Today Kasidee was playing House with her little doll. I said, "What's your baby's name?" She said, "Cutie Pie - no, that's her last name. Her first name is Sunshine. No wait - I think her name is Rainbow Charlotte." (I can't wait to see what my future grandchildren's names will be!)
Kasidee loves getting dressed and ready for the day all by herself. One day as she was buttoning and zipping up her jeans, she said to me, "If I button up my own pants, then I guess you'll be out of a job."
Makenna really likes her bangs. One day she said very seriously, "Kiera used to have 'side bangs.' What kind do I have? Helmet bangs?"
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Another Catch-Up
For some reason, lately I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to. It's not that I'm any busier than usual - I guess it just hasn't been at the top of my priority list. However, I really like blogging as a way of scrapbooking/journaling, so I keep attempting to catch up. I don't know if anyone else cares (or even reads this), but at least I feel better having it caught up - for now! So here's what's been happening lately....
Spring has finally arrived, and the girls have really been enjoying playing outside. One day Makenna and her friends raided the recycling bin so they could each construct "bug houses." And Kasidee and her friend love playing in the playhouse and on the swingset - and climbing in our apple trees!
A little over a week ago, the girls' dear friends moved. Even though we've known for over 2 years that they would eventually be leaving, it seemed so sudden - and my girls have been heartbroken. They were the girls' first friends when we moved here, and Kiera has known them about half of her life! Although we are sad they left, we are excited for them in their new adventure - and we're happy that we can still see them every once in awhile. And Kiera especially loves that she has a new pen pal!
Kasidee sure entertains me when it's just the 2 of us at home. She is so creative - she loves to make things out of paper and tape, draw pictures, play "Sally and Suzy" with me, and play restaurant and store. I took these pictures about a week apart. She loves to wear her fairy wings! Here she is playing "Lemonade Store..."
And here she is, playing in a band. She was amazed she could play 3 different instruments at once!
I try not to overload the girls with too many extra-curricular activities during the school year (besides piano), but I couldn't pass up a second session of Spanish that the school is offering. Kiera and Makenna took the first session in the fall and loved it, so I was excited they offered an intermediate session. They're having fun. I also couldn't pass up a little cooking class that my neighbor is doing. It's one thing that was on my list to do with my girls someday, but having someone else do it is probably more fun for them that having their old mom try to teach them! Anyway, they look forward to going every week, and I must say I've been excited that the class has prompted them to try new foods! Yay!
Finally, last weekend we took a little trip to Lava Hot Springs with Quentin's brother's family and my cousin's family. Basically just a 24-hour trip, but it was fun and relaxing. And we drove home through Logan and hit a few favorite spots. Even though we weren't gone very long, it felt like we had vacationed for a week - very nice!
Spring has finally arrived, and the girls have really been enjoying playing outside. One day Makenna and her friends raided the recycling bin so they could each construct "bug houses." And Kasidee and her friend love playing in the playhouse and on the swingset - and climbing in our apple trees!
A little over a week ago, the girls' dear friends moved. Even though we've known for over 2 years that they would eventually be leaving, it seemed so sudden - and my girls have been heartbroken. They were the girls' first friends when we moved here, and Kiera has known them about half of her life! Although we are sad they left, we are excited for them in their new adventure - and we're happy that we can still see them every once in awhile. And Kiera especially loves that she has a new pen pal!
Kasidee sure entertains me when it's just the 2 of us at home. She is so creative - she loves to make things out of paper and tape, draw pictures, play "Sally and Suzy" with me, and play restaurant and store. I took these pictures about a week apart. She loves to wear her fairy wings! Here she is playing "Lemonade Store..."
And here she is, playing in a band. She was amazed she could play 3 different instruments at once!
I try not to overload the girls with too many extra-curricular activities during the school year (besides piano), but I couldn't pass up a second session of Spanish that the school is offering. Kiera and Makenna took the first session in the fall and loved it, so I was excited they offered an intermediate session. They're having fun. I also couldn't pass up a little cooking class that my neighbor is doing. It's one thing that was on my list to do with my girls someday, but having someone else do it is probably more fun for them that having their old mom try to teach them! Anyway, they look forward to going every week, and I must say I've been excited that the class has prompted them to try new foods! Yay!
Finally, last weekend we took a little trip to Lava Hot Springs with Quentin's brother's family and my cousin's family. Basically just a 24-hour trip, but it was fun and relaxing. And we drove home through Logan and hit a few favorite spots. Even though we weren't gone very long, it felt like we had vacationed for a week - very nice!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Catch Up
I think because I've been focusing on other projects, I haven't taken the time to blog as much as I would like lately. But I want to stay on top of it because it's one of my ways to journal. So...here's a quick catch-up.
A few weeks ago we celebrated our 5-year home anniversary! It's amazing to think that we moved in 5 years ago - sometimes it seems like we've always lived here, and then other times I'll walk into a room or see the view and it will take my breath away, and I feel like I did when we first moved in. We're all just so in love with our home! And we know this is where we belong, where we can put down roots and grow in such a wonderful, safe area! To celebrate our home anniversary, we bought our home a present - a new address plaque. The one we had was sort of ugly and dated and it clashed with our shutters. So...we finally got a new one! I think our house likes it!
And speaking of our home, I finally painted our bathroom. Or should I say, I GOT to paint the bathroom. Yep, the one that (over a year ago) I debated about and shared my dilemma on my blog. It was the purple one that the girls share and is the main bathroom upstairs (read: the one guests use if we're upstairs.) I had wanted to change it for a couple of years now but the girls wanted to keep the light purple "grandma" color. I was a little disappointed, but I figured it wasn't a big deal and it was 3 votes to 1. So I didn't think about it much after that. But a couple of months ago we were curious and looked in a model home in Farmington. When we walked in the laundry room, I was so inspired by the color - it was the green color I had wanted to paint the bathroom! I casually asked the girls, "Hey, what do you think of this color?" They all said how pretty and fresh it was. When I told them that was the color I had wanted to paint their bathroom, they got all excited and told me I could. And it was pretty much identical to the paint chip I had taped to the wall so long ago! So...with their "permission," I (and Kasidee) got to work. 4 hours later it was done! To be honest, for the first 2 days I was heart-sick. I thought it was "too green" and I felt like I should have left well enough alone. I hate painting anyway, and I am not really good at picking paint colors. I felt so discouraged. But you know what? After a couple of days of looking at it and getting used to it, I just love it! Green has always been one of my favorite colors - it's natural and fresh and soothing. And I like how it looks in my bathroom, especially with the white trim and crown moulding and lots of natural light! I still have to find a picture to go on the wall, and I'd eventually like to frame the mirror. But that's another project. Check out the before and after pics:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
When I was put into Young Women's over 6 months ago, I somehow became the "unoffical photographer" for the Young Women activities. I do love taking pictures and have fun with it, but I've never had any training and don't really know what I'm doing. But it's still fun, and I think the YW presidency is happy to have someone willing to take pictures because no one else really wants to do it! Anyway, on the 15th of February the YM and YW went to an "old folks' home" in Bounitful for a Valentine dance. I guess our ward has done this for 7 or 8 years. I was a little skeptical, but when I saw the YM/YW going out of their comfort zones to dance with the old people, it was heartwarming. And even though I don't really know how to take pictures, I was happy at how some of these turned out. Some of the expressions are priceless:
This weekend the girls set up a library in their reading room, and they've been "playing library" every chance they get! They've spent hours playing and it has been so fun to watch. I love their creatvitiy. And it reminds me of what I used to love playing when I was little too!
A few weeks ago we celebrated our 5-year home anniversary! It's amazing to think that we moved in 5 years ago - sometimes it seems like we've always lived here, and then other times I'll walk into a room or see the view and it will take my breath away, and I feel like I did when we first moved in. We're all just so in love with our home! And we know this is where we belong, where we can put down roots and grow in such a wonderful, safe area! To celebrate our home anniversary, we bought our home a present - a new address plaque. The one we had was sort of ugly and dated and it clashed with our shutters. So...we finally got a new one! I think our house likes it!
And speaking of our home, I finally painted our bathroom. Or should I say, I GOT to paint the bathroom. Yep, the one that (over a year ago) I debated about and shared my dilemma on my blog. It was the purple one that the girls share and is the main bathroom upstairs (read: the one guests use if we're upstairs.) I had wanted to change it for a couple of years now but the girls wanted to keep the light purple "grandma" color. I was a little disappointed, but I figured it wasn't a big deal and it was 3 votes to 1. So I didn't think about it much after that. But a couple of months ago we were curious and looked in a model home in Farmington. When we walked in the laundry room, I was so inspired by the color - it was the green color I had wanted to paint the bathroom! I casually asked the girls, "Hey, what do you think of this color?" They all said how pretty and fresh it was. When I told them that was the color I had wanted to paint their bathroom, they got all excited and told me I could. And it was pretty much identical to the paint chip I had taped to the wall so long ago! So...with their "permission," I (and Kasidee) got to work. 4 hours later it was done! To be honest, for the first 2 days I was heart-sick. I thought it was "too green" and I felt like I should have left well enough alone. I hate painting anyway, and I am not really good at picking paint colors. I felt so discouraged. But you know what? After a couple of days of looking at it and getting used to it, I just love it! Green has always been one of my favorite colors - it's natural and fresh and soothing. And I like how it looks in my bathroom, especially with the white trim and crown moulding and lots of natural light! I still have to find a picture to go on the wall, and I'd eventually like to frame the mirror. But that's another project. Check out the before and after pics:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
When I was put into Young Women's over 6 months ago, I somehow became the "unoffical photographer" for the Young Women activities. I do love taking pictures and have fun with it, but I've never had any training and don't really know what I'm doing. But it's still fun, and I think the YW presidency is happy to have someone willing to take pictures because no one else really wants to do it! Anyway, on the 15th of February the YM and YW went to an "old folks' home" in Bounitful for a Valentine dance. I guess our ward has done this for 7 or 8 years. I was a little skeptical, but when I saw the YM/YW going out of their comfort zones to dance with the old people, it was heartwarming. And even though I don't really know how to take pictures, I was happy at how some of these turned out. Some of the expressions are priceless:
This weekend the girls set up a library in their reading room, and they've been "playing library" every chance they get! They've spent hours playing and it has been so fun to watch. I love their creatvitiy. And it reminds me of what I used to love playing when I was little too!
More Funnies
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks what my kids say is funny. But I think I'm trained to be on the lookout and write it down as soon as I can before I forget. Because I know I'll forget, and these funny, precious things they say are priceless to me! (I also keep track of funny things my preschoolers say, and give them a list on graduation day!)
So here's some more chuckles:
Makenna said, "I don't want to make your feelings bad..."
One day I told Kasidee that Granny was coming over. Her face brightened, and she began singing, "Oh Granny is so much nice! Granny is so much nice...." About a minute later she began singing, "And Mommy is so much nice...because she lets Granny come over!"
Since we have late church, we usually try to do something a little more special for breakfast on Sundays. A couple of weeks ago I made waffles and Kiera asked, "Mommy, can you put my waffles in syrup?"
Whenever Kasidee eats a finger food that is rather sticky, she likes me to wrap the bottom with a little piece of aluminum foil. One day she wanted a fruit strip. After taking the wrapper off and handing it to her, she said, "Can you put it in that mirror stuff?"
So here's some more chuckles:
Makenna said, "I don't want to make your feelings bad..."
One day I told Kasidee that Granny was coming over. Her face brightened, and she began singing, "Oh Granny is so much nice! Granny is so much nice...." About a minute later she began singing, "And Mommy is so much nice...because she lets Granny come over!"
Since we have late church, we usually try to do something a little more special for breakfast on Sundays. A couple of weeks ago I made waffles and Kiera asked, "Mommy, can you put my waffles in syrup?"
Whenever Kasidee eats a finger food that is rather sticky, she likes me to wrap the bottom with a little piece of aluminum foil. One day she wanted a fruit strip. After taking the wrapper off and handing it to her, she said, "Can you put it in that mirror stuff?"
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