Bath Buds

Josie had her first bath with (some of) her brothers the other day. It was pretty cute. Kaden and Gabriel were thrilled at having her in there with them:Josie was NOT thrilled to be the first one taken out:

Carnival continued

Okay, as promised, I have more Carnival pics to share! I would load the video of Jackie's game but blogger will still not let me do it. Sorry, you will just have to wait on that! I promise, I am trying!!!

Back to the Carnival. Michael was called back into work and so was about an hour late to all the fun. Before he got there this is how my night was going..."Wait boys!"

Here they are waiting for a game:Gabriel playing a version of skee ball, my fav!:Kaden got a fish from the balloon/auctioneering clown. Luke and Gabriel got swords.

And my gorgeous sweet girl was nothing but perfect the whole time! She was wearing her new Princess Ariel shirt from her Daddy and because of it's color poor Josie was called a boy ALL NIGHT LONG! Gracious, I guess we will have to wait for her hair to come in! Isn't she sweet?!

Oh yes, Uncle Thaddeus--Luke reminded me, we also went to the book fair that night and bought a Speed Racer book so we will be all ready for your movie!

Jackie's TV Debut

OHMIGOODNESS! How fun is this?! We watched our Aunt Jackie on TV this morning and it was awesome! She was wonderful :) She won her game and got a fancy IPOD. Way to go Jackie! We must have watched it 15 times now. The boys kept saying "One more time, Mom!" Kaden always says "She won AGAIN!" They are SO excited, probably almost as excited as Jackie was! Here are some fun fun pics for those of you who missed her:
Our girl after she made it on stage, doesn't she look beautiful?! :)
A winning Jackie:
The boys cheering for their Aunt:
Here is a shot of Jackie's winning score and notice that GORGEOUS engagement ring (okay, so you really can't see the ring that well, but you can see it's there and I know she will like this picture!!!)Here is Jackie in the audience with Ellen dancing by (Jackie is in the lower right corner in yellow :) They were dancing to Justin Timberlake--Jackie's fav--how much more perfect could it be?!?!

I have a video of the game Jackie played but blogger is not letting me post it. I'm frustrated, I want all you that missed it to be able to watch...hopefully soon it will be on here! I know that you liked the pics though!! :) It was awesome to see you on TV Jackie!!!

WATCH your TV!

My almost sis-in-law Jackie is going to be on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday!!! Yes, that is right. Jackie will be on at the beginning of the show, she will play a game (and she will *win*). Jackie is wearing yellow. So be on the lookout!

I'm SO excited. I record Ellen everyday as does Jackie. I cannot believe she made it up there! Too fun! Way to go Jackie!

Here is one of my most recent pic of Jackie from Christmas for those of you who don't know her. Aren't they beautiful girls??!! :)

Yeah, Thad looks alright too...

Congrats to him, they had the premiere of Speed Racer tonight! As I was hanging up the phone with them this afternoon they were heading out of the car to walk the red carpet! Quite a different life they lead. :) We're so proud of you Thaddeus!

In Her Face

Last night was Luke's school Carnival. We had SO much fun there. It was a very good end to a very long day, a long week for that matter! As usual I took a ton of photos and I am going to split them up for you guys. I will cover the best and last part first. Luke's teacher was one of four teachers that 'volunteered' to have pies thrown in their face. All week that is all Luke could talk about. He was so excited. I knew it was going to cost money, I figured some bucks for a pie, not too shabby. Little did I know that it was an auction type situation! When the 6 'gourmet' cookies went for $45, I thought we were in big trouble. Michael (and his completely competitive spirit) said that if we bid on it, he would not be outdone AND that we needed to do if for Luke. (What's with men?!) So fortunately for us, Luke's teacher was the first one to be 'auctioned' off and we got her for a mere $65! (It goes to a good cause, right? I am on the PTA board there, I know exactly where the money goes...) Luke was thrilled, you can imagine. Here is how it went down:

This is when we first showed up at the Carnival, she was happy to see us all then :)

For sale:

Luke waiting patiently:

In her face:

Adorable shot!!!!

Here's Luke talking with "Chester" the auctioneer:

Luke will be talking about this for days and days I am sure. It was already after 8:30 when this happened so we came home to put the kiddos to bed. As we were walking to the van, I heard through the cafeteria doors that teacher #3 was up to $170!!!!! Yikes! Like I said, we were fortunate she went first! :)

More pics to come soon. We had a blast! There is no school today so we have a time to recoup from our crazy week...

Tigers Baseball

Luke had a game Monday night and did really well again. This boy LOVES baseball. He is already doing the "bottom of the ninth, two outs, full count" daydream. It's so exciting! Luke goes to the library at school and gets baseball books. He bought a Albert Pujols/Alex Rodriguez and 2008 baseball guide at his school book fair. He'll sit and watch Cardinal games with me. He knows the line-up better then I do. My only complaint is that (right now) he is one of those "hit a home-run" fans. He wants everyone to hit a home run because, in his words "That is better." I keep telling him that base hits are awesome and they score runs too. Luke says "Yeah, but home runs are better!" I am working on him. And the all important use TWO hands when catching a fly ball! Here are a couple of short videos from his last game, hitting and then scoring:

The next Johnny Bench:

Johnny Bench (my Mom's fav) was an amazing defensive catcher that hit 389 home runs throughout his career. Not too shabby. Kaden has decided to follow in his footsteps. Enjoy!

Pardon the Mom yelling...I couldn't contain myself. Kaden was SO proud of himself. "I got the out Mom, I got the out!" He sure LOVES playing t-ball, can't you tell?!