Royalty Family: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Birthday Post #6...last one

Happy 3rd Birthday Hannah! Happy 46th Birtday Chuck!

We love you!

For Chuck and H's birthdays, we went to our favorite restaruant, Spinatos for lunch on Saturday. Then on Sunday, we opened gifts and had cake. Chuck requested German Chocolate. The kids did not care for the icing though. Hannah got her first Barbie from my mom. It was a biking barbie (bicycle, not motor bike). She loves it (and C too). One of the first things she said was "I want to see her boobies." You can't help but laugh! Chuck got a lot of chocolate and a new step stool for the garage. But his main present was a new backpack. He is very proud of the fact that it is the biggest backpack made. He calls it a beast!

Well, the celebrations are over for a while. It's been a fun month!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Congratulations Lily!

Lily has graduated from Tempe Preparatory Academy! She is headed to Northern Arizona University in the Fall. Lily's transition from Desert Marigold (k-8) to high school was an interesting time in our lives to say the least. But we are so happy she settled on and in TPA and will be furthering her education at NAU. We are so proud of her and know that she will love college.

the kids were quite well behaved during the graduation...C took pictures of himself

and H stood around in her dancing shoes.

The dancing shoes don't usually get to leave the house, but they made it to the car and she wanted to wear them. We didn't need a fit before we went in, because honestly, with it being late, she may have never settled down. So, I conceded and as we were walking in, a lady said, "I love your shoes." I asked H if she could say thank you, and she said, "Well, I'm not going to be her best friend."

Nice Goose Egg

I took all 3 kids to Christian's 4 month check up. They were really good. We stopped by a book store and the employee told me how well behaved my kids are (that has never happened). Since they were being so good, we stopped at one of our favorite restaurants, Firehouse Subs. It was a nice day and it gets really crowded at lunch time, so we sat outside. I had taken the sit-n-stand stroller with baby C in his car seat. The kids were being so good and eating so well, until H decided she was a baby and got up in the baby's car seat. I told he I didn't want her up there and she wasn't a baby etc. But I didn't force her to get out. She then turned around in the car seat and before I had a chance to tell her she was going to fall, she fell. And she fell hard. She didn't pass out or throw up, so I didn't take her to urgent care. She refused ice and tylenol. We came home and she took a nap and by the end of the night was acting pretty normal. I'm glad she is okay, but I was so mad at her for needing to pretend to be a baby and at myself for not forcing her to get down. She would have thrown such a fit, we would have just had to leave and C wasn't quite done. But I guess sometimes the fit is worth it. I'm not sure she knew I was primarily taking a picture of her goose egg because she was more than happy to pose.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Happy Apple Graduation

Cameron graduated from preschool! He is moving on to kindergarden and I am counting the days! The kids performed "The Ginger Bread Boy" at their graduation. I really couldn't hear anything, but they were cute. They received a graduation trophy and diploma.

teacher Amanda, Cameron, Teacher Laura

Friday, May 21, 2010

A Good Day...

Tuesday night was a bad night. Between the kids and Chuck getting up early, I was up 5-6 times. So, I was prepared for a hard day. However, I was surprisingly wrong. Chuck left early to go for a group ride, so I took the kids to Wildflower for breakfast. We walked there and they shared pancakes with no fighting or fit throwing. We stopped by Trader Joes's on the way home and again there was not one fit or fight. It was actually a very pleasant time. When we got home, C laid down on the couch and H proceeds to pull him off, which led to tears (I swear these kids cry when someone so much as looks at them wrong). She said she was sorry without being prompted and then I told her she needed to go to time out. And she says, "but I said I was sorry". C got off to school then H, baby C and I went to the Y so I could teach a class. Of course, we were running late and on the way in H falls and, you guessed it, starts to cry. And cry and cry. Now I am really late and I can't get her calmed down, so I take her to class. She sat in a chair for half the class until we took a break and she was ready to go to the child care. We got C from school, and when he got home, he laid on the couch and H again, tried to pull him off. I told her not to and she said, "but I'll say I'm sorry." Kids! Noah came over and the kids played great and left me alone all afternoon. Then Charity came over and played with them. We had dinner, the kids got ready for bed and I went to teach another class. C and H went to bed great, however, baby C doesn't like to go to bed when I'm not home. But that was Chuck's problem. So, overall, we had a good day. I feel like I need to blog about the good days because I'm always blogging about the hard ones.

Hannah and Hello Kitty

Last Saturday, Charity and Kwan wanted to take H to the mall for Hello Kitty's birthday. She got to take her picture with Hello Kitty and get her face painted. Charity and Kwan bought her a purple, glittery pen. They brought H home while I was out and when I got back, H was outside with her dad. She runs up to me and says, "Mom, you are going to be so mad. Come inside. Look at your nursing pillow. I want to be right by your side." She proceeds to show me my nursing pillow, which she had taken her new pen to. She also took her new pen to her arms, legs and nose. What a stink! And if you ask her, what you color on, she will say, "only on paper". How can I be mad at someone so cute!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Birthday Post #5

It's a party!

I had a small, joint party for C and H on Saturday. We had friends come to the park to play and eat cupcakes. It was simple and fun!

Hannah didn't really like being the center of attention.

shown here are Jackson (our neighbor), Connor, Carson and Morgan
also in attendance were: Kennedy and Leo, Lizzy, Natalie, Moss and Maura

Christian at 4 months

Christian turned 4 months on the 13th. This kid is growing like a weed! He is by far our chubbiest baby. He is weighing in at a 16lbs 13ounces (85%) and is 25 and 3/4 inches (80%). He is a pro at rolling over. He wants to grab everything and put it in his mouth, but he lacks the skill, so he gets frustrated a lot. With the exception of last night, the past several nights he has been getting up once a night to eat and goes right back to sleep. Putting him on his stomach to sleep is probably saving our lives right now! He does like attention and is wanting to be held

a lot, mostly all the time. And usually he gets held because they way he screams and looks at me is so pathetic, I can't handle it!

Towards the end of church yesterday, he pooped all over everthing including Chuck. Since we were done, Chuck just changed his diaper and sent him home.

I think his thighs get bigger every day!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Future Firefighters

Cameron has a friend, Noah, who also loves firetrucks and firefighting. Noah has been hanging out with us one afternoon a week and the boys ALWAYS play firefighting. One day, they were trying to get the baby, yes the REAL baby, out of the burning building. For Noah's 5th birthday last month, they went to the firestation and the last time he came over to play, we set up a firefighting practice drill. Noah and Cameron get along great. When he is over, Cameron leaves me completely alone and for the most part, they allow Hannah to play with them.

getting their gear on

rescuing the dog from the burning building

going up the slide and jumping off

dragging the hose to the fire

Birthday Post #4

Happy Birthday to Me! For my birthday, we went to the Open House for the Gila River Valley Temple. Before a temple is dedicated, they allow the public to go in and tour. I thought this would be a good opportunity for the kids. The Gila River Valley is about 3 hours East of Phoenix. Christian was an angle on the way there, but C and H fought the whole time. However, with the exception of H's fit because she didn't want to wear the shoe covers (they want to keep the carpet clean), they were very well behaved at the temple. But back in the car, they were back to normal. I had wanted to go out to dinner, but because C missed a field trip to the movies during the day, Chuck took him and H to the movie instead and we went to dinner the next day. Chuck and I enjoyed some Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie ice cream after the kids went to bed.

this is what most of my day looks like, only not with the smile on my face!

the girls

the boys

It was really sunny and windy, so not ideal for taking pictures!

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

For my Mother's Day present, Chuck took C and H backpacking. This was a warm-up for C to get ready for the summer trip and a trial for H. They left Friday after lunch and came home Sunday just before bed time. Baby C was kind enough to take a long nap on Friday, so I got to nap too! But he didn't do that again. And he thought it was time to get up at 4am. With my time, I got a pedicure, ran some errands, cleaned house etc. My main goal was to scrapbook, but I didn't get too far because I didn't have enough pages and ran out of blue ink. Baby C is getting to be pretty demanding, so it wasn't a totally complete weekend, but as good as it gets for now!

got to love the outfit!

Chuck's friend Durrant went with his kids Moss and Maura

Monday, May 3, 2010

Birthday Post #3

Happy 5th Birthday Cameron!

C got a new bike for his birthday. His daddy took him to REI to pick it out. Okay, so he didn't really get to pick it out because this was the only single speed they had in his size. But he seems happy with it despite it not being red! Chuck has been teaching him how to ride. It is the most hilarious thing to watch. C is fearless with Chuck holding on, but there will be no letting go. I am so glad that my kids have a dad who is willing to teach them to ride a bike. I wouldn't have the patience nor would I be able to run as fast as I would have to. You're the best Chuck! And you're the cutest 5 year old Cameron!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Lily's Senior Prom

Lily and Max

sweet ride!

Lily designed her dress and she and Olivia made it.

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The funny things they say and do

9/15
I was not home one evening and while Chuck was reading to Christian, he said, "If mom were home, she'd let me go to bed already." It was not even his normal bed time yet.

6/15

Chuck had gone away on a work trip for 4 nights. The kids love to sleep with me, so I let each kid sleep with me one night. On the last night, Christian asked if he could sleep with me and I told him no. We had just had dinner and he had a fortune from a cookie that said "Be assertive and you will WIN!" He asked what assertive meant and I told him. And he said, "Yes, I can go after the bed." It was tempting, but I did not let him sleep with me.

5/15

Cameron says, "I love going to the dentist. It is so refreshing."

12/14

As we were driving past a car dealership, Cameron said: "I guess when I buy a car I need to buy it at one of those big sale events."

12/14

Hannah wrote a Christmas card to Chuck that read, "Dear Dad, you are my only dad and will always be my only dad."

8/14

Cameron: "Mom, the parents of the kids at school are buying their clothes like 2 sizes too big."

Me: "What do you mean?"

C: "Their clothes are like 2 sizes too big."

Me: "You mean their pants hang down?"

C: "Yes."

Me: "Are they black?"

C: "No."

Me: "I don't mean their clothes. The kids. Are they black?"

C: "Yes."

Me: "It's just their style Cameron."

C: "Well, it looks ridiculous."

Me: "Yes it does. But don't let them hear you say that."

8/14

H asked if when the neighbor boy is older if he would go to church. I said I didn't know. But that most people who don't go to church growing up, don't go when the are older. And she said, "My kids are going to go to church because I want them to be smart about Jesus."

4/14

On the way home from CA, Hannah asks what kind of animal that lives in AZ would we chose to attack our car.

4/14

Christian howls like a coyote when he needs me to come help him clean up after using the bathroom.

1/14

Cameron was sick but the other kids wanted to go outside to play. I thought it would be good for C to get some fresh air, so he was sitting outside when one of our neighbors rode by on his bike and asked Cameron how he was. Cameron's response was, "terrible". I started to laugh and he said, "I was just being honest. Everyone always just expects you to say good."

1/14

After the kids were in bed and as I was straightening up, I could hear the boys in their room. Cameron had finished his nightly reading and was saying a prayer with Christian.

1/14

As we were leaving for church, Hannah asked why none of our neighbors go to church. I did mention some at the end of the block who do and they are Catholic and then a couple a few doors done who are Jewish. She said, "What is Jewish?" I said, it is a religion that does not believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior. I went on to explain that before the birth of Christ, many were Jewish but after He came, many of those believed Christ was the Savior and they became Christians. And that the Jews were still waiting for a Savior to come. And she said, "But they already have a Savior. Why doesn't someone tell them that?"

9/13

Christian, "Just pretend that never happened."

7/13

Charity took Christian to the dollar store and let him pick something out. He picked out a bag of lollipops. After having 3 that day, I told him he could not have another one. He started throwing a fit and would not stop asking for one. I said if he asked for one one more time, I would throw them away. He asked and so I threw them away. Thus causing a bigger fit. I had had it, so I locked myself in my room. After a few minutes, a note in an envelope was pushed under the door that said, "Mom open from Christian". Inside was a note that said, "I am sorry" with a picture. Cameron obviously helped with the note. I, of course, had to come out of my room after that. And when I did, H gave me a note that said, "I am sore for ben men. I love you so mosh." She was also being a brat at the time.

7/13

Christian was carrying some pumpkin bread to our neighbors when he took a bite out of it. Chuck say this and reacted a little too strongly, so Christian of course, started to cry. But Chuck did apologize and we got the neighbors a loaf without a bite taken out.

7/13

Christian is being potty trained. He has no problem peeing in the toilet, but we are still working on the poop. He just won't sit on the toilet. He insists I put a pull up on. He will poop in it and put his underwear back on. I could tell he needed to poop several times in the day and encouraged him to sit on the potty. He wouldn't do it and we were out and about, so I didn't have a pull up. Finally, I convinced him to sit on the potty, but the poop wouldn't come out. And little C says, "Come out poop. If you don't come out, I will call you mean poop. Mean poop!"

Another time, he ran into the closet and I said I was going to put the toilet in the closet if he was going to poop in the closet. He says, "You can't put the toilet in the closet. You can pick it up to put it in the closet." I said, "I'll put the little potty in there." He says, "If you put the potty in the closet, you aren't part of the family." I said, "I helped to make this family. I'll always be part of this family." And he says, "You didn't make this family, Jesus did."

7/13

I get home after the kids are in bed and I hear lots of noise in the boys room. But before I go in to see what is going on, I just listed. And I heard C reading to lil C very dynamically. After the book is over, I hear C tell lil C that it is prayer time and he proceeds to say a prayer.

6/13

Christian says to me, "If you don't get me some water, I am going to die."

6/13

Hannah comes to me and very seriously asks, "Mom, do you really have a sweet tooth?"

6/13

Christian wanted me to read him a specific book, so I told him to read the book he had while I want to find the other one and he said, "I can't read this book. I can only read Spanish."

6/13

H wanted to read before going to bed, so I gave her a couple books. A few minutes later, she hollers for me and says, "Mom, I can't read this book. The words are too hard. I have only read one page and I am already sweating."

5/13

Chuck was getting ready to take the kids backpacking and he told Christian he would have to hike and he said, "Dad, if you want me to hike, I will hike. Unless, my legs get tired and then I won't."

5/13

Christian shares a room with Cameron and is still sleeping, by his choice, in his crib. He likes to play in his crib before going to sleep, but Cameron is ready to go to sleep before him. So, one night I gave Christian a head lamp and told him to take it off and turn it off before going to bed. When I went to check on him. He had turned off the lamp, placed it by him and lined his cars up and placed them under a blanket at the end of his bed.

5/13

Christian loves Luna Bars. Chocolate Peppermint Stick to be exact. He would live on them if I let him. I eat them about every morning for something quick to grab before my work out, so they are always in the house and he knows this. Plus, he is my daytime buddy, so he is usually with me when I buy them. When we bought a whole box, he insisted they were his. He wanted one for breakfast and I said they weren't a good breakfast. But he said, "They are my bars and I am in charge of them." I let him have one and when he was done he asked for another. I said he could only have one a day. And he said, "But I want another one because they are so yummy."

3/13

I took dinner to a friend who just had a baby that underwent major heart surgery a week after birth. She was in a diaper and you could see the incision on her chest. I told Christian that they had to cut her chest open to fix her heart. After we left, he said, "Mom, since I'm not a baby anymore, can we have another and cut her open so she can be like that baby?"

3/13

I tell Christian all the time that I love it when he plays by himself. The other day, he says, "Mom, do you love me when I play."

3/13

I was putting Christian's shoes on and I said, "Are these shoes fitting okay, you are growing so fast and getting so big." He said, "Mom, I know you want me to stay small, but I getting to be a big boy."

2/13

We were driving past a cemetery and Cameron asked,"Where will we plant Daddy when he is dead?"

2/13

Hannah wants to change her name to Emma. When I said you already have a sister named Emma, she said, "When she is here you can call me Violet." She has made name tags for herself, tells people her name is Emma and signs her name Emma.

2/13

Charity was over watching Hannah and Christian when Hannah asked Charity to help her with homework. As it turns out it was Cameron's homework and on one of the pages she signed the name line with "Emma Cameron's sister."

1/13

On the way home from school, H says, "A long time ago, when we were still living with Jesus, there was this man named Martin. The white people sat at the front of the bus and the black people sat in the back of the bus. People were doing bad things and Martin got on the microphone and changed that." Since we had just had Martin Luther King Jr Day. It didn't take me long to figure out that was what she was talking about.

1/13

While going to get his hair cut, Christian said, "Mom are they going to cut it all off and I won't be Christian anymore?"

12/12

We were in Cincinatti and Chuck's brother's house and H was sharing a bed with little C. During the night she started yelling "my leg is stuck". As it turned out little C was sleeping on it.

12/12

Again while we were in Cininatti, Emma was sleeping and H wanted to wake her up. Lily said, "But she might be mad at us if we wake her up." H said, "She wont' be mad, sister's don't get mad at each other."

12/12

As Charity and H were putting up a nativity scene on the window, she asked H what the wisemen did and H says, "They built their house upon the rocks."

11/12

Little C was very curious about my earings. He said when he was bigger and a mommy he was going to have earings too. I said, "but your a boy and you'll be a daddy." And he said, "but I want to be like you."

11/12

C (age 7.5) cut a little chunk of hair out his head of hair. I found the little chunk on the floor in my room and asked everyone about it. Everyone denied they were the one that cut the hair. It wasn't until 2 days later that I noticed a little chunk missing from C's hair.

10/12

I tell Christian to meet me in my room and he says, "I need to stay with you, I don't want to get lost."

10/12

The kids really wanted me to take them to a Halloween store, but I told them no because it would be too scary. First, I need to preface this with...Cameron is freaked out by aliens. He saw a couple minutes of a documentary about aliens back in June and it has stayed with him. So, every night since then (and I mean every), he has prayed that no aliens or UFO's will take us or take anything away from us. H tells me, "I won't be scared because I know it's all fake." C says, "I'm not afraid anything." I said, "Then why do you pray every night that the aliens won't come get you." He says, "Oh yeah, that's the only thing I'm afraid of." I said, "Why? They aren't real." And he said very confidently, "You don't know that."

10/12

Chuck had helped someone moved. This always makes him very appreciative of me. So, he came home and said, "I love you, I love you, I love you." H heard this, starts to cry and says, "Why didn't he say that to me? Does he hate me?"

8/12

It's tradition for Chuck to take the kids to Einstein's for bagels on Th morning. On the way to the car, they pass racks that have real estate brochures on them. So, they always bring me one. And they are so excited to give them to me. H hands me one this morning and says. "This is for you to find a new house that you, me and daddy can live in so we don't have to live with Cameron and Christian."

8/12

Each time I come home, the kids run around and yell, "Mommy's home. Mommy's home."

8/12

It was picture day and I was trying to not only convice H to wear something that matched, but a more appropriate shirt for pictures. I was begging! I even pulled out the "How much do you love me?" She said, "More than my clothes, but I still want to wear this." I did manage to convince her to change, but she instisted on wearing a headband.

8/12

Whenever I am leaving, Christian will say "I want to kiss you." And he will give me the sweetest kiss and hug.

8/12

I went to pick up little C from the child care at the Y. He looked at me and said, "Go away mom. I don't like you. Go exercise."

7/12

I went to wake H up and she looks up at me with one eye open. I said, "H are you ready for your adventure? (they were going on their backpack trip) and she said, "No, because I only have one eye open."

7/12

Sometimes I give the kids a treat and I tell them to close their eyes. Either so they can't see where I've hidden the treat or because I want to surprise them. So, one day Christian says to me, "I close my eyes." It took me a minute, but I figured our he wanted me to give him a treat.

6/12

While on Maui, C was keeping a journal of the things we did. We had gone to the Grand Wailea. So, as we were discussing what we did that day, I told C he could write that we went to the Grand Wailea where his dad and I were married. And he says, "That has nothing to do with me." I said, "Of course it does. If we hadn't gotten married, you wouldn't be here." And he says, "Yes, I would. Lots of people only have moms."

6/12

The sentences Christian most often uses:

Can you help me?

Mom, play with me.
It's not working.

It's broken.

Want to sit on your lap.

Please please play with me.

and my favorite words...wa-ee (water); moy (more)

You're mean.

Take a nap with me.

4/12

Christian is talking up a storm! He repeats everything anyone says. And he loves to pray. He always wants to say the prayer and if it is not his turn, he just repeats whoever is praying.

4/12

Christian can climb in and out of his crib. C and H were already in a bed before they could even climb out of the crib. The funny thing, is Christian doesn't climb out. One night he did climb out after he was put down and one time at nap, he climbed out. He occasionally will climb out after naps or in the morning, but usually he just calls for us to get him. When I put him down for a nap, he will usually call out several times "Can I get out now?" But yet, even though he can on his own, he doesn't and I love it!

4/12

Our boys share a room and have been for some time now. At first, we would put Christian to be and have C go in later. But now, we put them to bed at the same time and C will read to Christian before they turn out the lights.

3/12

C was upset about something (not unusual for him), so he decided to run away. He opened the front door and ran out without even putting his shoes on. My plan was to let him go, knowing he wouldn't go far. But before I could get the door closed, Christian ran out after C. Christian did take the time to put on his shoes and as he ran after C, he was saying, "Cameron, come back!". I went after him and brought him inside. I couple moments later, C came in asking me if I wanted him to run away. Of course I said no, but if that's what he felt like he needed to do to deal with his emotions, to go ahead.

3/12

After school, we had to leave the park because C had to poop. He was on his bike, so I told him to ride ahead but not kick and scream if anyone tried to grab him. He said, "I already know that. I learned that from Danger Rangers." He took off and H yells, "Kick them in the peanuts". (that's what it sound like when she says penis). I said, "where did you hear that from?" She said, "From my heart."

3/12

on the way to pre-school, this was the conversation from the back seat...

Hannah: Santa didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas. I wanted a baby that moves by herself.

Laurel: Well, did you write a letter to Santa?

H: Yes, but he didn't listen to my letter.

L: Well, Santa is not real anyway.

H: Yes he is. I went swimming with him.

L: That is just some guy in a suit. My mom told me Santa it not real.

I was never asked one way or the other, so I kept my mouth shut.

2/12

Christian acting like a robot.

2/12

Cameron was upset about something/nothing and Christian was so concerned about him. He went up to him and gave him a hug and a kiss.

1/12

Christian's knock knock joke:

knock, knock

moo!

it really goes: knock, knock

who's there

interrupting cow

interrupting cow - MOO!

1/12
Christian took a baby to church with a pink bag containing a bottle. He sat down, held the baby, pulled out the bottle, fed the baby and then gave her a kiss.

1/12
I was telling H I was disappointed in something she did and she said, "but do you still love me?"

12/11
One night H got me up during the night and said she wanted to sleep with me. I asked her why and she said because she loved me so much. The next night she got me up atain and said she wanted to sleep with me. I asked her why and she said because she had a bad dream. Neither night did I let her sleep with me. What a mean mom I am!

11/11
Each night before bed, we say a family prayer. Christian is put to bed right after tha prayer. One night I said it was time for the prayer and he said, "No pray. No pray. No pray." I guess he didn't want to go to bed. The next night, he tried unfolding everyone's arms as we prayed.

10/11
H was asking if I could unbutton her dress. I was busy doing something and wanted her to realize that I wasn't going to drop everything to unbutton her dress right then, so I wasn't answering her. And she says, "the questions are just going to get harder!" Chuck says this when he is sick of his questions not getting answered.

10/11
H was being very disobedient as we were walking home from school and I was losing my patience with her. So, she told me I had to go to time out because I was being rude to her. So, when we got home, I went to time out. She came into my roon and said, "You can come out of your room to put this movie on for me. Then go back to your room and take a time out nap or something."

9/11
As we were walking home from school, C asked for the garage door opener so he could go ahead of us and go to the bathroom. When H heard the request, she took the garage door opener and after asking her nicely several times to give it to me, I grabbed it from her hands. And she said. You just grabbed that from my hands. Jesus doesn't want you to grab things from someone's hands." Of course, I replied with the "oh yeah, well Jesus wants you to listen to your mom!"

8/11
H has been cracking me up lately...here are a few of the funny things she has said and done..

-She wanted to watch Lady and the Trampoline.
-After a bath, her hair was tangly and she said we should have used some air conditioner.
-A feather came out of the pillow and was poking C. H said maybe a chicken got into our house and left a feather.
-I was taking a shower and she was yelling and whining at me. I could hear exactly what she was saying, so I asked her to come closer or to wait. That made her yell and whine more, so I yelled at her that I could not hear her etc. When I got out of the shower, she was crying because I "yellded" at her and she said I needed to go to time out.

8/11
Christain is such a caring boy. While H was in time out and crying, little C brought her her blanket.

8/11
I thought Christian had fallen asleep in the car, but he was just pretending. When I got out of the car and said, "oh you fell asleep", he flashed me a big smile.

5/11
I give the kids stickers when they do something good. And at the end of the month, they get 10 cents for each sticker. Well, both of the kids were in time out. C was screaming at the top of his lungs and H was happily playing (they just go to their room for time out). Later that night, I was giving out stickers and H said, "Do I get a sticker for being so good in time out?"

2/11
I was quizzing H on the parts of her body and what they did. When I asked what her nose did, she said, "Run."

11/10
Cameron seriously threw a fit because the Earth does not have two moons.

8/10
For some reason H did not put her underwear back on after she went to the bathroom, but she did put her pants on. Chuck took her to Costco for dinner and shopping and all the while she sang, "I'm not wearing any underwear."

5/10
Hannah's mantras:

"You're not my best friend anymore!"

"I don't want to pee in my unner-wear." (underwear)

5/10
Hannah always wants me to help her go to the bathroom even though she needs no help. And we always have to "start at the line". The beginning of the hallway. Then she says, "ready, set, bo (go)." And we race to the bathroom.

5/10
C has always had quite the bed time routine. He has to have certain things in bed with him. Right now it is his bunny blanket, his huge fire truck blanket, two of my t-shirts, the books we read before bed, multiple animals, and water. And before I shut the door he says, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. If they do, hit them with your shoe. Put a shoe by your bed just in case. And think about the old days and the new days. No bad dreams. I love you".