All the Fashion

Now, where have I seen THIS before?

Oh yes. Here.
Mandy in Feb. 2010 and Katie in Sept. 2008. They both like to dress up, and for some reason, that includes snow boots. And fishing hats. Bike helmets. Necklaces, or (in honor of the Olympics) gold medals. Backpacks. Lovies. Rabbit bikes......We hope they get some better fashion sense before High School or we may have issues!

You What?

So, without so much as even TELLING his wife, Brett entered a Transactional Lawyering competition. And, he WON! (Well, let's be honest, what else would he do?) So, as my grand prize for sitting at home and wondering where he was until 11 pm with no phone call or email or "I'm still alive". . . . (yes, we've only been married 6 years and he still doesn't know that he has a wife at home that worries about him). . . . . .I get to tag along with Brett to the National Competition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Yep, I'm going to Philly next month! Am I excited? Well, I talked Brett into staying an extra day and half to see some sights--so YES! I am. Better still? We are going childless! Not that I don't love my girls, because I really do, but this will be the longest that Brett and I have done anything together, just the two of us since Katie was born! I feel lighthearted and free already! Anyway, I'm excited. Just to let you know!

Here Piggie Piggie!

Grandma Great gave each of our children a piggie bank when they were very little. She gives them some change each birthday, Christmas, Easter, etc. to feed the piggie. And this is one awesome piggie. When you feed him, he gives you an "Oink, Oink, HHHhhhhmmm!" Satisfying, and reinforcing! Thanks Grandma Great. We love to feed the piggie. (We'll understand later about how cool it is to save the money too!)

Wanna win?

I love Thanksgiving point--and need to go there more often, but it's a bit pricey for those of us with no income. But. . . . to win passes? That would be awesome! Check it out! http://cjaneprovo.blogspot.com/2010/01/taking-back-provo-thanksgiving-point.html

Welcome 2010

We got some free buttons for Provo's New Year's Eve Party at the Provo Towne Center Mall, so we took the girls to check out the party. We watched jugglers, got balloon animals, made candy sand art, danced, and had a firework show. All that, and home to bed at 9 pm. That's our kind of New Year's Eve!
Dinner Winger's was Yummy--popcorn and coloring!

Katie Loved the bouncing

Balloon flower hat and giraffe


TaDah!



The Wheels on the Bus. . . .

Katie quips

Katie doesn't usually wear her coat in the car because the carseat gets too tight and she warms up once the heater gets going. Well, on our way north last week to visit family for Christmas, she got buckled up in her coat. After about 15 minutes the heater had warmed up and she said, "Mom, the sun is on me and I'm hot."
I turned off the heater and told her, "Okay, the heater is off."
"Mom, can you turn the sun off too?"



The bishop in our ward has endeared the children with candy. After church, the children line up outside his office (mob style almost) and are ushered into the bishop's office 2-3 at a time to get a dum dum sucker. Except on Fast Sunday. When they are given a sticker. Quite disappointing when they are all "Starving!" They all dread fast Sunday, let me tell you! Well, last fast Sunday, I picked up Katie from her class and she is hurrying to the bishop's office while she asks me, "Mom, is it SLOW SUNDAY today?"
(You know, you only get candy when it's a slow Sunday, not Fast Sunday!)

Amanda, the Popcorn Caper, and More.

SMILE! You're on Mandy Camera!



Amanda LOVES hats, of all kinds. If she can't find a hat, she'll make one out of household items---like a kitchen towel!


Although it was left out of her reach, she climbed on a pillow to get down my water jug on my nightstand, and a huge tub of popcorn (that was almost empty). It's amazing what a mess can come from a mostly empty tub of popcorn in the hands of a one year old! Thanks Mandy. Now I can vacuum!

Amanda also loves the "Help" in the kitchen while I cook. She has her own system for going through the cans, the syrups (with awesome handles), the canisters of flour and sugar. She's also started to put them on the table for me, setting the table like such a good helper!!