Our little Meggie started singing the Cougar fight song during the closing prayer of sacrament. We heard "we . . . fight, day or night, rain or snow!". Maybe if we would sing more church songs to her, she would start singing "I am a Child of God" or something a little more appropriate. Not than singing during the prayer is appropriate at all. Well, you can see where our messed up priorities are!
I am posting purely for the fact that in the future, when I am old and decrepit and my daughter is having to take care of me, she can be reminded of how many messes I have cleaned up of hers. Let's see, this is an example of a typical mess at a typical meal. This happens 4-5 times per day, multiply that by 365 days a year, she is 20 months old. Hmmm . . . that is about 3000 messes I've cleaned up. Keep in mind, this is just "meal messes". This doesn't include the times when we take her diaper off and she runs through the house and before we can catch her, piddles on everything in sight! Or, the crayons on the walls, mommy's lipstick on the furniture, the garbage can emptied and strewn about the house, etc, etc, etc. Yet, despite all of this, we still adore our little Princess and would not trade her for anything! Hmmmmm . . . complete and utter insanity and chaos has set in! (I'm sure that there are a million other mothers that would express the same sentiments!)
I totally forgot about these jammies in the bottom of Ian's drawer. He just looks so grown up. That same evening he had his hand over his chest and said to Kevin and I "Is this where my heart is?" "Yes, Ian, you are soooo smart!" I said. Then Kevin proceeded to ask "Where is your brain Ian?" After which he quickly and in all seriousness, pointed to his bum!
One final note, I love my new kitchen. The people we bought it from had really nice granite counter tops installed on top of really ugly cabinets. Come to find out, you cannot lift granite off cabinets without a serious chance of it breaking. So, I am stuck with these cabinets for a while. I had a guy come and give me a quote on painting, it was $2400. That is a good start on all NEW cabinets, so I don't want to go that route. Also, I am the sloppiest painter in the world. I try to cut corners and things turn out awful! Anyone have any ideas? Otherwise, I am going to paint them myself. Arghhh!
Grandpa Dave and Grandma Carol came to visit us this weekend and spoiled us ALL rotten. Ian and Meggie got to go to Build a Bear. Ian got a Nascar Elephant and Meggie a Cheerleader Bunny. Thanks G&G!
I made my Grandma Bev's dinner and cinnamon rolls today and Ian got to make his very own pan! He was delighted. (don't worry, I didn't give any of Ian's to the neighbors. I figured his little chubby fingers were cute, but most people probably wouldn't appreciate little 3 year old boy fingers squished through their food!)
p.s. Yes, my house is still a disaster. Please disregard. I felt good about everything for about 1 day and then decided to start painting, so the tornado begins again.
The best $6 bucks I've ever spent. These little cameras have provided hours and hours of fun!
We love our backpacks!
Okay, here is my excuse for being such a lousy blogger. After months of searching and selling our other home, we FINALLY got moved into our new house. Here it is! I would post pictures of the inside but would lose any shred of credibility of being a housekeeper if you saw how it looked right now. A huge tornado! I will post pictures of the inside once you can see any of the floors or walls. We love the house, though. The backyard is incredible. We bought it from a real green thumb. Hopefully I won't destroy her hard work.
My mom and two cousins, Hannah and Elle, came a helped us move. My poor sweet mother worked and worked and worked. And, Elle and Hannah were such an incredible help with the kids! We took them to Music and the spoken word on Sunday morning. Here is a family pic.
