Summer…Summer…Summer
Sabrina in ribbons and a sun dress
Hannah in ribbons and a sun dress
Mormon night at Angels Stadium
Emma with her friends Mikayla and Emma
“Dads are Rad” Mini Golf
Our Dad is Rad!
Happy Father’s Day Daddy!
A “new” playhouse I found on Craigslist
Water fights!
Emma gets dumped on by their friend Kate
Kate gets triple teamed
Unfortunately, I never remembered to bring my camera to swim lessons, but we just finished a session of classes for Hunter, Emma, and Hannah. For a bunch more pictures go to the gallery. More fun ahead…
Read MoreThe Way I Am
My latest favorite song. I had never heard of Ingrid Michaelson when I first heard this on the radio and was trying to figure out who it was. Norah Jones? No, a little too peppy… Luckily I was able to find it, and have been listening to it over and over. I think it is my favorite because one of the things I love most about Rob is that he takes me the way I am. I love you baby.
The Most Significant Classroom
Now that summer is here and the kids are all home full time, I am really feeling the effects of being a stay-at-home-mom. I love my kids like crazy, but they can also make me a little crazy, so I really enjoyed reading this quote that reminded me why it is so important that I do this: “Perhaps most significant of all classrooms is the classroom of the home. It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are the laboratories of our lives. What we do there determines the course of our lives when we leave home. Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg wrote in his book The Road to Confidence, ‘Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one’s own family.’ ” —President Thomas S. Monson Ensign November 1991
Read MoreMy Friend Is Sad – Mo Willems
We love the Mo Willems books! We have collected a bunch of his pigeon books, our favorite being The Pigeon Finds A Hotdog. While working at the book fair a while back I came across an elephant and piggie series I didn’t know about. I bought the book My Friend Is Sad, and it has been very popular too. The kids really like these because they can relate to the characters and their dramatic emotional responses. There are few words, and the illustrations are simple, but they work for all ages. Hunter at ten appreciates the subtle humor and Sabrina at two loves the simple story and expressive characters. Genius!
Thanks, I Think
Me walking into Joann’s craft store today:
Holding onto Sabrina with one arm as she is kicking and screaming.
Yelling, “Hannah stop! Don’t walk through the parking lot without holding my hand!”
Holding Hannah’s hand on the left, Sabrina’s flailing body on my right and thinking, “This is going to be a painful trip to the craft store.”
During the shopping:
Making comments like, “that might be fun,” while allowing the girls to put whatever they want into the cart, knowing that I would have to fish out the rejects just before checkout.
Turning around to see Sabrina’s hands covered in green acrylic paint as she cries and says, “Want to smell it!” I think she thought it was lotion.
Wash her up with a baby wipe and hope that the wet paint on the shelf doesn’t cause too much trouble for some poor employee.
Think that I should clean up the mess my daughter just made, decide not to because I don’t want to find an employee with paper towels to explain the situation to.
Before checkout:
Start purging the random things that Sabrina and Hannah wanted me to buy. This sets Sabrina off again and she is now wailing, stomping, and yelling, “I hate it!”
Try to play the cool, calm mother saying in a calm voice, “If you stop your fuss, I’ll pick you up.”
She eventually stops so I pick her up and hold her on one hip. She starts to fuss again after a minute of waiting in line so I put her down again.
Checkout:
The cashier says, “Next please” and I head over with my girls. (Hannah has been so good the whole trip that I bought her a huge box of princess stickers that I wouldn’t have splurged on otherwise.) Sabrina is grabbing at my legs and following me still crying loudly.
The lady says to me, “I remember these girls.”
I say, “That’s probably because there was screaming the last time we were here too.”
She answers with a pleasant smile, “yes there was,” and continues to talk about how it’s important to tell them no sometimes.
I finish my purchase and head towards the exit. I could feel multiple sets of eyes watching me as I made my way out the door.
Read MoreSunkist – Take a Stand
Sunkist is offering a free lemonade stand to children 7-11 who want to earn money and donate part of their profits to charity. I signed up with Emma and Hunter today. We found a great charity, A Child’s Desire, that they plan to donate a portion of their profits to. A Child’s Desire is an organization that assists those who want to adopt children, (especially older or special needs children) but can’t afford the fees that many times range from $18, 000 and up. They thought this was a great cause because it is helping give children a family. Emma and Hunter already wanted to do a cinnamon roll business because I still have a freezer full of them, and this way they can sell both lemonade and cinnamon rolls. We plan to set up shop once a week or more over the summer near the park or lake. (If you’re here locally and do this, just make sure we don’t end up on the same turf!) Check it out.
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