Theisen Trio: The skinny: It's been too long.

Hello there, miss me? Ha, even I only come back to look at the pics of our kids ; ) It's feels like forever since I have sat down to get some words out there so bear with me and if you just can't well then scroll down to find the real goods i.e. the pics, I won't feel bad.

Daddy has been very busy at work these days. I guess spring really is in the air because the appts are keeping him busy so the kids and I have been loading up on long walks and different parks nearly every night. We found a duck haven and can't wait to show Daddy! This last Saturday we all rode together to his home show in Maple Grove and the kids and I snuck away to do some summer shopping on his dime. Two things I noticed were that Baby Gap is no friend to a shopper. It's tight, not at all stroller friendly and must run super big because everything we bought Lyssi Lu was 6-12 months and Riley was only able to keep up on his waist 18-24 month old shorts.

Mommy has been promoted at work and is keeping insane hours these days getting up at 3:00 a.m. (OUCH) and working til 1:30-2:00. We had a pretty smooth inspection though and lot's of changes are around the corner so the many hours are flying by and keeping me too busy most days. I also need a haircut but I cannot find the time. Soon, maybe!? What has been sucking my time other than work/kids? The Hunger Games. I have been utterly obsessed with these 3 books finishing them all in 3 weeks with the last 2 being read in 7 days. 7 days! I don't even know where to start with a review but you just must read them. I was pretty drained when I finally finished the last one last night and I may have gone to bed with a few tears in my eyes but I have always been a weeny emotionally and realize tears may not spring up in your eyes. I will miss these books dearly though as we have been attached at the hands nearly every second of downtime. I've also been busying myself with a new editing program I finally broke down and bought. I am not an editor of pics, never have been. I shoot in manual and try to get it as perfect as possible without having to make any adjustments cause who has time to do that and/or wants to sit editing every single picture!? Well as you will see some turn out pretty good and some are clearly the work of a beginner who is not at all comfortable tweaking and has yet to find her editing style.

Riley has been busy at everything. He is obsessed with nature shows and reading books. Little man can't get enough of learning and will school you on every animal from piranhas to cheetahs. He can still be found sorting through his endless amounts of lures and now that we took the boat out of storage he doesn't let a night pass where he won't ask about playing in the boat and I must mention that he can get in there by himself now so keep your boats covered lest you want a tiny pro in it! He is signed up for 2 sessions of summer camp at school this summer and although I am having a hard time getting him signed up for t-ball (you are supposed to be 4 and he doesn't turn until July) you can bet he already practicing his ferocious swing every chance he gets. He really enjoys turning on the TV all by himself now in the mornings although I think we might enjoy that extra 30-45 minutes of sleep even more! He corrects us when we let "stupid" slip with a "hey, we do not use that word in this house." He knows when we spell something out that it is something bad so he usually reprimands for that also. Riley and I have a funny connection. He can say something or give me this look and we both bust out in laughter. It happens all the time and I usually end up in tears. He is silly and fun and the best of both D and I. He continues to entertain and surprise us with his humor, insight and general love of life everyday.

First fishing trip of the season and guess who's pole caught this nice northern?

Alyssa Lu is what we refer to as a tiny tornado. Girlfriend officially started walking everywhere March 25th but up until then would only tease us with her walking for 5-6 steps before intentionally switching over to all fours and then turning around to grin at us as if saying "I will do it when I am good and ready." She is a headache in the bathtub. If you put her in her bath chair she stands up every 23 seconds and just waits for you to react. The more you react the funnier she thinks it all is. It would be all good except that she needs a bath nearly every night because she gives herself food facials at dinner time and for extra measure uses it as mousse also. Music and food move her the most. She can't resist dancing to all music and when there is food in front of her she is at her happiest, throwing her hands in the air to dance, giving big old cheesy smiles and gobbling it up like it's her last meal. It's a wonder that she is only 18.4 lbs. She walks around "ruffing" like a dog, it is adorbs! We just love her from her blonde locks to her tiny toesies, she has us all smitten. She now has 4 top and 4 bottom teeth in with 2 molars coming in that look awfully painful. She's still in size 3 diapers, going to bed around 7:15 and sleeping all night. I still have to pinch myself that she is mine. She looked so much like her Daddy the other night as he was holding her. They were both looking out the window with their mouths open and the resemblance was striking. Just when I thought I couldn't love him anymore he scores brownie points over his contribution to our beauty.

Happiness is peas and pumpkin pancakes.

Deuce is not doing good. He can't keep anything down and just after we spent over $600 dollars in Dec thinking that he was doing so much better he continues to get worse. He eats his breakfast in the garage now and has to be locked up in there until someone gets home as we can no longer handle the puke/bile he throws up daily. His stomach is hard to look at and we have started to talk to Riley about him being sick and going to heaven. We go back and forth on putting him down but for now he still has life in his eyes and somewhat of a spring in his step although he doesn't have the stamina for walks anymore. After every horrible thing I have said about him since we started having kids I regret nearly 95% of it. He has been an incredible dog and this decision will not be taken lightly or made hastily.

I feel like there is something more I was meant to type but that's all I've got. Overworked, overtired, and needing to get back to my kids as naptime is almost done (man I love when I get to leave work at 12:30!!!!). This is where I leave you people looking at the best of me, my kids.