We cleaned, and I made real dinners (not breakfast or tuna sandwiches) four nights this week! Steve had game night, and I had writing group. Tuesday I went to Megan's house to help her get it ready, and then I took pictures so Ben could get her house listed. Did everyone hear she's moving to Colorado? Don't feel bad if you didn't. I found out through Facebook.
My parents are moving too, though not to Colorado. Probably just down here by me and Ben. Yesterday my family had a wedding reception to go to in Farmington, so we went up to my parent's house after lunch and helped them work on painting and decorating. I hung shelves. They looked perty. :)
Friday was Pioneer Day. It's a Utah holiday, so Steve didn't get it off. But for some reason, the state lets us do fireworks around the holiday. And since we had some leftover from the 4th, we decided to do them that night. I love fireworks so much. Mira hates them. We brought sound-deadening headphones for her to wear and she still crawled in the car and cried everytime something big boomed.
Prior to fireworks, I took the girls to the splash pad, then we went home, had dinner, grabbed daddy and went to The Cocoa Bean. I like that place more and more. Every time we go, we have a great experience, and the food is super tasty. Their sugar cookies rival my mom's, which is saying something. And their frappes are WAY better than Starbucks. I've had their hot chocolate and their cupcakes, too, and both are very good. I'm not a big fan of those things normally, so they bight be stellar. I just wouldn't know. This last time, Emilia accidentally knocked her hot chocolate off the table and made a huge mess all over the floor. Not only did the great employees mop it up, but they made her another hot chocolate so she wouldn't have to go without. I was very impressed.
Recent quotes from Facebook:
7/24
Mira was telling me something about her husband, when I decided to ask how old dear Steve-olatcho is.
Mira: Ninety-six.
Emilia: But you told me he was 4! The same age as you.
Mira: Yeah, but he had a birthday.
7/19
Mira's primary teacher just posted this. It's too funny not to share:
Mira told her, "I have a husband, but he is only pretend...My husband's pet is a rat. He washed it so it doesn't look icky and it doesn't smell bad. He poops a lot.
*Pauses for a moment and realizes what she said*
The rat, not my husband!"
7/12
I just sent Mira and Emilia to a neighbor's house to see if they wanted extra zucchini and squash. When the girls got back, I asked if the neighbors took it.
Emilia: Yeah. They wanted *all* of it.
Mira: And I gave them my acorn. In case they had a collection.
7/12
It never ceases to amaze me how repetition doesn't get repetitious for kids. The other day in the car the kids were eating free popcorn from the hardware store.
Mira: What if this was popcorn world?
Emilia: Then you would be made of popcorn!
Mira: And you would be made of popcorn.
Emilia: And signs would be made of popcorn.
Mira: And street lights would be made of popcorn.
Emilia: And the Dinosaur Museum would be made of popcorn.
Mira: And the sky would be made of popcorn.
Emilia: And chocolate milk would be made of popcorn.
Mira: And dogs would be made of popcorn.This continued for our entire drive. Thank goodness it was only 20 minutes long.
7/2
Cecily: I carry you?
Me: You want me to carry you?
Cecily: Okay!
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Mira: What are puzzles?
Emilia: You know what puzzles are. They have pieces that you move around until they're in the right place.
Mira: So they're games. Puzzles are games.Emilia: No. They're not games. They both have pieces, but there's no versing in puzzles.
6/26
Yesterday, Cecily started out the day by dumping her bowl of Cheerios upside down on the kitchen floor. She then pulled all the boxes of art supplies off the shelf and dumped them on the floor, including opening the box of markers and spreading them through the living room and dining room after drawing all over her arms. She took all the dragons out of her play book, took them to every room of the house, then jumped up and down on the book, breaking the box that holds the dragons. Mira decided to cut her hair while playing outside somewhere in here, and then Cecily, feeling like someone was one-upping her, spilled a bottle of bubble solution on the carpet in the hallway. Oh! I forgot she also dumped 250 (give or take) mini hair-elastics on the bathroom floor. And then when I made the other girls pick them up (while I cleaned their room), she filled a cup full of water and dumped it on them. So far this morning, Cecily has dumped her entire bowl of uneaten cereal on her chair. Can I quit now?
6/18
I made pork fried rice for dinner with some less-than-stellar cuts of meat. Emilia was chewing up a piece of it and complaining.
Emilia: Ugh! This fat. I can't chew it. I don't like this fat. I don't like any fat at all!
Mira (incredulous): Not even Santa's fat?
6/4
This morning, Cecily woke up and was talking to herself in her crib. Then I hear a sneeze, an enthusiastic, "Bless you!" and a surprised, "Thank you!" Cecily sleeps in her own room.
5/26
"Mom, you shouldn't sleep on your hairdo. It makes it look all crazy."
5/25
When I went in to get Mira out of the shower, she had already crawled out and put a towel on her head. When she saw me, she grinned and said, "I'm Lizard Bagonda!" Then she picked up a towel and held it over her chin and said, "Lizard Bagonda is a girl, but she has a beard." Lizard Bagonda has continued to take turns poofing Mira in and out of the house, telling us about her Gandalf-like wizard staff that provides magical sparks. (I love her imagination.)
5/14
Emilia and I went on a date on Saturday. We only had about 45 minutes to spend and 1/3 of it was driving to where we wanted to go. I told Emilia on the way home that I wished we had more time for our date because I feel like I don't see her much these days. Her response? "Yeah, that's because I like playing with my friends more."
5/14
The awesomeness that is Mira lately:
This morning, she was beatboxing in the car--"Mmm-pshh-aww, mmm-pshh-aww, mmm-pssh-mmm, aww aww aww aww."
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Yesterday in the car:
Mira: Who's that big slimy guy in Star Wars? Is the big slimy guy the boss of Darth Vader?
Me: Jabba the Hut? No, he's not the boss of Darth Vader.
Mira: Yeah. Jabba the Hut. He looks like my scrape.
Me: Your scrape looks like Jabba the Hut?
Mira: Yup! We need to watch Star Wars again.
----------------------------This morning before family scripture study, Mira brings the helium balloon she got three days ago into the bed room, which now floats about 2 inches above the floor. She sets it on the bed. Beaming, she says, "Mom! My balloon learned how to sit! Good balloon."
5/8
Mira was playing with our "little legos" (translate: regular-sized, non-duplo legos) and was giggling about switching the guys heads around. A moment later, she comes to me and says, "Mom! I can't find the hair of that guy who walks on the sky." She walks her fingers along the air to demonstrate. "You mean Luke Skywalker?" I ask. Her eyes light up. "Yeah!"
5/5
Mira (from outside): Mom! Mom, mom, mom!
I open the door.
Mira: I gotta go potty and I don't want to go in my panties.
Me: Hurry.
Mira (walking up to the toilet): Don't worry, don't worry. Here's a spot, here's a spot. Stay positive, stay positive!
5/2
I was laying in bed with Mira after we all read scriptures the other morning when she told me, "You have a shirt crack."
Me: What does that mean?
Mira: You know, like when my pants fall down and I show my butt crack, when your shirt comes up it's a shirt crack.
4/21
Cecily is such an actress. We were reading stories (in just a diaper) and she ran back to her room to get another book. When she came back out, the diaper was gone. I say, "You're naked! Where's your diaper? Where'd it go?" She gives me this baffled look and says, "Wha?" I tell her, "Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about." She grins and runs back to her room.
4/1
Mira: Only a few things make me happy. Birds in the sky, hot tubs, and people I know.
3/22
Cecily stole my phone earlier and started up Netflix, which, of course, Mira and Emilia were drawn to like moths to a flame. Ten minutes later, for no apparent reason, Cecily gets up and starts running away. Mira chases after her. Now, imagine, two pajama'd girls running around in a cartoon-like chase with Mira trailing behind and not-so-calmly stating, "Cecily, you're going much too fast!"
Last night, Cecily was up late because we were playing at a friend's house. Near 9:30, she gets up on my lap and flings playing pieces across the table, smashes my cards, spreads a pile all over, and reaches for more. I tell her no and tell Camber, "She's such a turkey!" Cecily then looks at her and goes, "Bah-ha-haaaa."
Emilia: Mom, I have four names in case I have four kids.
Me: Okay.
Emilia: Two are boys and two are girls.
Me (choosing not to burst that bubble): What are they?
Emilia: First is a boy--Ricardo. Then a girl--Annie. Then a boy--Andrew. And a girl--Andie.
Me: You want to name your children Annie, Andrew, and Andie?Emilia (straight faced): And Ricardo.
3/15
Every time we ask Cecily to say "Nana," she does the sign for banana.
3/14
As I was driving home from the doctor's office yesterday, I decided to stop at the grocery store to get some chicken. I turned the corner, off the main road, and then half-way down the block, remembered I had something else I could use. So I drove around the block back to the main road. From the back seat I hear Mira say, "Mom, we're driving in circles." On the way home from Costco last week she asked, "Are you sure this is the way home, Mom?" That kid does not trust that I know where I'm going. On the other hand, I was impressed that she realized that we had driven in a circle.
2/28
During lunch--
Mira: The noodle is benouncing a whole new world!
Me: Is the whole new world your tummy?
Mira: Yep. They like it there.
2/24
Steve was telling the girls that his new job wouldn't throw cool parties like his old one. Emilia jumped up and pronounced, "Tomorrow, go to your boss and say, 'I quit!'"
2/22
From a different room I hear Emilia squeal.
Emilia: Mira, what are you doing?
Mira: I'm trying to marry you. Now hold still.
Emilia (sounding scared): No, don't! Don't do that! You can't marry your sister!
2/20
Mira colored just Fluttershy's boots.
Mira: Do you like my drawing, Mommy?
Me: They are so colorful. I can't wait to see the rest.
Mira: You'll get there eventually.
