Haircuts...

Before we took family photos we got our haircut. Oliver would not even talk about a haircut and what he wanted done to his hair. He "just wanted a trim if you're making me get it cut". I tried to show him photos of all the different things you could do with long hair: layers, bangs, texture, slope down in the back, etc. He wanted nothing of it. So when the day of our appointments came he was all set to tell the stylist how he "only wanted a trim". She that's what she did. Of course he had a million ideas of how he wanted her to curl it and everything else once the cutting was over. Oh boy.

Lucius however was pretty easy. Well first he told me he just wanted me to do it like always (ahh! Love that he thinks I give him good haircuts). Then he found some awesome hairstyles on pinterest that he wanted the stylist to do for him. I told him since we were having family photos that I'd prefer the experts to do it so it looks really good. Also told him that he has amazing soccer hair, cause all of his favorite soccer players wear their hair like this right now.

I got a haircut too and love my short hair!

April Blizzard...

BOOM... April came and we had the largest snow fall in who knows how long. Wow was there a lot of snow. The boys of course LOVED it and thought that "second winter" was amazing.

The Saturday that the snow started falling the boys were at home with their dad and I was in North East Minneapolis working at my friends photography studio. We had family photos that afternoon, so Jerimy got the boys ready and brought them to the studio where my friend Erica took our family photos (I'll share those soon!).

Then they drove home and I was at the studio till almost 3pm when it was awful! I drove home going as slow as I could, while cars were passing me like crazy people asking for a crash. I got home and the boys were outside with the neighbors for hours just playing in all the snow.

Sunday it was still snowing. The boys helped me dig out my car for Monday morning chess club. Of course I was still hoping they'd cancel school and I wouldn't have to go in to work. All the other school districts (like every single one) closed schools Monday but our district kept the schools open. I made a management decision to just keep the boys home with me. Thankfully Mormor and Morfar also were home to watch them for the few short hours I did have to go in. I'm thankful I didn't have to drive more than 5 minutes to get to work.

They enjoyed their unofficial snow day! It's not like we get 20 inches every April.

Playing Catch up...

Gosh- this is the longest stretch in 10 years that I haven't blogged. I started working very part time with a photographer friend of mine. I enjoy it quite a bit but those 4 little hours a week I had to blog (and do things for myself) are used up working on her stuff. It's been crazy this spring juggling all my mini part time jobs, the kids, laundry, my new job with the photographer and other life stuff. I can't wait for the summer to kick back and get some quality time in with my family.

So to play a little catch up- here's a little photo dump/ story telling of what's happened the end of March and most of April (seeing as April is almost finished).

We had a game night one evening in March. I think we played Settlers of Catan for a good two hours. I love these moments of fun. Of course Lucius did not love that he lost by one point and there were tears involved.

My Cousin's from Washington state were in town for a funeral (not fun) but we were able to gather a big group for a dinner date. Afterward we headed over to Izzy's for a late night ice cream treat. The boys stayed up a little late on that Sunday evening but surprisingly their Monday wasn't too crabby.

One Friday the boys didn't have school, so the neighbor and I took the four boys to the Science Museum to see the Lego Towers. A whole bunch of the worlds tallest skyscrapers built entirely out of legos. It was pretty neat. Then the boys all sat at the lego stations to build their own towers. That was a fun morning till everyone started getting hungry. Thankfully we had planned to go home to eat so it all worked out.

Easter- or as I know think of it- the season when all the stores have bunny everything. Oliver of course found ALL the bunny stuff, including this large bunny for $15. I was the mean parent and said no cause we don't have space for that. He was pretty disappointed.

Ah, late March where it started to tease us with beautiful sunny weather and the boys think it's just the best to sit outside to talk to their friends all day long.

We even got our bikes out for a short first bike ride this spring. It was chilly but we didn't have far to go to drop something off at a friends house.

And then April came and we had the largest snow fall in who knows how long. Wow was there a lot of snow. The boys of course LOVED it and thought that "second winter" was amazing.

The kids rooms...

These two couldn’t be more different. Exhibit A (the before and afters)...

Lucius' room before we cleaned

AND after I helped him pick up EVERYTHING off the floor.

To Lucius' credit these photos were taken on March 11th. It's now April and his floor is still clear of almost everything. I told him he was doing a great job of keeping his room clean and he said "it's cause I'm not playing with anything". Oh man, I was not expecting that. Poor kid won't play with his toys another so that he doesn't have to spend time cleaning. Well that's one way to do it.

Oliver's room before he cleaned:

AND after...