Parenting

I took the kids to Roberts this morning looking for things I needed for a project I was doing. When we checked out, the lady, of course, offered the girls balloons. She tied them on their wrists and continued with taking my money. I told Squirt to leave hers on her wrist. She took it off. I told her to hold on tight or it would float away and be all gone. While she was playing in a basket of eggs by the register, she let go of her balloon. It floated up to the ceiling, out of reach. She immediately started freaking out. "Balloon! Balloon," she cried. I told her that she let go of it and it was gone. I reminded her that she took it off her wrist. Basically I lugged her out of the store screaming. While I was buckling her in, the lady in line behind me came up to me and said, "I admire your parenting." Then she was gone.

So either I am doing something right by letting my children learn consequences, or that lady was crazy.

Eight Really is Great!

We had the boy's baptism on Saturday. He was so excited and just a little bit nervous. On the ride there, he kept asking his Dad to hold him under the water longer.

I made a baptism subway art for the Primary Baptism Fireside we had. So I used that at the baptism. We also took a picture of the boy and had people sign the mat. Now I just have to put his baptism picture in it and we can hang it.


A couple of his friends from school came--which was way cool for him.

Hubby did it backwards the first time so the boy got dunked twice.
The boy went with hubby to the baptism of a guy hubby works with, so this guy wanted to come to the boy's baptism. My family came, including my uncle and a few cousins that we haven't seen in a long time. In fact, my uncle was the only family member that helped bless the boy when he was a baby. We'll have to have him help again when the boys gets the priesthood.

It was a great day and we had so many friends there to help us celebrate this day with the coolest boy ever!

Zombies

Raising the next generation of gamers...

While Thumbelina is playing her princess game on the Wii downstairs.

They love when Dad comes home because I am a video game retard. Munchkin can get farther than me in Mario. I may be useless at video games, but I helped Rory make an awesome cake valentine box today. We all have our talents...

The Day of Love

I always make shirts for the kids. The boy got a Christmas shirt with a red truck hauling a christmas tree. They get birthday shirts...except for Munchkin who I totally forgot about! Oops! But I am working on one for her. Last year I made Valentine shirts and I fear I have set a bar. Darn it! It was so hard last year to think up something manly for the boys shirt. But he still wears it which is the real test. This year, I decided we needed a theme. You know, matchy matchy.

Conversation hearts! I had to approve the saying for the boy's shirt but he asked to wear it yesterday so I figure I'm golden!

You Rock for the boy against any lovey crap.
Sweet squirt gets hugs and kisses--because really, who doesn't want to hug and kiss that little girl?

Crazy Munchkin loves her cupcake shirt

And of course pink for Thumbelina!

The kids are so excited about them. I am just excited I got them done!

Now I have to get the boy's birthday shirt done for 4 days after Valentines!

A Whole New World!

We moved!

Around the block.

Into a house without a basement apartment.

YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

Life is good.

Unpacking still sucks!

Buying new things for our new space.

Figuring out where all the old things go is hard.

I think I finally figured out the kitchen today...

...after rearranging it 4 times and thinking about it for 2 weeks.

Next week, we work on the garage.

So Much Sickness

And WAY too much whine to go with it.

Everyone was fine during Christmas break. Then the boy got some random thing and missed his first day back to school. He managed to go every other day but came home and promptly fell asleep on the couch, slept all night and went to school the next day.

Then, Squirt got sick on Monday afternoon. General whinyness, and a small cough. After 4 days of her not getting any better, we went to the trusty doctor. CROUP! Now, if you haven't had any experience with this illness, let me tell ya---it's fun for the whole family! Especially with a thumb sucker! Coughing, wheezing, congestion, and no magic drug to make it all better. The doctor did prescribe her something to help loosen everything up. She hated it. So much that she wouldn't take her yummy ibuprofen without a lot of coaxing.

Thumbelina was hit next. She went to bed early on Friday, and stayed in bed ALL DAY on Saturday. Now this girl is the epitome of 'misery loves company' so it was totally unreal that she stayed in her bed. She moaned and whimpered most of Sunday and Monday...much to everyone's enjoyment.

Munchkin came down with a sympathetic virus. Varying syptoms of legs hurting, not being able to walk, coughing, and a genuine fever for a day or two.

Hubby went to bed last night at 8pm feeling a little sick. But being the man he is, he is just fine this morning.

I am taking my lysine and xplague everyday in the (likely dim) hope that I will get passed over. I think we are at the tail end of it all. Now if the kids would just sleep through the night, maybe I could find the energy to unpack the rest of the kitchen boxes so I can tackle the garage and maybe park my car in there this year.

Look Who's Four!

Munchkin turned 4 this week! We can't believe she's only 4! It seems like she's been here forever! She is super into Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, thanks to her cousins in Washington. She got the Handy Manny Talking Toolbox for Christmas and plays with it ALL THE TIME!

So while we were still moving in this weekend, we celebrated this girl's birthday with a Mickey Mouse cake,
The same sword that she gave her friend for his birthday last week,

Lots of Mickey Mouse stuff--stamps, 3D Viewers, secret marker book,

And her very own Handy Manny.

And a streamer ball made special for her by her older sister.

And she gets to go to Costco with me to pick out a new dress. Lucky her!