just wanted to share...

we went to the park the other day and I let Kaylee do her own hair. she looked amazing.

i love:

kaylee's obsession with avocados. she is in loooove.

riley's plea for "see-lee-ol" (cereal) every morning.

the fact that the girls keep telling each other their feet smell hilarious.

kaylee's new fav word: glorious.

when Lily drinks all the milk from her cereal bowl and immediately runs to me (every single time) and flexes her muscles. amn't I strong mommy? I drank all my milk! feel how strong I'm getting!!

the (not a) word amn't. my children use it constantly.

Spiderman made an appearance at our house today...

You are looking incredible, Spiderman.

Howdy, howdy, howdy, howdy

Last night I came into my room at my grandpa's house to find Woody chillin' on my bed, reading a recipe book. I'm pretty sure my brother, Zach, set this display up for me. I haven't seen him yet today to express my appreciation;)

Best Journal Entry Ever

Here is Lily's journal entry from last night, written from her exact words. This is her very first one. Hopefully there are many more to come;)

     When I was a baby and a long time ago I came out of Mommy's belly and Kaylee out of Mommy's belly and then Riley out of Mommy's belly. And all I do is try to grow up. I wish that I can be big and strong and do everything that I can do. And then one day a long time ago Grandma and Grandpa and Emma and Zach came to our house. And then we slept again and then one day we fell asleep again in our old house, And one day we went to our new house. We so loved it there, we so loved it, we so loved it. Then one day another baby came out when Mommy and Daddy got married and her name was Riley. And then one day we fell asleep at our old house and then we singeded a song:
    
          "I love you, you love me. We're a hap-pay fam-uh-layyyy. Oh Ye-aahh. Bay-ay-ay-ay-be heeee, One day a witch came we scared her we were the 3 nin-jas and she went away to a house. Oh yeaahhh! Come on everybody, sing with me. Come on everybody, sing with me. Come on everybody, sing with me."

     And then one day we goed to the park and grandma and grandpa took us there. And one day it wasn't a long time ago anymore. Thats it.

We are not snow people

 

Exactly 10 minutes later...

The girls have been begging to go sledding so we got them all bundled up and took them to our sled spot. Lily and Kaylee went down twice before the tears started. Riley was not excited about sledding down the little hill at all so I took her down on the little disc sled and she. hated. it. All three of them were screaming and crying about their cold fingers, noses, and cheeks as we loaded them in the car precisely ten minutes after we parked it. Michael thought they were acting like babies. I thought it was hilarious.

Yodelin' Cowgirls

Isn't She Lovely?

For all the trouble she is, she sure is worth it!

ps. she put this lipstick on all by herself. I think she did a fine job!

pps. she made all these faces herself. No prompts from me whatsoever.

my dad's gonna be so mad when he sees this...

He always hated when we drew on our bodies. But it was ALL Andrew! I just snapped some pictures:)

Don't worry, Dad! We'll never do it again!

O (pathetic) Christmas Tree

Our tree was so sadly undecorated that even the girls thought it was lame. They decided to spruce it up and they are VERY proud of their work.

Don't worry, we are not the worst parents ever. We're going to decorate the tree for Family Home Evening on Monday. and I mean for real decorate it. no more ripped up toilet paper rolls.

Kaylee's Beau

While we were at my mom's house Kaylee pulled me into the guest bedroom to meet her "boyfriend".

"This is my new boyfriend, mom!"


I think she's got herself quite a catch!

Guess How Much I Love You

Today I said, "Kaylee, do you know how much I love you?"

"How?" she said.

I stretched my arms out wide and said, "I love you THIS MUCH!".

She told me that the loved me too. Then she stretched her arms out wide and said:

"You love me this much. Well.... I AM that much."

note: this post was from last week at my parent's house. i was only able to add the photo today.

Riley's looking super cool today...

 

She picked it out herself!

pillow talk

Last night I was laying across Michael's arm, trying to fall asleep.  He began to snore and since I was uncomfortable anyway, I pulled his arm from underneath me and laid it across his chest.

"Michael, you're snoring"

"No I'm not! I've been awake this whole time" he replied rather defensively, and then said, "I've been thinking about inhaling objects."

???

"Objects???   Like... toothbrushes... or toasters?"

"No... shhhh."

At first I thought he must be thinking about his Anatomy and Physiology class because they are studying the respiratory system. But the more I thought about it, the more ridiculous inhaling objects sounded.

Naturally, he has no memory of our little chat last night.

loves

After the praying, reading, and singing I told the girls they needed to go to sleep and I walked out of their room. When I left it was just the two of them in their bed.

When I came back a few hours later to check on them I found this. 

The Logic of a 4 Year Old

The weather here has been warm and sunny for the last week and yesterday we decided to have a picnic in our backyard. We were laying outside and Lily just HAD TO HAVE her sunglasses because, "it's hot out here". I went inside with her to help her look for them. We searched everywhere and could not find them. She had two conclusions as to what could have happened to them. She very matter of factually said, "Maybe something ate them." and then, "Maybe they are magic." Both seemed pretty logical, I thought. But do not worry, they are not in anyone or anything's belly, nor did they magically disappear. We found them an hour or so later.

Princess Geri

I made this in Photoshop for my sister's fiance because he loves Star Wars. I love it so much!