"Poop Cereal"

Rachel came up to me this morning, asking if I could get her some "poop cereal". I was so sure that I had heard her wrong. So I asked again what she wanted. And again she said, more emphatically, that she wanted "poop cereal".

I thought she was just being silly, but I went ahead and let her show me what she was talking about. And it turned out to be "Cocoa Puffs"....which, now that I think about it....looks an awful lot like....well, let's just say that Rachel wasn't all that far off :)

"Wait...what's a needle?"

Tyler was out feeding chickens and managed to get a splinter in the palm of his hand. I tried to get it out with tweezers, but it was a stubborn little sucker- and the tweezers weren't even touching it. So I told Tyler that I needed to get a needle to help get it out. He immediately started crying, and begging me NOT to use the needle.

Tyler: "Is it going to hurt?"

Mom: "A little, but it will hurt more if you leave the splinter in your hand and it gets infected."

Tyler: (crying) "But I don't want you to use a needle. Please don't use a needle. (pause) Wait...what's a needle?"

We both started laughing and I was able to take out the splinter without Tyler even realizing I had even poked him! It was great!!

"Your Cousin that eats rugs..."

Recently, while driving, my kids were asking me if I knew anyone that was in jail. I mentioned that I had a cousin who went to jail. Of course they asked why...so I had explained that he had started doing drugs and got caught stealing things in order to buy more drugs. I didn't really think much more about the conversation until just last week when Hannah begun asking me questions.

Hannah: "Mom, do you remember that cousin that likes to eat....um, what do you call it?"

Mom: "I'm not sure, honey. What are you talking about?"

Hannah: "You know. You have a cousin that likes to eat these things....it's kinda like carpet....Grandma has some at her house..."

At this point, I am all kinds of confused and completely lost. So I sat for a minute, shaking my head, trying to make sense of what she's trying to say. Then she blurted out...

Hannah: "RUGS! That's it. Rugs. Do you remember your cousin that eats rugs?"

Right there it all came together and I started laughing so hard I was practically crying.

Mom: "DRUGS, honey. Not rugs. My cousin took drugs."

Hannah: "Ohhhhh. (pause) What are drugs?"

I loved it. This whole time, Hannah thought I had a cousin who went to jail for eating rugs.

Happy Father's Day!!!

I love all holidays that include celebrating Vern. This time we came up with a fun project where I took pictures of each of my kids holding a blank sheet of cardstock, then I went onto Photoshop and made little signs that I imposed over the blank cardstock. It was really a lot of fun! And definitely worth sharing (since I can't show Vern...yet!!). So fun!!

PHOTO ALBUM | "Our Baseball Boy"

We are a baseball family...and Tyler is a baseball boy!! This year, we wanted to keep Tyler with this awesome couch he had last year- so we worked some magic and moved Tyler up a year early to Coach Pitch!! Which made him the youngest on the team, and yet...he still managed to make the Allstar Team (and hold his own)!! Can you tell, I can't seem to resist the urge to brag (I need to work on the whole humility thing!!)

And just to make it a little more special, Tyler's cousins from Oklahoma were there to lend their support!! He thought it was pretty cool (or maybe it was just the popsicles)!!

Fun with the Okies

The true highlight of this June was having Katie and her kids come to visit from Oklahoma!!
Rachel LOVED giving loves to Aster and LOTS of hugs to Sydney!!

Even if it meant a little bit of chasing!!

And with the right company...even just washing cars becomes to BEST TIME EVER!!!
But, even with all the car-washing-fun...we still took a fun little trip up to see Grandma & Grandpa Lee in Camp Verde!!





Pictures describe what words can never say....TOTAL & COMPLETE FUN!!!

PHOTO ALBUM | "Happy Birthday to Hannah"

YEAH!! My little Hannah is 4!! She is getting so big, so fast. But no worries...she is still just as SASSY as ever!

"Look Daddy!" (I still haven't seen them actually ON her feet!)

The night before her BIG birthday, Grandma and I took Hannah out on a special date! We started with some pictures (the bonus was the big ol' lollipop) and a special dinner!! Just Hannah (which is JUST how she likes it!)

Then, on to the party!! All water, all fun!! Here she is...taking on the boys!! (does that surprise anyone?)

Happy Birthday to you, Baby Girl!!