4/20/13

I was doing the girls nails while the boys were at the Father and sons camp out (and Russell was sleeping). I was asking the girls if they wanted something painted on top of their nails. Like a flower or polka dots (I was thinking of easy things)..then Ella said, "Well you could paint a doll." I said "That is pretty hard."...then she said, "well you could do a cute little palm tree..or a rose...or a little person holding out their hand and then make sure you draw their feet." We settled on a stick figure on each of her ring fingers. :)

And while I was painting Eden's fingers she said,"Hey, lets tell jokes. I will go first.....What did the cat say to the Princess?....Wouldn't you like to marry me? ....but you can't because I am not human!"

At the Father and Sons Gordon and Taylor made a bow and arrow from string and sticks. It shoots really well. So if we every are stuck in the wilderness I am counting on my men to fasten a bow to we can eat ;)

Gordon is very into playing marbles. The actual game of marbles. (And don't worry we only play when Russell is sleeping and count them when we are done ;) )

Gordon lost another tooth. Brings his total to 8. And Russell is working on his first molar.

We love you all and hope everything is going well for each of you!

4/9/13

Ella in the car today was explaining to a friend.... (a certain word...I can't remember) means sweet, like the candy sweet...not like the love sweet.

Russell is such a little boy. I will put out my arms for him to crawl over and give me a hug and he will then he will dive bomb right into my lap and laugh. Then tonight he was crawling over to me and used my hair as a rope to scale up my back..again all the while laughing.

Russell was crawling into the bathroom (which is usually shut...he knows it is off limits) I quickly ran over to grab him and he looked up at me and said, "Mo Mo" while making the sign for More.

I was fixing dinner and had my back to the kids at the counter. I heard Ella who was playing with her pretend magical wand. She said, "bleeing...Russell is now a cute baby, bleeing Mom is now a nice Mom....bleeing Eden is a ballerina princess I can eat." Eden chimes in..."NO, not one you can eat!". Ella, "Okay fine...a ballerina princess I can not eat, bleeing. Bleeing...Gordon is now a boy that loves to do homework." I couldn't help it I was laughing out loud!

Russell uses pretty much whatever he can find to aid in his attempts to walk around the house. Typical "walker" helps are the garbage can, his high chair and a play shopping cart.

If I am laying on the ground on one side of the room and Russell is on the other and I say, "Russell I need a hug..." He will crawl over to my outstretched arms and lay his head in my hand for a min and then crawl up onto me and snuggle. It is one of my most favorite things. I love that he is such a cuddler!

3/17/13

Russell was crawling around the kitchen the other day and found his way over to the stove. Since we have the mini double stove the handle for the bottom oven is the perfect height for him. The music was playing and he was holding on his "personally ballet bar" and was dancing away looking at his reflection in the glass. I see that becoming a favorite spot in the kitchen.

The other day we were eating dinner and Eden said to the other kids..."Hey guys, Mom is not our servant or our....(long pause, then hesitantly said) or our snail?...no that's not right?....(then she was thinking) OH, mom is not our servant or our slave!"

Gordon has been on spring break all week. It has been so fun to have him home. The girls will miss having him around all morning! We have been doing puzzles, playing games, watching new movies, going to the park, and yesterday we made a pumpkin pie because it was "Pi Day" (3.14=March 14th) and we are going to Chuck-e-Cheese tonight with some friends. I think Spring Break has been a success!

We had a garage sale this past Saturday and the kids had a Kettle Corn and Lemonade Stand. I think they might have made more money than we did...(but don't feel bad for us, we actually were able to sell a few things on Craigslist) so it was a success for everyone.

Russell got hold of a pencil and I went over to try to take it from him and he snatched it back and looked up at me and said very clearly, "No". I should be upset, but he was so adorable when he did it I just laughed.

Taylor and Gordon were watching some youtube clips of kids doing a triathlon. They were watching the swimming portion and Gordon looked at Taylor and asked, "Is there always two boobies in triathlons?" Taylor knew immediately that Gordon was referring to the buoys, but he was laughing too hard to answer.

Tonight for dinner (for St. Patricks Day) we had green noodles, with green sauce and green steamed zucchini. Ella ate at least 4 or 5 bowls full of zucchini. She only ate a little bowl of noodles only because I asked her to. The other kids wouldn't try the zucchini. Ella was trying to convince them to try them throughout dinner... love my veggie girl!

Gordon had his first real skateboarding lesson (from Dad) this weekend. He is loving it, and don't worry grandma's he is wearing a helmet and gloves :)

Love you all! Hope your week was a fabulous one!