keeping busy

yet another post about Lainee. sorry but it's good record for me

since I haven't kept up on my other journaling lately.

planting flowers

painting flower pots

building and playing in forts

spring time crafts

-In the last week or two we also went to feed the ducks at the nature park,

and visited the baby ducks and chicks at Cal Ranch because,

as you might already know, Lainee is the BIGGEST fuzzy animal fan.

-Lainee's favorite things to do at home are play with play doh,

take care of her babies, and to do her alphabet puzzle

(she's getting really good at her letters, colors, animals, and shapes).

-Her top three favorite movies are Mary Poppins, Tangled,

and Mickey Mouse Club House.

-When Lainee and I are home during the day we like to hang out with

our downstairs neighbors Lindsy and the two kids Nora and Mitchel.

They are tons of fun to play with and Lainee

just wants to do everything Nora does.

-Lainee loves seeing airplanes in the sky and

watching her daddy's remote control helicopter.

-She's already getting picky about what she wears

and she LOVES her fingernails painted (with butterflies),

and her hair in "ponies."

-When Lainee says "by si you" it really means "sit by you."

She has started speaking in some pretty good sentences such as:

"What doin'?" , "Where'd she go?" , "I want different cup" ,

"Do again" , "I play'th Nora's baby" , "open it a door" ,

"uh oh, I broke it" , "I go Dad's car" , "It's comin!" , "I wanna hold him"
"Put it up there" , "I talk to her"

.... and so on.... and I'm telling you when we're at home this girl

NEVER STOPS TALKING!

Oh and she thinks the fire extinguisher on our storage shelf is a penguin!

You know how the movie is never as good as the book?

Don't you hate that?

Great news... You don't have to hate anymore!!!

Oh. My. Wordy.

Soooooooooooooo GOOD!!!!

I admit that I can be a pretty critical person when it comes to these stupid movies always messing up my favorite stories but YOU GUYS, I honestly have nothing on this one (except that Katniss could have looked a little more like she came from starving District 12 and that of course you can't read her thoughts like you can in the book but as far as sticking to the actual story- PERFECTION).

Feeling Adventurous

So, I may or may not have given MYSELF A HAIRCUT!!!

The whole thing. Just an inch or two but I did it all myself and it worked!

Happy Birthday to Me

Yesterday was one of the best birthdays I've had for a few years.

Here are all the fun things I got to do!

Woke up in a hotel in Logan and coached some gymnastics.

Our kids did soo great!

Level 4 team.

Level 3 team.

Drove to Salt Lake.

Ate delicious lunch at Brick Oven and got a balloon.

Walked around the mall.

Got some new shoes for my birthday!

Watched Lainee play with herself in the mirror at Dick's Sporting Goods.

Ate my "birthday cake" at Mrs. Field's.

These cookie slices are the BOMB.

(horrible picture of me)

Walked around U of U campus and then...

Watched Utah  vs. Nebraska gymnastics meet.

#6 and 7 teams in the nation. It was amazing.

Lainee had to make sure every seat was unfolded

while we waited for the meet to start.

Everyone got these cool light sticks for senior night.

 Pyrotechnics.

Mommy's Little Cupcake. (Her favorite to watch is bars)

We got to see this!
http://youtu.be/RiTI76JKYQk

Georgia Dabritz on bars.

http://youtu.be/5pJFni5li9A

Kyndal Robarts on floor.

The choreography is not my fave but will you please watch her tumble

and look at her fabulous muscles!

 It was a long, late drive home but Garen was nice and
 drove the whole way.

There were beautiful flowers when I got home!

From my Mom, Dad, and sibs.

Thanks to my Terrific husband for

making this birthday

one to remember!

Sick & Tired

...of being sick and tired!

I think we all reach the point around this time of year

when we're just d-o-n-e done with the cold.

This is the top of our microwave,

and the sad part is, it looked just the same

this time last year...

After she and I got over our first nasty sore throat

with cough and cold,

Lainee got another really bad cold

that somehow came with an eye infection.

Luckily we've had lots of good indoor activities this winter.

Here is an example of Lainee's (and my) artwork.

...but you know you're running out of good ideas when

your kid starts asking to do things like sweep the floor.

(Here is just a random picture of Lainee

 helping Daddy Warbucks put Annie to bed.

We found the movie in the $5 bin and I could not resist buying it.)

"The Sun'll Come Out

Tomorrow, Tomorrow!"

I hope.

PS we're all better now and hopefully it stays that way.