Post-it #162

For my birthday David took me on a fun date. I love Thai food, so he took me to a great Thai restaurant in downtown Boise and then to a play. How fun! Love my husband and spending time with him.

156th Passage

Lydia had her second dance recital in May. She looked adorable, did really well remembering her dance, and had a lot of fun learning it and performing. I think her favorite part though, was when she got to wear the costume and makeup. She LOVES makeup.

This is Lydia all ready for picture day.

 She's next up for pictures.

 This is the day of the recital. Had to get some pictures.

This is during the recital

The bow at the end.

 Lydia with her teacher Miss Andrea.

Post-it # 161

Staying in bed longer than kids often has serious repercussions. Like when they decide to surprise mommy with a breakfast of their own invention. I was the recipient of meals like this several times, and since it's a nice gesture, I had to be nice about it. But being nice about it meant the kids thought I welcomed it and would welcome it again. A horrible cycle. 

See what I got to eat? Fruity pebble sprinkled lunch meat draped over cold leftover spaghetti. The other slice of ham, I believe, encased fish crackers, cheese, and ketchup. And what goes better with marshmallow topped peanut butter bread than a pickle? 

To be honest, I shared a lot of my breakfast. I did happily eat the Nature Valley peanut bar. 

155th Passage

Here are some adorable Alli pictures from May.

Alli used to do an adorable crooked smile all the time. It got more crooked than this, but here's an idea of it.

Allison is a cuddle bug. She used to want to take her pillow and blanket around and sometimes would end up cuddling up in the most random places.

 Just because she's cute.

It's come to my attention that Allison likes to perch. She used to climb up on top of the toilet all the time just to sit there.

Don't you love it when toddlers "help" with the chores?

Allison does this funny thing (still does it) when she gives herself a hug and swivels back and forth while saying "happy". A lot of times she does it after she's been grumpy or naughty to show us that she's happy now and ready to be good. I think she's in the middle of saying happy in this picture.

Alli always wants to get into the car by herself.  Lately she then might climb into her own carseat, (which takes FOREVER) but she used to make a beeline for the backseat where her older siblings always sit. To humor her one day we buckled her into a booster seat. Still not big enough. :) 

(P.S. she did not stay there for the car ride. We moved her into her own carseat.)

Cuddling her juice.

I think the wrong end is sticking out of the blanket.

Alli is so proper she even uses a fork to eat veggie straws. 

Silly selfie.

While I was teaching Lydia her letter sounds, Allison would repeat them right along with her, so I tried to get some of it on video.

154th Passage

Here is some outside fun in the month of May.

Alli had her first experience with a sprinkler.

Alli also learned how to get on the trampoline by herself using the wagon. Smartie pants. 

We took the kids to a park on cool May day. They had fun.

 Oh man, she's cute!

I LOVE this picture of those two. 

David ran over the tricycle that the kids left right behind the mini van in the drive way. He did a thorough job of it.

 We bought a little kiddie pool that was well used over the summer. This was it's first use.

 Just having dinner outside. For some reason it's a lot more fun to eat sitting in the grass than at the table.

 Allison is most adorable.

153rd Passsage

After I called Alli a pretty girl, Lydia said: wait a minute, are me and Alli pretty?

Me: yep

Lydia: oh, well, I look prettier.

William: can I go to Jupiter's house?

Me: whose?

William: jupiter. I don't really remember his name.

Me: Jupiter is a planet.

William: fine, I'll just say, can I go to Billy's house?

(Billy is JARED's little brother)

Me: yes, but you should probably ask your friend what his name is so you don't do something like call him Jupiter.

Lydia: what day is tomorrow?

Me: Sunday

Lydia: Sunday was a few weeks ago!

Owen: Morgan, I dare you the next time we have fire I dare you to eat the fire.

Me: I'm so tired and energy lacking.

Lydia: well you can go night night when you're done. But first you gotta get me a piece of cake.

William was making a healthy meal plan thing for a Cub Scout requirement. He chose chicken for a main dish.

Me: what kind of chicken?

William: pork?

Me: CHICKEN. what kind of CHICKEN?

William: beef.

Me: William, what is chicken made from?

William: turkeys?

I bought Popsicles for the kids. Owen chose a yellow one.

Owen: this smells like banana; is it mustard?

Lydia looked over Morgan shoulder as he was looking at flash cards if bugs. She saw a praying mantis and said, "that's a hypocrite". Maybe she knows something about the mantis that I don't know.

Owen: my long fingernails meant everything to me.

Me: what is soil?

Owen: gray stuff that you can pretty much build anything out of.

David: say dada

Alli: dada

David: mama

Alli: mama

David: say grumpy old man

Alli: dada

Owen: can I have a donut now?

Me: yeah.

A few seconds later. Owen: can I have a donut now since you said "yeah"?

Me: put that gross thing down...

Lydia: no! It's not gross, it's my pet fly.

Today for school Owen was supposed to write a poem. He's been learning about it the past few days. Or has he?

This is his poem, titled "those".

Those tose nose lose those tose nose lose Those tose nose lose those tose nose lose Those tose nose lose those tose nose lose

And that's it.

Lydia: mommy, I love you.

Me: I love you.

Lydia: mommy, you're supposed to say "I love you TOO" when I say I love you. Let's try it again and when I say "I love you" you say "I love you too."

I love you.

Me: I love you, too.

Lydia: good job!

Today Allison handed Lydia a toy phone. Lydia put it to her ear and said, "bring me some candy, husband! Love you."

Me: do you guys know what daddy is doing?

Owen: last I saw he was fixing the bathroom ceiling.

Me: he's outside.

Owen: the bathroom ceiling is outside??

Me: ...no...

Lydia is playing with the play mobile nativity set. The shepherd is a zombie though and killed Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. Then he asked a wiseman, in a very creepy snake-like whisper, what he wanted for Christmas so he could write it down. The wiseman replied with "a lady bug, rolly-polly, and a moose!"

P.s. I do not condone the zombie massacre of the holy family.

I told Lydia that she's fired. She broke down in whiny tears and cried, "why am I fired?! I don't want to be fired all the days!!!"

Lydia, picking at her dinner: I'm full...but I won't be full if we have ice cream

Lydia: mommy, this time I peed standing up and I didn't even get my pants wet!

Alli likes to shake my tummy and say "baby wakey!" I hope this doesn't continue when the baby is born!

Me: oh man, I have bad breath.

Lydia: then you better brush your teeth! Or daddy will never want to smell you again! Or love you.

Me: why does it smell like poop?

Lydia: it doesn't. Anyways, kids don't smell what moms smells.

Lydia: is your middle name May?

Me: my middle name is Dawn.

Lydia: whose middle name is Dawn?

Me: mine...

Lydia: what?! You didn't say that!!