Russell has started to suck his thumb a little. Never had a thumb sucker
before....It is adorable! I half love it and half don't.... Love it
because he can sooth himself, it will never get lost (like a pacifier)
and it is so cute...don't because it can cause teeth problems later on,
and you can take a pacifier away but not a thumb ;)
We have started a "Happy House" Chart. You can earn extra happy
faces throughout the day (or loose them) but at the end of the day if
you are in the green you get the extra privilege for the day (like
dessert, or an extra story at bed time, staying up 10 min late...things
like that). Then if you get into the star area you earn 'daddy bucks'
that you can save up and spend to get a special outing with Dad. On the
first day Gordon was almost into the star area...he asked to help make
dinner and then he went and cleaned the loft upstairs all by himself and
then made both of the girls beds for them. I am loving this little
chart! Great idea goes to Taylor of course, he has the best ideas!
We had a Christmas in July party today. We started off by going to
the kids summer movie "Arthur Christmas" then had friends over for lunch
and decorated a giant gingerbread man while listening to Christmas
Music and watching 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. Then we finished it
off by going swimming at a friends house and ate pizza. The kids had so
much fun that they all crashed when we got home. :)
Eden has been wonderful this week at using the toilet. Big girl
unders all week :) It will be so nice to not have to buy any more
pull-ups...well for awhile. :)
Ella is such a girl and so into
fashion! My friend Jessi gave me one of her shirts that she doesn't wear
anymore, so I decided to wear it the other day and Ella came into the
room and let out a loud gasp..."Mom! Is that a new shirt?....it is
beautiful!" Then she runs out of the room yelling, "GORDON!! HURRY YOU
HAVE TO SEE MOM'S BEAUTIFUL SHIRT!" --Thanks to Jessi for making me
stylish. And thanks to a little girl that made me feel beautiful :)
We love you all!! Can't wait till the next time we see you!
Saturday, July 28, 2012
7/22/12
Gordon: "You get your snap on smile."
Mom: "You get what?"
Gordon: "You know, when you get old you get your snap on smile"
Mom: "Where did you learn that?"
Gordon: "From Qubo!" (a kids tv channel)
I have put a couple more posts on the blog:
earlfamilyblog.blogspot.com
Russell has not "officially" rolled over yet, but it seems like it could be any day now..we'll keep you posted!
Eden: "Mom, I can't help clean anymore...my arms are tired."
I was having a bit of a ruff day awhile back. Gordon totally caught on and set up the Super Nintendo all by himself and came to me and said, "Mom, I want to watch you play Dr. Mario" (Gordon knows that is my favorite video game to play...he was trying to cheer me up. Such a sweetheart.)
Gordon asked me to pitch some balls to him in the backyard. Before we started he put on a bike helmet. After we were playing for awhile I mentioned that real baseball players wear helmets when they are batting. He looked so surprised and said, "Really! I was just wearing it because I like it, cool!"
I got Russell to cackle laugh the last two nights in a row. Melt my heart!
Eden has been my snuggle bug the past several days, every morning she creeps into our room and climbs into bed with me. She is adorable!
Thanks to G&G Earl for watching the kiddos and then letting us hang out and swim yesterday. We all had a wonderful time!
We love you all!!
Mom: "You get what?"
Gordon: "You know, when you get old you get your snap on smile"
Mom: "Where did you learn that?"
Gordon: "From Qubo!" (a kids tv channel)
I have put a couple more posts on the blog:
earlfamilyblog.blogspot.com
Russell has not "officially" rolled over yet, but it seems like it could be any day now..we'll keep you posted!
Eden: "Mom, I can't help clean anymore...my arms are tired."
I was having a bit of a ruff day awhile back. Gordon totally caught on and set up the Super Nintendo all by himself and came to me and said, "Mom, I want to watch you play Dr. Mario" (Gordon knows that is my favorite video game to play...he was trying to cheer me up. Such a sweetheart.)
Gordon asked me to pitch some balls to him in the backyard. Before we started he put on a bike helmet. After we were playing for awhile I mentioned that real baseball players wear helmets when they are batting. He looked so surprised and said, "Really! I was just wearing it because I like it, cool!"
I got Russell to cackle laugh the last two nights in a row. Melt my heart!
Eden has been my snuggle bug the past several days, every morning she creeps into our room and climbs into bed with me. She is adorable!
Thanks to G&G Earl for watching the kiddos and then letting us hang out and swim yesterday. We all had a wonderful time!
We love you all!!
6/30/12
Eden walks around the house referring to herself as "Eden
JaNae"...."Eden JaNae likes to do this". Then today I heard her call to
the other room to Gordon with excitement, "Gordon JaNae come and look at
this!"
Gordon came down stairs the other day with a proud look on his face. I asked him how he was doing. He said, "Mom I just helped you out....I unclogged the toilet!" I was a bit curious in how this happened since I have never taught him the "how-to" of de-clogging a toilet. So I asked him, "How did you do that?" He said I got the masher and mashed up all the pieces into really small pieces and then I got lots of toilet paper to get it all out.....and don't worry Mom, I put it all into the trash." I had been meaning to deep clean that garbage can for sometime now and now I had that extra motivation to get it done :) I had thought that Gordon's "masher" was the toilet brush but he did actually use the plunger. Looks like it is time for a little lesson on how to clear a toilet. And the great thing about this is that it wasn't even Gordon that clogged the toilet in the first place. He saw a problem and was trying to help me out without asking. I love that kid!
This past week we went to the Arizona GRAND resort for our Earl Family Reunion. It was simply wonderful! The kids had a blast being in the water all day. We are hoping to compile a little video of our week and we will send that off when it is completed. BIG thanks to G&G Earl!!
I asked each of the kids to choose a book for me to read them tonight. Gordon and Eden brought their choice. Ella then brought hers which was a very long book. I looked up at her and said, "This book is a little long, we will not be able to read it all tonight...." And then she whipped up her hand and said, "Mom, I got it covered." I saw in her hand the little post-it note tabs. She continued, "We can use this like a little bookmark." She really is a smart cookie! And I love her!!
Russell is cooing all the time now. What a talker he is. I was cleaning up the kitchen tonight and I had him on the floor in his little recliner chair and he was talking away the whole time.
His face is so cute I could just stare at him all day!
Gordon lost another tooth. It was causing him some pain so he was trying to get it out and having some trouble. He was crying because he wanted it out....I told him I could get it out, he didn't like that idea. But he continued to cry because the tooth was hurting and he wanted it out. He finally agreed to let me try to get it out. I got a good grip on it and started to pull really hard...and just as I was about to stop because I thought it wasn't ready to come out...POP! Out it came. And the look of relief on Gordon's face was priceless! And after seeing the tooth I am sure it was painful. One root was totally gone the other however was still totally intact. Way to go Gordon! So that is number 5 for G-man. All on the bottom. His two top front teeth are both loose now. Chewing his food will become more of a challenge here soon :)
Gordon came down stairs the other day with a proud look on his face. I asked him how he was doing. He said, "Mom I just helped you out....I unclogged the toilet!" I was a bit curious in how this happened since I have never taught him the "how-to" of de-clogging a toilet. So I asked him, "How did you do that?" He said I got the masher and mashed up all the pieces into really small pieces and then I got lots of toilet paper to get it all out.....and don't worry Mom, I put it all into the trash." I had been meaning to deep clean that garbage can for sometime now and now I had that extra motivation to get it done :) I had thought that Gordon's "masher" was the toilet brush but he did actually use the plunger. Looks like it is time for a little lesson on how to clear a toilet. And the great thing about this is that it wasn't even Gordon that clogged the toilet in the first place. He saw a problem and was trying to help me out without asking. I love that kid!
This past week we went to the Arizona GRAND resort for our Earl Family Reunion. It was simply wonderful! The kids had a blast being in the water all day. We are hoping to compile a little video of our week and we will send that off when it is completed. BIG thanks to G&G Earl!!
I asked each of the kids to choose a book for me to read them tonight. Gordon and Eden brought their choice. Ella then brought hers which was a very long book. I looked up at her and said, "This book is a little long, we will not be able to read it all tonight...." And then she whipped up her hand and said, "Mom, I got it covered." I saw in her hand the little post-it note tabs. She continued, "We can use this like a little bookmark." She really is a smart cookie! And I love her!!
Russell is cooing all the time now. What a talker he is. I was cleaning up the kitchen tonight and I had him on the floor in his little recliner chair and he was talking away the whole time.
His face is so cute I could just stare at him all day!
Gordon lost another tooth. It was causing him some pain so he was trying to get it out and having some trouble. He was crying because he wanted it out....I told him I could get it out, he didn't like that idea. But he continued to cry because the tooth was hurting and he wanted it out. He finally agreed to let me try to get it out. I got a good grip on it and started to pull really hard...and just as I was about to stop because I thought it wasn't ready to come out...POP! Out it came. And the look of relief on Gordon's face was priceless! And after seeing the tooth I am sure it was painful. One root was totally gone the other however was still totally intact. Way to go Gordon! So that is number 5 for G-man. All on the bottom. His two top front teeth are both loose now. Chewing his food will become more of a challenge here soon :)
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