Kevin says:
One of Amelia's gifts to me for Father's Day was a certificate for being "The Best Dad in the World." I think she's biased, but the certificate was a "mad lib" type document and Amelia's fill-in-the-blank word and phrase choices were hilarious. Lark helped her with it, writing down what Amelia wanted to say. I've put Amelia's responses in blue. Here goes:
BEST DAD IN THE WORLD AWARD!!!
My dad, Daddy, is the best dad in the world because he loves me and really knows how to wash the dishes and always gives me love. Every morning he makes breakfast and that makes me happy! Whenever I need rest, my dad always reads stories and he never does what's wrong...sometimes he does what's wrong, but he never makes dinner, that's for sure, unless Mommy is out of town. His biggest talent is telling pretend stories and he can do voices like no one else. One day I hope I can be a good Mommy just like him! I love when we have daddy-daughter date nights together because I feel special and happy just being around him. Whenever we go on vacations he takes good care of us and is the best dad around. I don't know how I'd do anything without him. I want him to know that he's the specialist dad because he's a very good dad.
Lark says: Best dad in the world? That's for sure!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Say Wha?
The other day the kids were calling their friend Caleb a 'Weenie'. They weren't doing it tauntingly, just being silly like when they rhyme words and make up things. Later at lunch they said it again and I had a chance to ask them about it:
L: Where did you guys get the word weenie from anyway?
A: The guy with the monkey mom!
L: (thinking) You mean Curious George?
A: (laughing) Nooooo!
L: Okay, well what guy with a monkey are you talking about?
A: You know, the guy with the monkey and the girl with the tiger!
L: (lots of thinking) Guy with a monkey and a girl with a tiger? What?
A: Yeah, the guy with a monkey and girl with a tiger!
L: (more thinking) You mean Aladdin?
A: Yeah! The guy with a monkey says weenie.
L: You mean GENIE?
A: Yeah the guy with a monkey and the Genie!
L: (laughing) Ohh, I see.
So, Caleb, after all they were just calling you a Genie. That's not so bad, eh?
L: Where did you guys get the word weenie from anyway?
A: The guy with the monkey mom!
L: (thinking) You mean Curious George?
A: (laughing) Nooooo!
L: Okay, well what guy with a monkey are you talking about?
A: You know, the guy with the monkey and the girl with the tiger!
L: (lots of thinking) Guy with a monkey and a girl with a tiger? What?
A: Yeah, the guy with a monkey and girl with a tiger!
L: (more thinking) You mean Aladdin?
A: Yeah! The guy with a monkey says weenie.
L: You mean GENIE?
A: Yeah the guy with a monkey and the Genie!
L: (laughing) Ohh, I see.
So, Caleb, after all they were just calling you a Genie. That's not so bad, eh?
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Mischevious Messes
I've been sick for the past few days which means the kids have had a little more 'unsupervised play time.' They generally play pretty well together, but all moms will agree that when they are playing quietly, THAT is when to be worried.
So the other day we had just given them each a new toy because of Grant learning to use the potty. We told Grant when he kept his pants dry all day we would get him a new toy. And Amelia had helped him a lot along the way and had done a good job encouraging him as a big sister.
I was resting on the couch and they were playing in Grant's room. I thought they'd be occupied pretty well with their new toys and I heard them banging on closet doors and playing. It wasn't until I heard Amelia say, "Now rub the baby powder all over too" that I jumped up from the couch and ran to see what they were up to.
They had found a bag of maternity clothes that had baby powder and also Lashinoh lanolin cream in it. Grant had rubbed the lanolin all over his tummy and Amelia was putting it on a metal folding chair. If you don't know what lanolin is, just imagine vasoline and you are on the right track. Very greasy and water resistant. Awesome. So I tried to wipe them off with a wipe but it wasn't working so I just put Grant in the tub and soaped him off. I didn't take a picture of that mess since the cream is mostly clear. However, I did get a chance to take a picture of another mess later on that day (aren't I lucky!?).
I put Grant down for his nap and then put Amelia in her room for quiet time. She wanted to bead some necklaces so I cut her some string and gave her beads and asked her to stay quiet in her room until 3pm so I could lay down and rest. Around 3:15 she still wasn't out of her room so I thought, 'how sweet, she knows I'm not feeling good and she's letting me rest.' I was planning to tell her how proud I was that she stayed in her room the whole time and didn't wake me up. Well, I walked in and saw this...
Glitter, glue, and water. I really don't know why she thought adding water would help her picture.
I think the Lord allowed this to happen when I was sick because I didn't even have enough energy to get mad and react in anger. I just made her sit in my bathroom until I was finished cleaning it up.
These weren't the same day, but here are some other recent messes I had to take pictures of:
Grant loves to have 'water time' in the bathroom
Unfortunately I've had to say "This is a bathroom, not a waterpark!" more than once.
And they really love to find the baby powder high up on the shelf above the dresser.
Fortunately baby powder isn't too hard to clean up, I just wipe it off and pat it around, and it actually leaves a nice smell in the carpet.
Isn't that an awesome baby powder handprint on the couch? Thanks Messy Kids!!
So the other day we had just given them each a new toy because of Grant learning to use the potty. We told Grant when he kept his pants dry all day we would get him a new toy. And Amelia had helped him a lot along the way and had done a good job encouraging him as a big sister.
I was resting on the couch and they were playing in Grant's room. I thought they'd be occupied pretty well with their new toys and I heard them banging on closet doors and playing. It wasn't until I heard Amelia say, "Now rub the baby powder all over too" that I jumped up from the couch and ran to see what they were up to.
They had found a bag of maternity clothes that had baby powder and also Lashinoh lanolin cream in it. Grant had rubbed the lanolin all over his tummy and Amelia was putting it on a metal folding chair. If you don't know what lanolin is, just imagine vasoline and you are on the right track. Very greasy and water resistant. Awesome. So I tried to wipe them off with a wipe but it wasn't working so I just put Grant in the tub and soaped him off. I didn't take a picture of that mess since the cream is mostly clear. However, I did get a chance to take a picture of another mess later on that day (aren't I lucky!?).
I put Grant down for his nap and then put Amelia in her room for quiet time. She wanted to bead some necklaces so I cut her some string and gave her beads and asked her to stay quiet in her room until 3pm so I could lay down and rest. Around 3:15 she still wasn't out of her room so I thought, 'how sweet, she knows I'm not feeling good and she's letting me rest.' I was planning to tell her how proud I was that she stayed in her room the whole time and didn't wake me up. Well, I walked in and saw this...
Glitter, glue, and water. I really don't know why she thought adding water would help her picture.
I think the Lord allowed this to happen when I was sick because I didn't even have enough energy to get mad and react in anger. I just made her sit in my bathroom until I was finished cleaning it up.
These weren't the same day, but here are some other recent messes I had to take pictures of:
Grant loves to have 'water time' in the bathroom
Unfortunately I've had to say "This is a bathroom, not a waterpark!" more than once.
And they really love to find the baby powder high up on the shelf above the dresser.
Fortunately baby powder isn't too hard to clean up, I just wipe it off and pat it around, and it actually leaves a nice smell in the carpet.
Isn't that an awesome baby powder handprint on the couch? Thanks Messy Kids!!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Catch up Pictures
I realize I've been pretty lax about posting pictures on the bloggy. I usually post them over on facebook but need to post some here. So here's a bunch from the past few months.
Here is our Easter picture. I was going to wear a red dress this day, but when Kevin picked out his blue shirt I really had no choice but to become the 'matching family' otherwise I would have just looked out of place in our yearly picture.
Amelia had a special "Mother's Day Program" at school where all the mommies and grandmothers were invited to hear them sing songs. They did some really cute songs and Amelia had a fun time. Here she is when they first came out for their song, 'Take me out of the bathtub'. Cousin Trav is right next to her. I love the little smirk on her face.
After the program was over they had a reception in the classroom for us all and I got some pictures of her two best boys (after Grant and Daddy of course), Travis and Jacob.
Jacob and Amelia just love each other. He is the first boy she's met that talks as much as she does, and with a southern accent. He is too cute and she is really going to miss him next year when they are at different schools.
They have a 'routine' after school gets out. They run out the door together through the bushes and play in the field until we corral them to the cars. Then they both have to check out each other's car seats and will occasionally give each other things from the car like coins, bouncy balls, rocks, etc.
And I know I've probably mentioned Amelia calling Grant her puppy dog. Well, when we went to Jacksonville a few weeks ago, we stayed at Aunt Mallory and Uncle Randy's house (my parents were painting and moving) and Amelia caged Grant up in Dakota's old crate.
Amelia also is quite the lizard catcher at Meme and Poppa's house. Last time we were there she caught one and he was just calmly sitting on her shirt. I was pretty impressed...for a while. He jumped down and got away and then she went after him. Unfortunately I think she stepped on him because after that he had stuff coming out of him (intestines?) and didn't move much after that. Amelia, friend to the animals.
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And a few months ago I posted about how the kids break things. Well, Amelia's blinds had deteriorated to a sad state. I forgot to get a before picture, but this is what they looked like up on the window. At night we had to put a blanket over them to keep out the light. About 10 of the bottom slats were totally off so I just cut the bottom part all the way off.
Ahh, we were so glad that my dad came in town and bought us some new blinds. It's amazing how much the room changed just by upgrading the blinds. As another perk, these blinds let in much less light so she is sleeping a little later too!
That's all the time we have today kids. But remember God made you special and He loves you very much. Bye-bye!
Here is our Easter picture. I was going to wear a red dress this day, but when Kevin picked out his blue shirt I really had no choice but to become the 'matching family' otherwise I would have just looked out of place in our yearly picture.
Amelia had a special "Mother's Day Program" at school where all the mommies and grandmothers were invited to hear them sing songs. They did some really cute songs and Amelia had a fun time. Here she is when they first came out for their song, 'Take me out of the bathtub'. Cousin Trav is right next to her. I love the little smirk on her face.
After the program was over they had a reception in the classroom for us all and I got some pictures of her two best boys (after Grant and Daddy of course), Travis and Jacob.
Jacob and Amelia just love each other. He is the first boy she's met that talks as much as she does, and with a southern accent. He is too cute and she is really going to miss him next year when they are at different schools.
They have a 'routine' after school gets out. They run out the door together through the bushes and play in the field until we corral them to the cars. Then they both have to check out each other's car seats and will occasionally give each other things from the car like coins, bouncy balls, rocks, etc.
And I know I've probably mentioned Amelia calling Grant her puppy dog. Well, when we went to Jacksonville a few weeks ago, we stayed at Aunt Mallory and Uncle Randy's house (my parents were painting and moving) and Amelia caged Grant up in Dakota's old crate.
Amelia also is quite the lizard catcher at Meme and Poppa's house. Last time we were there she caught one and he was just calmly sitting on her shirt. I was pretty impressed...for a while. He jumped down and got away and then she went after him. Unfortunately I think she stepped on him because after that he had stuff coming out of him (intestines?) and didn't move much after that. Amelia, friend to the animals.
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And a few months ago I posted about how the kids break things. Well, Amelia's blinds had deteriorated to a sad state. I forgot to get a before picture, but this is what they looked like up on the window. At night we had to put a blanket over them to keep out the light. About 10 of the bottom slats were totally off so I just cut the bottom part all the way off.
Ahh, we were so glad that my dad came in town and bought us some new blinds. It's amazing how much the room changed just by upgrading the blinds. As another perk, these blinds let in much less light so she is sleeping a little later too!
That's all the time we have today kids. But remember God made you special and He loves you very much. Bye-bye!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Trip to NC Scrapbook
Have I mentioned I love Digital Scrapbooking? Creative Memories' StoryBook Creator Plus is AWESOME! I love being able to make pages while the kids are watching a video (without worrying they'll get my scissors), the software is so easy to use and fun, and I love to make gifts for people that are really heartfelt and that they will love.
Here are some pages from a book I just made for Kevin's parents from our visit there in April. I used the Family Pre-designed pages and kit to make all of these pages. I did the whole 38 page album in about 5 sittings after the kids were in bed. Let me know if you are interested in doing this yourself or click over to the right on my business webpage to find out more.
Isn't it awesome that it snowed for our spring break? The kids LOVED it! Well..Amelia did, Grant went inside after about 10 minutes.
Here are some pages from a book I just made for Kevin's parents from our visit there in April. I used the Family Pre-designed pages and kit to make all of these pages. I did the whole 38 page album in about 5 sittings after the kids were in bed. Let me know if you are interested in doing this yourself or click over to the right on my business webpage to find out more.
Isn't it awesome that it snowed for our spring break? The kids LOVED it! Well..Amelia did, Grant went inside after about 10 minutes.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Did you know dishwashing detergent expires?
Me either.
But trust me, if it smells funny and you happened to get it from your Grandmother's house (who rarely used the dishwasher) and it could be 3-10 years old, just don't use it. Really. It's not worth it.
I started my dishwasher with old liquid dishwashing detergent and then started icing a cake. Sure, the detergent smelled a little funny, but soap is soap right? After icing the cake I went to put the knife in the sink and saw lots of bubbles. Then I turned around and saw this:
After a few shreaks and dancing around I turned off the dishwasher and then grabbed my camera (of course). Then did some google searching and found out that yes, dishwashing detergent can go bad. Something about the liquid seperating from the detergent agents or some kind of chemical reaction. Yes, this was actual dishwashing detergent, not just some dish soap.
After googling some remedies I went back to figure out what to do. I realized the machine was still on the pre-wash cycle and hadn't even opened up the full detergent box. So I scooped all that out and tried starting it again.
Unfortunately there was still enough of the soap in the pre-wash part that bubbles still came pouring out of the bottom. I had to catch them with a couple of 9x13 pans that I had to keep emptying out and switching out.
So I stopped it again and took out the bottom rack and scooped as many bubbles as I could out and tried running the rest of the cycle out like that. Finally I got it all cleaned out.
Positives were that it happened during nap time (don't need to make the kitchen floor a kiddie water park thank you) and the floor did need to be mopped anyway. I tell ya, if it's not my kids making the mess it's me!
But trust me, if it smells funny and you happened to get it from your Grandmother's house (who rarely used the dishwasher) and it could be 3-10 years old, just don't use it. Really. It's not worth it.
I started my dishwasher with old liquid dishwashing detergent and then started icing a cake. Sure, the detergent smelled a little funny, but soap is soap right? After icing the cake I went to put the knife in the sink and saw lots of bubbles. Then I turned around and saw this:
After a few shreaks and dancing around I turned off the dishwasher and then grabbed my camera (of course). Then did some google searching and found out that yes, dishwashing detergent can go bad. Something about the liquid seperating from the detergent agents or some kind of chemical reaction. Yes, this was actual dishwashing detergent, not just some dish soap.
After googling some remedies I went back to figure out what to do. I realized the machine was still on the pre-wash cycle and hadn't even opened up the full detergent box. So I scooped all that out and tried starting it again.
Unfortunately there was still enough of the soap in the pre-wash part that bubbles still came pouring out of the bottom. I had to catch them with a couple of 9x13 pans that I had to keep emptying out and switching out.
So I stopped it again and took out the bottom rack and scooped as many bubbles as I could out and tried running the rest of the cycle out like that. Finally I got it all cleaned out.
Positives were that it happened during nap time (don't need to make the kitchen floor a kiddie water park thank you) and the floor did need to be mopped anyway. I tell ya, if it's not my kids making the mess it's me!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Rainy Days
I'm trying to be a good mommy and relax on rules and such and just let the kids be kids. Today we went on a bike ride and the wind was picking up and sky was threatning rain. But it didn't look too immenient so we went around the block. Right before we got home Amelia wanted to say hi to a friend across the street so we went in her house for 2 or 3 minutes until her mom said it was raining. The bike was still out front and she let me borrow an umbrella. I couldn't hold both kids hands, the umbrella and push the bike home so I just told the kids to run quick across the street.
We all got a little wet and then I just decided to let them play out in the rain, what the heck. They thought it was AWESOME! They had a great time running and splashing in the gutters (and laying in them, which I wasn't thrilled about..eww). I was having a good time just watching them run back and forth in front of our house.
Ah, and when we got into the garage I helped them get undressed. While I went to get a towel I could see Grant needed to pee, but I'd told him not to come in the house while he was wet. So the poor fellow looked for somewhere he could pee and so he peed in Amelia's shoe. I'm not talking about standing and aiming for the shoe, he got down on the floor and peed in it. I stopped him mid-stream and just made him pee on the outdoor rug instead. I didn't know whether to laugh or what! Who pees in a shoe? Really?
We all got a little wet and then I just decided to let them play out in the rain, what the heck. They thought it was AWESOME! They had a great time running and splashing in the gutters (and laying in them, which I wasn't thrilled about..eww). I was having a good time just watching them run back and forth in front of our house.
Ah, and when we got into the garage I helped them get undressed. While I went to get a towel I could see Grant needed to pee, but I'd told him not to come in the house while he was wet. So the poor fellow looked for somewhere he could pee and so he peed in Amelia's shoe. I'm not talking about standing and aiming for the shoe, he got down on the floor and peed in it. I stopped him mid-stream and just made him pee on the outdoor rug instead. I didn't know whether to laugh or what! Who pees in a shoe? Really?
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