A Peek at the Poulsens

Reasons why I love Christmas break: 1. Daddy is home with us more often. YES. 2. Natalie gets full, satisfying naps (which means I can get things done!). 3. I have time for house projects and can tidy to my heart's content! newly organized closet (very juicy) finishing touches on our room (we LOVE our new canvas picture!) A clean home is a happy home, and right now our home is ecstatic. I love being home to make good, more time-consuming dinners and have our evenings more free to be together instead of running off to some school thing or practicing. 4. BOOKS! I love having more time to read, especially after a Christmas of getting a total of 18 books between the three of us. We also got a new bookshelf from Austin's parents, thank goodness! (mostly) my bookshelf Austin's Star Wars shelf  the new (joint) bookshelf it totally completes our bedroom I love having so many books in our home, and now we have a place...

Not all toys are created equal, according to Natalie Jane. She loves some toys (the orange holey ball), doesn't really understand other toys (Chloe doll), and hates certain toys. One particular toy she despises is a key ring with fruit. Looks harmless, you can even freeze it for teething relief, but for some reason Natalie always rages when she plays with it. It seems fine for a minute, and then all of a sudden she emits this gutteral growl and flaps her arms and legs, flinging the fruit across the floor. Fruit rage. kinda mad... starting to rage... RAGE When she has finished raging we have to calm her down by giving her the toys she likes.  post-rage  hugs from Chloe doll Also, Austin had Natalie take some "selfies" one morning. rest break...  that's our happy fuzzy girl : )

One of the best things about going to church every Sunday is dressing Natalie up! I look forward to it all week. This past week featured a dress from Aunt Makae...  such a little lady, crossing her ankles  kissies for mommy : ) accessorizing Another Sunday we featured a dress from Gramma... "Mom...why did leGrampa put tights on my head?"

True story: we went to a real, live hockey game today and barely lived to tell the tale. Okay it's not quite that dramatic, but these people take it SO SERIOUSLY. We bought tickets for a friend's fundraiser thinking it would be a fun family outing and had no idea what we signed up for.We knew we were in way over our heads when we had to walk through a haze to get to our seats and cover Natalie with two blankets to make sure no beer was splashed on her. Strike three was when they blasted heavy metal music that made our seats shake...not exactly the "family" environment we had envisioned haha.  Here's a couple highlights from the forty minutes we were there: The opposing team came on and the crowd turned around, booing with their backs to the ice.  When the lackluster commentator read the names of their starters, the crowd chanted "who cares you suck." Creative. Then, our team (the Lincoln Stars) came whooshing out to strobe lights, fog, skulls on t...

In the immortal words of Dobby: Have a Harry Christmas! We certainly did. featuring the Christmas Fishbowl We spent the day in Papillion at my parent's house and had a great time. We saw Les Mis (which is STUNNING, absolutely beautiful), hung out at home, made pancakes, and enjoyed our gifts. Sam got a memory pillow (his third one...hope he doesn't leave this one at a hotel haha) he carries it around with him (on the right) The game Trouble has always been a fav of our family. We used to have a white board with all of our names and we would keep track of Trouble wins. Our old game board, bless its heart, was loved to death and it was time to retire, so we got my dad a fresh board for Christmas. falling apart  new vs. old missing pieces, faded colors, not very popomatic anymore Dad killed us all Grammy time we love uncle Jack already learning how to text  Happy days. We spe...