A 'QUAD' Wednesday!!!

I woke up early and hit the floor running! I cleaned the kitchen, started laundry and vacuumed a few rooms before Louis Dean even woke up! We did a short coffee/reading time and then I hurried to get dressed!!

I was ready and watching for the Quads to arrive this morning!

Here they came, ringing the bell. We do not have a doorbell at our house!

The ones we've had in the past quit working years ago and the ones we have installed since didn't work well. SO - for years now we haven't had one.

Amber and I visited for a few minutes before she left. We were in the bedroom where the kids LOVE getting on our bed!

Trystan dearly LOVES burrowing under a mound of pillows!!!

Her MeeMaw DOES have plenty of PILLOWS!!

I had things set out for art today so we worked on a Valentine Banner project before lunch.

Louis Dean was a school teacher for 25 years, most of that time spent teaching second graders.

From his research he knows the attention span of a preschooler is 15-21 minutes AT THE MOST for any given project. These kids do pretty well staying with things for that amount of time. Often they get down and do something else for a few minutes and then come back to the table to work on the project some more.

This is the finished product!

I used a white crayon to write words on card stock and then let the kids watercolor over it.

After they dried - I ironed them flat - and then the quads used stickers to decorate them.

Easy peasy!!

Lunch With Charlotte!! 

That's the 2006 film with Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey!

We ALL enjoyed it - including Louis Dean!!

He and I intend to watch it once again before returning it to the library - where we will check out some other great movies!

Pizza and a movie = easy peasy lunch!!!

(I LOVE 'easy peasy!')

Naps were in the den again and this works very well.

I sit on the couch and read to them......

while Granddad lies on the other couch and holds Kailey's hand!

After all four were sound asleep - five if you count Granddad! - I slipped out to the kitchen to put dinner in the crock pot.

This recipe was on Facebook and it did indeed turn out every bit as good as I hoped it would!

A trip to the Dollar store over the weekend  provided an entire day of fun for these four - plus I mailed a packet of Valentine supplies to Rayne. She LOVES getting 'real' mail!

Amazing what you can get for $1.00!

This didn't come from the Dollar store but from Hobby Lobby!

I have been taken with these peel and stick things!

They were designed for walls - but with me - anything goes!

The coffee cups were perfect for our coffee bar!

The sign on the drawer was a thrift store find and LD screw nailed it in for me this morning.

He's going to use wood putty to cover the holes. Or plastic wood.

I think it's fine the way it is.

The coffee signs came with the cups but I'm using them on these drawers.

If I get tired of them - I can peel them off and use them elsewhere!

After naps we had a tea party - it's a tradition!!!

Then the kids just played.

Too cold to go outside!

Trystan and Logan are sweet walking through the house holding each other's hands!

The kids love playing together!!!

I decided to serve dinner in the den just as we did for lunch.

They are really good eaters and Amber has always served them a variety of foods!

I tend to cook old fashioned meals. Chicken and dumplings fits that bill!

After dinner - baths!!!

Louis Dean took this picture.

They spend a lot of time playing with this Polly Parrot that Deanie gave me.

I just turn it on and it records what is said - pauses - and then plays it back!

After baths comes the 'beauty shop' routine.

I blow dry the girls hair and add some hair product for Harrison to make him feel special.

We finished up our second movie of the day - Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp!

Mommy and Daddy arrived to take them home and put them to bed.

Louis Dean and I poured us a glass of wine.

Wednesdays are truly a Labor of Love!