Not much happened this week. I went and help Alison pack on Thursday night. Saturday Steve took the girls to Kangaroo Zoo--a bounce house place. It makes me all sorts of happy to say that Mira is asleep in her bed in Pinkie Pie panties right now.
She is such a contradiction for me. She makes me angrier than anyone on this planet has ever made me. EVER. But she also melts my heart. all. the. time. And she is SO stinkin' cute!
She says "Thank you, Momma!" so sincerely over the funniest things. Like when she gives me her binkie in the mornings. She doesn't like having to give it up, but we only let her have it when she sleeps. But she knows she's got to, and when I take it she says, "Thank you, Momma!" Most of the facebook funnies below are from her. And she just has her own unique way of pronouncing things. Which you can see in the video that I linked to at the bottom.
9/28/13
Cecily
wouldn't take a bottle this morning while I was gone garage sale-ing.
When I got home Emilia told me, "I made up a song I was singing to her.
It went, 'Be normal. Drink your milk--from a bottle without crying.'"
I'm sure that was very comforting to Cecily.
9/24/13
[Some
background info: noses make noises in our house (My nose says
"Ah-woo-gah"); Emilia has called Mira "the peachy squeeze" for over a
year now.]
Cecily was sitting in her bumbo the other day and
Emilia was talking to her. Emilia likes to squeeze Cecily's arm and say
"Hello, Beep Beep!" But she took it a little further. "You know how a
little girl grows up, Cecily? First they're a beep beep. Then they
become a peachy squeech. Then they grow up to a honk honk, then an
ooga."
11/8/13
Also,
it's totally adorable that Mira's fill-in for the word "small" is
cute--in any situation. She was putting away the clean silverware today
from the dishwasher and pulls out a soup spoon.
Mira: Mommy, this a big one, right?
Me: Yes, Sweetie. That's a big one.
Mira (pulling out a regular-sized spoon): This a cute one, Mommy?
Me: Yes, that's a small one. Good job.
12/12/13
I
crocheted a nativity for my kids so they would have one to play with
this Christmas. The best part is, Mira calls them her "ginger mans."
12/17/13
Mira is being really cute today. Perhaps to make up for her shenanigans yesterday. A couple tidbits:
Mira (putting on sunglasses in the living room at 9am): Mommy! It's dark in here! I can't see.
Me: The sunglasses make it dark, huh?
Mira: Yes! We fix it. We need....assessories! (she runs off to find some)
A moment later...
Emilia (also in sunglasses): We look like you mommy. We're wearing glasses!
Mira: Yes! We need decide what's for dinner.
(Apparently that's what we serious mom-types do.)
At the lunch table, Mira is eating a granola bar.
Mira: Momma, pretend this is a bad guy.
CHOMP! She takes a loud big bite.
Mira: I bite his head off.
In the car on the way to my parents house...
Mira: Mom! a speedamint!
Me: Really? Where?
Mira: There! There's another one. Daddy! There's a speedamint!
Me aside to Steve: She's saying "speed limit."
Steve: Oh, I see. So, Mira, what's *your* speedamint?
Mira: A girl! (said with both the 'r' and the 'l' as a 'w')
On the way to grandma and grandpa's today, we were playing "I spy with my little eye..."
Mira: I spy...little eye...something a house!
Video of:
Mira telling me the name of a hair elastic.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Big steps
This last week we did nothing.
At least it felt a lot like nothing. I started potty training Mira on Tuesday, and honestly, I am THRILLED at how well it's going, I just had to stay in my house for 5 straight days. And I don't do well with being cooped up indoors. Especially in the winter.
I am happy to say Mira is taking to it very quickly. I think the key this time was that I prepared her for it. I let her pick the day of the week she wanted to start and we marked off the calendar every day until it was the day she picked. Each day we would mark it off and say only ___ more days until you get to use the potty! It helped that Emilia was excited for her to start using the potty, too. If Emilia thinks its cool, then Mira is all over it. She went to church today wearing a pull up and we had an accident, but it was the only one of the day. She did awesome. I'm very proud of her.
I also noticed this week that Emilia is getting really good at sounding out words. She picks up library books and sounds out the first few words on the page. She picks words off signs, boxes, advertisements, buildings, and reads them. She is doing amazing.
Cecily will not be outdone either. She is rolling around like a pro. So much so that she has knocked over plants and pulled stuff off shelves even though she started out at the other side of the room. She is also pushing up on her hands and knees and trying to go. She's successful, only in the wrong direction. She goes backwards a lot.
Friday Emilia didn't have school for SEP, so Haylee and Dylan and Lincoln came to visit.
Saturday was Steve's work "Christmas" party. We got sitters (yes, plural) and got dressed up in our best inexpensive version of 1930's nightclub garb. We then set off for "The Underground" in Provo where they had a "mini" casino set up. They were full-size tables, but not very many of them. Five blackjack tables, three craps tables, one roulette table and one texas hold em table. They gave everybody $350 in chips which we could gamble with at the tables, and then at the end of the night, you turned in your winnings for entries to a raffle that will be held Monday at work.
Inside Sales where Steve works has grown a lot over the last year (probably quadrupled the number of employees) and I think this party was a product of some growing pains. It was a terrible venue for 300+ employees and the fun stuff was under-staffed and over-crowded. It was the same thing they did last year, and I would be happy to have them do it again next year if they get a larger venue and more tables.
Tonight we had the whole family at my parents house for celebrating January birthdays.
Although I had a lot of frustrations this week, I think overall, I can count it as a pretty blessed week.
At least it felt a lot like nothing. I started potty training Mira on Tuesday, and honestly, I am THRILLED at how well it's going, I just had to stay in my house for 5 straight days. And I don't do well with being cooped up indoors. Especially in the winter.
I am happy to say Mira is taking to it very quickly. I think the key this time was that I prepared her for it. I let her pick the day of the week she wanted to start and we marked off the calendar every day until it was the day she picked. Each day we would mark it off and say only ___ more days until you get to use the potty! It helped that Emilia was excited for her to start using the potty, too. If Emilia thinks its cool, then Mira is all over it. She went to church today wearing a pull up and we had an accident, but it was the only one of the day. She did awesome. I'm very proud of her.
I also noticed this week that Emilia is getting really good at sounding out words. She picks up library books and sounds out the first few words on the page. She picks words off signs, boxes, advertisements, buildings, and reads them. She is doing amazing.
Cecily will not be outdone either. She is rolling around like a pro. So much so that she has knocked over plants and pulled stuff off shelves even though she started out at the other side of the room. She is also pushing up on her hands and knees and trying to go. She's successful, only in the wrong direction. She goes backwards a lot.
Friday Emilia didn't have school for SEP, so Haylee and Dylan and Lincoln came to visit.
Saturday was Steve's work "Christmas" party. We got sitters (yes, plural) and got dressed up in our best inexpensive version of 1930's nightclub garb. We then set off for "The Underground" in Provo where they had a "mini" casino set up. They were full-size tables, but not very many of them. Five blackjack tables, three craps tables, one roulette table and one texas hold em table. They gave everybody $350 in chips which we could gamble with at the tables, and then at the end of the night, you turned in your winnings for entries to a raffle that will be held Monday at work.
Inside Sales where Steve works has grown a lot over the last year (probably quadrupled the number of employees) and I think this party was a product of some growing pains. It was a terrible venue for 300+ employees and the fun stuff was under-staffed and over-crowded. It was the same thing they did last year, and I would be happy to have them do it again next year if they get a larger venue and more tables.
Tonight we had the whole family at my parents house for celebrating January birthdays.
Although I had a lot of frustrations this week, I think overall, I can count it as a pretty blessed week.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Christmas visitors
This last week has been busy!
Last Sunday, my family got together to celebrate Christmas. We all gathered at Ben's house and opened gifts and ate lots of tasty food and played games. A pretty typical family gathering for us. Fun and relaxing and filling. And I didn't take a single picture. Erg.
Monday, I knew I had to get my house clean and my laundry done and girls bathed because Tuesday the Nelsons (with Jane and Meg) were going to be here and I knew I was going to be at Grandma and Grandpa Watts' house for most of the week.
Grandma had craft activities for the girls to do Tuesday morning. They all made mice out of acorns and little birds nests out of the tops of acorns. They turned out really cute. I was actually out Christmas shopping when this happened, but they all look like they are having fun! :)
Tuesday night we had the Watts' traditional family Christmas Eve dinner and then a little program. The kids acted out the Christmas story from Luke 2. Except Emilia. She wanted to be a shepherd and in the commotion someone else was given the shepherd costume. She was bawling that she didn't get her part. But she was very mature and calmed down quickly and came and watched the rest of it. When it was over, she put on the Mary costume and was happy the rest of the evening. Until we had to go home, of course. No pictures there either.
Wednesday was Christmas. We unpacked stockings and opened gifts from each other. I had a small meltdown because I felt rushed to get back to the Watts' but felt like we didn't have time to relax as a family. My good husband figured things out with me and we had a good rest of the day. The girls got to open even more presents from Grandma and Grandpa, including new Christmas dresses, which they wore to church today. I (and Steve) got a brand new knife set! I wasn't expecting that, but I look forward to using my shiny, new, sharp knives. Once again, didn't take a single picture.
(Do you see a theme here?)
Thursday, Nick (Grandpa Watts) wanted to have an outing, so he took us all for a ride on Utah's commuter train, the Frontrunner, up to Salt Lake where we walked around Temple Square and then had lunch at the new City Creek Mall. This was a bit of a misadventure for us. I thought Cecily had a fever when she woke up that morning, but Steve thought I was overreacting. Well, at lunch, she was burning up and threw up on Steve twice. Mira was also sick with a cold and REALLY cranky. We decided to take our girls home right after lunch, so we headed out to catch the next train while everyone else went to the Joseph Smith Memorial building so they could go to the top of a "skyscraper." Jane is really into skyscrapers right now. Well, on our way out, Mira dropped her brand new replacement stuffed siberian tiger. She got one when Nick and Wilda took us to the zoo, which she lost about 6 weeks ago during a trip to the grocery store. For Christmas, we got her a new one, and since everyone was bringing a toy to entertain them on the train, she picked her new "Stripes" as her toy. We kept telling her that she needed to let us carry him while we walked around downtown so she wouldn't lose him, but she was cranky and sick and even more stubborn than usual. So exactly 1 day after she got him, he was lost again. Somewhere between the food court and the elevator (all of 150 yards) he fell off her lap and someone picked him up and kept him. Frustration with Mira and mall-going-humanity ensued. The sad part is, I don't think she learned anything from this. She kept asking if she could play with Stripes the whole way home on the train. And the funny part is, after we looked over that 150 yards three times and asked at the customer service counter and left our name and number in case anyone turned him in, everyone who had gone to the "skyscraper" beat us to the train. Sigh.
I did get a picture though! Ha-hah!
Thursday night, the Strattons came from Arvada and we hung out with them and had a lovely light dinner. (Strattons are Steve's second sister and her family. The Nelsons are Steve's third sister and her family.)
Friday, I wanted to have a little bit of a quiet day. Steve had to work, and everyone was either skiing or ice skating, neither of which I was going to attempt with three girls, two of whom were sick. Nicole did bring her older girls down for a couple hours in the morning, but then we just had naps and took down Christmas decorations in the afternoon. I helped serve at a wedding reception for the son of a family in our ward that night.
Saturday, we headed back up to the Watts'. The Strattons and Tristan and Nick and Wilda went to try out the Flowrider at Provo Beach Resort, but the rest of us stayed there and had lunch and hung around. After lunch I went to exchange some Christmas gifts. I'm excited about the scarf I got! While I was out, Heather (Stratton) called and invited me to join all the girls for pedicures. It was so fun and I now have silver sparkly toes. Yea! Then we had pizza for dinner, put the kids to bed and us girls made necklaces and crocheted scarves while the boys played board games. So fun!
The Nelsons and Strattons headed out to see the other sides of their families today, so we stayed here, went to church, and had breakfast for dinner after everyone except Emilia had afternoon naps.
Except for the kids having colds, I would say we had an exceptional week. Thank you to all of my family who spent time with us. I can't think of a better way to spend the holidays!
Last Sunday, my family got together to celebrate Christmas. We all gathered at Ben's house and opened gifts and ate lots of tasty food and played games. A pretty typical family gathering for us. Fun and relaxing and filling. And I didn't take a single picture. Erg.
Monday, I knew I had to get my house clean and my laundry done and girls bathed because Tuesday the Nelsons (with Jane and Meg) were going to be here and I knew I was going to be at Grandma and Grandpa Watts' house for most of the week.
Grandma had craft activities for the girls to do Tuesday morning. They all made mice out of acorns and little birds nests out of the tops of acorns. They turned out really cute. I was actually out Christmas shopping when this happened, but they all look like they are having fun! :)
Tuesday night we had the Watts' traditional family Christmas Eve dinner and then a little program. The kids acted out the Christmas story from Luke 2. Except Emilia. She wanted to be a shepherd and in the commotion someone else was given the shepherd costume. She was bawling that she didn't get her part. But she was very mature and calmed down quickly and came and watched the rest of it. When it was over, she put on the Mary costume and was happy the rest of the evening. Until we had to go home, of course. No pictures there either.
Wednesday was Christmas. We unpacked stockings and opened gifts from each other. I had a small meltdown because I felt rushed to get back to the Watts' but felt like we didn't have time to relax as a family. My good husband figured things out with me and we had a good rest of the day. The girls got to open even more presents from Grandma and Grandpa, including new Christmas dresses, which they wore to church today. I (and Steve) got a brand new knife set! I wasn't expecting that, but I look forward to using my shiny, new, sharp knives. Once again, didn't take a single picture.
(Do you see a theme here?)
Thursday, Nick (Grandpa Watts) wanted to have an outing, so he took us all for a ride on Utah's commuter train, the Frontrunner, up to Salt Lake where we walked around Temple Square and then had lunch at the new City Creek Mall. This was a bit of a misadventure for us. I thought Cecily had a fever when she woke up that morning, but Steve thought I was overreacting. Well, at lunch, she was burning up and threw up on Steve twice. Mira was also sick with a cold and REALLY cranky. We decided to take our girls home right after lunch, so we headed out to catch the next train while everyone else went to the Joseph Smith Memorial building so they could go to the top of a "skyscraper." Jane is really into skyscrapers right now. Well, on our way out, Mira dropped her brand new replacement stuffed siberian tiger. She got one when Nick and Wilda took us to the zoo, which she lost about 6 weeks ago during a trip to the grocery store. For Christmas, we got her a new one, and since everyone was bringing a toy to entertain them on the train, she picked her new "Stripes" as her toy. We kept telling her that she needed to let us carry him while we walked around downtown so she wouldn't lose him, but she was cranky and sick and even more stubborn than usual. So exactly 1 day after she got him, he was lost again. Somewhere between the food court and the elevator (all of 150 yards) he fell off her lap and someone picked him up and kept him. Frustration with Mira and mall-going-humanity ensued. The sad part is, I don't think she learned anything from this. She kept asking if she could play with Stripes the whole way home on the train. And the funny part is, after we looked over that 150 yards three times and asked at the customer service counter and left our name and number in case anyone turned him in, everyone who had gone to the "skyscraper" beat us to the train. Sigh.
I did get a picture though! Ha-hah!
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| The 4 girls. Jane is glaring at Mira because Mira kept asking if she could have Jane's bunny since she didn't have Stripes. |
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| Cecily being very happy despite being sick. Kate and Nicole and Grandpa Nick are in the background. |
Friday, I wanted to have a little bit of a quiet day. Steve had to work, and everyone was either skiing or ice skating, neither of which I was going to attempt with three girls, two of whom were sick. Nicole did bring her older girls down for a couple hours in the morning, but then we just had naps and took down Christmas decorations in the afternoon. I helped serve at a wedding reception for the son of a family in our ward that night.
Saturday, we headed back up to the Watts'. The Strattons and Tristan and Nick and Wilda went to try out the Flowrider at Provo Beach Resort, but the rest of us stayed there and had lunch and hung around. After lunch I went to exchange some Christmas gifts. I'm excited about the scarf I got! While I was out, Heather (Stratton) called and invited me to join all the girls for pedicures. It was so fun and I now have silver sparkly toes. Yea! Then we had pizza for dinner, put the kids to bed and us girls made necklaces and crocheted scarves while the boys played board games. So fun!
The Nelsons and Strattons headed out to see the other sides of their families today, so we stayed here, went to church, and had breakfast for dinner after everyone except Emilia had afternoon naps.
Except for the kids having colds, I would say we had an exceptional week. Thank you to all of my family who spent time with us. I can't think of a better way to spend the holidays!
Monday, December 16, 2013
This week in the fastest post ever
Or the fastest post I can manage. I'm kind of long-winded.
Last Sunday we had a birthday dinner for me at my parents house. I got some fun gifts: money for new clothes (which I have already spent :)), a vegetable steamer that goes in a pot, and a Ninja food processor. Yea for small kitchen appliances!
Ben and Haylee came over with the kids Monday so Steve could show Ben his new game, The Lord of the Rings Card Game. They played and our kids played and Haylee and I talked. It was good. We're doing it again this week.
I worked on Christmas gifts most nights, we did lots of Christmas shopping, I actually got some exercising in. Cecily has been sleeping better at night--though not during the day--and I haven't been sick, so I've had the energy to exercise. It's been wonderful. Exercising really lifts my spirits. Emilia was sick home from school for two days because of a fever and a cough, but wasn't too under the weather. She napped one day and I had all three of my children napping at the same time for about an hour. It was bliss.
Friday night, Steve's work paid for us to go see the second installment of the Hobbit. I was unimpressed. The free admission probably wasn't worth the babysitting money we paid. But oh well. At least I got a date with my husband. That's worth something.
Yesterday morning, Steve and I were discussing what we needed to get done for the day in our bedroom when Emilia comes in and says, "You guys have to come see what I made!" Usually this means she made a big mess in an attempt to make something she thinks is cool. I was a little apprehensive because I just cleaned the living room on Friday.
This is what she made:
It was her worm-mobile. In the cartoon show Wild Kratts (that she loves right now), the characters get "creature powers" and one of them is about worms. The Kratt brothers drive a "worm-mobile" around trying to figure out why worms come up out of the ground when it rains. (This is after they shrink themselves to the size of a worm, of course.) Emilia is in the front seat of her worm-mobile, Mira is in her seat behind her, and Daddy and I are on the couch, which was behind Mira's seat. She even had cup-holders (you can see hers next to her chair). The Christmas bulb under her foot was a light that she could shine on things, and she used the wand in her hand to steer. It was quite cute.
I realized when I went to write this post that I still haven't posted about our trip. I guess I will have to try to fit that in soon. Probably not this week. Maybe after Christmas. We'll see.
Last Sunday we had a birthday dinner for me at my parents house. I got some fun gifts: money for new clothes (which I have already spent :)), a vegetable steamer that goes in a pot, and a Ninja food processor. Yea for small kitchen appliances!
Ben and Haylee came over with the kids Monday so Steve could show Ben his new game, The Lord of the Rings Card Game. They played and our kids played and Haylee and I talked. It was good. We're doing it again this week.
I worked on Christmas gifts most nights, we did lots of Christmas shopping, I actually got some exercising in. Cecily has been sleeping better at night--though not during the day--and I haven't been sick, so I've had the energy to exercise. It's been wonderful. Exercising really lifts my spirits. Emilia was sick home from school for two days because of a fever and a cough, but wasn't too under the weather. She napped one day and I had all three of my children napping at the same time for about an hour. It was bliss.
Friday night, Steve's work paid for us to go see the second installment of the Hobbit. I was unimpressed. The free admission probably wasn't worth the babysitting money we paid. But oh well. At least I got a date with my husband. That's worth something.
Yesterday morning, Steve and I were discussing what we needed to get done for the day in our bedroom when Emilia comes in and says, "You guys have to come see what I made!" Usually this means she made a big mess in an attempt to make something she thinks is cool. I was a little apprehensive because I just cleaned the living room on Friday.
This is what she made:
I realized when I went to write this post that I still haven't posted about our trip. I guess I will have to try to fit that in soon. Probably not this week. Maybe after Christmas. We'll see.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Thanksgiving and being sick
I've missed a few weeks now. I was doing so good, too. I think I will be able to get back into the swing of things pretty easily, though.
The reason I missed the first two weeks is because I was sick both Sundays. Totally not fair to get a nasty, I-can't-talk-for-two-days cold, and then two days after recovering, get the stomach flu. I suppose getting the stomach flu is inevitable when cleaning up after two girls who it took by surprise at 3 o'clock in the morning three days apart. Don't think about it too hard, but Emilia was stuck on the top bunk and I ended up cleaning the mattress, all her bedding, and the carpet until 4:30am, at which time Cecily decided it was a good time to eat. Lots of lost sleep lately.
During that time, we also got a visit from the Nelson family, including Emilia's favorite cousins, Jane and Meg. The girls had a blast playing both here and at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Emilia got to be VIP at school the week she got sick, too. Her teacher was so nice and extended her VIP privileges another week, since she was sick for two of the five days, and since I was also sick a different two of the five days, she didn't get her VIP poster (the kind that tells about her and the things she likes that they hang next to the door for the week) until the day before she got sick. When she did get her poster, though, it was stinkin' amazing. :)
After recovering from being sick the second time, it was time to get us ready for our vacation. We have been planning to visit the Nelsons in Arizona since they moved there in June, and Thanksgiving seemed like the time to do it, since Steve would have two days off anyway. Emilia has been praying multiple times a week for six months, "Thankful we can see Jane and Meg at Thanksgiving." So, even though we had just seen the Nelsons the week before, we packed our car to the gills and headed to Arizona last Sunday.
Of course, we had planned to leave Saturday morning. But Steve got the flu.
I'll tell you about our trip in another post. But I will say that it was SO wonderful to see so much family. I love you all tons! I am very grateful to have been able to see and catch-up with you.
And now I am grateful to be typing this from the comfort of my own bed. We made it home safe a few hours ago. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
And here are some videos of my cuties being cute. Just click on the link(or copy and paste it into your browser address bar if it doesn't show up as a link) and it will take you to the video.
Mira dancing. She's got moves.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631452653562878&l=5286392777866183375
Mira making Cecily giggle:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631456030229207&l=4511431601330025117
Cecily giggling:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631459350228875&l=7656933992104363058
The reason I missed the first two weeks is because I was sick both Sundays. Totally not fair to get a nasty, I-can't-talk-for-two-days cold, and then two days after recovering, get the stomach flu. I suppose getting the stomach flu is inevitable when cleaning up after two girls who it took by surprise at 3 o'clock in the morning three days apart. Don't think about it too hard, but Emilia was stuck on the top bunk and I ended up cleaning the mattress, all her bedding, and the carpet until 4:30am, at which time Cecily decided it was a good time to eat. Lots of lost sleep lately.
During that time, we also got a visit from the Nelson family, including Emilia's favorite cousins, Jane and Meg. The girls had a blast playing both here and at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Emilia got to be VIP at school the week she got sick, too. Her teacher was so nice and extended her VIP privileges another week, since she was sick for two of the five days, and since I was also sick a different two of the five days, she didn't get her VIP poster (the kind that tells about her and the things she likes that they hang next to the door for the week) until the day before she got sick. When she did get her poster, though, it was stinkin' amazing. :)
After recovering from being sick the second time, it was time to get us ready for our vacation. We have been planning to visit the Nelsons in Arizona since they moved there in June, and Thanksgiving seemed like the time to do it, since Steve would have two days off anyway. Emilia has been praying multiple times a week for six months, "Thankful we can see Jane and Meg at Thanksgiving." So, even though we had just seen the Nelsons the week before, we packed our car to the gills and headed to Arizona last Sunday.
Of course, we had planned to leave Saturday morning. But Steve got the flu.
I'll tell you about our trip in another post. But I will say that it was SO wonderful to see so much family. I love you all tons! I am very grateful to have been able to see and catch-up with you.
And now I am grateful to be typing this from the comfort of my own bed. We made it home safe a few hours ago. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
And here are some videos of my cuties being cute. Just click on the link(or copy and paste it into your browser address bar if it doesn't show up as a link) and it will take you to the video.
Mira dancing. She's got moves.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631452653562878&l=5286392777866183375
Mira making Cecily giggle:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631456030229207&l=4511431601330025117
Cecily giggling:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=631459350228875&l=7656933992104363058
Monday, November 4, 2013
Halloween Madness
On Monday, I recuperated from last week and did a little shopping for fall clothes for the girls. Tuesday, I had to go grocery shopping and take our clothes to a laundromat because Home Depot couldn't deliver our new washer until Wednesday (and then we missed them anyway--apparently when you knock on our door at 7:15, we sleep right through it). Wednesday, Emilia had her Kindergarten Halloween Program, and then our ward did a Trunk-or-Treat at 5pm. I'd never heard of a trunk-or-treat until I moved to Utah. Basically all the families who want to participate, park in a parking lot and hand out treats from their trunks instead of having the kids go door to door.
I painted the girls faces a little different this week. Mira was a tiger.
And Emilia was a leopard.
Grandma and Daddy came to the program. A shortened version of it is at the bottom of the post.
After trunk-or-treat, we had dinner and then carved pumpkins. Emilia didn't like sticking her hands in, but she liked pulling the seeds out of the muck.
Mira, was all about getting dirty. She stuck her whole arm in and clean out at least as much as I did.
Our finished product. Emilia wanted it to look like a kitty. I think we did pretty good.
Thursday, Emilia got to dress up for school again because they had a costume parade. I wasn't able to go because it was right in the middle of nap times, but she said it was okay that we didn't make it and she had fun seeing all the different costumes.
At 3:30, Steve's work had a party. It was pretty lame. They said they were providing dinner, but all they had were barbeque beef sandwiches and some veggie trays. My kids ended up eating cookies for dinner. Perfect for Halloween, right? I decided to go as a gypsy, because it was the only costume I could think of that I didn't have to buy anything for.
Steve's finished costume included wings and gloves. He's holding his tail to the side.
The three kitties were adorable, again.
Here is Emilia's recital video. The sound on it is terrible, so I added some captions to help with understanding the words to the songs. But mostly, you should just watch Emilia, because she's so cute. :) I find it especially funny that she keeps shushing the boy next to her because she thinks he's singing too loud. Funny girl.
And Emilia was a leopard.
Grandma and Daddy came to the program. A shortened version of it is at the bottom of the post.
At 3:30, Steve's work had a party. It was pretty lame. They said they were providing dinner, but all they had were barbeque beef sandwiches and some veggie trays. My kids ended up eating cookies for dinner. Perfect for Halloween, right? I decided to go as a gypsy, because it was the only costume I could think of that I didn't have to buy anything for.
Monday, October 28, 2013
5 different lists
I make lists. When I'm stressed out and overwhelmed I make lists of all the things I (think I) need to get done. Then I can prioritize and check things off and it helps me to feel more calm. It also helps me to weed out the things that I feel like need to get done, but really they don't. Like the skirts I kept telling myself I needed to sew for Emilia and Mira's costumes--that they didn't ask for, but I thought would be cute. They got crossed off my list really quick this week.
This week, I starting making a list and then had to break it out into 5 different lists because I had so much going on...
Monday: Trick-or-treating party
Tuesday: Meeting for activity on Saturday
Wednesday: Steve's birthday
Thursday: Steve's game night
Friday: Steve going to BYU Football game
Saturday: RS activity, Primary Program practice, dinner with Watts'
Sunday: Dinner with Frohlichs
Most of my week was spent gathering, making, and organizing stuff for the Relief Society activity on Saturday. (Relief Society is the women's organization for our church.) We were having breakfast with some musical numbers, four twenty-minute classes, lunch, and a keynote speaker. I am on the activities committee, and I was put in charge of flyers and table decorations. I decided for table decorations, I wanted to do flowers and fall grasses, plus (perhaps) acorns, painted tree branches, or pinecones. We didn't have much of a budget for the decorations, so to make my vision a reality, I needed to cut wildflowers and grasses, arrange wildflowers, find or purchase vases, gather pinecones and tree branches, and decide on table arrangement of said decorations. It took A LOT of time. Mostly because I'ma perfectionist crazy and enjoy decorating.
This is how some of the flowers turned out. I forgot to take a picture on Saturday of the tables. It was a busy busy day.
Monday, we had trick-or-treating. Steve's grandma (so the kids' great grandma) lives in an assisted living complex in Orem. Monday, they had an activity where the residents could invite family to come watch a magic show and go trick or treating within the complex. I had Emilia and Mira's costumes done (not that they were complicated), but Steve's costume still had a long way to go. I wasn't planning on trying to finish it Monday, but since it was going to take so much work, I decided it would be nice if he could wear it more than once. So I worked like a mad-woman to get it complete enough to pass as a cohesive costume. I sewed the stuffed gorilla skin into a wig, sewed the horns to it, made a dragon foot, and sewed a tail. I think it turned out pretty good. And the kids loved the magic and candy, too.
Tuesday during our meeting, Steve texted me to let me know our washing machine died. With water still in it, of course. Poor Steve spent a few hours draining it after I got home.
Wednesday was Steve's birthday. He had to work all day, and somehow he managed to mess something up on their server at the last minute and had to stay late to fix it. So, not only did he have to have a cold dinner, but I had to leave him to put the girls to bed by himself so I could go buy a new washer.
Thursday was Steve's game night, which I felt he deserved since he didn't have a great birthday. And Friday, he was offered a ticket from a friend at work to go see the BYU home game, so I had the girls by myself all day. Emilia was really cute. When she found out Daddy was at a football game, she wanted SO badly to go. She offered to pay for tickets out of her allowance! We'll have to use some tax return money next year to get the family tickets to one of the games.
Sunday, was our Primary program. This means during the first hour of church, the kids sing the songs they have been learning over the last year and give lines about the theme. Since Steve is the chorister for Primary, this was a big deal for him. Saturday afternoon--an hour after I got home from my activity--Steve and Emilia had practice for the program. They spent two hours there and as soon as they got home, we headed to Nick and Wilda's to celebrate Steve's birthday. They made a scrumptious dinner for us, we played Boggle, and had cake and ice cream. Sunday, my whole family came over to celebrate Steve and Alison and Cari's birthdays, so we had to make sure the house was clean and ready for a houseful somewhere in there on Saturday.
This post feels a little disjointed, but I have no idea how to convey all the things that went on this week in a cohesive way. Unless I write even more than I have already. Yeesh!
This week, I starting making a list and then had to break it out into 5 different lists because I had so much going on...
Monday: Trick-or-treating party
Tuesday: Meeting for activity on Saturday
Wednesday: Steve's birthday
Thursday: Steve's game night
Friday: Steve going to BYU Football game
Saturday: RS activity, Primary Program practice, dinner with Watts'
Sunday: Dinner with Frohlichs
Most of my week was spent gathering, making, and organizing stuff for the Relief Society activity on Saturday. (Relief Society is the women's organization for our church.) We were having breakfast with some musical numbers, four twenty-minute classes, lunch, and a keynote speaker. I am on the activities committee, and I was put in charge of flyers and table decorations. I decided for table decorations, I wanted to do flowers and fall grasses, plus (perhaps) acorns, painted tree branches, or pinecones. We didn't have much of a budget for the decorations, so to make my vision a reality, I needed to cut wildflowers and grasses, arrange wildflowers, find or purchase vases, gather pinecones and tree branches, and decide on table arrangement of said decorations. It took A LOT of time. Mostly because I'm
This is how some of the flowers turned out. I forgot to take a picture on Saturday of the tables. It was a busy busy day.
Monday, we had trick-or-treating. Steve's grandma (so the kids' great grandma) lives in an assisted living complex in Orem. Monday, they had an activity where the residents could invite family to come watch a magic show and go trick or treating within the complex. I had Emilia and Mira's costumes done (not that they were complicated), but Steve's costume still had a long way to go. I wasn't planning on trying to finish it Monday, but since it was going to take so much work, I decided it would be nice if he could wear it more than once. So I worked like a mad-woman to get it complete enough to pass as a cohesive costume. I sewed the stuffed gorilla skin into a wig, sewed the horns to it, made a dragon foot, and sewed a tail. I think it turned out pretty good. And the kids loved the magic and candy, too.
Tuesday during our meeting, Steve texted me to let me know our washing machine died. With water still in it, of course. Poor Steve spent a few hours draining it after I got home.
Wednesday was Steve's birthday. He had to work all day, and somehow he managed to mess something up on their server at the last minute and had to stay late to fix it. So, not only did he have to have a cold dinner, but I had to leave him to put the girls to bed by himself so I could go buy a new washer.
Thursday was Steve's game night, which I felt he deserved since he didn't have a great birthday. And Friday, he was offered a ticket from a friend at work to go see the BYU home game, so I had the girls by myself all day. Emilia was really cute. When she found out Daddy was at a football game, she wanted SO badly to go. She offered to pay for tickets out of her allowance! We'll have to use some tax return money next year to get the family tickets to one of the games.
Sunday, was our Primary program. This means during the first hour of church, the kids sing the songs they have been learning over the last year and give lines about the theme. Since Steve is the chorister for Primary, this was a big deal for him. Saturday afternoon--an hour after I got home from my activity--Steve and Emilia had practice for the program. They spent two hours there and as soon as they got home, we headed to Nick and Wilda's to celebrate Steve's birthday. They made a scrumptious dinner for us, we played Boggle, and had cake and ice cream. Sunday, my whole family came over to celebrate Steve and Alison and Cari's birthdays, so we had to make sure the house was clean and ready for a houseful somewhere in there on Saturday.
This post feels a little disjointed, but I have no idea how to convey all the things that went on this week in a cohesive way. Unless I write even more than I have already. Yeesh!
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| The girls playing with Daddy when we went to visit for lunch. |
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| The girls using the bench seat to read books together. I love it. |
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