It was just about time for Amber's ride to be here and a few minutes before I needed to be heading out the door myself! Timothy comes walking into my bedroom with Emma close behind. With pride in her voice, Emma says, "Mom, look at Timothy!" I looked and just about died. She had put handsoap in his hair. But, it wasn't any ordinary soap. It was my expensive soap from Bath and Body. Yikes. It was no wonder my bedroom instantly smelled liked cotton blossom soap! That's what I get for leaving her in the bathroom by herself to brush her teeth and get herself ready for the day!

 

 

So I got Timothy cleaned up. I think it took about ten minutes to rinse the soap out of his hair. By the time he was done, we had to change his shirt. He was sopping wet! During this time, Amber left for school, John left, and I still needed to take a shower! Ahhh . . . I finally got ready and off to Miriam's house. She was so graciously helping me sew some dresses for my girls. She has these awesome sewing machines. Much easier to use than my little one! Thank goodness Miriam helped me because I would have never finished. We finished three dresses in the amount of time it took me to finish one at home! Yay! I am so excited. It was nice to take my kids somewhere where I didn't feel it was a burden to take them. Miriam was so awesome about the kids being there. At one point Emma had found a stamp with red ink that said "Excellent." Hmmm . . . by the time we found her, she had it stamped all up her arms, all over her face, and all over Timothy! We couldn't help but laugh. It was too funny. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures.

At about noon, John came and got the kids so they could have lunch and take naps. Yay! So, I finally got home about 4 p.m. Shortly after I got home, Emma came out of the bathroom as proud as can be. "Look at my hair!" Because we thought Timothy's soapy head was funny, she thought we would find it amusing that she had soap in her hair. Not so funny. I didn't even wash it out right then. By the time we had dinner done, I had forgotten about the soap in her hair. We didn't wash it out until this morning before she got dressed. She screamed the whole time I had her head under the water. I guess she won't be trying that one again (hopefully)!

Timothy, timothy, oh and the girls too!

I just wanted to share these pictures because I have them! I think my kids are so adorable and I think everybody else should think so too! So here I am, inundating you with pictures today! Forgive me for this please. I haven't shared pictures for quite some time! Enjoy the pics and I will write more later when we have done something worth writing about!

 

 

 

 

Oops, I guess pics of the girls didn't transfer. I'll get them on here sometime! I guess the post with the outside pics will suffice for now!

Spring is here? Maybe?

The kids wanted to play outside today. It has been so beautiful today! I thought it was going to be so cold, but for a February day, I was pleasantly surprised. I have no idea what the temperature has been, only that I know it feels warm to me! Despite the troubles getting the bikes down from their winter perch, the girls enjoyed the time outside. This is the first time Emma has been able to ride her bike since getting it for Christmas. She was so excited. She still needs to work on getting the pedaling thing down, but give her a couple of weeks and she'll take off! Amber on the other hand knows how to ride, but she is so unsure of herself on the bike. She refuses to ride the bike if the training wheels are not in place. She has had training wheels for a couple of years but won't move past them! It wasn't until about September of 2008 that she even really wanted to ride her bike! I know what we need to work on with Amber . . . Self confidence!

 

 

 

 

My favorite things!

I just had the opportunity to participate in a swap. This was a lot of fun. For those of you who don't know how a swap works, each person gets a partner, then sends five favorite things to the partner. It is a fun way to get to know the other person without ever talking to the person. So I thought about the things I could send to my partner. I thought about all of my favorite things and narrowed it down to the following five things.

1. A note pad-- because I like to make lists, doodle when I'm talking on the phone, and just write random notes. Paper is always a good thing. And I like cute paper so I sent a cute notepad.

2. Sudoku book-- Since John introduced me to Sudoku I have loved it. It is a good stress reliever, unless I make a mistake and can't find that one measly mistake a hundred numbers ago! I can do these for hours if the kids will let me. I found that these are very good books to take on an airplane. I usually can't focus enough to read a novel, but Sudoku? Perfect!

3. Cherry blossom body butter-- (at least I think it was cherry blossom!) There were so many choices. I love body butter! And I love the smelly stuff. It makes me feel so good when I use body butter. I get the chance for a few moments to relax and bask in wonderfulness before I need to return to reality!

4. Puppy book-- This is one of my kid's favorites. All of my kids love books. My girls are always asking for stories over anything else. We love to sit and read stories. Timothy is starting to recognize things and dogs are one thing that he can point out.

5. Princess crayons-- My girls are budding artists. They love crayons, markers, paper, anything that sparks their creativity. We sent the Princess crayons because they love princesses. They dress up and pretend they are princesses. So there is two favorites in one item!

I had so much fun sharing some of my favorite things! I was a little apprehensive at first but thought, why not? I had the chance to share a little of myself and my family with somebody else. I hope I can do this again. Did I mention that it was fun? I would recommend this to everybody. Try it. You just might find a new friend!

Another benefit of the swap: I took Amber to the store with me. We had a mommy/daughter date. She helped me pick the items for the kids favorites. Of course I had final veto power but it was fun. We left her homework on the table and went to the store! Amber needs that time away from everybody else. I think she feels a little lost as the oldest. Sometimes she just needs to be reminded that we enjoy her for her and not for her next accomplishment!

Carpool to the temple?

When John came to me with his plan for ward temple night I thought he was crazy! But I agreed to it because I knew we had people willing to help out! So, his plan was to get two babysitters, Maegen and Kim, who could watch all the kids at my house and we could all carpool together! Okay, not such a bad proposition, but . . . three kids each, well . . . I had my doubts! So last night we left nine kids in the hands of Maegen and Kim and all piled into my vehicle to carpool to the temple! At this point I was thinking, oh my goodness, what did we just do? It wasn't until we were at the temple that it really hit me, we had just left three babies, 15 months, 9 months, and 6 months. I would definitely be overwhelmed. That's why John planned for two babysitters. He has more foresight than I do sometimes.
Now that it is over and done with, it wasn't such a crazy proposition. We are willing to try this again. My house is still standing, the kids are all still alive, and the parents . . . well you'll have to ask them. As for me, I think I am converted to this insane idea of John's!