This is what we do around here for fun and entertainement.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Paige Says....
Paige is quite the silly little girl. She is pretty darn smart for her age and sometimes she randomly says stuff that just makes me laugh. Lately whenever she likes something she says... I do like______ (whatever she happens to like right then) for instance these are a few of the things she is liking right now and tells me all the time.
When Parker leaves for school Paige has to go outside too to wait for the school bus, and after the bus leaves she walks into the house and says, "I do like school buses!" She does this every day, I can almost count on her saying it. It is so funny!
She also says, "I do like pop", "I do like makeup", " I do like Cheetos" you get the point. It is pretty funny. Last night we were talking about the kids growing up and that Parker would be the first to leave the house if he went on a mission and that maybe Paige would be the first to get married if she didn't go on a mission and then she proclaimed, "I do like missions". It was hilarious!
Yesterday she came to me and said for Christmas she wanted new shoes, an IPAD, and new makeup. What?? She's 3 years old and she thinks she needs and IPAD! It was funny because she said it so quickly like I wouldn't catch it. I guess she is going to be disappointed, because she is NOT getting and IPAD for Christmas!
When Parker leaves for school Paige has to go outside too to wait for the school bus, and after the bus leaves she walks into the house and says, "I do like school buses!" She does this every day, I can almost count on her saying it. It is so funny!
She also says, "I do like pop", "I do like makeup", " I do like Cheetos" you get the point. It is pretty funny. Last night we were talking about the kids growing up and that Parker would be the first to leave the house if he went on a mission and that maybe Paige would be the first to get married if she didn't go on a mission and then she proclaimed, "I do like missions". It was hilarious!
Yesterday she came to me and said for Christmas she wanted new shoes, an IPAD, and new makeup. What?? She's 3 years old and she thinks she needs and IPAD! It was funny because she said it so quickly like I wouldn't catch it. I guess she is going to be disappointed, because she is NOT getting and IPAD for Christmas!
Missing Front Tooth
Parker's front tooth has been loose for quite a while and we have told him to be wiggling it all the time to get it to fall out. Last Monday I felt it just to see how loose it was and it felt like it was just hanging on. Matt even tried to pull it out like he did with one of his bottom teeth, but he was unable to get it. Well later that afternoon Parker and Paige were playing with each other messing around and Parker came running to me and said that Paige had kicked him in the face and it knocked out his tooth. He was so excited about it, never mind that she had accidentally kicked him. It bled for quite a while and left a big hole in Parker's mouth. I am not used to seeing him like that and of course he has school pictures tomorrow. Now he will be asking for his front tooth for Christmas! The tooth fairy came that night and left him a dollar under his pillow. He was very excited about that!
Friday, September 30, 2011
My Kind Of Pet
We are not a pet family...we tried having goldfish, but they have all ended up dead. The kids would really love a pet, but I don't want one, I have enough people to clean up after. My kids have really taken to a couple of stuffed animals that they have. First it was Parker with a stiffed Dalmatian that he named pup pup(quite original don't ya think?) He would make sure pup pup was with his each night and he carried him around with him for a long time. Now he usually just sleeps each night with Parker. Now Paige has taken to a stuffed puppy that she got for Christmas 2 years ago and has just now seemed to notice it's existence. She named her puppy Cheddar. All on her own, I thought that was quite unique for her to come up with that name. Cheddar now sleeps with he each night and keeps he company in her room when it is dark. These are my kind of pets. They don't shed, the don't bark, they don't chew up furniture, they don't require feeding and watering and they don't make messes. For now this is what I can handle and the kids love having their stuffed animals with them. Whatever makes us all happy.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Other Happenings
I have been slacking on the blogging, but I am trying to stay with my goal of 10 posts a month.
Parker is doing good in school and seems to like it for the most part. He was sent home with a note last week saying that the teacher was having problems with some students in her afternoon class not obeying the rules. After calling and talking with his teacher, I found out that Parker has been disruptive in class letting out random screams being the coat closet. The teacher had told him that he couldn't do that, because it was disruptive to the other students and wanted us to reinforce it at home. Parker is a loud boy and I am sure it is hard for him to be quiet for 3 hours! Hopefully he is doing better, I will check in with the teacher later this week.
Paige says she loves preschool and always is excited to go on the days she does have school. But she has cried in class 2 times! 1 of which I had to go and pick her up because she wouldn't stop crying and the teachers couldn't figure out why. I think she was tired that day. Yesterday she cried a little bit when she was overwhelmed with the work and when she didn't have enough tickets to go to the treasure box. So I guess I need to work with her to not be so emotional over little things. It may be an eventful year. She is still little and some things are still hard for her, so she may just have to do what she thinks she can and call it good.
Paxten is getting big! He is squirmy and trying to move all over the place. He can roll from his back to his tummy. He can stand along the coffee table for quite a long time. I said to Matt the other day "I want another new baby, he is getting too big!" Matt looked at me and said, "No you don't, not right now." he was right, I don't, but I miss having a tiny baby that cuddles and sleeps! I love every stage, but Paxten has grown up faster than my other two. (It seems that way!)
We celebrated my mom's birthday on Sunday with a family get together. Matt made his famous ribs and wings for her, she loved them and loved not having to cook anything. We had fun spending time together and enjoyed what may be one of our last outdoor BBQ's. My mom was recently put in as the Relief Society President and has been very busy trying to figure out that calling. So I am excited to be working with her in the relief society and having her in class on Sundays.
Our ward Primary program was this last Sunday as well. Parker had a small part and did pretty good reciting it. He said. "We are blessed to be led by a living prophet." I worked and worked with him and I thought he had it memorized, but when the time came he still needed help at the microphone. Maybe it was nerves looking out into the congregation and he forgot what he was supposed to say. Nevertheless, the did a good job. I especially enjoyed the program because I actually got to sit and watch it and didn't have to write it, or help the kids. The first time in 5 years!! It was great!
I have done quite a bit of canning this month peaches, pears, pickles, and chili sauce. I also went and took advantage of the case lot sale. My shelves are full and I love that feeling!
Parker is doing good in school and seems to like it for the most part. He was sent home with a note last week saying that the teacher was having problems with some students in her afternoon class not obeying the rules. After calling and talking with his teacher, I found out that Parker has been disruptive in class letting out random screams being the coat closet. The teacher had told him that he couldn't do that, because it was disruptive to the other students and wanted us to reinforce it at home. Parker is a loud boy and I am sure it is hard for him to be quiet for 3 hours! Hopefully he is doing better, I will check in with the teacher later this week.
Paige says she loves preschool and always is excited to go on the days she does have school. But she has cried in class 2 times! 1 of which I had to go and pick her up because she wouldn't stop crying and the teachers couldn't figure out why. I think she was tired that day. Yesterday she cried a little bit when she was overwhelmed with the work and when she didn't have enough tickets to go to the treasure box. So I guess I need to work with her to not be so emotional over little things. It may be an eventful year. She is still little and some things are still hard for her, so she may just have to do what she thinks she can and call it good.
Paxten is getting big! He is squirmy and trying to move all over the place. He can roll from his back to his tummy. He can stand along the coffee table for quite a long time. I said to Matt the other day "I want another new baby, he is getting too big!" Matt looked at me and said, "No you don't, not right now." he was right, I don't, but I miss having a tiny baby that cuddles and sleeps! I love every stage, but Paxten has grown up faster than my other two. (It seems that way!)
We celebrated my mom's birthday on Sunday with a family get together. Matt made his famous ribs and wings for her, she loved them and loved not having to cook anything. We had fun spending time together and enjoyed what may be one of our last outdoor BBQ's. My mom was recently put in as the Relief Society President and has been very busy trying to figure out that calling. So I am excited to be working with her in the relief society and having her in class on Sundays.
Our ward Primary program was this last Sunday as well. Parker had a small part and did pretty good reciting it. He said. "We are blessed to be led by a living prophet." I worked and worked with him and I thought he had it memorized, but when the time came he still needed help at the microphone. Maybe it was nerves looking out into the congregation and he forgot what he was supposed to say. Nevertheless, the did a good job. I especially enjoyed the program because I actually got to sit and watch it and didn't have to write it, or help the kids. The first time in 5 years!! It was great!
I have done quite a bit of canning this month peaches, pears, pickles, and chili sauce. I also went and took advantage of the case lot sale. My shelves are full and I love that feeling!
Charyn's Baby Shower
My mom and I threw my sister a little baby show on the 17th (I am a little behind on blogging). When we were planning, somehow we got the idea for baseball something or another and before we knew it we were planning a themed shower. The invitations went out and had something along the lines of celebrating the soon to be newest member of the Brooks team. It was super cute. We didn't tell Charyn what we had done so when she arrived it was a suprise. We served peanuts, cracker jacks, pig in a blanket, chips and dip, pretzels, cotton candy, baseball cupcakes, M&M's, and we had a veggie tray. It was super fun! We played a few games with our small crowd one where we had to unwrap a present one layer at a time and after each layer there were some instructions on a piece of paper. The instructions were either a gag or a gift, like uh-your baby is messy, wear this bib the rest of the game, or your baby is hungry, drink this bottle. Or on the other hand it said you had a good day and you recieved a prize. The last layer the intructions said to pass to the mom to be and she opened the gift and there was a cute new outfit inside. The other game we had a sheet try full of different candy bars on it and we had to write down what we though it had to do with having a baby. Some of the answers were hilarious... for example milk duds represented non-lactating breasts, Milky Way was breast feeding, Goobers were baby boogers, 100 Grand was the hospital bill, Skor was the night of conception, ect... It was so funny! We had a good time spending it with family and friends that came. Charyn ended up with a lot of nice things that will be so handy when the baby gets here. We are looking forward to his arrival in November.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
7 Months Old
Paxten turned 7 months old yesterday! Another month has come and gone, he will be 1 before I know it. I tried to get picture of his 2 new teeth yesterday and he wanted nothing to do with that. After me poking him and pulling on his lip trying to get a good close up he just got plain mad at me. So being the photographer that I am, I tried to get his cute little sad face. I know that is mean of me as a mom to try and make my kid cry, but he can get his bottom lip out soooo far and I want to always remember how darn cute that little pouty face was. Well because I was trying to get the picture all by myself he was doing more of the mad face than the pouty face. I will have to catch the lip another day.
He is just getting over the Croupe and seems to be feeling a lot better. He finally slept pretty good last night. Yay!! When I took him into the Dr. he weighed just over 14 lbs and was about 26 inches long. So he still isn't very big, but I don't mind, especially since I am usually carrying him around.
He now had 2 front teeth, and they are very sharp! (if you know what I mean). Once the teeth come in, I can't wait to be done nursing. As soon as I can get him on a cup I am done!
He can sit up all by himself for long periods of time, but gets bored of sitting in one place. He usually tries to reach for a toy just beyond his reach and then face plants on the floor.
He still isn't rolling over very well, but we have been working with him and he can sometimes roll from his back to his tummy. Once he gets the rolling down, I am sure he will be crawling.
He is really getting his personality and loves to be the center of attention. He loves it when people talk to him and he usually gives them a big smile.
It makes me sad that he isn't so little anymore. Before long he will be a toddler and I won't have a little baby to hold and cuddle with. The time goes too fast!
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