Life with 4 Monkeys

"HANDS-ON FUN" Photo Challenge

2010-02-21T21:42:00.000-08:00

This weeks Photo Challenge over at i heart faces is "HANDS-ON FUN"! I chose to enter a picture of Julia having a puppet show during our recent snowmaggedon. This picture shows how much fun you can have with your HANDS! HANDS-ON FUN! Check out other ways to have "HANDS-ON FUN" at i heart faces !

Wordle

2010-02-20T20:20:00.000-08:00

I found out about a cool site through a friends Twitter page. It's called WORDLE. You type in any words you want and it generates a cloud of words. You can switch up the colors and lay out until you get it just the way you want it. Check out what I created then give WORDLE a try for yourself!

I've been given a Blogger Award

2010-02-17T19:54:00.000-08:00

Thank you to V.R. Leavitt at Coffee and a Keyboard for presenting me with this annoying prestigious blog award. In a few moments, I will be bestowing the honor on a few of you per the rules below. Here are the rules: 1. Thank the person who gave this to you. 2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog. 3. Link to the person who nominated you. 4. Tell up to six outrageous lies about yourself,

OH MY!

2010-02-12T04:00:00.000-08:00

Look what I found when Jillian woke from her nap yesterday... A SURPRISE for Mama! That's not the worst of it either.Look at this: OH MY GOODNESS how DISGUSTING is that?! Poopoo finger in mouth and all. GAG! Out of 4 monkeys, I have never had that experience before and I hope I NEVER do again!Seriously, if she wanted a bath, couldn't she have just asked?

Kids at play

2010-02-11T11:59:00.000-08:00

We have been snowed in for about 6 days now! Here are some pictures showing what the kids are doing to keep themselves from climbing up the walls. Julia is having a great time putting on a puppet show, helping Josh play guitar and posing for the camera. Joey is having fun playing with his shark he got from his Shark Attack drink on his bday. He also had fun being his silly self! Josh

Keeping busy during SNOWMAGEDDON...Valentine treats

2010-02-10T11:36:00.000-08:00

Julia and I were keeping busy during our first round of Snowmageddon by making Valentine chocolates. YUM! Julia was sooo excited to start as she had been asking for days to make them. We used these molds I picked up at Party City last year. We used these chocolates I also picked up at Party City(this year). Here are what the molds look like: Julia used a paintbrush to decorate the molds with

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!

2010-02-09T16:44:00.000-08:00

My sweet boy, Joey, has turned 8 years old today. Where has the time gone? Joey is our very sweet, silly, highly energetic,curly haired, brilliant and emotional boy who is a maker of many faces. Here is one of his favorite faces he makes: Joey got the day off from school, on his birthday, due to the snow. How great is it to have school off on your birthday?! Joey opened his

BLIZZARD of 2010

2010-02-07T21:08:00.000-08:00

So, we made it through The BLIZZARD of 2010 with a total of 22" of snow! We were lucky and only lost power for a couple of hours Friday night. There are still 65,000 homes without power as I type this. I CANNOT imagine how they are dealing with that. The Federal Government is closed tomorrow as well as most school districts in the area. Our road is pretty clear but there are several

My Entry for I ♥ Faces Week 3 - “We Are Family” Photo Challenge!

2010-01-18T20:18:00.000-08:00

When I saw this weeks photo challenge at I ♥ Faces I immediately thought of a picture my mother-in-law took of my family while we were on our way home from dinner(it was so windy out). This picture shows each of our personalities. Shawn(DH) and Josh are so ready to go home, Joey is itchin' to run somewhere or get into something, Julia is Miss Sassy Pants(check out her face), Jillian is

The Aftermath...

2009-12-20T21:20:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of the day AFTER the big snow storm. THE AFTERMATH... the slide is really buried Josh cleaning the van off Shawn shoveling the drive Joey on a SNOW MOUNTAIN the plow made The Monkeys are really enjoying the snow and now even more so since school has been canceled for Monday!

BLIZZARD of 2009 SNOW DAZE

2009-12-19T12:41:00.000-08:00

So, the weather reports say we are to get 10-20 inches of snow(last I heard) today. The snow started coming down last night around 9pm and it has NOT stopped since. I would like to share some pictures of our SNOW DAY with you... It looked like this around 11pm last night: This is what it looked like this morning around 10:30 am: Around 1:30pm today:

My Entry for I ♥ Faces Week 49 - “Pets Only!” Photo Challenge

2009-12-14T10:41:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to enter the I ♥ Faces photo challenge for awhile now. So, now that I have my own blog I can! This weeks theme is "Pets Only!". I have the perfect picture for this... This is Sweetie, she is our 11 year old mix breed doggy. While the monkeys were running around playing Sweetie was laying over here trying to stay out of the way. SMART DOG! We have had Sweetie ever

Introducing my 4 Monkeys!

2009-12-11T14:48:00.000-08:00

I would like to introduce to you my 4 MONKEYS! First, we have Josh! He is 13yrs old and likes the guitar, drums, video games and of course TEXTING! I think he is awesome at Rockband and I LOVE to hear him sing while he's playing it with his friends. Josh is a very bright boy who started reading at the age of 4, read Harry Potter books in first grade but didn't tie his shoes until 3rd or