Easter

Charlie and Adella are still too young for all the retail nonsense of Easter - so they didn't have an easter basket nor did we hide eggs or do anything involving Rabbits.  Adam and I actually had a good discussion over more spiritual traditions would could incorporate as a family.  I asked our YW in church on Sunday if they had any spiritual traditions surrounding Easter and only one had anything.   It seems really easy to incorporate those traditions around Christmas, but how do you do it for Easter?   I mean we are celebrating the fact that HE LIVES - so how do we teach our kids it's really not all about a silly bunny (OK, don't get me wrong, we will still die eggs and have Easter egg hunts and all that, but just don't want that to be the big focus).

Alright enough of that (but really if you have things you do with your families, please let me know!  I would love to hear them!)

Despite the lack of the Easter bunny around here, Adella did get a new dress and Charlie got a matching tie!   And yes I made both!   So here comes a barrage of pictures - you will notice that Adella isn't smiling in ANY of them.  I don't know what her deal is lately but it's super hard to coax a smile out of her for pictures.  Oh and just try to keep them together for a shot.  Charlie is a wild man when he gets outside - we spend most of the time chasing him down!

Please send dark socks

OK, lets get real.  As mom's we all have things we think we are failing at with our kids.  Admit it, we all have it.  But you know what my number 1 is?  If you are my facebook friend this will come as no surprise - DIRTY FLOORS!   You see I fail at mopping.  I'm not sure if I've just never learned the proper way or what but I CAN NOT keep these floors clean.   I mop the whole place at least once a week and our kitchen dining area gets it at least every other day.  I've tried rag mops, microfiber; I've tried a steam mop.  I've tried just water.  Vinegar. Pinesol.  Nothing works (OK, getting down on my hands and knees and scrubbing DOES work but that takes a WHOLE ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS - who has time for that?)   Oh and yes, I changed the water when it gets dirty, I change the microfiber pads when they get dirty.

So since I can't afford a professional I just have to deal with the failure I guess.   And really I wouldn't care so much except it breaks my heart every time I see my poor children's filthy feet.   And knowing that it's only a matter of time before that big toe goes in a mouth and magically comes out clean, you know what I do?  I put socks on those darn feet.  That's what I do.  And then THEY look like this

And if you must know, these socks were perfectly white and clean before I put them on.  Oh and did I mention I had JUST MOPPED THAT DAY?  The whole place.  Yep.   Someone please tell me that I'm not the only one that deals with this?  Because really, I'm not kidding.  I feel like a floor mopping failure.

So until I can learn the proper way to clean a floor (or afford a professional) please send dark socks. 

New Skills or a hoarder in the making?

Adella has thing thing... She likes to carry around lots of stuff.  She needs to have things in both hands -sometimes multiple things.  

I came down the hall one day to find this -

Little miss smarty pants had figured out she could carry more stuff if she put her stuff into a bigger vessel (this was only a lid, so not really that big).  But you tell me, is she just getting smarter, or do we have a potential hoarder on our hands? 

What you need is a haircut - a post that was stuck in draft!

I found this post that was apparently in draft and never published - it's from clear back in March!  Better late than never!

I finally gave in and agreed Charlie needed a haircut.  I had these high hopes of having a little curly headed boy, but it doesn't not look like that is happening and pretty much the mullet was getting out of control.

His outlook did improve some once he got in the bath.

And when all was said and done he was a happy little guy again!

Monday Monday

Please tell me I'm not the only one that just lets their kids go at it for a few minutes while you try to accomplish something real quick?

So that was our Monday morning.   After this disaster we headed to Target - because what else do you do when your kids are going crazy?  While there we found some AWESEME tennis shoes for Charlie and Adella.  They were in need because all of their other shoes are more dressy.  I couldn't help myself when I saw these beauties!  

Um HOW STINKING CUTE ARE THESE?????   Adella loved them too.  In fact when I tried them on her in the store and then took them off she threw a fit.  We put them on after nap time and they loved stomping around in them and were pretty fascinated with them!

And not to be left out, Charlie got some too (because hey they were buy one get on half off!)

Once Daddy got home the fun didn't stop!   We had a super fun FHE!  We try to do something extra special on Monday nights for Family Home Evening.  We read scriptures and pray together every night and usually sing a few songs, but on Monday's we try to do a little more (even though they have no clue what's going on yet!)   On this particular Monday we sang LOTS of songs and had a little lesson about the temple.   They were in such a happy mood -we took pictures so one day we can prove to them that they actually like FHE.