Lucy's new thrill in life is to torture and kill all insects she comes across. The girls have been finding a caterpillars in our back yard recently. Jolie always stays a safe distance away from them and enjoys watching them inch along. But not Lucy. She delights in stepping on them, squishing them with her fingers, and even burying them alive!
The other day we found a spider hanging on its' web in the garage. Lucy spent 20 minutes blowing as hard as she could so the spider would spin really fast. The poor thing didn't move after that that I could tell. Oh well!
I don't know where all of this aggression comes from. Every ant she meets is definitely going to be stepped on. And when Jolie chases the butterflies in the yard Lucy throws things at them. It is so silly. It must just be her way of learning about the world. Again, how did these girls get so different?
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
I finally...
finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Loved loved loved it! I even cried during one very sentimental part. Wow. I just want to read it again. So great. I wasn't disappointed at all. J.K. Rowling rocks! What did you think?
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Catch Phrase
Jolie just might be the silliest girl in the world. She pays such close attention to those around her. She has been the catch phrase queen lately. As we were lounging around our little pool today, Jolie plopped herself down on a beach chair and said, "Ah this is the life!" Where does she get these things? Why TV of course!
She has also been known to say, "You are exactly right."
And yesterday she told me that going to the beach was, "a wonderful dream come true."
Thanks to Dora the Explorer she counts in Spanish as often as English. And she uses the Spanish words for the different colors instead of the English words a lot of the time.
Perhaps the best of all is her prayers. She takes phrases she hears at church and puts them in her prayers. She doesn't even know what they mean, and they usually are not meant for prayers. She says stuff like, "Jesus prepared the way..." And "I will be baptized."
I love her so much! It is so fun to be her mom. I just wish I was better at keeping a straight face! I need to work on that. I don't want her becoming self conscience any time soon and stop this adorable habit.
She has also been known to say, "You are exactly right."
And yesterday she told me that going to the beach was, "a wonderful dream come true."
Thanks to Dora the Explorer she counts in Spanish as often as English. And she uses the Spanish words for the different colors instead of the English words a lot of the time.
Perhaps the best of all is her prayers. She takes phrases she hears at church and puts them in her prayers. She doesn't even know what they mean, and they usually are not meant for prayers. She says stuff like, "Jesus prepared the way..." And "I will be baptized."
I love her so much! It is so fun to be her mom. I just wish I was better at keeping a straight face! I need to work on that. I don't want her becoming self conscience any time soon and stop this adorable habit.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sister Sister
Okay, I know I have said this before, but my girls love each other so much. This is a totally random example but for some reason I just thought this was too funny.
So whenever Jolie's nail tears she has to stop whatever she is doing and pick at it until it is straight again. Even if she notices it right when we are in the middle of the street she won't move until it is taken care of. I just consider this another example of her OCD.
Yesterday Jolie noticed that Lucy's nail was tearing a bit. She grabbed her sister's hand and wouldn't let go for several minutes until she had fixed it.
Not only that but Lucy just sat there and let her do what she wanted for as long as she wanted.
I just love how much they need each other. I never knew this before Lucy came but there is really no better feeling than watching your children become great friends.
Being a mom is the best! I am so glad Lucy was a girl.
So whenever Jolie's nail tears she has to stop whatever she is doing and pick at it until it is straight again. Even if she notices it right when we are in the middle of the street she won't move until it is taken care of. I just consider this another example of her OCD.
Yesterday Jolie noticed that Lucy's nail was tearing a bit. She grabbed her sister's hand and wouldn't let go for several minutes until she had fixed it.
Not only that but Lucy just sat there and let her do what she wanted for as long as she wanted.
I just love how much they need each other. I never knew this before Lucy came but there is really no better feeling than watching your children become great friends.
Being a mom is the best! I am so glad Lucy was a girl.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Things I love (in no particular order):
my family
my home
the beach
reading
laughing
watermelon
children
swimming
the smell of sunscreen
rich chocolate
giggling girls
purple
sudoku
dates with Landon
TV
shopping
In and Out Burger
blogs
naptime
a clean house
every moment spent with my family
Disneyland
cooking/baking
Costco
anything girlie
watching my children play with others
my church
Obviously my list could go on forever. I have to admit I get to have most of these things quite often. I was realizing today how happy I am. How many people can say they are living the life they have always wanted? I am. Wow. I am so lucky. And the best part is that if I had none of those things but my family (and my church) I would still be the happiest girl in the world.
What are some of your favorite things?
my home
the beach
reading
laughing
watermelon
children
swimming
the smell of sunscreen
rich chocolate
giggling girls
purple
sudoku
dates with Landon
TV
shopping
In and Out Burger
blogs
naptime
a clean house
every moment spent with my family
Disneyland
cooking/baking
Costco
anything girlie
watching my children play with others
my church
Obviously my list could go on forever. I have to admit I get to have most of these things quite often. I was realizing today how happy I am. How many people can say they are living the life they have always wanted? I am. Wow. I am so lucky. And the best part is that if I had none of those things but my family (and my church) I would still be the happiest girl in the world.
What are some of your favorite things?
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
7-11
I hope you have all made your way over to 7-11 on this day 7-11. It is of course free slurpee day (squishees right now.) After nap time I took the girls to get slurpees and I learned that the free one here in our town was a tiny little dixie sized cup. You couldn't even put a straw in it let alone a lid. How am I to feed this to a 2 year old? So I sucked it up and paid for ours but it was a fun idea anyway! I remember in Provo you got the smallest regular size cup for free. Oh well, that's LA for you.
Speaking of 7-11 they have teamed up with the new Simpson's Movie and have made over a bunch of 7-11's around the country to look like the Kwik-e-mart. Check them out and see if there is one in your neighborhood. The one in LA is too far away to justify a visit even if my husband happens to be the all-time number one Simpson's fan. Let me know if you find one. I would love to hear about it.
I hope you are all staying cool. :)
Speaking of 7-11 they have teamed up with the new Simpson's Movie and have made over a bunch of 7-11's around the country to look like the Kwik-e-mart. Check them out and see if there is one in your neighborhood. The one in LA is too far away to justify a visit even if my husband happens to be the all-time number one Simpson's fan. Let me know if you find one. I would love to hear about it.
I hope you are all staying cool. :)
Monday, July 9, 2007
Jolie Quote of the week
Jolie is always saying the silliest things. I know I need to write (or type) them down so I can remember what a funny little thing she was.
Jolie has a shirt that I got from Old Navy that is pink and it says on it "Pink is the new black." Jolie wore it on our trip home from New York last week. The security woman helping us get our stuff through the security check had this conversation with Jolie.
Woman: Is this your backpack?
Jolie: Yep
Woman: I love it, it is pink just like your shirt.
Jolie: Yep, pink is the new black.
This was especially funny since the woman didn't even read her shirt. She laughed and laughed and went around telling all the other security people what Jolie had said.
She is my little fashionista!
Jolie has a shirt that I got from Old Navy that is pink and it says on it "Pink is the new black." Jolie wore it on our trip home from New York last week. The security woman helping us get our stuff through the security check had this conversation with Jolie.
Woman: Is this your backpack?
Jolie: Yep
Woman: I love it, it is pink just like your shirt.
Jolie: Yep, pink is the new black.
This was especially funny since the woman didn't even read her shirt. She laughed and laughed and went around telling all the other security people what Jolie had said.
She is my little fashionista!
Let's try this again...
Okay, for those who didn't know this about me I am totally computer retarded. Little did I know when I was doing my iweb blog and dragging and dropping the pictures and adding videos to my heart's desire, I was seriously slowing down our computer. So I have decided to start this blogger account and I just hope that I can figure this thing out!
Just in case you have been wondering what we have been up to here is the update.
We just got back from a fabulous trip to Ithaca, New York to visit all of Landon's family. All of his brothers were there, his parents and his grandma. We stayed in the sorority house that his brother Dillon and his wife Angella are house parents for. There were rooms for all and it was such fun! We had good times seeing the church historical sites, playing games, and bowling, and cherry picking (Jolie's personal favorite). The girls had a seriously busy time playing with their Nana and Pops and their cousin Miles. I just wish we could see them more often.
The only bummer was the traveling experience. The flights were long and hard. Traveling with little ones is exhausting. And we are still all jet lagged.
We are gearing up for Danny to come home in a little over 3 weeks! Wahoo! I just cannot contain my excitement for this. I want to have him home safe and sound and out of Africa. Too bad we will only have him for a few short weeks before he is up at BYU living in Liberty Square! (Where Landon and I met!)
So that is what we have been up to. I have had many requests to restart a blog so I hope that my friends have not forgotten me in my brief absence from the cyber world. I will try to be a regular poster again!
Just in case you have been wondering what we have been up to here is the update.
We just got back from a fabulous trip to Ithaca, New York to visit all of Landon's family. All of his brothers were there, his parents and his grandma. We stayed in the sorority house that his brother Dillon and his wife Angella are house parents for. There were rooms for all and it was such fun! We had good times seeing the church historical sites, playing games, and bowling, and cherry picking (Jolie's personal favorite). The girls had a seriously busy time playing with their Nana and Pops and their cousin Miles. I just wish we could see them more often.
The only bummer was the traveling experience. The flights were long and hard. Traveling with little ones is exhausting. And we are still all jet lagged.
We are gearing up for Danny to come home in a little over 3 weeks! Wahoo! I just cannot contain my excitement for this. I want to have him home safe and sound and out of Africa. Too bad we will only have him for a few short weeks before he is up at BYU living in Liberty Square! (Where Landon and I met!)
So that is what we have been up to. I have had many requests to restart a blog so I hope that my friends have not forgotten me in my brief absence from the cyber world. I will try to be a regular poster again!
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