Our Week In Hearts

Some going ons here at the Choules- Paul- Ulibarri home. Yes we have 3 different last names around here. We are hip like that.

we had a sugar cookie making party

we were in charge of the cookies- 

my mom made all the dough- me & the little ones made all the cookies- 

lots & lots of cookies

my "sort of" ikat cookie

friday nights

some V- Day staches

what we found on our wall- 

seriously how did we miss this

reyn totally falling asleep while watching HOBH- 

he obviously doesn't understand english yet

a visit from susan & her off spring- 

made some heart necklace 

this girl turned 4 on Friday!

this guy turned 14 on saturday! 

& he's all of the sudden taller than me what!!!!

Happy New Year!

Just a little late on this post but super excited about this up coming year! I don't think I'll be setting any resolutions but I do have a ton of stuff I would like to accomplish this year- I just don't want the pressure to HAVE to do them- maybe that way they will actually get done. One thing I do want the pressure of getting done is a few tutorials I've had on my mind for years. So stayed tuned for those- cause they may actually happen!

Here are a few instagram pics from the past weeks. NYE at our house & a few other happenings.

couldn't resist the hot pink balloons from zurchers 

early countdown with the kids = extra fun/ loud noise

ida destroying our 0

dance off -husband cheating 

made a new years sign out of pipe cleaner & yarn. I started wrapping the sign with yarn about an hr before the party started & finished with help from my friend megan she also does lashes in NYC

pipe cleaner tutorial found here- I used three pipe cleaners together

to make my happy new year thicker. I got a tip from another person to use 

floral wire instead of pipe cleaner- since pipe cleaners doesn't come very long & 

floral wire can be cut to whatever length you need it to be- next time...

this happened one night when my bestie chris came to pick me up for dinner-  I changed...

we celebrated 5 years!!!!

this is what happens to some people when you get married in your 30's! 3 kids under 3 1/2 ...

  

ever wonder where we got the name reyn from? this is reyn soffe we like him a lot- did I mention he's married to the megan who helped with the HNY's sign- we like her a lot also

Birthdays

Ice cream sandwich cookie bar + flying lanterns = rad 5 yr old birthday party!

elsa & me- in the middle 

elsa

* first two photos taken from Susan's & Annie's blogs- the last two are mine

Sunny Day

We finally had a beautiful sunny day on Saturday which made me very grateful that my sister in law Ande called to invite us to go hiking up millcreek canyon- especially since Adam was going to be gone all day & I really had nothing planned. The weather last week was so sporadic- mostly rainy. We even had snow- huge fat  snow flakes like i've never seen before {wish I had pictures} it was both depressing & really cool.

Ida started out pretty pretty great hiking on her own- wouldn't even hold any of our hands- she's very independent

snack break 15 minutes into our hike- I love hiking with kids...

Aunt Ande & cousin Soleil

Ida on Uncle Ben- like I said she didn't last long- & the girls cousin dog Kingsley

I bought the sweat shirt Elsa has on for kung-fu baby but couldn't resist putting it on her- 

she looks pretty adorbs.

p.s. this is one of the only times you'll see Elsa in pants. she was dying to go hiking so she- for once-

 put on what I wanted her to wear with out a fight. oh 3 year olds.

luckily Ida's pretty light cause I think I may be carrying a 10 lbs baby

Tutu's & Ballet Woas

I don't think I ever mentioned that Ida started taking ballet classes with Elsa in January. At first she took to it pretty well- but the last few classes she'll start out joining everyone- then decides she doesn't want to participate. She'll sit on my lap & whine or pull at my hair & she won't let me put her down. This has become really hard on me these days with a bulging belly & trying to guide Elsa around as well.  I thought at first maybe it was because the class is a little loud & it just made her a little nervous or she just wanted all my attention instead of sharing my lap with Elsa- so today I took her to a separate class {without Elsa} that is much quieter- but she still did the same thing. SO I've decided to take her out!

Don't worry we'll try again next fall & she'll still be able to wear these cute little tutu leo's then. {they're really bathing suits bought from Old Navy}

sorry for the blurry iphone pics- these gals have a hard time staying still

what's cuter than tutu bums

she calls this leo her "princess" dress

Elsa's favorite boots! I have no idea what she's going to do next winter when they don't fit anymore

2 Cakes & 2 Birthdays!

My little Elsa turned 3 yesterday & my first baby is 13 today! 13 has the word teen in it- WHAT- I have a teenager? How can this be- i'm not old enough- haha. We had a family party Sunday so I attempted this owl cake my friend Tia showed me. She made one for her baby's first birthday {her's turned out perfectly}. She found the recipe here. Mine turned out a little more plump than the pro's at parenting.com- probably cause the bowls I used where a little larger than they suggested. {its all I had} 

We decided to have a "friends" party for Elsa. It was her first & I have a feeling we won't get away without having one every year from now on. It all started with us looking through the cakes on parenting.com. She saw the robot cake & decided she wanted a robot party- so when your daughter is cool enough to ask you for a robot party you give her a robot party- right? Now I can't say my robot cake looked anything like theirs- but it looked a little like the invite I made to send to her friends. 

{& it looked way better in person}

the invite

For an activity we made robots out of large & small marshmallows- pretzel sticks & toothpicks- the kids loved it & it totally calmed them down after running around like little crazy people- just in time to eat super sugary robot dot cake 

elsa's marshmellow-bot

with Grandma Ida- eating part of her bots arm

oh did I mention I made her a robot dress

she thought it would be funny to run from the camera 

then pretend to call her daddy

we took it outside to try & get some better lighting

but she refused to stay still- they are wearing each others shoes

close up on the robots

Now for my 13 yr. old! Kaleb decided he wanted money instead of a party- but he still received a few really great presents 

{this one is from my mom- she wrapped it in pink duct tape!}

he had about 5 things to unwrap before he got to his actual present- then she put rocks in it to fool him into thinking it was something heavy

little big planet 2- {he's been waiting forever for this}

we gave him this iplunge- & a trip to visit his cousins in Kansas City this summer by himself- since new baby will be joining us & we won't be able to go on a family summer vacation this year.

{he thought it was funny to stick it on Ida's forehead- she didn't mind}