Those Tricky Leprechauns!!!

We woke up to all kinds of tricks that those little leprachauns played on us!! There is a legend that if you leave a treasure box under the light of the moon, the leprechauns are bound to fill it - the trick is ... they hide it in the most unlikely of places. Unbeknowest to them, they leave a trail of green leading the way to the treasure. If you don't find it, they take it back to thier hidden world and claim what is rightfully theirs. We found our treasure box hidden up in a tree. After they have hidden the treasure box, they usually play tricks on the habitants of the house....Those tricky little leprechauns!

Here is our homeade treasure box.

Filled with goodies, kites, toothbrushes, and chalk.

The kiddies thought this was the funniest thing ever!!! We had green eggs and ham that day, and for dinner we had our breadsticks in the shape of shamrocks.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Mr. G-Q ism's

I know, I always post about Cole, but he is too funny.


We were coloring the other day together and he was coloring a chicken purple and pink stripes with a green face
"Mom, have you ever seen a chicken like this?"
"No Cole I never have."
"I have....when I'm in my room all alone....in the dark....under my bed....they just appear to me."

WOW, he really does live in some kind of fairy tale.


He has been real concerned about Ariah getting into his room and messing it up so he wanted a child lock on his door.
Dad - "Maybe you should have a secret password - only people that know the password can come in. - I know it can be room wrecker!!"
Cole - "No, I want it to be church."


"I am going to be serving my mission in California dad."
"Really, is that because Disneyland is there?"
"No, not many people know the gospel there, so I will teach it to them."


He got this computer for Christmas that helps him with spelling and sounds and letters. It will say the names of three letter words if you push the right letters.
Cole discovered how to spell "fat"
At the table one day, he said, "IF YOU EAT ALOT OF DONUTS, THEN YOU WILL BE FA..."
I cut him off here and said, "No, Cole, that is not a very nice word to say."
He jumped off the chair, ran to his room and brought in the computer.
F -A- T - the computer says "fat" and Cole yells "THATS what you'll be if you eat alot of donuts!" - if all else fails - let the computer say it.


Later with the computer, Cole comes in and spells out J -O- N. The computer says "John" and Cole announces with great excitement, "Mom, my computer knows John the Baptist!"

My Little Doll Turned Two!!

I made this cake!!! I am shocked that it turned out. Ariah's reaction was totally worth all the trouble. "AAAAHHHHH, OOOOHHHHH, Bawbie!!"

Happy Birthday little girl.

She's helping me make her cake.

We put craft paper on the tables so that everyone could write Ariah a bday message. Here is Ambra's.

Don't we look cute in our aprons. My mom made that cute apron for me for Christmas.

Dog pile Uncle Josh!

Here is Uncle Alex and Cousin Joshua.

Grandma

More Grandmas. (Sorry didn't take time to turn them).

That is a lot of meat! Thanks Grandma for purchasing all those groceries!!

My mom gave Ariah this baby doll. It was mine when I was little. Ariah recieved wonderful gifts. Lots of dolls and doll clothes, tutus and jammies. Ariah truly is my little doll.

Dear Ariah,

Happy Birthday!! I can't believe you are only two! I feel like you have been a light in my life forever (and you act and look like your older). You are such a joy to us. Your smile lights up a room and your curls bounce when you run to me for a hug. You have the sweetest personality. You are very obedient (mostly) and you communicate so well. You have the biggest bear hugs. I cherish each one I get. You are the busiest little bee I have ever met and you get into everything!!! I cannot leave you unattended for a minute. Whenever I ask you to do something, you say "tay (okay) and you run to do it." You will also say "peas (please) when you want something and then you say "tank you and wercome (your welcome)" in the same breath. You pose for every picture and you always know just what you want. I love you Miss Ariah. Thank you for keeping me young and fit.

Love Mommy.

My Gym!!!

Where's Ambra??? Can you see her little face poking out of those balls. They just opened up a "My Gym" in Layton. We went to their open house. What a cute little place. They have all kinds of active things for the kids to do. They teach classes for children. When we left, we had screaming at the top of her lungs Ariah. She was not happy about leaving.

Happy Love Month!

I know V Day was a long time ago, sometimes it takes me a while to post.

Here Cole is painting his Valentines Box for his preschool party. I'm sure you can guess what it will be. My favorite is Superman sitting their with him. Must be for moral support.

Didn't it turn out darling!!! That is a cape on the back of it.

Cole's little preschool class.

Pin the arrow on the heart.

Classic bean bag toss.

Delivering Valentines. How fun. I loved Valentines in school. It is so fun to go through your valentines.

At home on Vday, the kids woke up to a scavenger hunt. They each had their own little clues to find their Valentine.

The kids and I were downstairs watching a movie, and my wonderful husband struck again. He made a yarn maze for me. I came upstairs to yarn everywhere that led me to my valentine. I love stuff like that. He's so sweet. Once again, my cute husband had a surprise waiting for me. Another babysitter lined up (Thanks Ethan) and dinner and dancing. It was so fun. He has been taking me dancing alot lately. We have so much fun. We are learning lots of fun things. It's the best when he dances me around the house and we practice our new moves. Yes, we are dorky, but I'm perfectly fine with that (always have been :)

Ambra led us on a scavenger hunt to0. You should have seen her clues, they were so cute. "its in yur screpturs. (your scriptures).

THis is what we found. This cute little card she made for us in school.

Happy Valentines Day! I love this day because you get to show extra love to all those that mean so much to you. What a cute day. Happy Valentines Day to all of my family and friends reading this. You are all so wonderful and kind and generous with your time and talents. Thank you for meaning so much to us in our lives.

Ariah - ism's

This requires pictures...

Oh no, did a rat get into our cupboards...

Nope, just Ariah. Little turkey. 5 boxes of mac and cheese and this silly little grin is all she has to say for herself.

I woke up the other morning to a little voice calling, "MOM, STUCK, MOM, STUCK." I'll say she's stuck.

• Ariah is very much a girl. She must pick out her clothing daily and it is always a dress or a skirt. When I go to the closet, she says "coot mom (cute mom)" when I pick out a pair of pants she stands up on her changing table and says "No, No No (while shaking her finger at me) - chus!" Meaning - that is not going to cut the cute priority, I'm going to have to choose. Then she tugs on her hair and makes me do it and picks out her bow for the day.

• She has no qualms about telling us her opinion on her food tastes. If she doesn't like something, she will say "YUCK" spit out the food and scrunch up her face like that was the most disgusting thing in the world.

• Everyday she is searching for my purse which contains gum. I have to put it somewhere new all the time. She is constantly saying "gum peas". Usually I find her with a pile of credit cards, lipstick, and gum wrappers scattered around an empty purse. I swear that girl has like a pound of gum inside her little tummy. We have got to stop the gum intake!!!

• Also daily, I find her sitting in my bathroom sink with the toothpaste EVERYWHERE!!! I really do watch my child, this one just seems to be busier, more precarious and overall smarter. What am I going to do.

• I was working on the computer the other day and Ariah was playing next to me. She left for a bit (I thought to the toy room) but no. She went to the kitchen, pulled a chair up to crawl into a top cupboard and found the powdered sugar. Next thing I knew, I had a little one with scissors a brand new bag of powdered sugar EVERYWHERE. All over the kitchen, her hair, her clothes, through the living room, down every stair, and through the family room, saying "lellows, lellows."

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET THIS CHICK SOME MARSHMELLOWS!!!

• I despise markers. Ariah seems to find them often and likes to use her face as a canvas. She really enjoys to stick red markers up her nose and black ones all over her eyes, lips and cheeks. I know I should grab a camera at these moments, but come on, haven't I been through enough.

• Oh, one more favorite past time of hers. She really enjoys to get the wipe box of 500 and pull out each one seperately. Wipes something down, wad it and toss it. Nothing like cleaning up and reusing 500 waded wipes.
  

Cole-ism's

So I really need to be better about writing down my children's darling things that they say. My friend Kamie has inspired me to be a better record keeper about that. Thanks Kam!!:)

Cole's meridian of time is when he turned from three to four. He is ALWAYS saying, "back when I was three..." "When I was three I..." THis probably comes out of his mouth over 25 times a day.


Cole LOVES to watch the living scripture movies. The other day when I asked him what movie he wanted to watch, he said "Not one of those kid movies... I need something reverent."



In the car the other day, Cole turns to me and says "Simon Peter, do you love me? Then feed my sheep." Turned to Ariah "Simon Peter do you love? Then feed my sheep." Turned to Ambra "Simon Peter do you love me? Then feed my sheep." He was quiet after that.
Glad something is sinking in.


As we're walking into Walmart there is a man smoking about two feet away from us. Cole points and screams "MOM LOOK!!! THAT MAN LISTENS TO SATAN!!!" Good thing Adam is 6"4 and weighs 2oo pounds!


Cole was spotlighted in primary today. I was supposed to ask him questions. One of the questions was what is your favorite temple "You know, the one you got married in... the big white one."