The Life of a 3 Year Old

Yesterday, we were trying to finish planting the yard, so the baby and B were playing on the lawn.  The baby was drinking a bottle, and B ate lunch out on the blanket.  I looked up and the baby had white stuff dripping down her face.  I watched for a second and B was shaking the bottle all over the baby's head and giving her a head massage.  As I got closer, it smelled like ranch dressing.  She not only bathed the baby in formula, but ranch dressing that had been sitting out for a while.  To top it all off, we were planting alyssum.  B found some petals and sprinkled those all over the baby's head.  Her head and face was hard and crusty and STINKY, but pretty with cute petals glued to it.  

I asked B what she was doing, and as innocent as ever said, "Mom, I'm celebrating her birthday!"  At least there was logic behind it (some how).

B is for Bubbles

The kids love to get in the jetted tub to see how big they can make the bubbles.  The other night was a pretty decent night for bubble making.  Thankfully, they have figured out how to stop the bubbles before they spill over the edge, so a nice clean mess, just the way I like it!

No Problems Mon!

Last week, R and I got to go to Jamaica for the weekend!  It was a blast.  We left Wednesday night and landed in Jamaica at 10:30 am.  We then had a 2 hour bus ride to the resort.  Once we got checked in, we ate lunch and headed right to the beach.  We napped a little and read a little, played in the water, but mostly just relaxed!  It was wonderful. 

Our view eating breakfast every morning

We went on this trip with a man R does business with.  Every year he takes all of his top agents on a trip.  R just rolled some business under him, so he took us too.  So on Friday, we participated in his Beach Olympics.  R's team won the games, thanks to his heroic actions for the last relay.  He can paddle a mean kayak!  I guess his scout training has come in handy for something.  The prize for winning....a bottle of Jamaican Rum--yea!  My dad was excited for it.

Friday night we went to the world famous "Rick's Cafe" (I hadn't heard of it either).  It is a club where you can cliff dive, have a lot of drinks, eat dinner, and watch the sunset.  They also have guys cliff diving for a show.  It was a nice night.  The sunset was beautiful.  This is how we party (yes we are so boring, and no, that wasn't R's beer).

Saturday, we went on a catamaran for some snorkeling, lunch, and the chance to experience the storm of the century on the ocean.  We were on the way back to the resort and got stuck in the worst storm I've ever experienced.  It was RAINING so hard, I had water pouring off my pant legs.  We were drenched!  Lightning struck the water right next to our boat, and arced out of the water.  I wasn't panicking until the boat motor sounded like it was ready to die, we couldn't see the shore line, and I happened to look up and the captain's eyes were the size of dinner plates.  He had lost his cool, calm, Jamaican attitude, he was freaked out, about then, R started asking me if I wanted my emergency plan.  But needless to say, we made it through, and we were very grateful to be on soggy, dry land!

 The cove where we had lunch.

 We were really bad at taking pictures of us this trip.  This is the only picture we have together, and I can't believe I'm posting it.  I had to prove we were actually there together, and having a good time.  This was right after snorkeling, on our way to lunch.

This is our hotel room/cottage.  It was so rainy/humid the day we left that my camera lens was foggy for about 2 hours.  

This is the view from our door.  Nice view to start the day to.  I need that view at home!

Again, proof pictures that we were actually there and on the beach.  This was the last day, waiting for the shuttle bus.

This guy worked at the resort.  I never figured out what he did.  He was always dressed like the life guards, but I saw him making drinks at the bar, playing games with people, dancing at the pool competition, and on Sunday I think he stole this boat for a joy ride.  He was singing and dancing like CRAZY!  No problem Mon!

Thanks to Jen and Mom for making this trip possible, we couldn't have done it with out you!  

A Good Babysitter

I was out working in the yard.  K was asleep, B had been in and out.  I hadn't seen B for a while, so I went in to check on her, called for her, she said she was in K's room.  This is what I found.  She said the chairs were too short, so she tried the table.  I think it is possible the baby did get sat on!

They are going to be great friends.  They already love to play together!

Off Track

I am a HUGE fan of the Year Round program at the schools.  I honestly can say I hope to never be at a traditional school.  The only bummer is lack of summer, but we adjust.  We have been off track for the last two weeks.  It has been a fun break.  The kids get to go back tomorrow, and they are ready. 

The first week we played hard, the second week, we played, but a little less official.  Here's a recap of the fun we had.

Monday: We went to Build-A-Bear.  S had a birthday a little bit ago.  We were going to have party for him, but couldn't decide what to do.  He wanted to invite all of his friends from the old and the new neighborhood.  We had something like 20 kids he wanted to invite.  I was OK with that, but then he didn't want to stay home, he wanted to go some place cool.  We tried to narrow the list down to a more control-able number but just couldn't do it.  So in place of a party, he decided it would be cool to do Build-A-Bear.  He has only gotten to got there 2 times, and every time we're at the mall he begs.  I always tell him it's  a great birthday idea, so there we went.  The kids had a great time.  They all picked out monkeys, and have had a blast playing with them.  (I have pictures of the monkeys being made, but they are on my phone, and I can't figure out where they went now that I have downloaded them to my computer).  S and B wanted to walk home from the corner, I had to run in and get the camera, how sweet is this picture!

Tuesday: We went to the "Beach" by Nana's house.  In my mom's neighborhood, they are building a little lake and have just completed a sandy beach.  It is great, there is a fun little playground and awesome sand.  The kids played for several hours, and were very offended when we had to leave so the baby could have a nap.  I'm sure many more hours will be spent at the beach.  

Thursday:  We had a beautiful spring day, so we ventured out to the zoo!  It was great.  B's favorite part of the zoo was the giraffe, because it turned around and pooped for us.  She's such a sweet little girl!  

 

A First

This weekend, I did something I've never done before.  I went away, with just the girls.  Left everyone home, and had a lovely time.  

Heidi (my sister), and my Mom, and I all got to go to BYU to help with the service projects for the Women's Conference.  We decided that we all deserved a little break, so instead of the LONG trip home, we got a hotel room and spent the night.  We had a blast.

For helping, we were able to participate in the seminars for free (but don't ask us if we took advantage of this).  We got to Provo later than we had hoped (scheduling mistakes on my part) but we of course had to eat, so we had a lovely lunch at McGrath's, which took a really long time so we missed the afternoon class we wanted to attend.  We made it for our volunteer meeting, and then the fun  began.  We were helping make 700+ fleece blankets for various shelters and organizations around the state.  The project was suppose to take 3+ hours, but the ladies were haulin' last night.  We completed 700+ blankets in just over 2 hours.  It was awesome to see so many people wanting to help.  At first I didn't think we would ever make it through all of the boxes, but before I knew it, we were done.  It was a really neat experience to be able to visit with ladies from around the country and find out why they were there. 

After the project, there was a free concert (don't ask if we took advantage of that).  We were starving (surprise surprise).  We drove around for a while, checked into the hotel and then had a lovely, late dinner.  Poor Heidi really wanted to go see a movie, but we pooped out on her.  Sorry!  We stayed up way to late talking and giggling, something that doesn't happen nearly enough.  

This morning we got up, had a nice breakfast, went to the Bookstore (none of us bought anything).  Walked around for a minute (don't ask if we took advantage of any of the classes today either).  Stopped and got a coke for the long drive home, stopped for lunch, and came home.  

It was a fabulous little get away.  I'm sure many of you think we are INSANE for not going to the classes, and I'm sure we would have gotten a lot out of them.  Maybe next year!  Thanks to the husbands and kids for functioning with out us.  When I got home R said it was such a nice relaxing day, I'm going away more often then.  If we both get to relax while I'm away, why not!

Sorry, no pictures, we weren't supposed to bring any personal belongings to the service project so I didn't even think about taking a picture.  Use your imagination!

Next year, Erin and Jess, you're coming too, I couldn't stop thinking about how fun it would be for ALL of us to get away together!  We missed you guys.