Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mariah's New Haircut


Last night Mariah decided to give herself a haircut, along with several stuffed animals, a blanket and a nightlight - instead of sleeping. This morning when I really took a look at the damage it was obvious that we needed to cut the rest as well. When I asked her why she decided to cut her hair she said, "Well I just thought it would look pretty shorter." She was so sweet about it and really felt bad. I think she knew that she had done something she knew she shouldn't have. But it all turned out okay because look at those pictures! She loves her new hair and it's perfect timing for summer!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Poop or Chocolate?

Has everyone seen Baby Mama? If not, you should - it's a good one. Very entertaining... Anyways, there's this scene where a mom sees her little son running by with something brown on his arm and she asks him if it's poop or chocolate. He wont answer her, so she licks it! Fortunately, it was chocolate and not poop.


Well I had my own Baby Mama scene but in real life today. I noticed Robbie had some brown stuff on his shirt - the front and back - which was weird, but not too weird. Then a few mintues later I look a little closer and see it on his hand too. I asked him what it was, and of course he didn't answer so... being much more cautious than the chick from the movieI smelled the 'brownness' in question. Definitlely poop. Thank goodness I wasn't hungry...

I got the diaper off as fast as I could and tried not to let him touch anything while I got the bath going, then threw him in and lathered up as much soap as I could. Then (just to be safe) I let all the water drain out and filled it up again... Boys are so nasty! He's already taking after Uncle Seth. Oh no. That's a whole nother story in itself. =) ps: is 'nother' a word ?

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Bathing Beauty

I don't know what got into Robbie the other night while he was taking a bath. He started dumping water on his face and then spitting and making the most HILARIOUS faces EVER. Here are a few:

This one here is the best - hahahah!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Bubble Fun



The weather has been sooooo awesome lately we've been able to play outside. Both the kids LOVE bubbles, so we do that a lot. Taven was over and this was his first time with bubbles. He hardly watched the bubbles because he was too busy watching the kids run around like crazies. Mariah likes to blow the bubbles and then Robbie chases them...

Friday, March 20, 2009

March Birthday Lunch

Three people in my family have birthdays in the beginning of March - Leshelle, Rashauna & Seth. We met in Elk Grove (the halfway point between our place and my parents) for lunch with the fam. We had a great time... The three birthday peopleBob-o and Taven
Leshelle and Rashauna
colorful Kaniesha
Monica & Leshelle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS! Love you!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

These are a few of Robbie's Favorite Things...

Robbie loves:
uncle seth
eating & lightening mcqueen (the car)
sister mariah
reading books - especially airplane, truck, tractor etc. books
did i mention LIGHTNING MCQUEEN??
(he sleeps with this car)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

These are a few of Mariah's Favorite Things...

Mariah loves:
'marshmellow' cerealgadgets and other odds and ends...
being barefoot
princess dresses

pretty hairclips
small horses, unicorns, ducks and cows...

and her family.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Fun with Dad

Josh came out to visit for a week, which was awesome. The kids were SO happy to see him (and so was I). We had tons of fun... we went to the zoo, the park, got ice cream, rode bikes, went to the pet store... it was a good week. Josh got our bikes all fixed up so we took the kids for a bunch of rides. We miss you already...



Monday, March 16, 2009

Promotional Post (sorry)

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

March Madness

The madness part I'm referring to in this situation is to describe the feelings that flooded into my brain when I walked into the bathroom and found this (for the second time in a week):
I guess maybe he's yelling at the toilet for getting him in trouble? Or maybe he was so embarrassed by his behavior that he was feeling nauseous? I guess I'll never know... That's my Robbie for ya. Gotta love him.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Valentine's Weekend, Grass Valley

We went up to Grass Valley for a long Valentine's weekend (I know I'm slacking a bit here...). Four of my super awesome, super fun, guy cousins all drove out from Utah to spend it with us. It was so much fun hanging out with them and all my family, being wild and crazy. One night, I somehow ended up playing the piano with about 10 of us gathered around belting out "A Whole New World" (from Aladin) as loud as we could... I mean - we are really weird people. But we're also really fun!

Robbie and especially Mariah had a blast hanging out with everyone. I'm pretty sure Mariah thinks she's 16. She seems to get along better with teenagers than other four-year-old... hmmm Well her and Robbie have a great time together too. I was too busy singing to take any pictures with my cousins, but I did catch some ones of the kids playing one night before bed... I told Mariah to go up and get some pajamas on. She comes back down wearing this humongous (does anyone even know how to spell that word?) shirt. It was my cousin Cary Shane's... she had gone through his suitcase until she found something she liked! Luckily Cary is super sweet and let her wear it to bed.
She's so beautiful.
Robbie LOVES playing with his sister!
I have no idea what she's doing...
They run REALLY fast.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Taven, my other kid.



No, Taven is not really my child... I just have more pictures of him on my blog than Taraleigh did have on her blog (up until recently). I guess some of her family members commented on how they got to see pictures of Taven on my blog and that he was getting so big. I think that gave her some motivation... =)
On a more serious note - I love being an Aunt! Taven is my most favorite nephew in the whole wide world, but don't tell all the 'others' that (okay, so there are none - yet). He's getting so much more interactive with the kids and it's fun to watch them all play together. I'm so grateful to be close to my family where we get to see eachother all the time - what would we do without family?