Babyisms

Cute things my kids have said in regard to our new baby:

C2:  while watching our new baby fall asleep - "Mom, her eyes are starting to wilt"

C3:  every day, about 100 times a day:  "Oh, that's my baby, she's so cute!  She loves me, she loves me so much!  Oh, she's so sweet!"  "Sweet, sweet baeba"

All of the kids LOVE holding, rocking, and feeding our new baby.  Before holding the baby the kids are pros at sanitizing their hands (a skill they had to perfect because we were all super sick the first few weeks after the baby was born).  They are constantly running to check on her.  When the baby goes down for tummy time the kids know to get out a blanket and then set up one of the baby board books for her to look at.

Dress Up

C3 is in full dress-up mode these days.  She loves crowns, fancy shoes, and tutus.  This week she came downstairs wearing a crown and a bib.  Then she said "Mom!  Look at me, I am a clean princess!"  It was adorable.  There is nothing better than a little toddler running around in princess shoes and a crown...and sometimes a bib!

C3 at Christmas

C3 can really enjoy Christmas this year, she particularly loves Rudalph the Red Nosed Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  C3 runs to the Abominable Snowmonster on our Christmas tree and says "Monster! Don't Eat Olaf!" (Which is what she calls Rudolph).  She calls the Grinch the "Binch" and loves wearing her "Binch shirt".

20 things about C1

So C1 woke me up this morning with a list of twenty sentences he had written this morning all about himself.  I want to save them because they are awesome:

1. I love my mom.
2. I love my dad.
3. I love my sisters.
4. I love my dog
5. I like Star Wars.
6. I like to play games.
7. I like soccer.
8. I like to read.
9. I like school.
10. I like Legos.
11. I am six.
12. I was born in 2009.
13. I like chocolate.
14. I like the colors red, green, and blue.
15. I like to build.
16. I like Halloween.
17. I like to go to church.
18. I like to play with my family.
19. I like to play with my dog.
20. I like my watch.
21. I like to look at my watch.

The way we do cold cereal

C2 was enjoying a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios last week and then turned to her Dad and asked if she could have another bowl..."Stoned Up Please?".  What?  "Can I have my next bowl stoned up?"  She meant that she wanted the cereal sans the milk.  No, I have not been slipping something extra into our second bowls of cereal!

Golden Nuggets from C1

Every morning my family recites a special scripture from our weekly family home evening lessons.  One day C1 told me he had a new "scripture" for us to quote.  He said "Jesus gave us his life so we should give him our love."  It was very sweet and we talked about what a very good quote that was to live by.

Then this morning C1 told me while we were eating breakfast that "Life is like a puzzle.  And when you make a mistake that is like putting a piece in the wrong place.  But you can always repent and take that piece out and try again.".  Then we talked about his idea and how when you are putting together a puzzle you always make a few mistakes but that doesn't mean the puzzle is ruined, you just try again, that is part of the fun of the puzzle!

There's a million things I haven't done..but just you wait!

So tonight Dad and I were eating dinner (the kids had all already finished and we were nearly done as well).  I had big news to share but we had kept getting off topic.  So finally we get back to my big news and I say "Guess What? Hamilton is coming to Utah in 2017!".  Then C2 responds..."But he's DEAD!".  She had overheard us on her way riding her stick pony down the stairs from the playroom.  It was funny.