I have about a million things I want to blog about! Next week should be a LOT more mellow than this week was and I’m hoping to catch up on my blog then!
For now I’ll just post this picture of my kids that makes me smile ð 
Month: March 2013
iPod
The new rule is no kids can play with it since they broke it last time. Except Ember, since she is genuinely extremely careful with it and my gosh is it a fantastic distraction I let her use it. She LOVES the Teach Me toddler and Monkey Lunchbox apps. 
Taking a Walk with the Kids
I try to take a walk every day. The little kids love going on walks. 
I bring the stroller for when we walk along the busier road in our neighborhood. And for the last few minutes of the walk home since neither kid is in a great mood by then (wanting to stay outside all night!) and pushing them quickly home the last two blocks is better than standing there calling their names every five seconds and telling them to “just.keep.walking!” 
Lately everything is a competition between the little kids. On walks Payson will start running as fast as he can and calls back over his shoulder to Ember, “I’m going to win!!” Which pisses her off and she cries or screams at him OR runs over to wear he is and insists she won. It doesn’t matter to her if she got there first, she’ll argue with him for twenty minutes that she won. It’s exhausting. Brooklyn and Sierra never fought like this! Here he was lining them up to race to me. 
We got to the busier road and Ember cried for about five minutes about having to ride in the stroller as we walked down it. I tried to tell her she could walk again by the tree (I pointed one out down the road) but she didn’t care. 
Yard Work
I’m glad the yard isn’t my job. I don’t like pulling weeds out of rocks! 
With summer approaching and knowing we’re about to put our house back on the market, Allan has been out there tackling our overgrown, dead yard a lot the last two weeks. He brings a helper with him ð 
Running Errands as a Family
It’s been quite a while since we went on errands as a whole family. Usually Allan goes and sometimes takes one or two of the kids or I go and bring a kid or two. But I can’t even remember the last time our whole family went. 
We went to Best Buy to as about repairing my iPod. It took its last breath a few months ago thanks to Payson and his destructive ways. Turns out it’s fairly pricey to repair, it was all that much more to buy a new one so, we did. It’s my birthday present.
Allan and the girls danced to some music while they waited for me to decide what I wanted to buy. 
Thinking we’d only be in there a couple minutes to ask a question, I didn’t bother buckling Ember. Which meant she climbed out of the stroller a billion times or stayed in the stroller standing up. 
Then we went to WalMart for some groceries. I know, we lead such a thrilling life ð 
Baby Dolls and Doll Strollers
It looks cute but you would not believe the amount of fights we’ve had in this house over baby dolls and strollers. And as you can plainly see, there are more than enough of both! We have two more strollers that weren’t in this picture. Why, children? Why must you fight?? 
More of that Rain!
It was raining, which you know, is my favorite thing ever. Payson asked if we could go outside which I said ‘of course!’ to.
But. It was cold. The wind chill was crazy that day. Buuurrrr. Not too cold to be outside for me, but definitely for the little kids. They were hilarious while outside though. Ember kept getting that little kid face when the wind blowed on her… where they catch their breath and their eyes open up huge? Haha, so cute! 
It was soooo windy and cold I decided to pick the girls up from the bus stop. I prefer picking them up anyway (because I’m overprotective) but they loooove when I let them walk home. I figured they wouldn’t enjoy walking in the cold. So off we went. 
When I spotted the girls getting off the bus I was glad I drove down. Sierra wasn’t wearing her sweater. Crazy girl. She said it’s because she just didn’t want to get it out of her backpack and she was really glad we picked them up! 
We drove past a flooded area of the desert as we drove home. 
Fun for Littles on a Rainy Day
It was a glorious, cozy, rainy day. The younger kids and I pulled out all of our fun little activities to play with while listening to the rain fall outside. 
My kids love playing with the bananagrams letter tiles. 
I took a few pictures of our sopping backyard. 
And the view past our back fence. 
After quite a long time playing with those letter tiles we switched to threading beads. 
Payson was thrilled with the necklace he made. He still wears it occasionally as do the other kids. 
Watching the rain while mommy finishes cooking lunch. 
Diaper Pin It
The solution to having a little girl who likes to streak. 
Laundry
I friggin’ hate laundry. My least favorite mom job.
The little kids make it a little bit better by being so adorable reading together on the floor near me while I fold a bazillion stacks of clothes. 