Here's a funny for you all. Bonnie is continuing a long tradition of children creating embarrassing and awkward situations for their parents........

First a little background: Lately, Bonnie thinks it is pretty funny to say "Heard Dat" after she (or someone else) farts audibly. I'm not sure how this started, most likely picked it up from another kid at daycare. She's been doing this for few weeks, and when I started I thought to myself "this could get us in trouble one day....." I've tried to ignore it in hopes that it would go away, but it is sticking around for now.

Yesterday Jim took Bonnie swimming and after that they stopped at Wal Mart to get a few grocery items. While they were there, Bonnie announced that she needed to go to the bathroom. Jim took her to the men's room and was in a stall with her when a man came in and SAT DOWN in the stall next to them.

Bonnie pointed to the other stall and said, "Doing?" as in "what is he doing?" Jim said, "Going to the bathroom."

Then the man farted loudly, and Bonnie immediately chimed in.."HEARD DAT!" Then it happened again, "HEARD DAT!"
and again, "HEARD DAT!"
and again.....Jim said that the man apparently had A LOT of gas, and Bonnie yelled, "HEARD DAT!" at least 7 or 8 times.

In the meantime, Jim is DYING, and trying not to laugh out loud. He said that they just hung out in the stall until the guy left.

So, no pictures to go along with that story, but enjoyable nonetheless!

Weekend outing

The Golden Eagle

Phoenix, the Bald Eagle

Bonnie Exploring

Look at the turtles daddy

And we are off...

Hello, This is my first time blogging! I am doing this despite my wife's current objections. This weekend we had a big outing. We took the quads out in public for the first time. The conservation center was hosting Eagle Days this weekend. Since many Bald Eagles are wintering at the lake, they do a kids program this time of year. They had two eagles that are residents at the local zoo that they brought over and showed to the kids. One is a 20 year old Bald Eagle. The other is a Golden Eagle. Bonnie had lots of fun watching the eagles. There were other things for her to explore at the conservation center. It was very tiring for mom and dad, but well worth it. The Quads were the talk of the center. We met so many new "friends" while we were there. All of them just had to stop and talk to us about the quads. It was cute.

My wife will be updating more later.

Jim

New Year's Celebration

So, I know this is not exactly timely, but cut us some slack here...I just thought everyone would enjoy photos from our New Year's party!

Here are the babies resting up before the party...well, Melly isn't resting..she's saying, "LETS ROCK!"

Getting ready for the toast.....................

3...2....1.....Should old acquaintance be forgot......

Bonnie's First Haircut

I finally broke down and agreed to take Bonnie for her first haircut. She doesn't have much hair, but it was getting really straggly and I was tired of it.

Took her to Cookie Cutters, a chain that specializes in kids haircuts. She got to watch Nemo, sit in a pink car, and got a balloon and got to go on the slide. The stylist was quick, careful, and did a nice job. Bonnie only got teary during the blow dry, and this was quickly remedied with M&Ms. (I came prepared.) She looks very cute now. I forgot the camera, so I only got a couple shots with my cell phone during the cut.

Here are a couple shots of her after we got home...the spot on her face under her lip is a piece of the M&Ms that I used to keep her calm during the blow dry.

Just Some Pictures

I got a snappy new camera for Christmas, so I wanted to post some new pictures.........

Melanie

Melanie and Audrey

The boys, Teddy on left, Ollie on right

Ollie on left, Teddy on right........





Well, I'm going to have to cut this short...babies are taking turns fussing. Look for our new year's eve celebration photos to be posted soon!

Bonnie and the Quads

I thought I would answer two of the questions that folks most frequently ask me. First, "How is Bonnie doing with the babies?" and second, "Have you updated your blog recently?"

Bonnie is a great big sister. Truly, we couldn't ask her to do any better. She shows almost no jealousy, although she almost always performs some sort of attention getting behavior shortly after we start a feeding. Currently, her favorite attention getter is going to the bathroom on her own. She will take off her own pants and diaper and climb onto the toilet. She will then re-emerge a few minutes later either naked from the waist down, or with her pants around her ankles. A few days ago, she appeared half naked with a wipe and started cleaning the windows by the front door. Very cute. Of course, after the show we have to chase her down and get her dressed again. We love those naked buns around here!!!

Last week, I was feeding two babies, and two were sleeping in the nursery. A few minutes into the feeding, the other two woke up and started crying. I put down the two I was feeding and went to go get the other two ready to feed. The two I had been feeding started crying, but after a couple minutes, the crying stopped. When I got back to the living room I found Bonnie "feeding" the two babies I had left behind. They had milk all over their faces, heads, and necks, but the bottles were in their mouths...so big kudos to big sis for helping mommy out!

Bonnie also does a great job of feeding, burping, patting, and rocking her own babies. She has four, but favors the "twins" that arrived on Christmas day. Here are some pictures of her caring for her charges which are simply known as "Pink Baby" and "Purpah Baby."

Bonnie has been really big on giving hugs lately, so in addition to the many snotty kisses the babies get every day, she is also giving them hugs. She likes it when we hold the babies down so that she can come right up and give them a big hug. She has tried to make off with a baby a time or two, so we have to be careful with this. She actually wrapped her arms around Teddy the other day and then looked at me and said, "I got it. Let go, Mommy. I get it."

With her own brand of pronunciation, Bonnie has also developed her own nick names for the babies. Teddy is "Tebby" or "Tubby." I'm often guilty of calling him Tubby, just because it is so darn funny.

Oliver is "Ah-di-ver" and Ollie is "Owie" I think "Owie" is pretty funny, so he is often referred to as "Owie" these days.

Audrey is "Ah rey" and Melanie is "Many."

Bonnie is picking up on everything we say these days, so she often calls Teddy, "Tebby Man" (after hearing Daddy say that one day) and "Tebby Bear."

When a baby is fussing, I often say something like, "Oh Ollie, what's wrong?" So now when a baby starts crying she will say, "Oh Many!" or "Oh Owie!" with great enthusiasm.

The babies aside, Bonnie is making her mark outside of home, too. She still goes to preschool full-time and has recently graduated to the 2-3 year-old-class. She has a boyfriend named Jackson at school. She and Jackson hold hands, dance, and draw together. Bonnie kissed Jackson about a week ago. Daddy sat down and had a chat with her after the kissing incident. He also had a word with Jackson's father.

The house is quiet during the day without Bonnie's constant chatter, but being home alone with Bonnie and the babies can be quite exhausting, so we think it is still best for her to be in school during the day. However, we are considering scaling her back to three days a week now that mommy is getting the hang of this mom of five thing. She will continue to go full-time for the balance of January, and we will decide on going part time in the next week or two.