to go in and have lunch with them. I had told them I would bring them subway. I am not about to buy them the kids meals though. I have before and have nothing against them. I think its way better than happy meals, but with 3 kids it can get expensive. I had kids meal bags from last time, I got a footlong cut in 3 sandwiches, juiceboxes and baggie with chips. Hope they like it!

Hairstyles

My friend lindsey's friend jennifer recently passed away. She was 23 and a mother of a 2 year old girl and 10 month old boy. I found her blog through her mom, its all about hairstyles she has tried out on her daughter. They are wonderful. She has some great ideas and she posts liks and a tons of pictures. I just tried the side french braid on samantha and I love it. It only took me a few minutes, it keeps her hair out of her face and she looks adorable. My next one to learn is going to be the dutch crown. Can't wait!
Her blog is www.toddlerhairstyles.blogspot.com

Pintrest idea

Calm jar. Mason jar filled with colored water and glitter. When kids or mommy need a time out. Shake jar. Sit quietly till the glitter gets to the bottom. Yes. I think this could work. I think we might have a winner .

Pintrest idea

Strainer. Check. Pipe cleaners. Check. Samantha sitting and putting pipe cleaner's in strainer for 20 minutes to make what she calls "crazy hat". Check.

Christmas with the koepfle's

Lots to update you all on. We had christmas with jim's dad and family on new years eve. We all got to his dad house around 11. We had lots of yummy food: chili, cheesy broccoli soup, delicious breads, archie dip and chips, cookies, browies, mac and cheese..you get the idea.
We all played apples to apples and the kids ran around. We all being: jim's dad and step mom lorraine, sister danielle and fiance steve, sister taylor,sister jamie and boyfriend luke and his daughter trinity, cousins mikey, megan and larry (joe and girlfriend laura met us for dinner), brother bob, his wife martha and kids jace and zaden and our little family. Just a small gathering. Ha! We hung out and just had fun and then all went to eat at the classic cup cafe in ann arbor. We had our own room which was perfect for us because with 6 little kids it was loud. Well..let's be honest..the koepfles are not a quiet bunch...lol.
It was fun. Most of us went back to his dads and hung out for a few more hours. Good time all around.

Been awhile.

I haven't written in a while. I can't believe it's been so long. I guess I just never feel like I have anything interesting to write about. I feel bad though, because I've missed a lot of things I wish I had written down. I have been thinking about going back to old facebook posts and then making a little journal of things I've written on that about.

I am going to come back tomorrow and write all about our Disney trip, I promise. Stay tuned. Lots of catching up to do!