Lessons Learned on Feb. 21, 2009

Today I learned three very important lessons that I thought I would share.

1) Watch what you do with your hubby when the kids are around. Today MJ got upset when daddy would not give her "married kisses."

2) Never assume the driver of the vehicle has the keys. Sometimes they end up on the seat and then when you lock the doors manually you have no keys, in Logan, at WALMART of all places. The second best part was the locksmith struggled opening the door stating this was by far the hardest car he has had to open. The best part was he opened it by pushing the unlock button on our keys sitting on the seat. Thankfully the key pad was facing up and not down. Communication is the key.

3) Always bring my extra set of keys with me.

Hope you had a great day!!

Little Lil and MJ Update

Lil has entered the independent stage. She now wants to do everything from pour her milk, to get herself dressed. I remember MJ hitting this stage too, but I don't think it was at 1 1/2 years! We have had some good struggles with the diaper too. She thinks she's big stuff and can do it all on her own. Most of the time I let her struggle with it until she gives up and lets me help her with it.

This is Lil putting her pants on. Yes, they are inside out but if it weren't for that diaper they would be on all the way.


Look how cute...and QUIET she is!


This is a new game she likes to play. Dump everything on the floor and make a big mess. Sometimes she even likes to stomp on it afterwards.


One morning I got Lil up and she was walking kind of funny. (hint: Look at her foot.)


Know what it is yet?


She was so proud when I pulled that phone out of her PJ's. She thought she was so funny!


It's a good thing my b-sitters know how to do hair. Otherwise my kids would never have their hair done. They style their hair so cute!! I had to take pics. of these ones.




Today during nap time I went up to check on the girls. This is how I found MJ. I was lucky to get a pic. of it because she really isn't asleep, just trying to.


Each day brings new surprises with these two. Love 'em tons!!

update

Me: Hey MJ will you please put the toilet seat lid down so Lil won't throw the diaper in there.
MJ: Oh yea, because if the does that it will be awful dangerous.

It's been awhile since I have blogged. Life has been crazy good. Lil was sick for about a week or two and passes it on through the rest of us. Then when I thought we were all doing better RB decides to get sick again. He found out Mon. that it is bronchitis. He has been home sick 3 of the 4 days so far this week. He's going back tomorrow and hopefully will be fine.

RB and I have made the insane decision to go back to school and get our masters. As we were looking at options we found a college that is pretty cheap. We both can get it for the price of one at another place. So RB asked if I wanted to get it with him and I jumped in heads first. I would probably do the reading with RB anyways so now I can just earn it with him. I'm really excited and nervous. I probably would never go and get it after RB got him. This has always been a dream for me though. I'm pumped. If all goes well we will start March 9th.

Well Lil is screaming at me right now so I'd better go and cook dinner. Talk to you later.

It's Pink

While I was cleaning cracker crumbs and what off the floor today MJ comes up and states, "Mom you can't throw that away." She picks up a small pink thing and adds with a slight duh tone, "it's pink" and walks away.

P.S. I found the pink thing again on the floor this afternoon. Here is a pic. of it before I threw the thing away. SHH don't tell MJ!

Our 3 Day Weekend Events

Before I begin with our 3 day weekend and what went down I had to share this pic. Lil and MJ sometimes have a hard time waking up in the mornings. One morning I got Lil straight out of bed to quickly put the shoes and coat on. I turned around to help MJ and this is how she was when I looked again. Asleep at the foot of the stairs.

This weekend we went to GR to visit my family. My brother was not only sealed to his adopted son but they also blessed him on Sun. It was such a neat experience to see them sealed as a family. A very special moment to be apart of.

GR was a good relaxing weekend. We played games, visited, and eat lots of good food. MJ loved playing match with grandma and seeing her cousins.

Lil had fun playing too but she did a lot of sleeping. She has a cold that is getting the best of her. This is Lil and grandpa watching football.

More cousins.

More cousins with MJ watching a movie before bedtime.

This pic was good. Lil had gone to bed for the night and my nephew got a headache. Since he wasn't feeling well he laid down in the only quiet room in the house. I had to take a pic of it.

Here is RB and I at the Vernal temple where they were sealed.

This is the special little one that now has an eternal family. Such a cute and good baby.

We got home late Sun. night to give us a nice relaxing day at home. That is what it has been too.
Hope you had a good weekend as well.