Funny Things

I wish I recorded more often the funny things my kids say... I use to be so much better at that. (Man I was such a good mom a few kids ago)

Emma:

Getting in the car after church, Br. Seiter walks by and Emma says to me, "Br. Seiter is so skinny. We should invite him over for dinner". I cracked up that she had full confidence in my ability to fatten him up.

Lily:

After I woke up from my sunday nap Lily so proud comes to sit next to me with her little Barbie products catalog and says, "I circled everything I want". So we started to look through it together... and I notice every single thing in the catalog is circled except for one thing. So I say, "Oh, you don't want that?"... and she looks at it and says, "Oops, I forgot to circle that one"... and ran off to get a pen to circle it too.

Logan:

After church we were getting in the car and Logan says all whiney, "I just don't get why we have to go to school on Valentines Day". Okay... well... so Logan is maybe more whiney than funny these days... On saturday around 12:30pm after the kids had slept in, watched cartoons, played and laid around all morning doing nothing... I say to the kids, "We're going to do some chores now, lets start with the playroom"... at which point 8 year old Logan breaks down crying, pathetically sobbing in to both hands with actual tears saying, "Why does EVERY other neighbor kid have FUN ALL day saturday... and ALL we do is chores??"

Poor Snickers

Introducing:

Lily and "Snickers"

One very exciting weekend of the year, each student in Lily's preschool class gets to bring "Snickers" home for the weekend, with a class scrapbook, that they have to send back filled with pictures and stories of what "Snickers" did over the weekend. The scrapbook is filled with darling fun adventures for Snickers the puppy, however....

Poor "Snickers" did not have a good time at Lily's house. We are very sorry to say the scrapbook post from Lily's weekend was a sad one.

Things started off well... but then Lily's little sister Sophie threw Snickers on the floor. He was really crying... and Lily and I were pretty sure that she broke Snickers arm.

This is Lily and Sophie waiting with Snickers to see the Veterinarian.

We didn't really have a choice... good thing we know a wonderful Vet.

Dr. Vernon said Snickers has good hips.

Dr. Vernon gave Snickers a complete check-up.

He let Lily help a little.

Poor Snickers had to get a shot...

... Lily really hid under the exam table while Dr. Vernon gave Snickers a shot.

Nobody likes shots.

Dr. Vernon did find that Snicker's arm was broken, he was going to need a cast.

Lily scolded Sophie a little for being so careless with the puppy.

Dr. Vernon did a great job giving Snickers a little cast on his arm.

He said that Snickers has to leave it on for 2 weeks...

Poor Snickers.

Concert Pianist

When Sophie stands at the piano, her little eyes barely reach the keys.

And from the back, even a clean diaper almost reaches her knees.

If Sophie grows up to be a concert pianist, won't these pictures be especially lovely.

Hopefully Sophie will LOVE to play the piano more than her oldest sister did.

(who we spent thousands of dollars on lessons over many years, and finally let her quit this last year... sniffle sniffle, but at least she can play hymns... no Bach, no Beethoven...)

Do not despair, I have 3 other daughters, and a son who just started piano...

there's hope. :)

Waiting Spot

This is the "Waiting Spot" at our house. I love it.

I wanted to record one of the every day things we do. The front door to our house is actually on the side of our house. We put a swing bench off the porch. Often when a carpool is coming to pick kids up... or someone very exciting is coming over... we go sit out on the swing bench and wait and swing and wait.

Every morning, Lily's carpool comes to take her to preschool. So every morning Lily and I sit out on the swing bench with her backpack, and often a book, and wait together and swing.

I love it.

I am usually still in my pajamas, like below.

But I don't always make weird faces with my lip like below, this morning I had a big honkin cold sore I was trying to conceal.

Lily's BFF Lucy comes, we hug... then she runs away from me.... and we wave good-bye for the morning.

And she is always hoping its friday, because fridays at preschool means treasure box.

PS- The "Waiting Spot" is also the place I escape to when the weather is nice and all my kids are driving me crazy. I quietly leave the house when no one is looking and sit out and swing by myself.... but usually someone finds me... and they come and swing with me,

but that is okay too.

Sophie

Babies are SO MESSY.

I turn around to Sophie so happily dumping her milk out and swiping it all over the tray and floor as fast as she could...

Then doesn't the below picture make it look like she feels bad for being so naughty?

Last week18 month old Sophie kept crying and making big messes, and I was like "I AM SOOO DONE HAVING BABIES"....

.... then later the same day she was eating an orange while doing this cute little dance (she dances whenever something makes her happy, especially a yummy treat, it is her sign of approval... she was really dancing about the refried beans from Abuelos restaurant last week- ha ha) ...then looking at me with her little tiny eyes straight from heaven...

...I was like, "Saddest thought ever, not always having a baby next to me".... sigh

Because nothing can compare with how cute they are,

even when they're naughty.

Crazy People

January Sunday Activity

We may not have snow,

but who says we can't sled?

The kids figured out that if they put a plastic toy chest lid inside of a sleeping bag, it made for a pretty awesome toboggan down the wood stairs.

They went way fast. There were a few crash landings.

Bruce was napping, came out and said, "Has nobody considered they could get hurt??"

Then after a minute said, "Whatever, we have insurance"... and went back to lay down.

Ha ha, I cracked up....

they're breaking him down.

Ashlin was a big fat chicken and wouldn't try it... but she did come out of her bedroom to lay on the living room couch and watch the crazy little people.

Assertiveness

In November Emma and her bestest Mikayla came to me saying they wanted to sing a special musical number in Sacrament meeting at church. I told them Sis. Hamada was in charge of scheduling those and forgot about it.

Within a few days they let me know that they contacted Sis Hamada, scheduled a date for them to sing in January, chose a song, "A Child's Prayer", wanted to know if I would play the piano for them and when could our first practice be.

They asked 2 other girls in our ward to join them, so it was 4 girls, but one left church before I got a picture. They did so good (I was so nervous to play the piano in front of ward, but how could I say no). They dressed all matching in black dresses.... and matching turquoise flowers in their spiral curled hair. (Emma had called her Aunt Chrissy and asked if she would make them matching flowers for the occasion, she was so kind to oblige.) They looked so darling up there all matching, and sang so sweet and innocently the beautiful words about how God hears us when we pray.

If you want something

to get done,

I suggest you ask

Emma and Mikayla.