Anniversary/Honesty/Preschool/BEDTIME!!!!

So to start, we had a not-so-happy-anniversary. It basically sucked. Mady had dance at 11:00 a.m. and they were getting pictures that day. I tore the my purse, the house, and the car apart for my wallet and found nothing. I had to pay for the pictures so I called Adam and asked him to go to the bank and call Albertsons to see if I left my wallet there the night before (and yep, the night before was a Sunday.. that's what I get). Albertsons didn't have it. Adam even went over there and him and several people searched every cart and the entire store...but nothing. We left the cart outside so anyone could have grabbed it. So we went home and cancelled all our debit, credit, and store cards. Went to the bank and put a hold on my checks. We did squeeze in lunch before we took Mady to school. And then I spent the rest of the afternoon finishing up and putting a fraud alert on my social security card which was behind my license. STUPID! NEVER KEEP THAT IN YOUR WALLET! I knew that, but I even had Noah's in there too; oh and $120 cash. Afterwards we picked mady up, went to Wal Mart and then to JaLayn's little boys birthday. We came home resolved that someone must have really needed it more then me, but still super stressed. Adam had plans for flowers and a surprise lunch. I was going to let the kids make him cards and take him balloons to work..but none of that happened. Kind of depressing. The whole day went by without much acknowledgement, just stress. However, the next morning I got a call from Albertsons!!! My wallet was sitting on their customer service counter when they opened. EVERYTHING was there, even the $. Thank goodness there are still honest people out there. So we are going on a date Friday for our Anniversary and Adam's sister is babysitting. We're looking forward to that. What a relief! We also went to the temple last night with Adam's Dad and Terri, while Aubrey baby sat. Then we all had dinner at our house. It was such a nice night; we definitely feel that we don't go enough. And we feel so good when we do!!
So today was the last day of Pre-school for Mady. Both her and Noah will start school in May. But today the parents were invited for the last 20 min and to have a treat. It's so fun to see Mady in her comfort zone. She's such a big girl. Noah loved it there too, so I hope that means he will do well. So here's a few pics of today!


Mady showing us the class guinea pig.


Noah LOVED it.


They had a "circus" day today and Mady had to show the Lion to us!


So I've been excited to re-decorate Noah's room. It's fun to make it look like
a big boy room. "bittersweet" :) But we are doing it in black, tan, and red, with a sports theme. It's fun. Just wish we could paint! Hopefully soon. I'll have to take pictures when I actually get all that I'm planning done. Other then that...bedtime has been AWFUL! He will not go to sleep unless we are laying by him. We played this game with him for almost an hour tonight before Adam finally gave in and laid down with him. He fell asleep in like 5 minutes. I tried too and he just kept saying, "mommy. you hold me. I hold you" He would put his arm around me and play with my hair... but not go to sleep. so frustrating. Oh well. I think he might be cutting his molars. We'll see. We had to lock Mady out of our room and that fixed the problem in 2 nights, but it was sad. Noah is just too young for that. So we are hoping this is short lived. Wish us luck.

Just a cute picture of Noah during his nap. He looks so little and comfy.

My Big Little Boy

So today was bittersweet. We took down the crib and it is in the garage. It has been up in our house for 4 years and I almost cried watching Adam take it down. But we put our little boy in a big boy bed. I really think he will sleep better. It's more comfortable and bigger. And he loves it...he jumped right in it and said "My bed! It's comfy!" so I'm hoping he sleeps well. He's sure cute. So now we are going to do some re-decorating and take down his "baby" stuff. :( Like I said...it's "bittersweet".

Another thing that has been fun with him is that he loves church. He's doing so well. He learns fast. We talked about the temple once, and today we went to Adam's Dad's and he looked at the computer screen and said, "Dad! The temple. Behind you." it was very cute. He also said the prayer before bed (with Adam's help of course), but he said the whole thing. He can almost bless the food by himself... he's even had to remind us a couple times. He'll fold his arms and say, "Prayer?" Oh, And he got accepted into the Toddler Lab at the college. he'll go May-July. I think he will love it. He's so excited to "go to school like Mady". It's happy/sad to see him hit so many mile stones.
Just a cute picture of him eating lunch. He was so tired that he would take a bit and then lay his head down. so cute!

Mady is doing well too. She's loving school and dance. She is EXTREMELY anxious to get outside. Her and daddy spent time outside cleaning up the yard. She loved "helping" him.

Mady got the movie "Princess and the Frog" and it's definitely her new favorite. She already knows all the songs. It's really cute to hear her sing them from the other room. She's had a love for dresses lately too. She likes to twirl in them, but it's still a little cold to wear those through the day yet. She's certainly our girly girl.
Other then that we are all doing well. Me and Adam ended up with the flu too, but we are feeling better now. Tomorrow is our 7th Anniversary and I cannot believe it. So much has happened and our family has made so much progress. The only thing I wished we had by this point is a house, but we're working on that. Even so, that is just a possession...we have everything we need. Each other. I am so grateful for Adam and the good husband and dad that he is. Our children adore him and he is so good to me. Maybe more so that I deserve sometimes, but I feel like we compliment each other well. We've been through so much in the 10 years and I hope that each year just gets better! I love him so much and I'm so grateful that we have eternity with each other and our families!

Some Seriously Sick Kiddos

Well I officially hate strawberry Crystal Light. I know I will never buy it again. When something is puked up over and over it just messes with me. I wouldn't eat the Chicken flavored Ramen noodles for YEARS, like 15! So Monday night was miserable. Noah kept getting up all night and it's hard when you don't know what's wrong. But I finally let him climb in bed with me at like 2 a.m. just to have him puke all over me, all over him and all over our bed. NOT FUN. I just got him in the shower with me while Adam cleaned up the bed, the floor, the towels etc...I was up with him until 4:30 while he threw up every 1/2 hour. he slept until like 7:30 and then it started again. I was suppose to work last night but luckily someone switched me for tomorrow night. Thank goodness it wasn't tonight, because guess who came in our room covered in puke at 5:30 a.m.? Yup. Mady. It's 7:30 and she's already thrown up 4 times. It's not starting out well. I don't know how people do this with 3 and 4 kids, or MORE. uhhh. It's so sad seeing them sick, it breaks my heart. And I am sick of doing laundry! I think we've used every towel in the house. At least she can hit the bucket most of the time. Anyhow...wish us luck.
Well Noah just woke up...this should be fun ("This too shall pass....") :)

I also had to post these pictures for Jamie because we FINALLY got batteries for the Elefun game she got them for Christmas. We played it Monday and they LOVED it.


I also had to post some pictures of a couple projects I did this week. I love the beaded watch bands. I made so many for people for Christmas that I never made much for myself. So I finally put a few together. And I love my recipe box. I actually bought it at a craft store and then I didn't really like the paper and design much. So I ripped it a all off and re-did it. It turned out cute.

Saving for the future!

We finally emptied the kids piggy banks and opened each of them a savings account. The kids got excited to see all their money. It was kind of funny. In the process of emptying Mady's we found monopoly money, barbie money and even some plastic coins that may be stuck in there forever because I can't get them out.:) So Mady has had her piggy bank for almost 3 years and she had $234.50 and Noah has had his for not quite a year and a half and he had $94.81. Not too bad for a couple of toddlers. We try to give them money on the holidays and whenever we have a little extra. They get ALL of our change and whenever grandparents or anyone send them money we put some or all of it in there. The get super excited to 'feed their piggies'. My mom adds to it quite often too and they love it. In fact this morning my mom left a $20 bill on the counter for Adam to go get us all breakfast, and when she turned around it was gone. They looked everywhere for it and finally Adam asked mady and she said she fed her pig. Sure enough, she'd found the money on the counter and thought, Yippee and shoved it in her bank! So we can't really leave money laying around. It will disappear. Anyhow I thought it was a good experience and they were excited to see the lady at the bank dump all their coins in the machine. Now we have empty piggies to feed!

Anxious for Summer Much?

So today I went to Reflections, where Brigitte, my soon-to-be step sister works. I put sandals on and went to get my toes done. They're called glitter toes and they are very cute! But when I got in my car and opened the garage it was snowing. HUGE flakes. Even though I know it won't stick, it was cold and crappy. My kids want out! I want to let them out! preferably in the sun though. So we're still waiting...I realize it's only March. I guess we just get inpatient. The other day though it was like 40 degrees, I know, YEA. but we took the kids out in the driveway that has recently surfaced through the snow. We got out Mady's tricycle and Noah's 4-wheeler. They loved it!


The other thing is that I'm totally feeling the itch for spring cleaning. Not that I really WANT to do it...I just want it done. We have closets that need cleaned out, clothes that need gone through, things that need scrubbed, things that need moved and vacuumed under..etc..etc. I'm just waiting for the motivation to come with the itch. :)
Well everyone is doing good. We've been kind of relaxing and watching movies lately and we haven't done that for awhile. Just a recommendation: The Time Travelers Wife is a great movie! A tear jerker in some spots, but a good movie that made both me and Adam walk away appreciating our family more. Crazy how a movie can do that. Anyhow... Noah is doing good. Not much new there. Still a wild child. One thing that has been nice: at church he's been going to nursery really well. The nursery teachers even stopped us in the hall and said he is the best little boy. He is so well natured, he's nice to everyone and always shares. As a parent that really makes me feel good. He's certainly not always that way with Mady, which I think is just a sibling thing, but I'm glad to hear that he treats other kids good. I just have to include a cute picture of Noah walking in Adam's shoes...he loves to do anything Adam does. :)

Mady is doing well too. She's really in to wanting to help me in the kitchen. She's a lot of fun and gets so excited about it. She also LOVES getting her nails painted she tells everyone they are "pretty", but if she sees someones nails without polish they're "ugly". Oops. That's my fault. To keep her from picking it off I would tell her, "we don't want them to be ugly, so we have to leave the polish on so they stay pretty." She remembered all too well. It has been fun to be in sharing time with her in primary. I teared up on Sunday when I watched her sing the words and do all the actions to the songs. She's getting big so fast, and starting to absorb more then I realize. It's great, but sad, because part of me wants my kids to always stay little enough that I can hold them and protect them! I get excited and sad at the same time. Crazy mommies we all can be.

Busy Days With the Kids...

Some days when the kids are all tucked in bed... I sit there and think, "what did I accomplish today?" honestly. I feel like I chase my tail all day cleaning up after the kids, and like I'm constantly answering their demands. I don't really mind. This is what I want; to be here with my kids. But I feel like I just don't get much ME time. I really need to work out, I love scrap booking, bathrooms need cleaned, laundry...yeah don't get me started. I really need to balance things better. That is my goal! :) At least I can say every day with them involves a laugh. The other night we had just gotten Noah off the potty and he was naked. Well he ran off and we couldn't find him. I went in his room and could hear giggling from under his crib.

He like DIVES under there. He's so quick. As I'm taking a picture of him he says, "I pee." I thought he was talking about the potty so I told him he was a good boy. As I drag him out I realize he peed on the floor. naughty little boy. While Adam was putting his jammies on and telling him how we only pee in the potty he says, "Mommy clean it. Pee." Yeah thanks buddy. We're not reallly potty training, but he has peed in the potty like 5 times in the last 2 days. He gets it and can do it any time you set him on it. I think we could potty train him, I'm just waiting to have it in myself to do it. I've heard boys are harder then girls. So I'm scared. :) But he loves getting on the potty like a big boy and he yells, "Mommy! I do it!" He makes me laugh with his funny comments. Last night Adam was vacuuming and before he could even plug it in, Noah pulled his out. He was so funny, moving the cord and saying "Move it Daddy. I help you."

I love this little guy. He's such my little man. And such a mommas boy lately. but a couple weeks ago he was totally a daddy's boy. I guess he switches teams easily! He just has too much personality.

Mady had another dance performance on Saturday. It was their new dance (notice the cute new tutu) And while she was completely adorable, it went the same as all the rest.



We've debated about taking her out of dance, but she loves it. She loves going, and today at dance she did EVERY move to BOTH dances. It's funny to see how much she remembers the dance and then to see her freeze up like that. I guess I need to take the video camera to dance class so I can actually get something on it. :) But we've decided we will keep her in it, because she loves it and it's good for her. And everyone has said, who knows? Maybe one day she will just surprise us. Anyhow... we had a fun day. My mom and Brigitte came. And then we all went to lunch. All in all, it was a fun day.