Friday, July 27, 2012

Jae couldn't stay awake at lunchtime today. 

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

That is awesome!
Jaelin's first OREO cookie!  I guess she was saving the rest for later. 

Friday, June 1, 2012

School's Out!

The last Kindergarten carpool and I think the boys were pretty excited about it!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Our kids say the funniest things all the time so I really need to be better at documenting them!  Tristyn had a few funnies yesterday . . . I was helping her peak out our bathroom window to see the boys working in the back yard.  There were a few clouds that were illuminated by the afternoon sun.  Tristyn pointed to one and said “Look, the Holy Ghost!” When I looked out and asked where, she pointed and said “The Holy Ghost cloud, right there!”  It did look like it was glowing!

 

Then we were out returning some things at Burlington and someone had hung a bra along the checkout isle.  In her loud Dora voice, she said “Look! Something that boobies go in!”  I explained that it’s called a bra and she went on to say how they are for boobs when they get bigger.   Everyone in line got a quick course in anatomy from a 4 (almost) year old!  She kept looking at stuff along the isle and knocked one of the hooks down.  It made a loud clank and so she giggled at the checker and said she was very noisy.  We didn’t disagree!

 

Our next stop was Shopko. On the way in she tried to scrape dried bird poop from the car next to us.  When I explained what it was she was grossed out.  I was very tempted to wipe her hand before I had to hold it to cross the parking lot.  Yuck!  She had her little notebook that apparently had a list of all the things we needed to buy because she was telling me what we needed to get next. Things like skirts, hair things, swim suits, and her birthday card!  She wanted to pick one out herself.  I found a cute princess castle card and tried to sneak it in the cart but she dug it out so she could hold it.  I found it on her night stand last night.   Then she went to Macy’s with Dan . . . maybe that’s why he came home with way more than was on the list!

 

On other topics, Jaelin has been getting up on all fours and is rocking a bit so it won’t be long before she is racing Tristyn around the house!  She also had watermelon and strawberries in a mesh bag yesterday and loved them.  Mason is on his last Kindergarten field trip today and has his K program tomorrow night. I can’t believe the year is over.  Other than the ‘water gun’ incident that caused us to go to the principal’s office last week, it’s been a great year for him and he has learned so much!  He has been helping Dan prep the back yard for a new swing set and is chompin’ at the bit to put it together!

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Tired Baby!

I was playing with Jaelin and making her laugh by pulling her two fingers out of her mouth. I think she grew tired of that game because then she just got really mad at me.

Cutie Patootie!

I love this photo of J. It was her first ride in the wagon. She wasn't quite sure what to think of the bumpy ride.

Soccer gal

Tristyn is in her second year of soccer and she seems to be enjoying it. Last fall she was only interested in dressing down and getting the treat at the end. She'd only play if we held her hand on the field. This year started the same way so we have been bribing her to go out on her own and Melissa bought an Apple Jack pony that she'll earn if she kicks the ball six times in a game. Only two chances left! She also likes cheering for Mason's team.
The video was too cute not to share!

Entertainment

Crumble crumble

Jaelifly

Monday, June 27, 2011

Snowbird Photo of the Day

Dan helped rake some of the lawn at Snowbird today.  Afterwards they let them take a break and do the zip line. Pretty fun.

 

 

Sleepy Kid

Last night when I went in to tuck Mason in, I moved one of his pillows and he said “Oh, hi mom!”  I thought he had been asleep for quite a while, but he seemed pretty alert.  I asked him if he was awake or asleep and he said “Asleep”.  So I said “Okay, good night.  Love you.”  He said “And goodnight to you too!”  Then he puckered up.  I thought it was because I had put Vaseline on his lips and he didn’t like it but after a couple of seconds he tapped his puckered lips because he wanted a kiss.  Once he got it he rolled right over and went back to sleep.  He’s so funny sometimes!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

I really need to start posting more about what is going on around here...I'm such a slacker sometimes! The kids are doing a lot of fun (and silly) things that I fail to document, so I'm going to try and be better.

Recent comments by Mason:
6/11/11: "The moon is so bright! I've never seen anything like it!" He repeated the 2nd part of it several times, so I'm not sure if he was more impressed by the bright moon or that it was something he was excited he hadn't experienced before!

6/12/11: After Tristyn kissed him goodnight tonight he said "You're a great sister". Funny how they can be so lovey dovey at night but pounce on each other all day.

Earlier this month I was telling the kids that Karen was going to have baby Kaden any day. They didn't know I was expecting at that point and I asked if they wanted a baby. Of course Tristyn said yes, she wanted a baby sister. Mason just looked at me and said "Mom, you need a pet! A turtle." As we kept talking he said that Tristyn and dad both need guinea pigs. He already has a pet fish, so he's covered.

Tristyn's birthday was earlier this month (also something I need to post about), so he had been watching the calendar closely. For 2-3 weeks prior to her birthday when we'd call the primary kids up to sing for their birthday he'd say "Hey, what about Tristyn!" She's still in nursery, so she wasn't there for us to even sing to, but he didn't want us to miss her. Last week the music lady asked if we should sing Happy Birthday to the Primary President and he shouted out "No, what about Melissa!" Her birthday was the next day and he didn't want her to be left out either. He likes to let the primary ladies know if something doesn't go quite as he'd expect.

We just finished the spring soccer season and when we asked how many goals he wanted to score, he'd always say 100. He played with his neighborhood buddies and had a lot of fun. He's quite a good player if he can keep his focus on the game. He really likes to play goalie. Tball starts tomorrow and he's super excited about that.

We bought him a loft bed (aka bunk bed) for his room downstairs, but I have to clean my junk out of it and paint it before we can put the bed up, so he has been begging me to clean it and has even offered to help so it will get done more quickly. I think he's more excited about the bunk bed than the baby sister. We recently painted our family room and a wall in the kitchen and wall in the front room, so he is very anxious to have his own space painted.

The other day he told me I couldn't eat because he was worried about what the food would do to the baby in my belly. We had to explain how I need to eat so the baby could get food.

We took the training wheels off of his bike a few days ago against his wishes. He will be going on a few bike rides with his day care class and the first is this week. We have a few days for him to get it down or he may be walking his bike! He wants us to put them back on, but what would that teach him??? He's actually doing really well without them and just needs a bit more practice.

I'll have to think about other funny things he has said and try to post them before I forget.

Tristyn does a lot of silly things too. She gives hugs to Mason that are basically a bear hug turned tackle. She holds on forever and we have to pull her off a lot of the time. She likes to bug him when she's bored. He takes it pretty well.

She likes to have picnics with her dolls and even fed her rubber duckies a fake pancake yesterday at the picnic. Later in the day we took real pancakes to the park and let her feed the real ducks--she loved it.

She already likes to rub my budda belly and ask if that's her baby sister in there. She always reminds us that the baby needs to get a lot bigger. She saw the ultra sound photos on the fridge before she knew it was my baby and always said that the baby needed to get bigger. Mason just thought it was a photo of a cave.

When we were looking at the super bright moon last night she said she wanted to go to it. When I asked how we'd get there she said we'd use a ladder. Dan had his ladder out for painting, so maybe that's why she thought of that. We had put an outer space puzzle together earlier in the day and she was talking about going from planet to planet to play with friends.

She picks every dandelion she sees and I think she'll really love eating stuff from the garden this year. We pulled a few carrots up that lingered from last year and she munched on them. She also picked a strawberry blossom and green berry and carried them around for a while.

We bought her a $10 princess bike off of KSL and she is riding it very well after just a few days! She wasn't ever very interested in the tricycle, so I'm glad she wanted to ride this one. She wants to play tball with Mason and I think she'll be excited tomorrow to see that I have a pink mitt hidden away for her. I forgot to give it to her for her bday.

Okay, I'm having a brain block because it's getting late. There are so many other fun things they do, so I just need to write a quick post when they happen before I forget! This mushy brain can't remember anything these days!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

tristyn picked her clothes out for tomorrow. they're all in order of how things go on (although it will be backwards order when she tries to get dressed).

Friday, January 14, 2011

The kids wanted a sledding hill so we built snow up around the swing set slide. They're having a blast.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

All Cleaned Up!

When Mason got home today he said "This place is cleaned up". Funny thing is that the only thing I did in that room was pick up the toys. Then after his bath we were in his bedroom and he said "it's not gross anymore". I had made his bed and cleaned up his toys, so I guess that made it not gross. He must hear me say how gross our house is a little too often (I'm normally talking about the toilets or kitchen floor)! Glad he noticed that his stuff had been cleaned up. Now if he would just take care of it himself!

Tristyn looked like a dainty little ballerina after the girls at daycare put her hair up today. She still wants to wear skirts even though the weather is cold, so I have to force the leggings on--she doesn't like them a whole lot but I think they're super cute! She also doesn't like long sleeve shirts and always pulls the sleeves up. She's a lot like Melissa in those regards. They also both really like pink and hate close toed shoes.

The sweater and skirt were both hand me downs, so thanks to Suzy and Diane for the cute clothes!

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