Me Go To School

Bailey goes to a creative capsule class on the first Tuesday of every month. We call it school and she is so in love with the idea of being a big girl and going to school just like Daddy. A few of her creations from today's class. 

"Me go to school and Daddy go to school." So proud of herself.

Trash Can

My phone has been missing since the beginning of December. After about a week of it missing I knew it was lost because I actually took the time to look for it and could not find it (Yes it did take me a week to actually start looking for it and it was only this soon because of Sam's constant nagging). By the end of our Christmas vacation I just counted it as lost forever and chalked it up to one of the children finding a solid hiding spot or me dropping it on an errand. That is until I was washing the dishes tonight and witnessed a little mini Hazel walk over to the trash can and throw away a toy. I opened up the can to retrieve it and found two more toys on top. 

 That is about the time I called in some reinforcements. I do not do stinky trash cans and I figured Sam is going to have to see some pretty disgusting things in his career so he may as well get used to it now. He managed to find a few more toys at the bottom of the trash bag including that stupid magic wand that malfunctioned all night long. I do regret saving that one.

Since the incident we have retrieved countless other items from the trash can and have noticed quite a few of our leap frog magnet letters missing from the fridge. I am also going to blame Hazel for throwing my phone away; not because I have proof, but just because I can. I vaguely remember Bails going through this stage, but our only real true loss was possibly the purple sippy cup. I would just like to go on record and say that before I had children I never broke or lost a single phone; and now that I have been a mother for two and a half years I am on my fifth phone; brain cells and phones are being lost at a rapid rate in this house.

Grandma Pam

Grandma Pam came to town for a good family friend's wedding. Although in this house we just call her Grandma. Whenever we add the Pam on the end Bailey is very quick to correct us. We got to hang out with her all weekend and the girls were in heaven. She also babysat for us so Sam and I could go to Costco and Trader Joe's with no kids which also equals my heaven.

It was a nice little vacation/break from our three days back at school. Please come back and visit us anytime Grandma Pam. We love you.

Bath Water

Seriously, why do my kids love to drink the bath water? So disgusting. 

Love my cute little babies.

Center Stage

Magic wands can also be used as microphones. And when you can recruit a little 3 person group to sing and dance the night away it can be quite entertaining.

 There were a few solos and duets and the venue consisted of household favorites like 'Once there was a Snowman,' Fix you by Coldplay, 'I see the light' from Tangled, 'Wheels on the Bus' (but only the mommy, baby, and driver of course), and anything by Josh Groban. 

 Hazel takes on more of the dancing roll and has mastered the circle pivot. She plants that foot and spins. I would say I foresee a promising career in basketball for her, but I am pretty sure she is going to be the teeniest of teeny.

And of course you end your show with nothing less than a bow and standing ovation from the crowd. Well done my little music group.

Sledding

In order to celebrate the new year, Dana and David's quick pit stop in Utah, and the fact that we were well rested with our 10:30 ish new year's eve bedtime we headed over to Sugarhouse Park to test out the superb sledding hills. We all geared up in our winter clothes and drove over. I will admit that I was terrified as soon as I climbed up the first hill. I hadn't been sledding in years and I think my lifetime total may be like 2 or 3 times including this day. My first run down I made Sam sit in front of me and I closed my eyes and held on for dear life. It was scary, but not awful so I ventured up the hill again with Sam and Hazel in tow. Before this run I did tell Sam that he was solely responsible for all of our lives and that all the stopping and steering was his job.

 He managed to do his job just fine. Not only did we survive, but we stayed on the sled despite some large bumps we found on the way down.

 Dana and David were not as lucky.

 Especially when Robby and Bails came plowing down behind them and managed to run them over. I am pretty sure this is the run that took Bails cheering and asking for more to deciding she did not want to sled anymore, especially with Robby.

 

 I think this run of Sam, Bails, and I turning sideways and then ultimately backwards with me screaming my lungs out finally did her in and she was done with the big hills and onto the 'baby hills' to the left.

 Hazel in her 3-6 month bear suit. Good thing she is pocket size and still fits in almost anything we need her to fit into.

 We decided to do a little race. Hazel and I vs. Rob and Bails. I am pretty sure I won and I would like to solely thank the bundles of hay for saving our lives and almost breaking my ankle.

I would also like to thank Aleesha for arriving just in time to park in the spot that stopped my run from heading all the way across the street. And I should probably publicly apologize for scaring my daughter so badly that she was crying and wanting to go home. I guess I scream louder than I think I do.

 Bails was a trooper as was Hazel. Hazel would mostly whine the whole way down and then sit silently as we picked her up. Bails mood depended on the ride. If she got sprayed in the face or turned around backwards she was ready to be done. Otherwise she was begging for more. 

 Regardless we all had a ton of fun and were spared any injuries or hospital visits.

Thanks for coming everyone. Lets do it again soon.

New Year's

It is that time of year again. The time to reflect on the past year and to try to think of all the ways that we can be better in the new one to come.

Sam vows to be nicer (That was all he had to input). Also to keep up on his schoolwork and to study hard whilst juggling his father and husband duties so i don't go completely insane.

Terri will try to continue on with her daily running routine. I think at least 20 miles per week will be my goal. In addition, I will try to keep the house clean with my weekly chore chart, the family fed with more organic, healthy foods, and a weekly family activity full of fun. Wish me luck because I am definitely going to need it.

Bailey will be potty trained this year. She will also master the English language.

Hazel will learn to run and talk. Most likely so she can drive her mother crazy.