February 12 of 12 ....

February 12 of 12.  So I have made an adjustment to my 12 of 12 assignment for 2012.  The pictures are from the entire month instead of just the 12th of the month.  I like this better.  Plus, when I forget to take pictures on the 12th it works out better.

Here is a flashback to February.

1.  Our cats are outside kitties.  But they come and visit sometimes.  2.  Rowdy jetskiing in our pond in the back field....in February. 3. Avery posing for me.  One of the last shots I got of her with her baby front teeth.  4.  I took her Subway at school for her 8th birthday.  5.  The Rainbow cake I made her for her birthday party!  So worth the time to make it.  6.  The birthday girl.  7.  Pretty!  8.  Avery going through her loot from Valentine's day at school.  9.  Bodie drivin' his John Deere.  If you look close it is missing the front wheel.  10.  Showing me an owie.  I very big deal these days.  11.  Rowdy entertaining himself at Avery's dance class.  12.  Avery's place setting at our Valentine's dinner as a family.
13.   Avery came home super excited  14.  She lost her tooth.  15.  Rowdy has always been super talented on his bike  16.  Handsome boy.  17.  Riding horses at Uncle Roger and Auntie Maryanne's house.  18.  Kit and Bodie  19. BEST Buds.  20.  Goofy Boys  21.  Raya, our cousin from Hawaii.  Such a sweetie!  22. Jacob, Raya's little brother.  23.  Avery LOVES to read. 24.Bodie helping Dada cut and stack wood.
 

May 12 of 12...

1. Bodie doing "Superman!!!" with his cozy as a cape.
2. Bodie just looking cute after his cozy fell off his neck.
3. Avery spelling Bodie's name on the fridge.
4. My pretty flowers that I got for Mother's day!
5. My morning was going to be dedicated to getting the first round of chemicals in the pool in preperation for the summer.
6. One of my pool side helpers.
7. My other pool side helper.
8. Bodie still looking for the Lady Bug in my camera that I always tell him is in there to get him to look at me. He is actually saying Lady Bug.
9. Avery decided to wear her T-ball shirt to school so she could show her friends and teacher.
10. Also, she wanted two pony tails with ribbons.
11. Some of the flowers blooming in our yard.
12. Avery found a pretty flower and gave it to her bus driver.

13. I don't usually post photos of my kids on the potty but this one is pretty mild. I bought him a potty "just his size" (as he says) and he has been giving it a test run here and there.
14. Making PB & J for Bo's lunch.
15. With Bo down for a nap I only had 10 more minutes of freedom before Rowdy and Avery got home from school.
16. Avery was right that the April showers would bring May flowers...she was sort of obsessed with this idea for a few weeks and thought that it meant that it wouldn't rain in May.
17. Avery was in a silly mood when she got home and begged to put on one of her new swim suits.
18. Rowdy on the other hand was so grumpy and tired. I don't blame him really. He has been keeping a very busy schedule with being on a Rookie Baseball team. The little crinkle between his eye brows is always the indicator for me that he is just so tired or sick.
19. After a snack I let him watch a train documentory that I recorded for him.
20. I told Avery I would paint her nails and put little flowers on them and then she was grumpy because Rowdy got to watch a show and she didn't...oh boy!
21. Rowdy purked up and went out to ride his bike.
22. Bo woke up and they all had a small snack before we headed to Avery's game.
23. Avery smaking the ball at her T-ball game.
24. Home in time for the kids to show me their Talent Show that they set up in our tent. It was really cute. They had signs, seats and each one taking a turn to do a talent.

April 12 of 12 (in May)

1. Rowdy and Ron waiting for the school bus. Ron had just finished his workout. Rowdy always rides his scooter to the top of the driveway and tucks it behind a tree so that when he gets home he can ride it down to the house.
2. Saying Goodbye for the day.
3. Rowdy getting loaded up.
4. We always wave and shoot kisses at each other.
5. Miss Avery Girl always awake as Rowdy is getting off to school. I really wish she would sleep in more.
6. She was just hanging out on the porch when I got back from saying bye to Rowdy.
7. She is known as the "Cat Whisperer" around here.
8. Lining up the little Oak pods that she collected. The little grey kitty loves to play with these.
9. Bo's turn to wake up.
10. A smooch from Dada as he takes off for the day.
11. Usually we head downstairs for a morning snuggle but with my camera in hand and all the hustle and bustle in the his room this morning he decided to check in on the Island of Sodor and all the engines.
12. Although, I had to get out the door early this morning (I had an eye appointment) I had time to make a quick Monday morning phone call to Kim. : )

13. This is the view we get of our house as we drive on the highway to get to our road. At this point in the drive Bo usually says "Ours house!" Our house is the little yellow speck at the bottom left of the photo.
14. As Bo and I unloaded from the morning outings I noticed this. Avery had to eat lunch on the run. After my eye appointment we had to swing threw Big Town Hero to grab a sandwich. Although, not the most economical choice at least she got a good lunch. She loves turkey cheese and lettuce sandwiches and she eats the whole thing.
15. I was checking messages on the phone and Bodie came running in the house with some flowers he picked for me.
6. Bo on his ATV that is "just his size". After a walk aroun the yard Bo went down for a nap.
17. Rowdy off the bus and down the driveway on his scooter.
18. Avery practicing her Kung Fu Panda moves on the trampoline.
19. Rowdy has some pretty mad skills on the trampoline. All three of the kids have spent some much time on it that jumping, flipping, twisting and doing all sort of combinations of the three has become second nature for them.
20. This was the day I discovered Bo can now climb up on the trampoline by himself. Lovely. The view from my kitchen window as I made dinner.
21. Pants are opional after you wake up from your nap and it is warm enough outside. When Bo goes outside without his shoes on he says, "my feet?" as if to say without my shoes?
22. Avery snuggling with Dada. Ron wasn't feeling good this day because he went on a camp trip with the Boy Scouts over the weekend and they kept him up all night.
23. Missy at her practice.
24. She is doing pretty well this year. Her team name is The Dragonflies and their t-shirts are Purple.
Two that didn't make it into the grid from the eye doctor. We were there way too long but the kids did great!

March 12 of 12...

I was actually not too excited about lugging my camera around for the 12 of 12 this month because we had a bunch of running around to do. The kids didn't have school. It ended up being a pretty good day but we were all so tired once the day came to a close. I had to fudge some of the photos and use some shots from other days this month so that I could get 24 images. Enjoy this little peek into our day last Friday!


1. I straightened my hair the night before
2. French Toast for everyone! We like to sprinkle "snow" (powdered sugar) on top!
3. Avery showing off her latest pipe cleaner art...I think it is a really good flower.
4. I guess not everyone had french toast...I had my protein pancakes.
5. Target with all the kids in tow.
6. Rowdy found a Captain Underpants book he had been wanting and he had 1/3 of it read by the time we got to the check out.
7. Avery discovering the pains of shoe shopping...all the shoes she liked weren't in her size...I hate when that happens.
8. Bodie snacking from the box of "Granola Bites" (something new for us) that we got from the food section.
9. We met Dada for lunch at Applebee's. We always play tic tac toe to pass the time until the food comes.
10. Avery and I played too!
11. Bodie liked the chips and salsa that came with our spinach artichoke dip.
12. After lunch we went to Payless Shoes to buy Avery some new dance shoes. (totally overdue for these)



13. Then off to Toys R Us to return some toys that were defective from Christmas. I still had the receipt and it was $25 worth of stuff so we picked out some new toys!
14. Avery chose some Littlest Pet Shop cats to add to her collection.
15. Rowdy picked out these two Chargers. They have been the toy of choice everyday since. Bodie wanted Candy!
16. My handsome son!
17. Spring is Springing.
18. I love this tree...and I don't even know what it is?
19. We have been blowing lots of bubbles lately.
20. I love having fresh cut flowers in the house.
21. Fajitas for dinner...Yum!
22. For sure the best moment of the day was when I saved one of my Compact Flash cards from my hard drive. I just put it in on a funny angle and it just vanished. Well, I took the panal off the side off my tower and very carefully figured out how get that little sucker out of the 5 and 1 card reader. You can see where it was hiding it is the little black and red thing inside that little box. I ROCK if I do say so myself!
23. This is what Rowdy was thinking about as he drifted off to sleep because we had big plans to go see this amazing engine on Saturday.
24. This photo was not taken on the 12th but was way too cute to leave out!

12 of 12...

1. Rowdy chose Nascar Valentines this year
2. Honey is a very popular item with Rowdy. As you can tell by the mess cap he likes to make PB and Honey sandwiches all by himself.
3. Two items that we use every morning.
4. Smokey and Avery greeting each other.
5. Avery found and earth worm. She told me she loves them. She named it Gummy worm. So now Bodie thinks that worms are called Gummy worms.
6. It rained again today. Avery is in the rain drop. I posted a bigger picture below.
7. Loading up on the bus.
8. Bodie is convinced this racecar in our driveway is Lightening McQueen.
9. Rain = Puddles for stomping
10. Bodie has celery in his hands because we were looking for our bunny Ruby. She doesn't live in her hutch anymore...she is a free range rabbit.
11. Inside to play play doh while Mama cleans up and makes lunch.
12. Recently Rowdy has been pointing out all the scientific names of all the clouds in the sky.

13. Avery at her Valentines party at school
14. Avery's cute box to collect her Valentines
15. Rowdy at his party. The heart on the back of his chair had all of his Valentines in it...he told me that he decorated it too much...I didn't think so at all.
16. They had a health snack party.
17. One of the kids gave Bo a carrot.
18. Avery listening to a story before her class was excused. She used to sit front and center everyday at Preschool too!
19. Bodie found a little table and went right to work and looked like he could have been in Kindergarten himself.
20. We played on the playground before we came home. Rowdy told me that he thought I would come and get them ( I hadn't told them previously that I would pick them up from school).
21. Avery has a writing sample on the "writing wall" at school. So cute!
22. Sharing her bubbles that she got for Valentine's Day with Bo.
23. Rowdy enjoying his first "Fun Dip".
24. Outback for dinner with Dada!


Note: I did 24 pictures because we had a busy day and since I have two pages in the book I decided to do more!

January 12 of 12

See the post below to find out what this post is all about.


1. Rowdy eating his breakfast in front of the heater in his nest
2. I do homework with Avery before she goes to school
3. Bodie is excited because he is eating the marshmallows off of Avery’s homework
4. Avery catching the bus
5. It rained

6. Avery loves honey bunches of oats, it is the go to, anytime meal
7. Afterschool snack
8. They were in a really silly mood
9. We are reading a train book that Rowdy looked up and brought home from the library
10. I had to run into town to pay a ticket I got for expired tags…they waived it…yes
11. Burritos for dinner…so easy
12. Bodie at the end of the night snuggled in with “noopy”

*Things not pictured are the kids out in the barn helping Ron (I was making dinner) and he is working on a new workout space for us. It is going to be great. We also went to Wal-Mart, my visiting teachers came and I didn’t get any of Tim today. It is hard to narrow it down. I’m sure some of my extra photos will end up in other blog posts.