Stuff That Makes Me Laugh

This picture of Lyda makes me laugh because of the hair color choice. Brad and Lisa took her to Disneyland in May and got her hair and makeup done at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. She likes Ariel the best so of course she chose the red hair to add to her own brown hair. This picture shows her spunky side too. She can seem pretty quiet and serious, but makes us laugh a lot. We just can't always capture it in a photo. Way to go Brad and Lisa.

R: There is a truck outside.
M: Yes, it is the garbage truck. It is picking up everybody's trash cans.
R: Oh no, then we won't have any trash cans.
M: No, he won't take our trash cans away, just empty the trash out of them and leave the can.
R: That's perfect.


K: Mom, there is only one thing I don't like about you. That you have to wear glasses.


I took my girls to a mother/daughter night at church recently. At the end the kids sat on the ground in the middle of a circle of all of the moms. I was on the outside of the circle where I couldn't reach them if they misbehaved but they were being pretty good so I didn't worry about my position. As the closing prayer was being said Ruby tooted, and it was loud. So there in the middle of the circle my two sweet little girls giggled irreverently during the whole prayer as I stood helplessly behind the woman saying the prayer.


R: If we get by a cow he will say "moooove"


Following a primary lesson at church, the older kids, I'm suspecting Lyda, put these papers on Ruby. She really is a good sport to go along with everything she's told. Poor kid.

M: Ruby we need to floss your teeth.
R: Nooooo!
M: Yes we do. It won't hurt.
R: No, I do not want my teeth to go down the potty.
M: Dental floss honey, we will not flush your teeth, just floss them.
R: Ok


Lyda got junk mail off of the front door. I told her to throw it away. She said, "No mom. How would you feel if you worked so hard putting these things on people's doors and they just threw your hard work away?"


Kode loves superheroes. We went to the library and he picked out a couple of books about them. One of them was a Wolverine book. The next morning he ran into my bedroom to wake me up and had pretzels between his fingers that he was using as blades, just like Wolverine. It was pretty clever.


We have this conversation almost daily. She's kind of strange.
R: I want to go home.
M: We are home.
R: Oh, are you my mom?
M: Yes I'm your mom.
R: And where'e my dad?


Following a super cool pirate party that Brad and Lisa threw for the nieces and nephews, (yep, they provide all of the fun for the kids) Kode thought he'd be clever and wear two eye patches.

Conversations in church.
K: Are germs alive?
M: Yes
K: Do they have guitars?


Kode has no concept of time. He constantly asks me if it is today.
M: Kode we are going on an airplane tomorrow.
K: Wait, how many days until tomorrow?
M: Tomorrow is after today Kode.
K: Is it today?
M: Yes, it is always today when you ask me that.


It is a wonder that kids ever figure out time. When you really try to explain it, it kind of sounds confusing.
R: I want to go to the Carson Pool.
M: We'll go next week.
K: Is it next week?
D: No. It will never be next week.
K: Mom, you lied.
M: No, I didn't. Next week will come, but it won't be called next week anymore. It will be this week.


Kode is always trying to one up Lyda and came up with this little gem.
K: I know something that you don't, that stop lights are bigger than you think.

When God Made Me . . .

Lyda taught Ruby what the words say on one of her pajama shirts. "When God made me he was just showing off." Now she humbly reminds us what it says each time she puts it on.

Happy Nine

Steve and I just celebrated 9 years of wedded bliss! A cheesy thing to say but I don't think it is too exaggerated. I like my husband so much and I know that he likes me too. Sounds like a weird thing to say about a spouse of nine years, but I think everybody has people that they love but that they don't really like. So to be able to say that I not only love him but I actually like him is quite an achievement I think. Some of our favorite times together are at night when we read together or just lay in bed talking and giggling with each other. We are just weird, but we think we are hilarious and that's what is most important. We certainly don't see eye to eye on everything, but I think we have enough respect for one another that it is ok for us to not think exactly alike. And since this is my blog and it is my anniversary I am totally putting up a kissy picture. Here's to another wonderful year of marriage!

Darn Thumbs!

Ruby has decided at age 2 1/2 to start sucking her thumb! Really bad habit to be starting right now. She used to suck on her index finer only at bedtime but when it got too long and she started gagging herself, she switched to her thumb. I was fine with that at bedtime, but now she's sucking it every time she lays down on the couch. She likes to lay on one of our gold pillows and often lugs it around the house so she can plop down wherever to suck her thumb. She even tries to bring it in the car. We talked about how babies suck their thumbs and not big girls. It worked for about 5 minutes until she told me that she wasn't a baby but that she was still going to suck her thumb. We have pointed out to her that nobody else sucks their thumbs in our house, and she couldn't have cared less. I was a thumb sucker until I was 3 or 4 so maybe she'll be done by then too. Here's hoping, because I don't want to someday have a 12 year old still sucking her thumb.

Something Missing

This poor kid fell down and smacked his front teeth so many times as a small toddler. We watched over the years as his teeth got grayer and grayer. Not too long ago we noticed little bubbles in his gums above his front teeth and thought we better have him checked out by the dentist. Sure enough his gums were infected and abscesses were forming. The dentist recommended pulling his teeth to prevent repeated infection of his gums. And we figured he'd lose them soon enough anyway that they weren't worth trying to save. When I told him what the dentist wanted to do I was worried that he would be super nervous about it. But instead when I told him that he said, "Yes! That means I can get 2 dollars from the tooth fairy!" And that was that. He was awesome through the whole procedure and after only a couple of days of complaining that he wanted his teeth back, he's never said a word about it again. And I think he is so darn cute with those gaps front and center.

Final Dance Recital

Well Lyda hung in there with her dance class until the end even though it wasn't her favorite after school activity. I can't say I'm terribly sad to see it end but it was sure fun to see her performances. She reminds me so much of me when she's onstage. I always hated how reserved I was and hope that she gets over her fears sooner than I did.




This girl was so cute to watch. She loved seeing all of the dancers and did her own dancing in the aisle. She talked several times about when she is going to dance class.


I think she is smiling so big because she's officially done, no, I know that's why.

Seven

This girl turned 7 last month!
(Don't you love the freckles?)


I can hardly believe it. So big so fast! She wanted a water birthday party again this year. One of the best ways to do a party I think. And this year we were lucky enough to get to borrow a water slide. She was pretty adamant about having a "girls only" party this year. So I finally decided that I should let her choose who to invite to her birthday parties and quit worrying about who I might offend. Although I did insist that she invite her one boy cousin. The kids had a blast and Lyda was a happy, happy girl.














So glad to have this wonderful girl in our family. She makes us so happy. Love you Lyda Mae!

Arbor Day

This year Arbor Day happened to fall on Steve's grandmother's 100th birthday. So in honor of her my mother-in-law had the neat idea of planting a tree. So she and Steve went and picked out a beautiful Arizona tree and between them and our kids they managed to get it planted pretty quickly. Here are some pics of the event.





Kode got to plant two trees this year. The neighborhood park had a tree planting that we went to participate in. Kode was thrilled to help.

The Youngest Child

While looking through photos tonight I came across several of Ruby in less than normal circumstances. Although, with as many as I found, it would seem that maybe it is pretty normal for around here. When you have a bored and maybe slightly manipulative older sister, interesting things are bound to happen.


Notice the grip that Lyda has on her hands.


Lyda is constantly dressing Ruby up and in this case posing her while she snapped photos.


Found these beauties on the camera also. At least Ruby is smiling.


She is just so compliant with her older sisters every suggestion. Except for today when Lyda tried to talk her into sharing her ice cream. Don't mess with this girl's ice cream.