Photo of the week

You know if this dog could talk he would be singing-

"Let the sunshine, Let the sunshine in....."

I'm tempted to sprawl out in the sun like this too sometimes.

Two birds with one stone!

A couple of weeks ago the neighbor girls came over to show us that Tess (she's 5) learned to ride without training wheels. My girls love riding their scooters but haven't really been into riding bikes. It's probably a good thing because last summer one of Gracie's tires popped and we never have fixed it. So since the neighbors are now two-wheeling and Gracie is about to turn 8, I figured it was long overdue that she learn to ride a bike without training wheels and while we're at it Hayden could learn too! We loaded up the girls and the bikes and took them to a road that Gregs company put in last summer. There is suppose to be a subdivision around the road but like most other projects these days it ran out of money so therefore there is a road to nowhere that is perfect for learning to ride without training wheels. Gracie got on her bike and Greg gave her a little push and she took right off before I could get the camera going. Hayden needed a little more help but I'm still surprised at how fast she picked it up. I was so proud of both the girls. I'm just afraid that now we're in for trouble with their new found independence. We live on a dead-end road but with a daycare and a dance studio on the end of the street we get quite a bit of traffic. Oh well it's just one more thing for mom to worry about. Now if it would just quit snowing so they can practice their new talents.
Here is some video for the grandmas to see. It was so cold and you can hear the wind blowing in the background. Once they got the hang of it I had to get in the car and sit with Chandler and drink pepsi because my ears were killing me. Spring cannot come soon enough!

It's really a crappy video but I still haven't figured out the video on my digital camera.

I'm a really crappy camera man also. Try not to listen to me whooping and bossing in the background.

Okay! Okay!

I can't stand the guilt anymore! I haven't posted in a month but what can I say? We are sooooo boring! Looking back at my pictures there were a couple things that I could have posted but just didn't so maybe that's what I'll do now.

Valentines Day. The older I get, well basically the longer I'm married I realize what a lame holiday it is. If I were married to a more romantic guy maybe I wouldn't feel this way but I do have to say he has actually tried to put some effort into it. When he was teaching he always brought the girls home a valentine. At school they were always doing fundraisers and selling balloons or flowers and so it was pretty convenient for him. Since he quit teaching though he has actually had to go out of his way to get them something. Thank goodness there is a flower shop in Kamas that has a little of everything. As I've gone back through my pictures for the last few years i haven't taken one picture during the entire month of February! So I don't even have anything to document the fact that he has actually put some effort into Valentines. This year I made a point of actually taking a few pictures during February and especially of the girls and their Valentines! Thanks to the Fudge Fairy we even got chocolate covered strawberries!

Also last month Gracie's class put on a program for president's day. Greg and I both went and it was fun to see her with her class reciting her part for the program. She practiced a lot even though it was only one line about George Washington but she learned a lot about him and was eager to share little tid-bits about him everyday when she came home from school. They made 3 cornered hats and ruffles for their shirts. It's kind of hard to see the hat in this picture but notice the goofball that snuck into the picture in the background.

The whole group sang a song and I tried getting a close-up video of her singing but because she's tall she's on the back row and I couldn't get a good one. This shot cracks me up though. On her tippy toes cheezin it for the camera. That's my girl!

And just because I haven't posted in ages I'll make this a long one and include what the other 2 girls have been up to lately. For some reason they have been playing under the end table in the living room and invited all their friends. Can you see Barbie, Ken, Skipper and the whole gang? I am timing it today to see how long they will play under the table before they get bored and ask me to turn on the Disney channel. Who could get bored with all those friends though! Don't ask me why all the barbies are naked. That's the first thing my kids do when they get a doll is strip them down and they rarely get them dressed again. I think they must get that from their dad because I didn't like barbies as a kid. Still don't.

She's quirky-

Each one of my girls have had a 'fetish' I guess you could call it when they were really young. Gracie was a blankie baby. She had to have her blankie especially at bed time. Luckily it wasn't one in particular so we could trade off and wash them every now and again. Hayden was into hair. My hair mostly. She couldn't go to sleep without twisting a lock of hair for a while. I can't tell you how annoying this was especially when I was trying to go to sleep myself. ( I know serves me right for not putting her in her own bed but that's a whole other story) Now Chandler, well she likes the hem of shirts. At first it was the hem of my sleeve. When she was really little and couldn't get anyone to hold her she would go as far as to get my nightgown out of the dirty clothes. For some reason she really liked my ratty old night gown. Nowadays, any ones shirt will do, even her own when she's desperate, and its the bottom hem. She will flip it up and touch it on her top lip. When she's tired she gets that sucky mouth that little kids get and sucks on her bottom lip a little and grabs someones shirt. It's a little embarrassing in public when she grabs my jacket and yanks it up. It totally looks like I'm going to nurse her and she's a little old for that. Plus I don't enjoy flashing my fat belly to the world. It's a little strange, I like to say quirky, it sounds nicer. Besides I know there a lot of kids out there who have "quirks" that are a heck of a lot stranger than that. It's just part of our routine now. When she's tired I just pull out my shirt and hand it to her. Thank goodness her sisters love her so much and allow her to use their shirts every now and again. You know it's love when your sister lets you touch the hem of her shirt to your mouth.

Snow fun!

Last weekend I wanted to take the girls sledding since we never go anywhere or do anything fun. It was a gorgeous day. The sun was out but it was still pretty cold but the girls had a blast anyway. Chandler didn't really like it. She kept saying lets go home! She wouldn't even try it with someone else on the sled. Hayden didn't really like the hike back up the hill but she loved the trip down! Greg and I even took one trip down just to say we did.