Pirate Adventures

As I think I have mentioned before, Lucia and Pat are buddies. She is always so excited when he is home and attacks him the moment he enters the door and really doesn't let up until bedtime. The last few weekends, Pat has taken to taking Lucy on "Pirate Adventures". They go from place to place getting clues on their way to find the treasure. The hilarious thing is that it often includes basic errands like getting a toilet seal from Lowes or going to the dump but there is always the fun "treasure" at the end...the toy store, Top Pot for donuts, or something like that. Lucy loves the Dad time and Pat loves the Lucy time. It is really sweet. Here are a few pictures that Pat took from their adventures together.

A Visit with Nana and Papa

We were so thrilled to have Terry and Kathy over for a bit on Saturday. It has been so long since we have seen them! We had planned to all get together as a family to celebrate all of the Murphy/Anderson birthday's but Lucia and Elijah got a tiny rash around their mouths that the doctor said may be caused by a virus, so we did not want to risk exposing little Allistaire to anything that might be dangerous to her. So, Terry and Kathy went to the Anderson's for a portion of the day and then up to our house for the evening. It was fun to see them with Elijah. He is so much bigger now and such a smiley guy. It was the evening, so he hit his tired stage fairly quickly but we got to see lots of nice smiles first.

Here are a few shots of the family

My Date with my Favorite Lady

Lucia and I went to see the Fancy Nancy Ballet a few weekends back. It was so much fun. I get a bit over the top excited about anything that she gets excited about and the ballet did not disappoint. I wish that I had video of her watching the performance. She was completely enthrawled and even did little leg kicks and ballet arm motions when the girls were dancing. It was adorable. After each dance, of course, everyone clapped. Lucia clapped so hard that it looked like her little hands might fly off. She also kept asking in a loud voice, "where is Fancy Nancy". I am sure you could here it a good few rows up. We had a great time and even got to take pictures with the stars afterward.

One of the butterflies from Madam Butterfly
All the little girls in love with the little fairies
Lucy displaying her program and getting ready for the show
Drumroll....the star...Fancy Nancy with little Lucy!

We are mean...

It is probably unkind to do this to your own son, but I nearly peed laughing so hard especially at the first picture...sorry bubs!

What bubs would look like with blonde surfer hair

Bubs sporting to new fashionable "brights" look. Hot pink glasses and a neon yellow pacie...SO in! ;)

Eli Laughing

We caught a bit of the little man laughing on video. We never know what will get him laughing, so we spend a decent amount of time acting like a bunch of crazies. It is so fun to hear his little chuckle.

More of Elijah Playing

It has been great fun to watch and interact with Elijah lately. He is becoming more talkative every day and more playful. He watches Lucy like crazy too. He is loving standing up with our assistance of course. It seems like he is getting closer to rolling as well but hasn't quite got it yet. He talks up a storm though especially in the morning. He is just a smiley happy man.

Valentines Day at the Murphy House

When you can't go out...go tacky!

You can't really ask other people to babysit your kids for you on Valentines Day. That's just plain mean. ;) Anyway, so I decided that I would just make the evening festivities as spectacularly tacky as I possibly could. Mission accomplished right!?!

Eww..what is that blue glass doing messing up my red/pink blaze of awesomeness?!?



I bought every fantastically tacky red and pick item that Target had to offer and put them all on one table. It was lovely. We did have a great night in. Those kiddos make pretty good Valentine dates.

My Valentine with the bubbly
couldn't resist... ;)