Dave's Goatee

Dave is all prepared for Halloween to be Mr. Tony Stark (complete with one mega-hot girl always hanging around him). This is kinda amazing in our household because Dave has always been anti-facial hair. He even went to church with it (which may not sound so incredible, but it is if you know Dave).

I think he looks like a bad guy in a movie or that one guy on Star Trek (Dave says his name is Reiker?).

What think ye?

I think he really looks like the Star Trek guy here.

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

I will always remember Sophie like this--Hair blowing in her face!

Watch out. Mischievous 2 yr old coming your way!

New Toy

Were ya wondering what I was doing with all that millions of extra monies I was making teaching piano? Well, I bought a camera. I've been drooling over this camera for months (maybe even years) and now have it in my very own hands. Can I just tell you about the emotional anxiety I went through buying this? Have you ever saved up some money so that you can buy a house and then on top of that save up even more money to buy some expensive piece of equipment? Every day was a struggle of "What should I spend my money on?" Thankfully, Dave was there telling me to just buy the stupid camera! So I did. Thanks, Dave.

PS- More on the house situation later.

Quality Daddy-Daughter time. The book: The Difference Between Babies and Cookies. I picked it out.

 
Occasionally, I even let Dave us my camera.

Finally. A few pictures of ME on this blog!

 I will now share with you a few Proud Mommy Moments:


Oct 2
This past week I was helping the Achievement Day Girls practice a special musical number for Church, "I Lived in Heaven." On our way out the door to go to the practice Sophie grabs this plastic stick that attaches to a bubble wand. When we got there Soph was real shy at first of all these young girls singing songs, so she stayed close to me on the piano bench and just watched. I had the girls get real close to the piano so I could hear them sing and as we rehearsed Soph used her plastic wand to conduct the girls. It was one of those proud Mommy moments where I just couldn't help but gush over my girl. I even think she might have been singing a little bit too. I'm real glad that she brought that plastic wand because it came in handy as I had the girls practice conducting each other with the same stick. (I got the idea from Sophie).

Oct 4
Last night Soph was already "in bed" and I was about to say my prayers when I hear her door squeak open and her little feet creep into my room. She said she wanted to lay down on Mommy's bed so I help her up and lay her on a pillow while I finish my prayers. As I'm praying, Sophie placed her little hand in mine and starts singing a couple lines form "I am a Child of God." (Lead me, guide me, walk beside me). It was the cutest thing and it just melted my heart. That's what precious little girls do--They melt your heart.

 

Oct 19
Sophie is officially potty trained! She's been in big girl panties for 4 weeks straight and getting more independent every day! Do you know what this means? It means I can leave Sophie at the Ikea babysitting club and go shopping by myself. (They don't except kids in diapers--I was really annoyed when I realized that last time I went.)

I just love the light going through those jelly shoes! (Insert Beyonce: I don't think you're ready for this jelly. I don't think you're ready for this je-lly.)

 So the house thing. We are waiting to hear back about a house we really love. So if all goes well, we'll be in a house soon-ish. Hopefully my next post will say "We bought a house!" :)

You can see Sophie is real excited about the door mat I made.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Cool Cat

Check out this fashionable celebrity--

complete with her accessory dog!

Yes. Those are Big Girl Pannies she's wearing.

Can you see my legs?

Now for a story....

The other day I was doing something in the kitchen when I hear Sophie complaining to her brother Orion in the other room. Sophie came stomping into the kitchen a bit upset saying something about "the kitty get the glasses."  So I follow her to my room where our awesome cat, Orion, is sitting casually with my sunglasses around his neck. I have no idea what was going on between the two before I arrived, but when Soph tried to take the glasses from Orion, he wouldn't have it!

Please feel free to ignore the piles of laundry behind Orion. Our washer went out lastweek but lucky for me, I have a handsome handy husband!

Another story...

Duck-Duck-Goose. We play it every Monday night for Family Home Evening. We have a prayer, a really short lesson, and then finally it's time for Duck-Duck-Goose. It has gotten to the point that now whenever we play Duck-Duck-Goose on an impulse, Sophie makes sure we have a prayer first. I think she believes we need the extra protection. :)

♥

And this pic just makes me happy. :)

My First Crafting Project (in a long time)

Check out these baby dividers I made!

Not all the dividers are shown. I made a total of 6.

These are baby clothes dividers that I made for my SIL baby shower. I got the idea at the Life with the Ellwoods blog.

I was pretty darn proud of myself since I don't consider myself a crafy person. Hooray!

And just for fun.... I have to say this is a beautiful song! Enjoy!



Commentary: Adele reminds me of Barbra Streisand (at least in this song) in that she makes you believe every word she's singing. We all know Barbra is the most amazing singer ever. Period. It's good to see some more goodness.

Let's give it up to Barbra and Adele for being awesome. Word.

Summer Daze

What do you do when it's 115°F without a trace of a cloud in sight?

Why, you strip down to your birthday suit, splash in some hose water, and blow bubbles of course!.... Which is exactly what we did (and by we I actually mean Sophie)!

I don't know what it is, but when you get a garden hose out and start spraying people instead of things, I get very reminiscent of my happy childhood.
Ah, let us all reflect now on running through the sprinklers, and jumping on the trampoline with the sprinklers underneath, and covering every visable inch of skin with mud.... Time to make new summer memories with my girl!

You can see the nicely deaded grass we killed.

Epitome of Summer Above. Drinking from the hose.

Yes, I know. She's beautiful.

And here is the sequence in which Sophie pops bubbles:

PS- About the whole naked thing...
Sophie had an accident so therefore we are justified in stripping her down.

Tonight at Dinner....

Lindsey: Sophie, what should we get Daddy for Christmas?
Sophie: DI!
(Our favorite Thrift Store. We go there a lot, and it's Sophie's favorite store.)
Lindsey: What does Sophie want for Christmas?
Sophie: DI!
Lindsey: What should you get Mommy for Christmas?
Sophie: Poo! Poop!

There's..... A......

Story on this song...

Once upon a time in High School at the Lunch Table someone (probably Brityn) begins singing a song starting with "There's a..." Lecia thought she was singing "There's a land that I heard of..." (from "Somewhere Over The Rainbow") and I thought she was singing "There's a place for us" (from the song "Somewhere"), but she was in fact singing Josh Groban's "Let Me Fall!" They all have a "There's a" part with the exact same interval! Hence, this Trio was born. And we've been singing it ever since.

Dave's post

So, every-so-often I actually do make a post to our blog. This time, it's simply because I haven't in a while, and we have some unchronicled Sophie fun:

This last Monday we were having a Family night, and we were trying to teach Sophie about patience. So Lindsey and I were role-playing to show her how to be patient, such as when Sophie wants milk. When Lindsey asked me for some milk, and I told her she would have to wait until we actually got some, Sophie jumped up and ran to get the milk for Mommy.

Several days earlier, Sophie's grandparents were visiting from Tucson, and we wanted to show them how Sophie can count to 10 (sort of - usually involves skipping several numbers, like 1, and going in the wrong order), so we started counting, and she runs to hide so we can play hide-and-seek.

Hopefully Lindsey will edit the stories and make them sound as entertaining as they actually were!