I have my moments when people might wonder about my hair color. It is either that or I can even claim "mommy brain". I just have to laugh --
Mike was at work and I had the kids all tucked in. I remembered I needed to go shut the water off -- I had been watering the garden. When I was coming back in and opened the storm door the main door closed all the way and it was locked. I had left my cell phone in the house as well as my keys. I tried knocking on Constance's bedroom window with the hopes she was still awake -- no luck. I didn't continue for very long because I was worried someone would drive by and think I was trying to break into my own house. My neighbors on either side of our house weren't home. I finally walked across the street to Kathy's house and knocked on her door. I asked if I could use her phone to call Mike so he could come home and let me in. What can I say?
It was a beautiful day and we decided to take the kids and their bikes to the school parking lot to let them ride. I went and picked up a pizza so we could also have a picnic and met Mike and the kids there. It was a fun afternoon. At one point I had set my cell phone down on the tailgate of his truck, not a problem. Later as we were getting ready to leave, we had the kids loaded in the van and I was talking on my phone with my sister and was about ready to pull out. The thought came that I needed to go and get my cell phone off of Mike's tailgate. So I jumped out, still talking to my sister on my phone and went to the back of Mike's truck. Guess what, my cell phone wasn't there. I busted up laughing as I told my sister what I just did.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
July 4, 2011
July 4th at the Farm
We went to my brother's farm and spent the day there.
The boys went for a boat ride with me on the pond. The only way I could really get Jordan in/on the water.
We did get him to try out the little boat -- but he didn't last long. They weren't as stable.
Dominic eventually was brave enough to go in and was content floating around with Uncle Hambone holding onto him.
Constance was my little fish and was in the pond for 4 hours.
It was great to spend the day with family. The kids loved spending the time with cousins.
When we finally left the boys crashed in the van on the way home. Unfortunately that meant they were still awake at 8pm.
We went to my brother's farm and spent the day there.
The boys went for a boat ride with me on the pond. The only way I could really get Jordan in/on the water.
We did get him to try out the little boat -- but he didn't last long. They weren't as stable.
Dominic eventually was brave enough to go in and was content floating around with Uncle Hambone holding onto him.
Constance was my little fish and was in the pond for 4 hours.
It was great to spend the day with family. The kids loved spending the time with cousins.
When we finally left the boys crashed in the van on the way home. Unfortunately that meant they were still awake at 8pm.
July -- 2011
My birthday month!
My sweet babies have been convinced, by me no less, that the fireworks are in celebration of me! My sweet Constance made me a beautiful cake. All the kids showered me so much love I couldn't take a nap. My boys sang to me off and on all day. Jordan volunteered to take my birthday spankings for me. I am so blessed -- definitely a fun time.
Jordan evidently has been paying too close attention to me. I had to stop him during church when he started to use a color pencil like eye liner.
Dominic has decided it is a good idea to wear a hat over his eyes so he can't see and then to push his fire truck around the house -- this is the same boy who always has a bruise or knot on his head from running into furniture or falling with his eyes open.
Jordan informed me that he wasn't a "stink bug" -- he was a "lick bug" and then starts licking me.
I didn't see the boys bu I could hear them. I asked them if they were in my room -- Dominic poked his head out of my door and told me "no, I not in your room."
Grandpa and Dominic were playing with the vacuum. Jordan told them if they didn't stop fighting he would unplug it.
Jordan told me I was the meanest mommy ever. Then he asked me what a mean mommy does. I told him "she would send him to his room". Then he asked me what a nice mommy does. I told him "she hugs, kisses, says 'I love you', plays with you, tucks you in at night, sings to you." He decided I was a nice mommy.
Dominic thinks he is exempt from bedtime and that means I should be exempt from sleep in the middle of the night.
Jordan was trying to convince me he doesn't have a tummy to tickle ... evidently "it's all gone." or so he says.
We went to the farm to spend some time. Dominic got half way in and decided it was too cold and wanted out. Jordan had gone to the barn and a few minutes later he came around crying. Evidently a chicken had pecked him on his bum and it hurt. Of course, two minutes later Dominic was chasing the chickens trying to catch them. I guess he figured his bottom was padded with the diaper so he was safe.
Jordan left his partially eaten granola bar on the counter -- Dominic found it and ate it. Jordan got upset. I had to laugh -- Jordan is usually the one who eats Dominic's food.
Jordan was goofing off and I asked him to "please stop". Jordan's response "Never!" Of course both boys just said "Please stop" to me to get me to stop tickling them.
I told the boys they weren't supposed to play with the water in the fridge. Jordan told me "We didn't" I asked "Then how did Nic get water?" Jordan: "He was thirsty". Dominic: "I was thirsty".
Dominic wanted a band aid on his boo-boo like his sissy. I put one on. Not 5 minutes later he is throwing a fit because he can't get it off. I proceed to take it off and then the gets mad because it's off.
While our van radio wasn't working, Jordan told me we can't go anywhere because the van is broken and our van is new it can't be broken. Of course, it is only the radio that isn't working. Everything else works just fine.
Dominic grabbed a pair of my underwear while I was doing laundry and took off running. I found him trying to put them on over his diaper -- calling them pull-ups.
We were at church and Jordan needed to go to the bathroom during Sacrament meeting. After we came back Jordan started to pull his shorts off and actually got them down to his ankles before I could stop him. Of course, Dominic saw this and tried to take his pants off too.
Jordan scared himself. He climbed in the front while we were waiting to pick up Constance from school. He decided to put his head on the steering wheel to rest and ended up beeping the horn.
Found Dominic hiding in my bathtub playing with my breast pump -- after I had told him to leave it alone.
Jordan told me he doesn't swim in Uncle Hambone's pond because of the sharks. Evidently he has sharks and we didn't know. Jordan then told me "I don't like sharks!"
Dominic is going around the house singing "Do as I'm doing, follow, follow me." Of course, it is turning out to be a competition to see who can sing the loudest.
Jordan heard someone blowing their nose. He asked me what that sound was. I asked him what he thought it was. His response: "an elephant."
Mike was teasing the boys about their names being "George" and "Fred" while we were checking them into exercise. Jordan took his name tag off and asked me what it said. I told him "Jordan". His response "ahhhh, I want it to say George." Then the fight begins over who is Fred and who is George.
Jordan fell back to sleep at 9 am -- can you say growth spurt.
Jordan is a big teaser -- one day during a thunderstorm he kept telling Constance we were going to eat pizza outside in the rain.
My sweet babies have been convinced, by me no less, that the fireworks are in celebration of me! My sweet Constance made me a beautiful cake. All the kids showered me so much love I couldn't take a nap. My boys sang to me off and on all day. Jordan volunteered to take my birthday spankings for me. I am so blessed -- definitely a fun time.
Jordan evidently has been paying too close attention to me. I had to stop him during church when he started to use a color pencil like eye liner.
Dominic has decided it is a good idea to wear a hat over his eyes so he can't see and then to push his fire truck around the house -- this is the same boy who always has a bruise or knot on his head from running into furniture or falling with his eyes open.
Jordan informed me that he wasn't a "stink bug" -- he was a "lick bug" and then starts licking me.
I didn't see the boys bu I could hear them. I asked them if they were in my room -- Dominic poked his head out of my door and told me "no, I not in your room."
Grandpa and Dominic were playing with the vacuum. Jordan told them if they didn't stop fighting he would unplug it.
Jordan told me I was the meanest mommy ever. Then he asked me what a mean mommy does. I told him "she would send him to his room". Then he asked me what a nice mommy does. I told him "she hugs, kisses, says 'I love you', plays with you, tucks you in at night, sings to you." He decided I was a nice mommy.
Dominic thinks he is exempt from bedtime and that means I should be exempt from sleep in the middle of the night.
Jordan was trying to convince me he doesn't have a tummy to tickle ... evidently "it's all gone." or so he says.
We went to the farm to spend some time. Dominic got half way in and decided it was too cold and wanted out. Jordan had gone to the barn and a few minutes later he came around crying. Evidently a chicken had pecked him on his bum and it hurt. Of course, two minutes later Dominic was chasing the chickens trying to catch them. I guess he figured his bottom was padded with the diaper so he was safe.
Jordan left his partially eaten granola bar on the counter -- Dominic found it and ate it. Jordan got upset. I had to laugh -- Jordan is usually the one who eats Dominic's food.
Jordan was goofing off and I asked him to "please stop". Jordan's response "Never!" Of course both boys just said "Please stop" to me to get me to stop tickling them.
I told the boys they weren't supposed to play with the water in the fridge. Jordan told me "We didn't" I asked "Then how did Nic get water?" Jordan: "He was thirsty". Dominic: "I was thirsty".
Dominic wanted a band aid on his boo-boo like his sissy. I put one on. Not 5 minutes later he is throwing a fit because he can't get it off. I proceed to take it off and then the gets mad because it's off.
While our van radio wasn't working, Jordan told me we can't go anywhere because the van is broken and our van is new it can't be broken. Of course, it is only the radio that isn't working. Everything else works just fine.
Dominic grabbed a pair of my underwear while I was doing laundry and took off running. I found him trying to put them on over his diaper -- calling them pull-ups.
We were at church and Jordan needed to go to the bathroom during Sacrament meeting. After we came back Jordan started to pull his shorts off and actually got them down to his ankles before I could stop him. Of course, Dominic saw this and tried to take his pants off too.
Jordan scared himself. He climbed in the front while we were waiting to pick up Constance from school. He decided to put his head on the steering wheel to rest and ended up beeping the horn.
Found Dominic hiding in my bathtub playing with my breast pump -- after I had told him to leave it alone.
Jordan told me he doesn't swim in Uncle Hambone's pond because of the sharks. Evidently he has sharks and we didn't know. Jordan then told me "I don't like sharks!"
Dominic is going around the house singing "Do as I'm doing, follow, follow me." Of course, it is turning out to be a competition to see who can sing the loudest.
Jordan heard someone blowing their nose. He asked me what that sound was. I asked him what he thought it was. His response: "an elephant."
Mike was teasing the boys about their names being "George" and "Fred" while we were checking them into exercise. Jordan took his name tag off and asked me what it said. I told him "Jordan". His response "ahhhh, I want it to say George." Then the fight begins over who is Fred and who is George.
Jordan fell back to sleep at 9 am -- can you say growth spurt.
Jordan is a big teaser -- one day during a thunderstorm he kept telling Constance we were going to eat pizza outside in the rain.
A first for Jordan
Dominic has dominated the "goose-egg" department, so much we have actually lost count of how many he has had. Jordan on the other hand recently got his first one (which is actually kind of surprising since he goes 90 or nothing everywhere he goes). 
He decided it would be fun to spin around in his bedroom, making himself dizzy. The problem -- he got dizzy, lost his balance and fell on his bed post -- giving himself a nice little goose egg.
He decided it would be fun to spin around in his bedroom, making himself dizzy. The problem -- he got dizzy, lost his balance and fell on his bed post -- giving himself a nice little goose egg.
Monkey see, Monkey do
Dominic looking at car magazines with Daddy.
Dominic watches everyone very close. Sometimes this is not such a good thing.
He decided to stick his fingers in the holes of the ball after watching Jordan do the same thing. The problem is his fingers got stuck and I had to help pull them out. (He missed that part of Jordan's experience too)
Jordan has figured out how to climb up on the counter and does it on a regular basis now. Dominic was evidently feeling a bit left out and Jordan, being the good big brother that he is was kind enough to show Dominic how to get up. He had to be helped down though. (That lesson is a bit harder)
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Spring Break 2012
With Mike and his schedule in the spring with mowing starting, we can't really go very far for Spring Break. This year we decided to do something a little different.
Monday: PJ/Movie day. Yep, we stayed in our pajamas all day and took turns picking movies, ate popcorn and just relaxed.
Tuesday: Water day. The temperatures were quite warm ... upper 80's, perfect day to play outside with the kiddie pool, sprinkler and water guns.
Wednesday: Wii day. I let the kids take turns picking and playing games the first half of the day and then I let them play outside for the 2nd half. Our neighbor's kids ended up coming over to play and then my kids ended up following them to their house.
Thursday: Farm day. Mike took the day off of work and he did his mowing on Tuesday and Wednesday so we could have the rest of the week to play. We made arrangements with my brother and his family to meet up at our "Uncle" Lee's farm and the kids run and play with all the animals. We surprised Constance when Maddie came too -- they are best friends since they met when they were 2 and they haven't been able to spend much time together. Constance and Maddie extended their time together by spending the night together with my brother and his family.
Friday: Friend day. Constance spent most of the day with Maddie at my Brother's house, the boys went to a friends house and spent several hours playing there. Mike and I went and spent some time with some really good friends. After we picked our kids up we went to a friend's house to grill and play some more.
Saturday: Much to the disappointment of my children, today has ended up being shopping day and clean up day. When you play all week, you have to take some time to getting things done at home.
Here are pictures from our day at the farm.
Dominic attempting to catch the baby goats
Dominic is sad because he can't catch the baby goats
One of the other kids were kind enough to catch and goat for Dominic to hold.
Love the smile on Jordan's face
Constance and Maddie catching up.
Monday: PJ/Movie day. Yep, we stayed in our pajamas all day and took turns picking movies, ate popcorn and just relaxed.
Tuesday: Water day. The temperatures were quite warm ... upper 80's, perfect day to play outside with the kiddie pool, sprinkler and water guns.
Wednesday: Wii day. I let the kids take turns picking and playing games the first half of the day and then I let them play outside for the 2nd half. Our neighbor's kids ended up coming over to play and then my kids ended up following them to their house.
Thursday: Farm day. Mike took the day off of work and he did his mowing on Tuesday and Wednesday so we could have the rest of the week to play. We made arrangements with my brother and his family to meet up at our "Uncle" Lee's farm and the kids run and play with all the animals. We surprised Constance when Maddie came too -- they are best friends since they met when they were 2 and they haven't been able to spend much time together. Constance and Maddie extended their time together by spending the night together with my brother and his family.
Friday: Friend day. Constance spent most of the day with Maddie at my Brother's house, the boys went to a friends house and spent several hours playing there. Mike and I went and spent some time with some really good friends. After we picked our kids up we went to a friend's house to grill and play some more.
Saturday: Much to the disappointment of my children, today has ended up being shopping day and clean up day. When you play all week, you have to take some time to getting things done at home.
Here are pictures from our day at the farm.
Dominic attempting to catch the baby goats
Dominic is sad because he can't catch the baby goats
One of the other kids were kind enough to catch and goat for Dominic to hold.
Love the smile on Jordan's face
Constance and Maddie catching up.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Bumblebees and Flowers
I have discovered Jordan is not to keen on bugs. We were outside playing and he started running and screaming when a bumblebee started flying around him. I told him he really didn't have anything to worry about, if he left the bumblebees alone they would leave him alone.
When I told him that bumblebees like flowers, he quickly told me he was a flower. How else would you explain them flying around you?
On the other hand the boys have been excited to see the bees. Every time they see one they tell me "the bees are making honey". I tried to explain the bees make the honey in their hive and they told me they needed to have a beehive.
For some reason I don't think that would be a good thing.
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