Just some cute pics

EASTER!

Here are a few Easter pictures. On Saturday, the day before Easter, we had a neighborhood Easter egg hunt in the morning.

The Stash!!!

When Christian figured out there was candy in the eggs, he was done picking up eggs and wanted to eat!!!

Christian picking up eggs.

Claire finding Eggs

Kiddos waiting for the hunt to start.

These are just some pics I took of the kids yesterday while they were playing in Christian's room. Claire is yelling "I want it." (I took her toy, trying to get her to look at the camera and this is all I got.") They're just so fun. I absolutely love being a mom!!! :)

A Cute Claire Moment

A couple of days ago, Claire got some new cups. This might sound funny, but they were not just any cups. They were stacking cups. Anyone who knows Claire, knows that she absolutely loves things that stack, one inside of the other. This is why she loves the little Russian stacking dolls (Or Santa toys, as she refers to them), which she hides inside of a box, inside of another box, inside of another box, in the cupboard under my bathroom sink, with the bathroom door closed and then my bedroom door closed: all of this for the sake of not letting Bruddy get them. Whew.

So back to my story. We just bought one set of stacking cups at Toys R' Us, thinking Christian wouldn't care about them that much. Wrong. He did, but Claire absolutely wouldn't share. So as he was crying, I said to her, "Claire. You really need to share with your brother. That's what Heavenly Father wants us to do. He loves it when we share."

It was quiet for like three minutes, which is a considerable amount of time for a three year old. I could tell she was really contemplating things. She then said to me, "Mommy." I answered, "Yes." "Mommy, will Heavenly Father make me die if I don't share?" At first I was a little taken aback and explained to her while laughing that of course Heavenly Father wouldn't make her die if she didn't share. It's a good thing, too, because if that's all it took, I'd have been dead long ago........needless to say, I guess Claire was satisfied with my answer because she still wouldn't share!!! :)

Making it Happen

Kind of a "Poopy" Day

First of all, I must begin by asking why every toddler thinks the word "poop" is so hilarious? Oh, wait, my husband, Nate, kind of does too. Claire has started calling her dad a poop when she wants to be funny. (I do think that's kind of funny.) Also, she thinks that telling you to eat poop or that she's eating it is hilarious also.

That is just a side-note. Today actually just started out bad. Someone in the family was in a bad mood, and it wasn't me or the kids....but I won't say who it was. So things just didn't go that smoothly. We went to Idaho Falls and missed the kids naps, which is fine once in a while, but then in the evening they can be holy terrors.

Then, we got home, had dinner (whole wheat pancakes and eggs--a typical Saturday night meal) and I gave the kids a bath. They love baths and get so excited about them. I'm sure that will change at some point. So, I'm bathing them and Christian just stands up. I thought nothing of it because he always stands up. But then, two seconds later I see this poop log floating in my bathtub. I was surprised and appalled. Believe it or not, in my three and a half years of being a mom, I've never had this happen. So, with the mommy reflexes, I quickly grab the log, barehanded, and throw it into the toilet and then immediately scrub my hands, thinking to myself, "Well at least it was a log so it didn't get all over the place." Yeah, I was wrong! When I turn around to face the bathtub again, there are little poop clouds and pieces everywhere. I schreeched and grabbed Claire yelling, "Get out. There's poop everywhere." (She wasn't laughing at the word poop at the moment since she was swimming in it.) Then I had to grab Christian, clean him off, and get them both out of the bathroom and dressed for bed. So, needless to say, I spent the next 20 minutes sanitizing my bathtub. I threw away the little racoon bath glove that they were playing with....that's just disgusting.

So my day was full of poop, but it's better now. We got new organizers for our closets and shoe racks for the shoes, and while I don't love gutting my room out, I love the end result!!!

Here We Go!!!!

Ok. So here we go. We're gonna try a blog. This is mostly so that I'll actually do some sort of record-keeping of my life, and if others have interest in reading this, go for it. No promises that it'll be very exciting!!