I love you a bushel and a peck...: May 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Happy Dancer Girl!

Alivia was enjoying her new hat from Aunt Wendy. I got my camera out and had fun snapping a few while she was dancing. What a cutie!! Actually, I was lucky to get a picture of her laughing. She never poses for the camera, so our photo session was truly rare.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Addison's Birthday!!

Indiana Addi

What a wonderful day we had as our son celebrated his 6th birthday. He has blessed our lives in so many ways: his smile touches our hearts, and his kindness creates a strong bond in our family.

What a talented boy he has grown up to be! I have so enjoyed his baby dancing and his littly boy charm. He is also such an athlete. We all love going to his games and seeing the joy on his face if anyone on his team scores a goal.

Myles and he share a love of Calvin and Hobbes. It is so cute to watch them snuggle in bed and take turns reading the comics.

Addison freely shares his laughter with us all, and we are so lucky that we get to be his parents! Thank you, Addison, for all the fun you bring into our lives.

Addison in the pool at the Great Wolf Lodge

Addison and Lucas at the Sounders / Real game: Go Sounders!!

On his way to another goal.

Six cheers for the birthday boy.

The Kids on Easter

We had a wonderful time searching for jelly beans and M&Ms in the front room. This was the first time that the Easter Bunny left candy out and not inside eggs. The kids were so excited as it was easy to see and the room was full of candy. Their eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning. Alivia was so happy that she started twirling!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Alivia the tired princess

Alivia decided that a good way to occupy her time tonight would be to stamp herself. (Myles and I were cooking Japanese food and otherwise occupied.) She got out the princess stamp set and inked up. To complete the look, she took out a blue pen and put eyelashes over her eyebrows and lines under her eyes. What a beauty!! She was quite taken with herself. Addi, however, was not. His flat response to her exuberant shouts of: "I'm a princess!" was simple: "You are a tired princess with bags under your eyes."

(Luckily, she doesn't know what that meant and twirled happily.)

Kid-isms

When we asked Alivia what was on top of Mt. Ranier, she replied: "Mush. Mush cold wike [s]now."

Liv likes to say GUTS like Ramona does. I told her her guts were her insides, that everyone has them. One night I tickled her guts, and she cried out, "I can feel the seeds in my guts!" So cute; she thinks her guts are like pumpkin gusts therefore she must have pumpkin seeds insider her own guts.

As we are setting up the Nativity, Alivia saw the shepard and shouted, "Mary, Mary with her lamb!"

Addison says that Jesus is a little closer to home on Christmas.

Myles was asking the kids about helping to crack the eggs for our french toast. Liv declared that she knows a lot about eggs and Addison knows 'little bit.' She held up 5 fingers for a lot and 2 fingers for Addi's 'little bit.' Needless to say, she got to crack the eggs!

Alivia has learned to lock her door. Yes, I will be changing the knobs, but for now, I'm forced to use a pin. Yes, we've talked about how she's not supposed to do that, but when does that ever stop a three year old. Yesterday, while I was trying to unlock her door, I said, "Alivia, if you don't unlock your door now, you will lose a toy." She pushed a book underneath the door and said, "You have this book. It in time out." She didn't unlock the door.

I reminded Addison about Jayden's upcoming party at Chuck E. Cheese. I was surprised to see a worried look on his face.
"Mom, I'll go, but I don't want to eat the cake."
"Why not?"
"I don't like cheese cake."

I drove home today right when Addison was walking home from school. As I turned onto our street, I saw a little boy peeing in the road into a drainpipe, pants around his ankles. He heard the car, looked up and grinned. "Mom, that makes the best sound!"