Abber Doo and Dax a Roo

2012-02-06T20:37:00.001-08:00

Havent heard of them??? www.theplattbrothers.com

We are wicked excited!! We saw them last summer at an Artown performace. I was at the library last week and saw the flyer. They are performing at 3 libary branches and we are going to go to 2 of the shows :) woot woot!

Dropped a little boy off at preschool....

2012-02-06T12:26:00.001-08:00

And picked up a puppy!!! Haha with a collar that says "Mud Bud" :) All the kids were barking when the parents came in. Super cute!

Long weekend - Day 1

2012-01-27T18:29:00.000-08:00

Decided to take schedule my days off together so im off fri sat sun mon :) was gonna skip town and visit idaho but it didnt work out. So today we had Aunt R come over and watch Dax for a couple hours while Abb was at school and Jb and i hit the slopes!! Hit then with my bum. My elbows. My shoulders. My knees. My hips. My hands. Yea. There was an old lift ticket on my snowboard pants from brundage... march 2004. Lol im a LITTLE rusty. Lol we didnt stay long cus the snow was CRAP but my new jacket, goggles, and gloves i got for christmas were great!! Thinking about a movie night sleepover in the living room tonight :)........

#7 & #8

2012-01-26T18:03:00.000-08:00

Both TODAY!!!! Tooth fairy might need to take out a loan haha

Sweetness

2011-12-20T18:39:00.001-08:00

Had a lunch date with my boys today and at the end got some flowers!! I'm leaving them on my desk...only 1 day off for the next 10 days. Should help brighten my spirits :) thanks boys! Love you!

Pedicure

2011-12-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

I dropped off both kids at school last monday and met a friend for my first professional pedicure! It was lovely haha i showed abb my pretty toes when she came home and she asked if shee could have one! Its a fun treat we do. I get a warm bucket of water and soak her feet, clip and file her nails, scrub her feet, lotion and massage up her calves, then paint nails. Its such a nice time, dax wanted his done as well :) shes in blue, hes in orange

Dec 12, 11

2011-12-12T12:53:00.001-08:00

For my own tracking...
Just played a letter game with Dax. He could only recogize upper case V, X, Q. Had a very difficult time putting letters in order which makes sense since he only recognizes 3. Matching lower to upper was just as hard.

Day 3 - water - newport beach

2011-12-04T07:52:00.000-08:00

Day 3 - water - rooftop hottub

2011-12-04T07:51:00.000-08:00

Day 4 - last day disney

2011-12-02T16:35:00.001-08:00

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Day 1 - Disneyland

2011-12-02T16:24:00.000-08:00

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I love haircut days!

2011-10-17T12:23:00.001-07:00

Thanks Nicole!

4:36pm

2011-10-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

One of those kind of days

BOISE! STATE!

2011-10-05T21:42:00.001-07:00

This is the sports page cover of sundays paper here in Reno....yea thats right :) funny how no one is really talking about the game to me, when it was alllllll i used to hear about. Go broncos :)

Our tree friend

2011-09-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

We have an owl that frequents our tree. We just came home from a movie and heard it hooting :)

When is halloween???!!

2011-09-23T10:45:00.000-07:00

Oh right...not for another month and a half!! We bought his costume last night and he fell asleep on the way home so i got woken up to spiderman this morning.....and i have a feeling its going to be a regular occurance haha as you can see the kids at abbs school thought it was pretty great :)

Letter of the day...F

2011-09-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

First free day fort fun! I think we will be firefighters and have french fries for lunch! :)

Build a bear

2011-09-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

The kids got gift cards a while back and we finally used them on abbs first day of 1st grade back in july. Lulu got a kitten and Dax got a weiner dog. Kittens name is Rosie and bubba named his....Super Puppy!!! So it was pretty cute when super puppy was playing dress up today with dax :)

National grandparents day!

2011-09-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

So larry calls renee the dragon, because she swoops down and breaths fire on everything :) aww how sweet lol dax started calling her 'grandma dragon'....haha .......so with it being national grandparents day and all we made a cake for gma dragon :D and grandpa because he loves dragons!

Happy Grandparents Day to all!!! We love you guys! Xoxoxoxoxoxox

Pull it!

2011-09-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

#6!!! Sheesh! The bottom left tooth...she pulled it out herself!
Seriously, give the tooth fairy a break!!

Balloon suprise!

2011-09-08T13:58:00.000-07:00

The hot air balloon races are this weekend in reno at the park right down the street from larry and renees so we've seen a few balloons floating around in the morning. This morning we walked to school and abby's friend was there already and said everyone was on the otherside of the building looking at a hof air balloon...that I assumed was flying by closely or something. Then the principal announced over the pa that if the teachers wanted to take their class to see the balloon to sign up in the teachers lounge. I thought, that's lame that they'd go outside to watch one fly by. The bell rang for abb to go in and i walked over a little to where dax was playing and looked over and you could see the balloon in the grass on the otherside of the school!!! Awesome! Dax and I walkes over and checkrd it out and abbs class ended up coming out. They got to walk up to it and ask the pilot questions and abbs teacher Mrs. D got in the basket. It was pretty cool. Dax got kinda scared when he woukd fire it up and everyone outside would scream and giggle. It was pretty cool :)

Oh Abb

2011-09-05T21:20:00.000-07:00

I finally used an itunes gift card I wanted for my bday and bought up some songs and made a mixed cd. Wev been listening to it in the car for a couple weeks now so the kids are starting to sing along. We got in the car tonight and it was midway into "marry you" by bruno mars. Abb starts nodding her head to the beat then says " I know its against the law to marry your brother!" In an excited 'I know something' voice! Haha yep abb. He's handsome and sweet, but no. You will not be marrying your brother :)
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She lost ANOTHER tooth. Number FIVE!! not sure how the kid eats with all these teeth missing!

Dinner with Daddy

2011-09-05T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hahahaha guess abb is missing daddy pretty bad cus at dinner last night she pulled jbs most recent trophy over to her and said "I want daddy to be next to me for dinner!" Lol....a little creepy lol

In the kitchen

2011-08-23T14:22:00.000-07:00

Its my weekend and I wanted to do some cooking, and I had a great helper/taste tester :) I tried making tortillas that didn't turn out so good, and cookies today that did turn out good. Its been fun :)

My handsome lunch date

2011-08-15T17:18:00.000-07:00

We signed dax up for a preschool out here close to our house with a lady that does it out of her house. Preschool is wicked expensive down here! She was close and had a great price so we jumped on it! 2 days for 2.5hrs. It will be just enough :) So we stopped in to drop off our school supply money and dax was soooo charming! He was super cute and warmed up to her instantly. She had to take a phone call and left the room breifly and dax whispers to me "mom. When are you leaving??" Haha he was ready to start and have he drop him off! Oh bubba. So we left there after he explained to his teacher that he would help her spell his name, and went to target to get a couple new shirts and pair of shorts for school. Then treated ourselves to, as requested by my date, chicken stars ;) we had a fun day

Woot woot!

2011-08-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Dax without training wheels!!!

Summer fire

2011-08-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

9:30pm Jb comes home from his dirtbike club meeting, kids in bed, and im in the kitchen cleaning up.
Jb - I don't want to freak you out...but we might not stay here tonight.
Me - WHY?!? ( mind racing of what could have happened that we need to leave...was he followed home? Is he involved in something and its gone bad? Are the neighbors being scary? What!?!!)
Jb - Across the street.......is on fire.
Me - W H A T! ?!!?!?!?!
So it was across the FREEWAY...which is kinda across the street, the way that people blocks away are our neighbors....but kinda not lol. I walked outside and saw this. Pretty scary. Went for a drive to check it out and didn't feel like I needed to pack up and leave. Which was a weird feeling walking around the house looking at what I would, and would not take with me in the case of an evacuation. Interesting. So about 11:30pm he checks it out and says it looks like they have it almost out and we'll stay here. Haha wev been having fire safety talks a lot lately :)

First day of school! First day of school! First day of school!

2011-07-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

Felt a little like finding nemo this morning with abb rushing into my room this morning "mama! Mama! Mama! First grade today! Will I be late?!" It was 7:04am. Nope abb...we've got plenty of time :) she only teared up once with nerves haha but got over it by 7:20 :) big girl!! Love you sugerbeat!!!!

"T" is for Brown!

2011-07-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

I read the kids a bedtime story or two..... or six, and then they like to pick out one to look at with their flashlights while they fall asleep. Dax picked a sesame street letter book.

Dax: Mom, what letter is this?
Me: It's the letter "T" bubba.
Dax: That's my favorite letter! "T" is for Brown! That's us!!
Me: hahahaha no bubba. "B" is for Brown. B. "T" is for Tom.
Dax: ooooooh. It's my favorite letter! (hugs the book)

:) adorable. night night

Woot woot!!

2011-07-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

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Movie....

2011-07-01T21:52:00.000-07:00

Won an auction on ebay thats going to make all the difference on road trips :)

good morning....

2011-06-28T05:24:00.001-07:00

Good times....

2011-06-26T20:24:00.000-07:00

Made some wicked awesome good-stuff-over-chips, rode our bikes around and ended up at the park, kids being kids....good times

found...

2011-06-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

our camp grounds!! We went for a drive yesterday to get a better feel for where we could go camping....and found a jackpot! it's only a half hour from our house which is a huge bonus and it's gorgeous.The kids were ready to just sleep in the car and go without food if it meant we could stay the night haha gonna be a fun summer!!

Water Fun!!

2011-06-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

This park is at the bottom of our street. The water only runs from memorial day to labor day and certain times of the day. We finally made it there today for the first time and we had a blast!! Minus the wind that made it cold between jonts in the mist :) abb and jb okayed catch for a bit and bubba scootered around the water....yay summer!!

10.75" tall, 23.5" long, 15.5" wide

2011-06-22T20:42:00.000-07:00

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What next?!?!?!

2011-06-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

Turns six...loses both front teeth...starts gymnastics...graduates from Kindergarten...and now this?!?!?!

NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!!

wicked awesome job sugar beat!!!

Best birthday present EVER!!!

2011-06-18T20:08:00.000-07:00

"Love the boy who wears underwear over his pants!" -abby brown

Field Day!!

2011-06-16T09:11:00.000-07:00

Looking good Lulu! Have fun today! Run fast!

Uswirl

2011-06-13T19:38:00.000-07:00

Gotta love an impromptu trip for ice cream ;)

First scooter ride!

2011-06-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

No more cast!! We took bubba to the doctor on monday and they took his cast off. He was crying mostly I think because he wanted to keep his "batman" cast :) looks like hes loving it tho haha

Tea anyone?

2011-06-05T15:24:00.000-07:00

Abb brought me a menu she made last night and invited me to her tea party :) she set it up all on her own and was a great waitress...writing down our order :) thanks for a great night princess aurora!

Next!!!

2011-06-02T19:34:00.000-07:00

Looks like the toothfairy will be making another visit!!

It'll be under the pillow tooth fairy!! She pulled it out herself! Some fun pics trying to get a good shot of the gap :)

Toothless!

2011-05-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

The kid kind...not the dragon :) iv been trying to get it out for a week now, and today sitting on the couch it fell out!! "how much does the tooth fairy leave for front teeth?!?" Good question...anyone know the teeth rates these days? :)

New cast!!

2011-05-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

Doc says he has good bone growth, and if he was less active he could just been splinted....but dax will be dax! So a short cast that lets him bend his elbow! He asked for a batman cast :) nice job!!

Last night being...

2011-05-21T21:36:00.000-07:00

3.....

Look who we got!!!!

2011-05-19T08:58:00.000-07:00

Storytime

2011-05-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

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editors note:

2011-05-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

I made it out of strips of fabric and fabric starched it on the wall. The paper on the wall was my sketch of what i wanted it to end up looking like. I was going to try megans version using heat and bond, but the starched worked better for me cus then i could curve the fabric strips :) fun times! cant wait to do the kids room... oh the ideas haha

Just what it need.

2011-05-09T14:57:00.000-07:00

I. LOVE. the. way. this. turned. out.
I saw a plate at IKEA when jen and I went to sac for the managers meeting in february, and I loved the design. I snapped a pic of it and FINALLY got around to using it somehow :) this wall needed something and I love what it got! My little one armed helper was saying things like "it looks like a dinosaur foot!" and "its so BIG!!" (twss) and "what are the circles for??" and he helped put them on. Its just what it needed..... :)

After dinner stroll

2011-05-06T21:10:00.000-07:00

We've been going for a walk after dinner most evenings. This was on the 3rd.... both kids on scooters :)

Tonight, cast boy here, got a wagon ride :)

Abb was pretty brave on the 2 wheeled scooter. I remindered her where the brake was on the back wheel and she wanted to keep scootering so she could "brake it!" lol love my kids

Batman one day...

2011-05-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

Broke the next. Balls. In trying to get off the trampoline, he lost his grip and fell to the ground catching himself with his arms. Jb called me at work and I met them at urgent care. The x-rays showed us that both bones in his left forearm are broken. So he has to see an orthopedist to get it set and casted. They splinted it and put it in a sling. He is such a champ! By the time i got there he was barely crying, and by the time we saw the doctor he was so brave. He was asking all sorts of questions and got stickers which made his day :) he was being so lovey. Wer are home now and he is just playing! But occasionally will say "mom? You help me with this? My arm is broken." Lol sure bubba. May the Forth be with you ;)

Running errands with....

2011-05-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

BATMAN!!!!! I love this kid

2011-05-03T13:57:00.000-07:00

Wore him out haha...

Rock star!!

2011-05-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

We had abbys friend party on saturday. I talked her into a guitar cake....wasn't sure I could pull off the 'justin bieber' cake she wanted lol

First day...

2011-04-27T17:35:00.000-07:00

Being SIX!!!!

Last day....

2011-04-26T21:15:00.000-07:00

being 5......

Hoppy Easter!!!

2011-04-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

Dinner time

2011-04-21T18:53:00.000-07:00

Dax picked the dinner menu tonight. Doesn't get much better than pantless oatmeal while watching nemo! Good pick bubba

Birthday loves

2011-04-21T08:14:00.000-07:00

Started a new tradition. The week before a birthday you get the special pillow case thru your bday :) I made it last night and slipped it onto an extra pillow. She carried it around the whole time I was there before work haha. Dax wants it to be his birthday....who wouldn't!! But abb was cute and sang him happy birthday. They were super cute with eachother this morning....as you can see by the pic :) love my kiddos!

Invitation!

2011-04-20T23:54:00.000-07:00

Just finished the invites for her friend party :)

Shopping

2011-04-20T22:15:00.000-07:00

Yep. Thats my kid under the cart haha

Almost birthday girl!!!

2011-04-17T15:39:00.001-07:00

Shes been counting down since the beginning of the month....at least haha. She has had a few ideas for the "theme" of her party from icarly to hannah montana to pink with hearts haha. We were talking about it in the car today since we need to get invites out and we decided on a fun theme that I'm gonna run with :)

Racing

2011-04-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

Jb is racing again and its been fun. The track at Fernley is only a half hour or more from our house. The kids and I headed put there last weekend and had fun playing in the sand and dirt :) and the tractor. And cheering for grandpa and daddy who got first place! The kids think his trophies are wicked awesome :)

Helper

2011-04-10T12:02:00.000-07:00

We got a new vacuum a few weeks ago ( in my favorite color none the less haha) and the kids love to help. Yay!

Official

2011-04-09T12:04:00.000-07:00

Woah.....i finally got my name tag! Only two month later :)

Artwork

2011-04-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

This is in the hallway of the front door. I was going to use cafe rings because I have bags of them, but I can't find them. So I used magnets since I have a LOT :) its been a fun place to hang up abbys school papers. Her new school is year round, and full day kindergarten!! Its been great. Its 12 houses away so we walk everyday. She is on her first month off break. She goes back on the 18th. We made a "spring break" activities poster. The first morning after making the poster she woke up, walked straight to the poster, then came to me and said "i just dont know what to pick mama!! There are so many great things to choose!!"

Treat

2011-04-01T19:10:00.001-07:00

We just had dinner at red robin and stopped at mcd for a cone :) shoeless of course haha
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Daffodils!!

2011-04-01T19:06:00.000-07:00

Gotta love the beauty of spring!! The previous home owners planted quite a few bulbs that we get to enjoy!!! Thank you!

Dusk

2011-03-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

Love this time of evening :) finally warm enough to be out for some bubble time

beds

2011-03-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

So when we moved into the new house we weren't sure how to set up the kids room. We came up with this :)

One of the wood beds with the slide bed above. Abb slept up top and Dax underneath. The slide was only there a day. We moved the dresser out of the closet and it ran into the slide.

It was working out ok, but it was hard helping abb to bed, or making her bed, or giving her good night loves. so we switched things around today!

We brought in the other bed and now they have the same bed. I like it. They had been playing with the slide so I put it spanning across the middle.

"And then in the morning, I can come across here and wake you up!!"

Next up is ACTUAL bedding haha and some decoration. I've got some fun ideas :)

Bubba

2011-03-27T18:54:00.000-07:00

Sick bubba taking a two hour nap..
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road signs

2011-03-22T14:26:00.001-07:00

2011-03-12T19:32:00.001-08:00

Went to pizza at a local place down the street. abby wanted to walk home :) so her and jb started off with dax and i behind them slowly. then he hopped out haha

2011-01-23T17:59:00.001-08:00

Unpacking boxes...found some old food. Bubba says "mom, i want that!" i said, "no bubba, itans icky." his reply..... "but i love icky things!!!" lol

2011-01-22T20:07:00.001-08:00

Spending the first night in our new house! thank you grandma, grandpa and aunt rusty..... love you guys

2010-12-10T15:30:00.001-08:00

Abby snuggled in next to me not feeling well covering her right ear- "How come you keep breathing in my ear with your nose, mama?"

#7 - Abb talking to the birds

2010-11-02T19:59:00.000-07:00

Grandma and grandpa have some mexican gray?? birds that talk. they also imitate noises. and early in the morning too. so one of the most squawked sayings is "good boy".
it was one of the first nights being at the house. i asked abb to go get a couple books from the room...so she ran down the hall, paused, and then sneaked a couple steps into the room at the end of the hall where the birds are. which she usually shys away from the birds....

Abb: hi, i'm abby. i live here now (in a cute high voice)
bird: good boy
Abb: yea, good boy

she then spied me and ran into her room. i thought it was super cute of her to introduce herself ;)

2010-10-24T09:58:00.001-07:00

Totally JUST remembered i get to be the parent volunteer in Abby's class tomorrow!! woot woot!

tonight

2010-10-14T16:34:00.000-07:00

taking the kids to see the Nickelodeon Live show tonight at the Pioneer Center downtown! jb hear about it on the radio. i'm wicked excited about it!!

2010-10-12T09:29:00.001-07:00

Last night...Day 7/8 deli & frozen grocery freight. brrrrrrr. just got abb off to school. laying down for a nap :)

HEY!!!!!

2010-10-04T20:58:00.002-07:00

commenters on my blog!!! When i have time...I blog....so there! and now that i can post from my phone...I'v felt like i can blog more, thank you very much!

LOVE YOU TOO!!! lol

what do you think of the new banner pic?!?!?! one of my favs from the summer :)

Things i want to blog about

2010-10-04T18:57:00.004-07:00

1. DMB concert
2. Abby losing her SECOND tooth the day before starting kindergarten
3. Abby losing her FIRST tooth!
4. Dax's friend at Abby's school
5. Working at the WinCo in Reno
6. Lacey, WA
7. Abb talking to the birds

2010-10-04T18:57:00.003-07:00

(2/2) the Winco in Reno 5. Lacey, WA

2010-10-04T18:55:00.001-07:00

I can't believe i didnt blog about going to see DAVE!! wow...gonna have to get on that

2010-10-03T21:34:00.000-07:00

Woah...this just changed how i blog!

(I FINALLY linked my phone to my blog....i sent this from my phone!!! I thought i had to have a fancy-smancy phone. NOT TRUE! hahaha)

First day of school! first day of school!

2010-09-10T22:37:00.000-07:00

anyone else having 'Finding Nemo' flaskbacks? lol so....here it is! First day of school at Peavine Elementary in Reno, NV. My Abber Doo....oh sugar beat....we braided her hair after bath the night before so it would be wavy, just like she wanted :)

The countdown is over!

We picked out her outfit the night before

new shoes :)

'Apple' for the teacher...thank you Aunt M for the great idea! she wrote her name on the back of the leaf

couldnt find her backpack in the move...so bubba said she could use his haha

daddy and his baby girl.

woah... parents escorting their child in and helping them find their cubby and a place on the carpet

Mrs. Stone

20 boys and 10 girls in her class...she is about to sit by Brooklyn and Summer...her little girlfriends :)

All morning we had been calling Abb 'Kindergarten girl'...."ok kindergarten girl, go brush your teeth" "where is your backpack kindergarten girl?" ect. Her room is pretty fun, so when it was time to leave the classroom, Dax yells out, "I want be Kindergarten BOY!!"

the playground. welcome to Nevada haha. we left Abb to her class and Dax took off to the "park" of playgroup equipment

We drove around for a bit, and Dax fell asleep. He woke up and the first thing he said was "My Abby...where my Abby?" We got to the school and he wanted to just charge in the room "MY ABBY!! I SEE MY ABBY!!"

The move is on...

2010-08-19T11:22:00.002-07:00

So, we are packing up and heading to......

Any ideas....???? haha i picked that picture and then realized that I wouldn't know what town it is haha maybe if I knew hotels and mountain ranges. So the other widely photographed landmark is this...

Totally gave it away. So, yea. We are heading there this weekend after some help on saturday from the ward and fam and friends. I got a transfer to the south Reno store, but not until Sept 17th or 18th, so I will make one or 2 trips on my days off so I can be there for Abby's FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!!!! Holy crap.... and such.

tictac

2010-08-02T19:38:00.002-07:00

A few trips ago to Reno, either Grandma or Aunt Rusty bought Abb a pac of tic tacs. every checkout line she reminds me. "mom, those are the things [enter person] bought me! can we get some?!" We bought some the other day, and they have lasted a long time....that meaning they werent gone in an hour haha. So on the car ride home from swimming at moms, abb was sharing them with bubba. "careful bud, dont bite it! just suck on the candy." that's a good big sis :) so we get home and abb has shared a couple with him and he decides to share with me!

D: here you go mama! [hands me the tic tac]
Me: thanks bubba!
D: Suck it!

lol lol lol hahahaha hahaha that is what his sister told him haha

swing time

2010-08-01T20:11:00.002-07:00

Abby's love language as of recently, or i recently realized, is quality time. So when i got home from work today, she wanted me to push her on the swing. I was pushing and doing the "twisty whisty" and we were chatting.
Ab: do kids have kids?
Me: no, you should be older
Ab: so baby brothers grow up to be dads?
Me: yes, that's right
Ab: and girls grow up to be moms?
Me: yeppers
Ab: can i grow up and have kids?
Me: yes, if you would like to sugarbeat
Ab: yea, i think i will. because then i can be a mom, and then i'll be just like you!

love her....

p.s.

2010-08-01T20:10:00.000-07:00

30 days until the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND CONCERT!!!!!!!!!

seven 11

2010-07-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

it's my 2 year winco anniversary today.... yea.

R R R

2010-06-26T16:44:00.003-07:00

it's nice to know when .....when you're kids hear you lol i'v always been conscience of the planet (OXYGEN KILLERS!!!!!) not littering, recycling, turning off water and lights, we want to compost and garden and have less impact on the planet. We have talked about, and there are also commercials for "reduce, reuse, recycle", and so it's cute when Ab says "mom, we can reduce/reuse/recycle that!" :) so just now, dax asked if something was trash

D: trash, mama? I throw trash?
me: no, bubba, that's not trash
D: cycle, mama? I throw cycle?
me: [mouth open, eyes wide] ye..yes bubba. that goes in the recycle. lol

i kinda love this parenting gig ;)

more nakedness

2010-06-15T10:04:00.005-07:00

this was actually before the sprinklers...Abb was finishing up with the watering, so Dax went and rode his bike lol he drops his bottoms when he has to go potty...which was in the front yard this morning ;) still working on getting the training wheels off.... she's gets all emotional when we talk about lol

the kids like getting on the blog and watching the videos of themselves ha ha, so nothing real special about the video, other than no hands girl!! ...just something for them to laugh at.

planting

2010-06-14T21:18:00.002-07:00

I decided we needed some flowers in the half dozen planters we have by the front door ;), so I took the kids to the Shopko greenhouse (it's next to winco he he) on Saturday and we each picked a couple out. It was a nice morning today, so we went out and planted them. Dax liked pouring the water out of the jug and Abb liked getting the flowers out of the containers and planting them. It was a fun time decideing where to put them :) Once they were all in, Abb gave them the final watering for the day.

Day one. Abb chose the purple flowers and dax picked the vine plant on the right

I turned around and mentioned that the grass needed some water. "I've got an idea mama!!" water pouring out of the jug as she spun around like a sprinkler lol

"Can we turn the REAL sprinklers on?!?!?!" sprinklers on, clothes off! (abb is feeling her wet bum...not picking it lol)

playdoh mishap

2010-06-10T16:52:00.005-07:00

Abb asked to make playdoh, so we got it all in the pot....she likes to measure and pour everything in the pan. I think the measurement were a little off, because at the point where it should just ball up, it was all over and i couldn't stir it.
Me: Something is wrong here abb.
Ab: Make a prayer mom. Make a prayer and ask Jesus to help you. To help you be strong and fix it.

ummm ok! :) the prayer didnt work, but starting over with correct measurements did the trick. and a non-stick pan ;)

oh bubba

2010-06-07T16:33:00.002-07:00

D is doing pretty good with the potty-training. We ran out of diapers the other day, and I dont think we can go without them at night yet, so we talked about what to buy i.e. pull-ups or more diapers. I ended up buying both. JB and D stayed in the car while A and I ran inside and picked them out. Lucky for us they had Cars pull-ups. We got out to the car and A opens up the door and says "Look Bubba! Look what we got for you! It's Lightening bubba!" His eyes get all wide and a huge grin as he takes them in his hands. "Thank you Abbs!" he says. It was the sweetest thing. He kept repeating it. Thank you Abbs. You could just hear the genuine gratitude in his little voice :)

any one out there??

2010-05-25T18:01:00.004-07:00

sorry I've been more than lacking in my posts. I have a whole slew of posts I need to make. I write them all day in my head, week in and week out, and never seem to get them here. I wanted this to be more of a day to day "journal" of the little things that happen...like right now how the kids are laughing and jumping on the tramp saying back and forth to each other "yo-yo man!" what ever that means! lol. Or how the other day JB said, out of the blue, "Sometimes I wonder if the key to my life is in a dirtbike..." wow. lol So this is my May 25th resolution to get back to my four agreements, and do my best. Hopefully my posts will be more frequent, so that I can look and remember the little things...not just the events that I took pictures at ;)

April 24th

2010-04-30T18:16:00.002-07:00

We finally had a huge fam photo taken. The last time was in 2003...plenty of additions since then. Jb, I and the kids went outside and chatted while the photographer was taking individual family photos. M was there and snapped a couple pics of us. The kids were running around and didnt want to sit with us, so she took a few of Jb and I. Then Dax ran up to my back, and Abb came and sat and we got just the right pic. I love how they turned out. Thanks M!!! WE LOVE YOU!

When we got home, I took Abb in the back yard and took a couple pics of her. It was her b-day the next tuesday....so I thought I could get a "5 year old" pic a few days early. i LOVE this girl

Stretch it out

2010-03-23T07:57:00.006-07:00

- - - - So our camera hasn't been working correctly for months now....many, many, many months. Some how the batteries only last a day. IF that. So it's incredibly frustrating. I want to take pics but don't want to buy batteries for everyday. We tried rechargeable, but they wouldn't even last a few shots. So I get what I get and I don't throw a fit. Jb has been looking on ebay the last few days because he's been doing a few side jobs (and is tired of hearing me whine ha ha) so hopefully I will be behind the lens again soon... - - - -

I got a 'kid concoction' book from the library last week. I originally got it for a paint recipe I saw while skimming the pages. I was looking thru it yesterday and spotted this simple FUN recipe. [i tried to take pics of the kids making it, but alas...see explanation above] So we made it at noon and at 7pm the kids (and i) were still stretching and playing with it. Addictive.

FUNNY PUTTY

2 T White glue

3 drops food coloring

1T Liquid starch

1. pour glue in a small bowl and mix in the food coloring

2. pour liquid starch in a separate bowl and then drizzle the colored glue over it slowly

3. let sit for 5 minutes (the glue will absorb some of the starch)

4. stir with your finger for a few seconds and then start squishing and kneading the SLOPPY concoction until it becomes a rubber texture.

5. Have fun! store in a plastic egg or plastic bag

These were the only pics I could get before the camera died. Ugh. Try it out! Let me know what you think!!!
~also, speaking of stretching...I went to the church workout group yesterday and did more pushups that I have EVER, and my tricepts are sooooooooo sore today. It hurts to bend my elbow all the way lol sheesh