Making Doughnuts

I wrote this post and then the computer wouldn’t let me post it because Live Writer was not on speaking terms with our web hosting something or other, but it appears that they’ve settled their differences, so here it is.
The kids decided that they wanted to make doughnuts instead of going on an outing after [...]

I need more mom time!

I am grateful that I got to see my mom last weekend, even if it was a very short visit. She is seriously one of my very favorite people and no matter how much time I get with her, I always want more.
She flew in on Saturday and spent Monday night at Krista’s before [...]

Mouth Pain

I had a little spot on my tongue where once I had bitten it.  After the first bite, it grew a little lump.  This made it more prone to biting.  As time went on, the vicious cycle continued.  A couple of weeks ago, I gave it a really good chomp.  Well, it got big enough [...]

Isaac Quotes

“I would like my own pet ant and I could open up it’s cage and put it in the bath and it would swim.” Isaac
“Mom, is Orem attached to Provo with screws?” Isaac

Bryan’s First Week

My youngest brother moved in on February 11th and will be living with us for an unspecified amount of time (we’re still building his room–sorry Bryan). Anyway, I thought his first week was worth writing about, so here goes:
He arrived on Wednesday night just in time for dinner. Little Nicole stared at him [...]

Uncle Bryan

Coming soon: Bryan’s first week in review, but first I wanted to share a few little notes that Isaac wrote to his grandparents about his uncle.
First he had Zach write the following:
Grandma Bunny,
Don’t be sad. Uncle Bryan is here to help us.
Love, Isaac
Then I had him tell me what to write in [...]

What Isaac has to say

While doing chores this evening, Isaac asked “Mom, am I saving the planet by doing my chores?” Later he asked “Is the planet saved yet?” meaning ‘have I completed this chore to your satisfaction.’
A little later he asked “Mommy, what time will you be big enough to have two babies in you?” [...]

Elementary School, Part 1

I went to Clinton Elementary school from Kindergarten through 6th grade. Of all the elementary schools in our school district, I thought Clinton was the most attractive. It was located in the middle of the country with big white columns in the front. I have a very imperfect memory of things so I’ll do my [...]

From the mouths of kids

Here are some recent things the kids said:
“I would sleep so hard that I couldn’t wake up. I’d be stuck asleep and you’d have to kiss me to wake me up. Would you kiss me? And after her birthday I would be stuck sleeping if you don’t kiss me.” Isaac (possibly [...]

Canguno

Charlotte: There’s a grey cat on Grandma’s bed
Me: Is that can’s name Zelda?
Charlotte: No, Canguno.
Me: What happened to the name Zelda?
Charlotte: It got broken.
Me: Who broke it?
Charlotte: Me did it.
Me: How did you break it?
**SILENCE**
Me: Did you drop it?
Charlotte: Yeah, I was running in Grandma’s [...]

Just for fun

The blog publishing software that I usually use is not working, which is annoying because I don’t know javascript well enough to figure out how to get my pictures exactly where and how I like them. So I wondered if I could still insert a slideshow, Here are a series of pictures of Nicole [...]

My Little Nicole

I just love this picture of Nicole so I had to write a post about her as an excuse to post it.
She is growing up so fast. My little Nicole loves to hear laughter. She can be in the middle of crying and if she hears laughter, she’ll stop crying and smile as [...]

“The piggy does bad things” by: Isaac Cochran

The piggy is crazy things and tries to try to get people and tries to get paper and tries to do bad things and make bad decisions and tries to kill monsters and Ghosts and tries to break other paper and tries to break the rules and tries to do racing without it’s mommy [...]

Crawling

Nicole has gotten really good at crawling—backwards. She can’t seem to figure out how to go forwards. I’ll put her down on a blanket with toys while I clean up after lunch and when I come back she’s backed herself in a corner and can’t get out. The worst is when she’s [...]

Posts and Pictures

I use Window’s Live Writer to do most of my posts. For some reason unknown to me, I cannot post with it today so I am using the Quick Press option in my admin dashboard, So if my pictures look stretched and oddly placed, I’m sorry–I don’t know how to fix it in here.

Opposites?

Some days I wonder how my oldest two can be so opposite. The other morning Isaac was using the potty and Charlotte claimed she needed to go. She insisted she could only use the potty that Isaac was using, no other potty would do. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be interrupted to change to [...]