Pachelbel Bedtime

This song on you tube made me laugh so hard and it really summarizes our bedtime routines.

Turning 3

Madelyn celebrated her 3rd birthday more than a month ago. Deciding on a theme for her party was rather difficult. Everytime you asked her what kind of party she wanted, you would get a different answer. The 3 top choices were pink, princess, and barbie. I decided to forget all of them and go with a swim party at one of our neighborhood pools. But the weather was not on my side (Has it been on anyone's side this summer?), and at the last minute I was pulling together a princess party. There are a lot of advantages to 3 girls. Here are a few . . .
1. I have made princess cakes before and have saved the princess figurines.
2. We own 4 different princess dresses and were able to outfit Madelyn and her 3 friends quite nicely.
3. We have a large selection of Disney Princess dance-alongs.
and
4. We have a very large Cinderella pop up tent.

All in all, it was the easiest party I have ever thrown. Madelyn had a great time. It is hard to believe that she is 3 years old already. I just can't say enough about how sweet she is. Right now she has a few funny expressions. Whenever I ask her to do something she does not want to do (put away a toy, eat lunch, get in the car, etc. . .) she folds her arms and looks demurely down and says rather pathetically, "but my tummy hurt me". That excuse must have worked at some time and so now she tries it for everything. Another one is if she is ever crying and you ask her what is wrong she immediately replies "my sissy being mean to me". She says that even when they are not home. Oh she is too funny.

Eclipse

I read pretty much all day. I thought it was awesome.

My little pioneers!

We had a pioneer activity and took the kids pictures. I think they turned out cute!

It finally happened

The first tooth came out!

One crazy early morning

Adam woke up the other day at 5:00 a.m. I got up to feed him and fell asleep nursing him until about 6:30. At that point he was awake and we came downstairs. When I went in my room this is what I found. All 3 girls had gotten in bed with Trent and were sound asleep. Boy did they ever seize the opportunity!

Where have I been?

Well. . . my hard drive crashed and I am without a computer, a new one has been ordered and hopefully I'll be back. I also have been in Utah for a quick weekend. Trent and I and Adam went to Salt Lake for Trent's grandpa's funeral. You can read his obituary here if you want. It was so nice to be with all our family for that. Since the funeral Trent and I have been reading his personal history -- we did not know he had written one -- it has been fascinating. There is just so much about people that you never know. We just wish we had read it before he was gone so we could ask him questions about it. We are so grateful that he wrote it -- so let this be a lesson to all of us -- keep a journal (or a blog) and write a personal history.

Some time when I actually have a few quiet moments of reflection I will try and write a little more about his Grandpa.